Luna Girl pushes the months aside and steals butterflies to be her new sidekicks. If Catboy can't make friends with the butterflies, Luna Girl might just win.

Like fluttering shards of stained glass, butterflies possess a unique power to pierce and stir the human soul. Indeed, the ancient Greeks explicitly equated the two in a single word, psyche, so that from early times butterflies were not only a form of life, but also an idea. Profound and deeply personal, written with both wisdom and wit, Peter Marren's Rainbow Dust explores this idea of butterflies-the why behind the mysterious power of these insects...

In many eras and civilizations the butterfly has been a pivotal figure, giving rise to many myths. Three aspect of this insect have inspired humans: the almost magical succession of its different bodily forms; the evanescence of this small, aerobatic creature; and the fascinating behavior of the countless species of butterfly and moth. "The writer Paul claudel once observed, 'To learn about roses, some people use geometry, others use butterflies.'...

"This guide to the majestic butterfly walks you through its unique lifecycle and offers anything you ever wanted to know about the colorful insect..."--

A beautifully illustrated introduction to the lives of butterflies around the world --from Publisher's website.