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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Heather Williams
[mailto:heatherwilliams@sylvandellpublishing.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday,
August 13, 2013 3:04 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Heather Williams<BR><B>Subject:</B>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hello, </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>I hope that you are well. My name is Heather Williams and I
am working with author Mary Alice Monroe and Linda Love butterfly biology
speaker and presenter on the release of the children’s book <I>A Butterfly
Called Hope. </I>This is a photographic journal of a girl that finds a
caterpillar and raises it through the stages of becoming a butterfly. The book
has been vetted for accuracy and we hope that this story sparks and interest
in not only butterfly biology but butterfly conservation and migration as
well. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>The book will be available September 1st for purchase, I
will be sending out review copies toward the end of August, please let me know
if you would like to receive a copy for use in your programs. I have attached
the press release as well as a book flyer with more information about the
book. </P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN
class=Heading1Char><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Flight of
a Butterfly</SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN class=SubtitleChar><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Local New York Time’s Bestselling
Author Releases New Book for Children</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Mt. Pleasant, SC (August 25, 2013)-In her second children’s
book <I>New York Times</I> bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe explores the
life of a Monarch butterfly through the eyes of a child. With the help of
butterfly expert Linda Love and photographer Barbara Bergwerf, <I>A Butterfly
Called Hope </I>comes to bookshelves September 1st. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>In <I>A Butterfly Called Hope, </I>a girl spots a
caterpillar in the flowers of her mother’s garden. Curious about the creature,
she investigates with her mother. Under the guidance of Nana Butterfly, Hope
sets off to care for the caterpillar through the transformation into a
beautiful butterfly. This photographic journal, as with all Sylvan Dell books
is vetted by experts and includes a fact filled For Creative Minds section for
further exploration into this amazing insect. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=style181>Monroe, Love and Bergwerf will be
launching <I>A Butterfly Called Hope </I>at schools and events throughout the
Southeast. Meet Mary Alice Monroe during children’s day at the Decatur Book
festival August 30-September 1 in Decatur GA, and the Southern Festival of
Books October 11-13, in Nashville, TN. Linda Love also known as Nana Butterfly
will be celebrating the book launch and opening of the butterfly garden at
Wild Dunes on Sunday September 29<SUP>th</SUP>. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Mary Alice Monroe is the <I>New York Times</I> bestselling
author of <I>The Beach House</I>, <I>Swimming Lessons</I>, <I>Beach House
Memories</I>, <I>Skyward</I>, <I>Sweetgrass</I>, <I>Time is a River</I>,
<I>Last Light Over Carolina</I>, and <I>The Butterfly’s Daughter</I> among
other novels. Her first children’s book, <I>Turtle Summer: A Journal for my
Daughter</I> (ASPCA Henry Bergh award-winner) was released to great acclaim in
2007 as a picture book companion to her adult novel, <I>Swimming Lessons</I>.
<I>A Butterfly Called Hope</I> is her second children’s photographic book and
is the result of her monarch-raising research for <I>The Butterfly’s
Daughter</I>. Mary Alice is currently working on a trilogy of novels about
dolphins. Look for a third children’s book to accompany that series. Learn
more at her website maryalicemonroe.com. </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Linda Love has been teaching butterfly biology for over
twelve years. She founded butterfly habitats at The Children’s Museum in
Northeast Texas and at Boone Hall Plantation and Blackbeard’s Cove in the
South Carolina Lowcountry. Known as “Nana Butterfly,” Linda shares her passion
about the mystical monarch in classrooms and at conferences.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=style181>Barbara J. Berg<A
name=BarbaraBergwerf></A>werf photo journals her nature-related volunteer
involvement at the South Carolina Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital, the Island
Turtle Team on Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island, and the South Carolina
Center for Birds of Prey. She’s collaborated with best-selling novelist Mary
Alice Monroe to share butterfly and loggerhead sea turtle photos with children
through </SPAN><I><SPAN style="COLOR: black">A Butterfly Called Hope
</SPAN></I><SPAN style="COLOR: black">and the award-winning </SPAN><I>Turtle
Summer: A Journal for my Daughter. </I>Her incredible photos also grace the
award-winning children’s book, <EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Carolina’s Story: Sea Turtles Get
Sick Too! </SPAN></EM><SPAN class=style181>Barbara thought that she was
retiring when she and her husband moved to the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Somehow retirement doesn’t seem to be in her vocabulary! Visit Barbara’s
website at bergwerfgraphics.com.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=style181>For more information about <I>A
Butterfly Called Hope</I> or Sylvan Dell Publishing, or a complete listing of
events contact Heather Williams at (843) 971-6722 or </SPAN><A
title=mailto:heatherwilliams@sylvandellpublishing.com
href="mailto:heatherwilliams@sylvandellpublishing.com">heatherwilliams@sylvandellpublishing.com</A><SPAN
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