Shows young readers how a citizen scientist learns about butterflies, birds, frogs, and ladybugs. Anyone can get involved in gathering data for ongoing, actual scientific studies such as the Audubon Bird Count and FrogWatch USA. Just get out into a field, urban park, or your own backyard. You can put your nose to a monarch pupa or listen for raucous frog calls. You can tally woodpeckers or sweep the grass for ladybugs. This book, full of engaging...

Start a conversation! Reminiscence therapy can be practiced by anyone with an elderly family member or friend. Whether used in a group or one-on-one, this memory kit will help people connect to one another through reminiscence of favorite things of the past. The resulting meaningful conversations can combat loneliness, create connections, and bring about a sense of self-worth. Through reminiscence we find comfort in our favorite things and form connections...

Butterfly gardening is the practice of attracting beautiful butterflies to your garden by growing common plants and flowers that they use for food and nectar. This fun and wonderfully simple activity will bring color, light, and beauty to your garden and home. With the relaxing and rewarding qualities of this outdoor hobby, it's not hard to see why it's sweeping the nation and growing in popularity.
Mathew Tekulsky's The Butterfly Garden...

A twelve-year-old boy's life changes when his grandmother comes from India to live with the family in Mariposa, an island country known for its butterflies, that is becoming hostile to immigrants.

Describes the physical characteristics, life cycles, and habits of a variety of moths and butterflies.

"Discover the stages in a butterfly's development-- from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to beautiful winged insect!"--P. [4] of cover.

Strawberry Shortcake and her friends visit a butterfly garden.

Caterpillar wants to fly like Butterfly, Bumblebee, and Sparrow, and Butterfly thinks his wish may come true.

Butterfly learns from Bee that he too is a pollinator and can help in the important work of pollinating plants.

"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--