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I love butterflies! This is an awsome story about how Velma finds her purpose in life.
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Meh. This one didn‘t work for me. Maybe it‘s the fact that I have been to a LOT of butterfly gardens - and they would never just let you walk out with a butterfly. And bringing a bunch of monarchs in a bag to release for migration? Not how it‘s done! I‘m being an adult grump about the inaccuracies.
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison and Kevin Hawkes. This is a good shared reading story that students can read and connect with one another. This story won the Monarch Award. This is a story about a little girl who wants to be remembered the way her sisters were remembered. She started acting out and that didn‘t work. Her class went on a field trip to the conservatory where she was then noticed.
Great book! Little Velma Gratch is the 3rd Gratch sister to attend her elementary school. She struggles to be memorable in her own right and not by virtue of her older sisters. After gaining her own infamy, she discovers the magic of butterflies in her science class and shines bright through her hard work and the help of an unexpected friend. My daughter loved it!
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