Books with title The Butterfly

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.

An Amazon Charts bestseller.Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden.In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees…and a collection of precious “butterflies”—young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens.When the garden is discovered, a survivor is brought in for questioning. FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison are tasked with piecing together one of the most stomach-churning cases of their careers. But the girl, known only as Maya, proves to be a puzzle herself.As her story twists and turns, slowly shedding light on life in the Butterfly Garden, Maya reveals old grudges, new saviors, and horrific tales of a man who’d go to any length to hold beauty captive. But the more she shares, the more the agents have to wonder what she’s still hiding…

From tiny caterpillar to beautiful butterfly, the life cycle of the monarch unfolds in this fascinating and educational Pictureback. The engaging text and realistic photographs follow a little monarch caterpillar as it progresses from the larva stage, through the chrysalis and then becomes a butterfly It then lays eggs that hatch into new caterpillars, starting the amazing process all over again.

It is easy to forget that this planet with its abundance of life is truly a unique treasure in the universe. But this is exactly what an old, world-wise monarch butterfly has learned. Now he wants to pass his wisdom along to a young caterpillar.Through exquisite artwork and engaging storytelling, artist/author Schim Schimmel takes us on the old monarch's year-long journey as he encounters some of earth's most amazing animals.

A young orphaned girl in modern-day China discovers the meaning of family in this “heartbreaking, heartwarming, and impressive debut” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) told in verse, in the tradition of Inside Out and Back Again and Sold.Kara never met her birth mother. Abandoned as an infant, she was taken in by an American woman living in China. Now eleven, Kara spends most of her time in their apartment, wondering why she and Mama cannot leave the city of Tianjin and go live with Daddy in Montana. Mama tells Kara to be content with what she has…but what if Kara secretly wants more? Told in lyrical, moving verse, Red Butterfly is the story of a girl learning to trust her own voice, discovering that love and family are limitless, and finding the wings she needs to reach new heights.

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.

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.