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"The life cycle of butterflies is presented in detail through this attractive and readable fictitious journal. Watching butterflies in the backyard, Kirby learns about gardening, photography, and scientific observation. The photographs will attract browsers, especially images depicting the fascinating, minute-by-minute views of a monarch butterfly cracking its way out of its chrysalis. Kirby is a personable and likable character whose diary will appeal to kids. VERDICT: An entertaining and enlightening addition."―School Library Journal
"Eleven-year-old Kirby records close observations of butterflies made in [Kirby's] grandparents' Charleston, South Carolina, backyard during a summer vacation that is as good as a safari. The grandparents provide background, beginning with body parts and going on through classification, identification, the food web, and survival strategies. Kirby makes notes on oversized journal pages and adds color photographs. This pseudo-journal makes a clever invitation to a possible lifetime passion."―Kirkus Reviews
"To a child, nearby nature can be a universe. Through Kirby's Journal, Charlotte Caldwell provides children with a portal into their own backyard galaxy."―Richard Louv, journalist and author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
"Kirby's Journal is an exciting, personable introduction to the study of butterflies and entomology. With digital cameras and online information, it is easier than ever for children to become backyard scientists. This book is a good way to get them started."―Dwight Williams, entomologist and director, Cyprus Gardens
"Kirby's Journal blew me away with its seamless combination of pertinent information on butterfly gardening, life cycles, and habitats mixed with other tidbits about insects and backyard wildlife in an interesting, well-rounded story of one child's summer. The result is a wonderful guidebook, resource, and story."―Amanda Segura, horticulturalist and garden education coordinator, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
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Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. In a summer spent in Charleston, South Carolina, eleven-year-old Kirby, Grandma, and Grandpa plant a butterfly garden, and Kirby documents the wondrous adventures in learning that follow. Their observations, excitement, and curiosity are vividly captured through Kirby's journal and newly acquired hobby of photography as together they discover an abundance of life just outside their own backdoor. Seller Inventory # B9781611175530
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # CA-9781611175530