The Butterfly Garden

By Jamie L. Turner, RuthAnne Allred and Shannon Turner

This is a story explaining the destructive dance between bugs and food. It has silver linings on gray clouds and retells the ancient story of patiently waiting for butterflies when life gives you caterpillars.

It is an interactive book meant not just for reading but for discussing and acting. Stop-and-think questions are marked in bold font. Appendices at the end contain crafts, snacks, and butterfly facts. There is a short biography on Henry Walter Bates, a famous scientist from whom the main character of this story is named. There is also information on the current food industry and some gardening tips.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781503519114

Jamie L. Turner

Dr. Jamie Turner is an engineering professor by day and a piano teacher and mother of three by night. This book was inspired by Jamie's garden, which really does get eaten by caterpillars every year! RuthAnne likes to spend time with her four kids and husband, riding dirt bikes, camping at the beach, and painting the kids walls. She currently lives in Texas but was transplanted from Colorado, where she earned an Associates of Fine Arts from Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood. RuthAnne is currently working on her bachelor's degree at Lamar University. RuthAnne Allred is the main illustrator and mother of four. She is a motorcycle-riding gardener and a very talented artist. Her children were used as inspiration for the artwork. Shannon Turner is our expert urban gardener, cheese maker, geologist, and mother of four. She is the author of the gardening appendices contained at the end of the book.

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