Books with title The Lonely Butterfly

"The only thing that remains constant is the blue butterfly. Every time the current reality goes swirling out of sync and I am transported to another time and place, the butterfly is there. It flutters into my circumstances, a warning that everything is about to change again, a reminder that time never stands still..." When their parents, a historian and a physicist experimenting with time travel, vanish, fourteen year old Mollie Donovan and her older brother Jack must accept that their parents are gone or try to find them. Using their parents' research and the one object that seems to be the key- a blue morpho butterfly-they set off on a journey traveling through decades, sometimes alone, sometimes together to try and find them. If they can change some lives and a little bit of history along the way, so much the better...

Filled with flight, nature, campouts and monarchs, Pops' annual visits with his grandchild Sparks are nearly as extraordinary as the butterfly migration he joins to travel south. Year after year, Pops and Sparks search to find the fleeting phenomenon that sometimes appears when monarchs stop to rest. "The Butterfly Tree" presents Sparks as an older child recalling the treasured visits and the subsequent emotional journey through and beyond bewildering feelings that emerge when Pops dies. With fewer than 1,000 words, the story presents complex emotions with simplicity and intelligence. Includes an afterward on the monarch migration.

In a faraway village, a little girl lives with a special gift—the ability to make friends with anyone and everyone.And it’s under her favorite tree in the backyard that she meets her newest friend: a tiny caterpillar, too small to even talk.After rescuing the caterpillar from a big, mean bird, the girl builds him a cozy nest and watches as he grows bigger and stronger each day. And it’s not long before the caterpillar is wrapped in his white cocoon.When a big, beautiful butterfly emerges from the cocoon, the little girl is dazzled by his newfound colors—and the unusual sound of his wings, which can only be described as “par-par.”After Par-Par flies away to begin his new life as a butterfly, excitement quickly turns to sadness, when decorations for the girl’s birthday party are destroyed by a passing storm. But when a surprising act of kindness saves the day, it shows the amazing power of unlikely friendships—and the day turns out even better than anyone expected.

Irie is now a butterfly! He is filled with excitement and wants to fly everywhere!Up his left wing went. Shoosh, the right wing followed. He flapped his wings, once, twice, thrice, four times. But he couldn't move. "How do you fly again?" Irie thought but all he really knew was how to crawl. Do you think Irie will overcome this obstacle? "Irie the Butterfly" is the second book in the Irie series.

Everyone knows that, if you see one butterfly fly by, you're going to see another one in a second. That's because butterflies fly in a gang, it's one of only a few Universal rules. You know, the rules of the Universe: if there is a down, there must be an up; day and night, moon and sun....and so on. This is the story about how the first Butterfly Gang formed. No matter what the world has seen, felt, and heard - it has been so since.A boy butterfly hadn't been seen in 158 years. It was rumored that they were all gone. Boy butterflies were blue, so it wasn't that they were hard to spot. They hadn't been seen at all in 158 years! Until one day Ariel flew into her favorite garden and found Tad, a blue butterfly. Tad didn't know how to be a butterfly at all, in fact, he couldn't even fly. With the help of Ariel, Daphne, and Mariposa they all go on an adventure of a lifetime, telling the story of friendship, overcoming obstacles, and experiencing the beauty of life through a butterfly. This heartwarming adventure is sure to awaken the butterfly in you.The Butterfly Gang is a children's fiction chapter book, appropriate for children 8-12 years of age and adults who read to children. Butterflies see things that we don't see, and the story shows us the world through their eyes, a world that will be both familiar and new to the reader. Through their great migration they teach us about life, friendship, our ancestors, fear, individuality, loyalty, and the ultimate adventure of life.The current Kindle edition is waiting for illustrations.

Filled with flight, nature, campouts and monarchs, Pops' annual visits with his grandchild Sparks are nearly as extraordinary as the butterfly migration he joins to travel south. Year after year, Pops and Sparks search to find the fleeting phenomenon that sometimes appears when monarchs stop to rest. "The Butterfly Tree" presents Sparks as an older child recalling the treasured visits and the subsequent emotional journey through and beyond bewildering feelings that emerge when Pops dies. With fewer than 1,000 words, the story presents complex emotions with simplicity and intelligence. Includes an afterward on the monarch migration.