Childrens Book "The Brown Bottle"
Just received and read "The Brown Bottle" by Peggy Jones.
This is a very small book (about 20 pages) written in very simple language for kids, about a caterpillar that is seduced by the brown bottle, Penny Jones does a great job of taking a lovely little caterpillar and showing how he is seduced by the brown bottle, how none of his friends can get him to come out of the bottle to take care of himself and prepare for winter, while they all head to their cocoons to receive "The Promise" (of becoming a butterfly), because Charlie stops taking care of himself and will never leave the bottle, he grows frail and the bottle turns cruel to him, all the while he is insistent that he can leave the bottle any time he wants to.
Finally on the day that all the other caterpillars emerge from their cocoons as butterflies Charlie the caterpillar dies frail and alone.
I was really impressed by how well written this book is, I am going to ask my children 11 & 13 to read it and then hopefully discuss it with them.