Product Description
A delightful small-format book that will appeal to butterfly enthusiasts young and old, with vivid images by the leading butterfly photographer and texts by preeminent writers in the field. This chunky small-format gift book-432 pages, hardcover-features exquisite full-page pictures of 200 butterflies from around the world, accompanied by text that is informative and engaging, including essays on butterfly migration, butterflies and the environment, gardening, and watching and collecting butterflies. The selection of butterflies is arranged by location, from the Arctic Circle to rainforests, woodlands, grasslands, and deserts. Species in the book include butterflies from India, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ireland, Russia, New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, and many North American favorites.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 11 reviews)

Emerging slowly... graceful! by Sofia Hernandez (Woodside, NY)

5 Stars
March 10, 2009
Received this book as a birthday gift and I couldn't be more happy! It is very thoughtful and gorgeous for the true butterfly lover in your life. Very compact with the beautiful jacket shown. It is a wonderful coffee table book and will surely get a lot of viewing time. My daughters love to glance during commercials and ask many questions. The images are truly breathtaking and there is information provided as to where you would see these beauties. On a typical page, you will find this info: *Information of the name and species and interesting little facts in a small paragraph. *Description: The colors, markings etc. *Habitat: Where they like to live or stay. *Range: Location; as in where in the world. *Wingspan: Self-explanatory Highly recommend to butterfly and nature lovers in general!

Wonderful creatures by Thomas Helmka (Round lake, IL USA)

4 Stars
January 12, 2009
The photos are superb and the text informative. My only wish is that the book was larger because it would be a great coffee table tome.

Ready To Suspend in the Frieze of Time by a gentle sound (USA)

5 Stars
December 25, 2008
This is a book of photographs of butterflies from all over the world, arranged for the artist's eye; it has been quite helpful to me as I design pottery, wooden boxes, drawings. I have been working on a series of colored rice paper drawings and this book has inspired better work by being able to consider different butterflies to include in the images.Easier for me to use than a computer in that context. I find butterflies, just rarely, not enough for what I am doing. So here is a solution to allow me flight into art. I think it is true, and read it here, that a small map showing the locations visually over verbally, would be a good addition. Actually though for the most part I do know the names and global placement having had geography in school. But seeing the range is pretty effective. That is a fair suggestion on re-issue. Also a CD with these images might be a most appreciated extension. This book is placed in my home in a bowl and from it guests seem to gather attention to something worth looking at. I love books that show us the world, some aspect, photographed, explained, collected. It's small, a hand full, chubby. I open it randomly to predict the day ( particular to me) and mean to use it as a poetry exercise. Mean to. The photographs are just so clear, color vibrant. I used it in San Diego to identify a large butterfly that stayed beside me a long while, Nymphalis antiopa, The Mourning Cloak, out sunning on that day in the warmth of a particularly clear brilliant path of light. So it has proved useful to me identifying though I think it's clearly gathered more as an artistic tribute. I found some lovely typo's "due" for "do", things that made the volume dearer.

handy by Manoj S. Vishnubhotla (Atl, GA)

4 Stars
April 14, 2008
This book was exactly what we expected, small in size and informative but with plenty of pictures of different species of butterflies. Good quality photos too.

Butterflies made simple (or, the Really Beautiful and Complete Idiots Guide to Lepodiatry) by Susanne Koenig (Memphis, TN)

5 Stars
January 23, 2008
Some books are meant for reference, and some are meant for research. Some are meant to educate, and some are entertaining. This one is just beautiful. After a brief introductory to the world of lepodiatry which includes an overview of all the subspecies and anatomical makeup, you are treated to a brief yet concise coverage of butterflies in stunningly well-taken photographs. Each photograph comes with an accompanying page that--in very plain English--explains to you both the habitat, rarity, location and pertinent details of each specimen. The beauty of this book is its simplicity in language for the beginner. I had a burgeoning interest in bubberflies (as my four-year-old calls them) and after going through several field guides which were a bit baffling with their scientific language, I found this one absolutely perfect for my beginning interest. However, with the gorgeous photography, the experienced butterfly enthusiast would love this book as well, especially with the guidance it provides for finding certain specimens. So if you are experienced or just moderately interested in butterflies, then this is the book for you, or perfect as a gift for the lepodiatry enthusiast. A real treat.

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