The Life Cycles of Butterflies: From Egg to Maturity, a Visual Guide to 23 Common Garden Butterflies

For everyone who has ever marveled as a butterfly magically emerges from a chrysalis, this book is a treasure chest of amazing butterfly transformations. You are invited to experience the life cycles of  common backyard butterflies in this unique collection of hundreds of stunning, full-color, up-close photos, all taken in a live garden setting. Each butterfly is shown from start to maturity, with sequential photographs of the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and emerging butterfly. This richly visual guide to the life cycles of butterflies will appeal to wildlife enthusiasts, gardeners, teachers, and families alike.
This book has earned two national awards from Learning Magazine --
(1) Teacher's Choice Award for "Children's Books"
(2) Teacher's Choice Award for "Product of Excellence for the Family."

Naturalists Judy Burris and Wayne Richards, a sister-brother author team, have been intrigued with butterflies since they were children. They have spent many years observing, raising, and photographing these miraculous creatures along with many other insects and animals. Their butterfly book (The Life Cycles of Butterflies) has earned two national awards from Learning Magazine -- a Teacher's Choice Award for "Children's Books" and a "Product of Excellence for the Family." Their bugs book (The Secret Lives of Backyard Bugs) won the NOBA -National Outdoor Book Award - and also the Teacher's Choice Award for "Product of Excellence for the Family".  Their nature book (Nature's Notes) won Creative Child Magazine's "PREFERRED CHOICE AWARD" in the Kids Educational Books category, as well as the Mom's Choice Awards GOLD seal for best in family-friendly products, and also FIRST PLACE for the Royal Dragonfly Book Award in the category of photography.  Judy and Wayne live in northern Kentucky and travel around giving nature presentations at Master Gardener events, libraries, schools, nature preserves and many other venues.