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Description
The question of what is and isn’t beautiful occurs to the caterpillar in this elaborate picture book when a giant Unknown Thing (human) lifts him out of his familiar leaf bed world and tells him, “You’re so beautiful.” The caterpillar wonders, “But what does beautiful mean?” The question leads him on a day-long trek through the forest, where other animals offer a variety of perplexing answers.
Publication Date
2025
Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
City
Montclair
Keywords
aesthetics, beauty in nature, education, early childhood education, philosophy, philosophy for children, picture books
Disciplines
Early Childhood Education | Education | Environmental Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Maughn, "How Beautiful (2021) by Antonella Capetti" (2025). Picture Books. 13.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_picturebooks/13
