A girl reading a book about caterpillars, learning about their life cycle.
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Kevin McCloskey, Illustration for Caterpillars: What Will I Be When I Get to be Me?, by Kevin McCloskey (TOON Books). © 2023 Kevin McCloskey.

Special Storytime: Kevin McCloskey

Artists & Authors
For Families
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Auditorium

Free with Museum admission

Kevin McCloskey keeps curious minds growing, blending science, art, and comedy in Caterpillars: What Will I Be When I Get to Be Me? His books feature small misunderstood creatures like worms, ants, pigeons, snails, and now, caterpillars!

Join us for this special storytime and learn about one of the most magical transformations in the insect world, from a crawling digestive tube to a fluttering glasswing, luna moth, or monarch on its journey across thousands-of-miles. In the latest addition to McCloskey’s beloved Giggle and Learn series, young readers will explore how caterpillars morph into the many different moths and butterflies that help pollinate our world. Growing up is scary, but caterpillars can lead the way!

Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.

Cover Illustration for Kevin McCloskey's book, Caterpillars, showing a green caterpillar placed on top of a mushroom.
Who You'll Meet
Artist Kevin McCloskey

Kevin McCloskey

Kevin McCloskey is a retired professor from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He has traveled the country from the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia to the California Academy of Sciences sharing fascinating facts about common creatures. His work has been described as “a winning combination of facts and gross-out fun” by The New York Times.

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In the Bookshop

Ant holds up a six-legged pair of pants.

Ants Don't Wear Pants

A caterpillar sits on a mushroom.

Caterpillars: What Will I Be When I Get to Be Me?

Snail zooms across the book cover.

Snails Are Just My Speed

A child and a goldfish make eye contact.

Something's Fishy

A pigeon costumed person hides under an umbrella

The Real Poop on Pigeons

A child stares down at a worm hole in the dirt

We Dig Worms