A Conversation with a Butterfly - Hardcover

Jim Daughton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592989691 ISBN 13: 9781592989690

Publisher: Beavers Pond Press, 2013

Synopsis

A Conversation with a Butterfly features young Jim's encounter with a very unusual monarch butterfly. While asleep, awake, or in a hypnotic state, Jim hears in his mind the butterfly speak. The butterfly, Danaus Dahlai, speaks in rhyme. He describes how the monarch evolved to the world's longest migrating insect. He explains why milkweed for monarch larva's food is important for survival of the species because milkweed contains a poison for birds, and hence birds don't eat them. Dahlai credits ''The Powers That Be'' for the development of the marvelous monarch butterfly, and he requests that Jim tell others of the marvels done for his species by the ''Powers That Be.'' This picture book is wonderfully illustrated by Margarita Sikorskaia. The butterfly's name, Danaus Dahlai is from danaus plexippus, a scientific name for a common monarch butterfly and Dahai as in the Dahai Lama, guru and spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. This story may help children respect nature and begin thinking about how this wonderful world of creatures has come to be.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

While Jim is fishing on a warm summer day, a butterfly lands nearby.

This is no ordinary monarch he can talk, and he has quite a story to tell! Magical illustrations bring the butterfly's tale of migration, endurance, and inspiration to life, captivating readers of all ages.

About the Author:

As a young boy growing up in Iowa, the author fished in a small pool on warm summer days, much like the boy in this story does. On these leisurely outings he marveled at nature and wondered how creatures developed. If only they could talk, how much we could learn! Jim is the author or co-author of over eighty technical papers, three charters in technical books, and a memoir entitled A Rustic's Journey to the Twenty-First Century. His first children's book, Goldilocks, James, and Baby Bear Battle the Space Alien Smots, was published earlier this year. He is currently writing a book on travel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Beavers Pond Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1592989691
• ISBN 13: 9781592989690
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32