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Butterflies Belong Here - by Deborah Hopkinson (Hardcover)

Butterflies Belong Here - by  Deborah Hopkinson (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An immigrant girl explains how she learned English by reading about Monarch butterflies, and how, troubled by their decline, she got her classmates and neighbors together to build a butterfly garden.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>Butterflies Belong Here</i> is a powerful story of everyday activism and hope. <p/>In this moving story of community conservation, a girl finds a home in a new place and a way to help other small travelers. <p/>This book is about the real change</b> children can make in conservation and advocacy--in this case, focusing on beautiful monarch butterflies. <p/>- From Deborah Hopkinson and Meilo So, the acclaimed team behind <i>Follow the Moon Home</i><br>- An empowering, classroom-ready read<br>- The protagonist is a girl whose family has recently immigrated to the United States. <p/><b><i>I know what to look for: large black-and-orange wings with a border of small white specks, flitting from flower to flower, sipping nectar. But though I looked hard, I couldn't find even one. I wondered if monarch butterflies belonged here. I wondered if I did, too. <p/>Butterflies Belong Here</i> is proof that even the smallest of us are capable of amazing transformations.</b> <p/>- Equal parts educational and heartwarming, this makes a great gift for parents and grandparents, as well as librarians, science teachers, and educators.<br>- Those interested in beautiful butterflies and everyday activism will find this lovely book both motivating and inspiring.<br>- Perfect for children ages 5 to 8 years old<br>- Add it to the shelf with books like <i>Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet</i> by April Pulley Sayre, <i>The Honeybee</i> by Kirsten Hall, and <i>Greta and the Giants: Inspired by Greta Thunberg's Stand to Save the World</i> by Zoë Tucker<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Following an earlier, similarly structured collaboration by this team (<i>Follow the Moon Home</i>) about a child gaining self-assurance while working on an environmental project, Hopkinson and So introduce a brown-skinned girl whose confidence grows as she organizes her class to start a milkweed garden for migrating monarchs. . . . So's delicate mixed-media drawings capture the girl's classmates and portrays the protagonist as she journeys from lonely newcomer to poised leader.-<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><br>[T]houghtful. . . colorful. . . detailed. . . This beautiful picture book unites fiction with facts while quietly promoting environmental activism.-<b><i>Booklist</i>, starred review</b><br><br>[T]houghtful. . . [C]olorful. . . This beautiful picture book unites fiction with facts while quietly promoting environmental activism.-<b><i>Booklist</i>, starred review</b><br><br>The premise, of an immigrant girl who relates both to an endangered butterfly's journey to its new home and to a shy caterpillar's shedding of its skin, is smart. After learning English via books about butterflies, our narrator initiates the building of a monarch way station. . . . So's gorgeous illustrations pit boldly defined monarchs against a feathery watercolor world.<b><i>-The New York Times</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Deborah Hopkinson is the author of many award-winning nonfiction books for young readers, including <i>Titanic: Voices from the Disaster, Apple to Oregon</i>, and <i>Follow the Moon Home</i>. She lives with her family near Portland, Oregon. <p/>Meilo So is the esteemed illustrator of many award-winning books, including <i>Follow the Moon Home, Bronze and Sunflower, Water Sings Blue</i>, and <i>Water Rolls, Water Rises</i>. She was born in Hong Kong and now lives in the Shetland Isles.

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