Not a Bean

by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

Book Overview

A Mexican jumping bean isn't a bean at all. It's a fascinating home and food source for a special kind of caterpillar

With Spanish vocabulary and a clever counting concept, this poetic story shares the life cycle of a Mexican jumping bean. This curious jumping insect is actually a seedpod from a shrub called yerba de la flecha, into which a caterpillar burrows, living inside the pod until it builds a cocoon and breaks out as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580898157
• ISBN13: 9781580898157
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.2" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2