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This children's book narrates a delightful, rhyming, whimsical conversation between Grandma and grandchild in a quest to attract monarch butterflies to their yard! Complete with original artwork by my grandchildren and vivid photographs this is the first in the butterfly grandma series. I am so thankful to those that have purchased and enjoyed the book with their children and grandchildren from the United States all the way to China and Australia.BE SURE TO ORDER THE SECOND EDITION!
this book reads like a charming, playful, rhyming conversation between Grandma and grandchild! Last summer, Grandma and grandchild had such fun inviting the monarch butterflies to their yard that they decided to do it again...but this time...they choose the Black Swallowtail butterfly!
Can you really choose which butterflies you will see in your yard? Let's find out! This is a fun, educational book full of amusing drawings and detailed photographs, by the author and her grandchildren, explaining the life cycle of this butterfly. Simple instructions are included for growing your own black swallowtails from egg to chrysalis to spectacular emergence of the newly formed butterfly. Experience this simple delight of summer with your own family!. |
Mary Ann Falter worked as an RN for 37 years. She is a mother of two married children, a grandmother of three nature-loving young grandchildren, and partners with a butterfly loving husband. in 2018 she authored her first children’s book, butterfly grandma: monarchs! followed by Butterfly grandma: Black Swallowtail! two years late in 2020. Both books lovingly written and illustrated for and with her grandchildren.
She began her first butterfly garden in 2004, before she knew of the plight of the monarchs. In 2018, the total monarch butterfly population had decreased more than 80% over the past 20 years, according to the National Wildlife Federation. Planting native milkweed species and nectar plants is one way in which she has helped monarchs and all pollinators. 
Just Published May 2022- Butterfly Grandma: Critters!
Grandma and grandchild set out to find critters such as frogs, crawdads, minnows and salamanders. Her grandchild loves critters. He loves learning about nature. Off they go to an enchanted creek Grandma loved and explored as a child. Grandchild is thinking about all of the critters they'll discover hiding under rocks and logs...but what happens next is a big surprise!
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