Two little ants, Leaf and Lou, learn from their friend Gramma Tinker the second half of a Lappert Moth’s life cycle from caterpillar to adult moth. (So this is not your typical gorgeous butterfly getting all the ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaaahs’.) The WINGMAKER in the title refers to the metamorphosis, inventor and caterpillar, Gramma Tinker is about to undergo on her way to becoming an adult moth. Illustrator David Huyck helps fill us in on the information Gramma Tinker learns along the way from her guests a fly, a hummingbird, and a bat in the notes she is writing down in her notebook. The facial expressions are cute but I was not always quite up to speed on the silk weaving Gramma Tinker was doing do prepare herself for her two week sleep into mothhood.