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Invite Author Sherry for Children’s Events
I have some thoughts to share with those of you who have chosen to explore this website of mine. Having written two children’s books has been the joy of my life. But more than writing, I have cherished the times that I have been invited to share my butterfly habitat and read First Comes A…
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Searching for Monarch Eggs: A Summer Adventure
It is August and I am frantically looking for monarch eggs for my habitat cages. I am at our lake house in Missouri, but there are no monarchs here. When we were in Salina, KS ten days ago, I found four eggs on my milkweed and seven caterpillars. Now I have four caterpillars and seven…
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Calendar of Events for the Fall/Winter
October 21: Reading to the children at Buhler Public Library February 7: Reading of Ezra’s Valentines and signing at Faith and Life Bookstore in Newton, KS. 10:00 to 2:00 I am a teacher/author. I feel like elementary classrooms could benefit from hearing from me. I would love to read one of my books and provide…
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I Can’t Believe It’s April!!
It is spring and the butterflies in my habitat cage are hatching! I have 10 chrysalis’s from my fall harvest of eastern black swallowtail eggs found on my parsley and caterpillars on my dill. I am not sure why these 10 decided not to hatch, but instead hibernate or go into what is technically called…
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It’s Time!
Spring is on the calendar when we flip it next! That means it’s time to start planning your butterfly garden. Now, to me that means having the host plants that you need to provide a place for your butterflies to lay their eggs. That could happen whenever the weather is consistently above 45 degrees. Here…
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It’s Still January…….
January 15, 2025 I don’t know why January gets me down, but I have to say my butterfly book lifts me up. I read it with my 9 year old friend, Juliet, tonight and we laughed and remembered all the good times we had in Montessori school while raising butterflies. She was reading the book…
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Happy New Year! January 1, 2025
As a newly published author with a book that was launched on Oct 29th 2024, it looks like with the new year, 2025, my book seems old, but it is still a baby of two months. I actually was asking another author to review it for a published book list, and she said she only…
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A Forever Christmas Present
December 1, 2024 First Comes a Butterfly is a beautifully and accurately illustrated informational story that your child, grandchild, neighbor, or friends will cherish. Simon Mendez outdid himself with his digital illustrations created by him, not copied or inserted. I would love to see this gift under your Christmas tree. Scroll down to BUY and…
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Marketing Gig
First Comes a Butterfly is out on Amazon. Now I am supposed to be marketing my new product. I just wish people would purchase it and enjoy it with their young ones. I have very little desire to get on social media with ads about my book. I would have to sell a book to…
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