Her Butterfly Effect: When the Evergreens Blossomed Orange

By Elaine M. Hernandez

Sometimes it takes an unexpected crisis to bring out the best in us and help us discover our own leadership ability.

One evening, while Beatrice Butterfly is navigating a flock of monarch butterflies migrating south for their winter hibernation, a storm erupts in the central mountain range of Mexico and the butterfly is blown from the sky. The next morning, she is alone and has no idea where she is, and her drenched wings keep her from flying away. She had landed in the garden of a rundown farm; some animals live there, but they are bored and weary, without much hope for their future. Beatrice asks them for help in providing food and shelter for the pending flock. Can the farm animals cooperate to help the monarchs and bring their farm back to life in the process?

This tale of hope, inspiration, and transformation tells the story of a group of Mexican farm animals who rebuild their homes and farm while saving a flock of migrating monarch butterflies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: May 30, 2023
• ISBN: 9781665741842

Elaine M. Hernandez

Elaine M. Hernandez, PhD, is a teacher and public health professional who is trained in leadership and global community development. She has lived and worked in rural Mexico, Central America, and Ukraine. In 1976, she started a school on a dairy farm and vineyard in Mexico for twenty-eight children. Today, she is a mother of three adult children and their spouses, and grandmother to five clever grandchildren living in the United States and Canada.

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