Written by Monteiro Lobato, one of the most influential authors in Brazilian literature, Caterpillars and Butterflies tells the story of Mrs. Benta Ranch gang, who have a lot of fun with Viscount Corncob’s invention, the psychosensor, a device that allows one to read the animals’ minds.

Through a playful narrative, the text stimulates the pleasure of reading and inspires us to reflect on the respect for fauna and flora. In the same volume the reader will find a text both in prose and in theatrical form, adapted by playwright Fernando Paz. You can cut out and mount the book’s characters to stage the play on the scenery-book.