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Butterfly Grandma: Black Swallowtail! 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 children's book is illustrated by the author's grandchildren. The photographs were taken by the author in her own butterfly garden. This book earned the 2020 Story Monsters Seal of Approval in the Green Living/Environmental Issues category and also is a winner in the 2020 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest! It is a fun, educational book full of amusing drawings and detailed photographs explaining the life cycle of this butterfly. A list of host plants for the black swallowtail caterpillar and suggestions for nectar flowers to plant for the butterflies is on the last page. Experience this simple delight of summer with your own family!

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9781733844123

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Mary Ann Falter is a retired RN. She planted her first butterfly garden in 2004 near Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2019, she registered her garden with the Plant for Pollinators Challenge sponsored by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Emma Falter is in middle school. She has many interests including art. She provided illustrations including the painting of the black swallowtail butterfly used on the cover of this childrens book. Genevieve Falter is in grade school and Dean Falter is in preschool. They both enjoy art and provided most of the illustrations in this children's book. Genevieve gave the name 'Butterfly Grandma' to the book title the first night the words were read to her.

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