Books with title Butterfly in the Garden

In the Garden is an enchanting children's book about the delights of planting and sowing. Told from the perspective of a young boy, and illustrated in lush colors reminiscent of a blossoming garden, it beautifully conveys the magic, mystery, and wonder of a growing season. Witness the exciting and ever-changing world of a backyard garden through the eyes of a young child, as he plants a simple patch of dirt with a variety of vegetable seeds, pretty flowers, and a few of his favorite toys. Join in the fun as the little boy stomps through puddles, meets slimy slugs and beautiful butterflies, enjoys tasty treats fresh from the garden, and best of all gets lots of hugs and kisses. Before long, everything in the garden has grown bigger-even the little gardener! Inspired by her own child's gardening adventures, author and illustrator Peggy Collins charms readers with cheery, colorful artwork and endearing text that perfectly captures a child's unique view of the growing world around him.

The Butterfly Gang is the story of a blue boy butterfly, Tad. Boy butterflies hadn't been seen in 158 years, and Tad didn't know how to fly or how to be a butterfly at all. Until one day, Tad is met in a garden by Ariel, Daphne, and Mariposa, who are in shock to see a blue butterfly. With the longest migration of any insect just about to start, the girls decide they cannot leave Tad, the first blue butterfly to be seen alone and lost. This 5,000-mile journey takes the reader from the perspective and experience of a butterfly on an adventure, exploring a new world with thought-provoking analogies pertaining to the vicissitudes of life that are simplified for a child with humor and emotion. There is a lot of discovery in The Butterfly Gang. From learning to appreciate the effort and value of what your friends’ words mean, to working together and each contributing to the journey and managing the dangers encountered on the way. With readers looking for diversity, the characters offer unique qualities and heritage, one butterfly being a Spanish speaker; with characters being unique but part of a gang, it will most certainly speak to that element. The Butterfly Gang is set in present time, taking the reader on a journey starting in the upper-eastern northern seaboard through the south and to El Rosario, Mexico where hundreds of millions of butterflies actually gather yearly. This story will awaken the butterfly in you and along the way will bring laughter, smiles, and tears to your eyes. The Butterfly Gang is a children's fiction chapter book, appropriate for children 7-12 years of age and for adults who read to children. Butterflies see things that we don't see, and this story shows us the world through their eyes, a world that will be both familiar and new to the reader. This is the story about how the first Butterfly Gang formed. The characters Tad, Ariel, Daphne, and Mariposa are multidimensional, multilingual, playful, animated, and fun, and each offers unique qualities that help them complete their migration to El Rosario, their destination at the end of a 5,000-mile journey. The Butterfly Gang is camouflaged as a children's book, but inevitably pulls generations of readers to it and is a great read for parent/grandparent to a child. The adult will walk away with childlike enthusiasm and wonder who was the book really for? The journey I tell is an actual one that hundreds of millions of butterflies take every year to El Rosario, Mexico. You will see the multi-cultural aspect of the characters and the international journey these butterflies take.

In this odyssey of personal growth, Joy learns that butterflies may be of different colors, opinions, or ideas. However, when they join together, they can truly create a brilliant and colorful tapestry of life.Nowadays children are exposed to many different ethnicities and cultures. Of course, this is a wonderful experience to be had. But how can we teach our children to love one another when people are so different from one another? Lewinson’s new book, The Golden Butterfly, brings to light this very question. Featuring a cheerful and bubbly protagonist named Joy, the golden butterfly of the title, the story develops around her search for friendship. However, when Joy encounters darker-colored butterflies, they shun her as an outcast. Thankfully, a kind and understanding stranger befriends Joy and she manages to form a compelling and happy relationship. Lisa Griffin brings Joy’s story to life with serene, rolling fields of flowers and calming colors. The whimsical, happy tale will delight both children and adults, and it is stimulating and touching all at once. Adults can see that their children will truly internalize the deep message woven throughout the book. Especially highlighted in this magical tale is the understanding that our differences are what make us truly special. The Golden Butterfly not only teaches us to love one another no matter how different we are, but it explores these mature themes so children can appreciate the poignant lessons involved.

Debra’s life as a child was happy and carefree. No one would have ever suspected what was soon to follow in her mid teens then for decades thereafter or how it would unraveled her life of tranquility and draw her into an unfamiliar world, a violent world filled with alcoholism, addiction, physical and mental abuse, terror and an uncertain future. Would peace ever return to her life? Would she survive and if so how? Who would intervene and serve as her guide back to the world she thought had forever disappeared? Follow Debra as she addresses those all too real obstacles and set backs which haunt her still today. Learn where her redemption was found and how she renewed herself and her heart. Be inspired to escape those negative ties that may be binding you and learn to trust again as you re-establish yourself with Christ who holds the answers for all that may be troubling you.

The sweet and simple artwork of Lisa Gardiner beautifully illustrates the word concepts in this First Words Series. Bright, high quality illustrations fill the 10 spreads of these padded board books. Product Features: * Attention getting illustrations * Interactive approach promotes joy of reading * Supports hand / eye coordination * Padded board construction for long life and tactile interest * Child safety tested