Books with title The Butterfly Club

It’s bad enough that Mama died and the bank man stole the family house in Chicago, but now eleven-year-old Sara Constance O’Day is being forced to live on her grandparents’ California ranch. Coyote Creek Ranch is as different from the big city as the moon is from the earth. Sara hates the brown emptiness, the heat, the prickles, and the coyotes’ howls. She’s terrified of the venomous snakes and hungry mountain lions. But mostly she’s afraid of facing Mama’s death and the feelings she has hidden deep inside. A Kawaiisu Indian girl named Lena, a beautiful butterfly basket, and the wild spirit of Coyote Canyon hold the answer to all of Sara’s problems, but only is she will listen to what they have to say. A novel for young people ages eight and up, as well as for their parents and teachers, THE BUTTERFLY BASKET is a story of the healing power of friendship, woven with strands of authentic Native American culture, and filled with the natural beauty of America's Southwest.

After Bertie rescues an orphaned lion cub from the African veld, they are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion that ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten. A section of activities for young readers includes Lion Facts, Pet Care Quiz, Puzzle Pages, Makes and Bakes, and more.

In this beautifully illustrated book, a boy learns the virtue of patience when he finds a butterfly warming in the sun. Though waiting is hard, its reward can produce the most wonderful results.As a boy, John Hope lay in the harsh Florida grass in the quiet evenings staring at the stars, bugs hopping, crickets chirping. His older brother Mike lay beside him and they dreamed of what life would be when they grew up. What would they be? How would they look like? Where would they live?Like the boy in this story, John wanted to grab hold of the future and make it his. Time moves too slow for boys lying in their front yard. Sometimes one of the hardest things to do is to wait.Today, John still struggles with patience. He writes his stories one page at a time, one word at a time.

Caterpillars Dotty and Stripe do everything together. They play, they eat leaves and do all sorts of caterpiller-y things, and then one day, after spinning themselves into snuggly cocoons, they wake up as beautiful butterflies! But soon they realise that, for the first time ever, they look different. Should Dotty only play with butterflies that look like her? And Stripe only play with butterflies that look like him? A stunningly illustrated story about friendship and and being happy with who you are, from the author/illustrator of Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted The Dawn Chorus.

It’s bad enough that Mama died and the bank man stole the family house in Chicago, but now eleven-year-old Sara Constance O’Day is being forced to live on her grandparents’ California ranch. Coyote Creek Ranch is as different from the big city as the moon is from the earth. Sara hates the brown emptiness, the heat, the prickles, and the coyotes’ howls. She’s terrified of the venomous snakes and hungry mountain lions. But mostly she’s afraid of facing Mama’s death and the feelings she has hidden deep inside.A Kawaiisu Indian girl named Lena, a beautiful butterfly basket, and the wild spirit of Coyote Canyon hold the answer to all of Sara’s problems, but only is she will listen to what they have to say.A novel for young people ages eight and up, as well as for their parents and teachers, THE BUTTERFLY BASKET is a story of the healing power of friendship, woven with strands of authentic Native American culture, and filled with the natural beauty of America's Southwest.

Penelope “Lo” Marin has always loved to collect beautiful things. But in the year since her brother’s death, Lo’s hoarding has blossomed into a full-blown, potentially dangerous obsession. When she discovers a beautiful antique butterfly figurine and recognizes it as having been stolen from the home of a recently murdered girl known only as Sapphire, Lo becomes fixated. As she attempts to piece together the mysterious “butterfly clues,” with the unlikely help of a street artist named Flynt, Lo quickly finds herself caught up in a seedy, violent underworld ― a world much closer to home than she ever imagined. Kate Ellison’s debut novel is a tour de force thriller about a girl whose obsessive-compulsive collecting leads her down a dangerous path of secrets, mystery, and murder―where every clue she uncovers could be her last.

While finishing her freshman year of high school, Amanda meets a mysterious boy named Brandon at a youth art exhibition. Intrigued by each other's artwork, they develop a friendship. Amanda soon finds herself attracted to Brandon, which complicates their relationship. Despite this struggle, Amanda continues to have faith in their friendship, and through it, she discovers a sense of purpose that directs her to a deeper understanding of herself and how others influence her life.