[Pollinator] Fwd: FW: Monarch children's book

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From: Heather Williams  [mailto:heatherwilliams at sylvandellpublishing.com] 
Sent: Tuesday,  August 13, 2013 3:04 PM
To: Heather Williams
Subject:  Monarch children's book 

Hello,  
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 A Butterfly  Called Hope. 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.  
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.  

Flight of  a Butterfly
Local New York Time’s Bestselling  Author Releases New Book for Children 

Mt. Pleasant, SC (August 25, 2013)-In her second children’s  book New York 
Times 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, A Butterfly  Called Hope comes to 
bookshelves September 1st.  
In A Butterfly Called Hope, 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.   
Monroe, Love and Bergwerf will be  launching A Butterfly Called Hope 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 29th.  
Mary Alice Monroe is the New York Times bestselling  author of The Beach 
House, Swimming Lessons, Beach House  Memories, Skyward, Sweetgrass, Time is a 
River,  Last Light Over Carolina, and The Butterfly’s Daughter among  other 
novels. Her first children’s book, Turtle Summer: A Journal for my  
Daughter (ASPCA Henry Bergh award-winner) was released to great acclaim in  2007 as 
a picture book companion to her adult novel, Swimming Lessons.  A Butterfly 
Called Hope is her second children’s photographic book and  is the result 
of her monarch-raising research for The Butterfly’s  Daughter. 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.  
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. 
Barbara J. Bergwerf 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 A Butterfly Called Hope  and the award-winning Turtle  Summer: A 
Journal for my Daughter. Her incredible photos also grace the  award-winning 
children’s book, Carolina’s Story: Sea Turtles Get  Sick Too! 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. 
For more information about A  Butterfly Called Hope or Sylvan Dell 
Publishing, or a complete listing of  events contact Heather Williams at (843) 
971-6722 or _heatherwilliams at sylvandellpublishing.com_ 
(mailto:heatherwilliams at sylvandellpublishing.com) .  
### 
Best  Regards,  
Heather  Williams 
Public  Relations Coordinator 
Sylvan Dell  Publishing 
612  Johnnie Dodds Blvd.  
Suite  A2 
Mt.  Pleasant, SC 29464 
Ph: (843)  971-6722 
Fax:  (843) 216-3804 
_Sylvan Dell Publishing -  Home_ (http://www.sylvandellpublishing.com/)  





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