If you are looking for a good read for children aged 3 to 8 years, check out the utterly delightful Granny Butterfly books.
Firstly, the books are a treat for the eyes with colourful illustrations throughout.
Secondly, children will learn about nature and butterflies in particular as they read.
Thirdly, the stories are great and with life lessons to be learned along the way.
I recently read the Granny’s birthday one where you can savour the bluebell woods and get to know some interesting butterfly characters set on having an adventure come what may.
Bertrum a clouded yellow butterfly takes his friend Boris off limits for a fun time. They escape Granny’s eyes aboard a bus which takes them to the village fair and a fair amount of mayhem. This includes sticky candyfloss, chaotic donkey rides, crashing eggs and a disappointing tug of war.
Although Bertrum has learned from a previous adventure, Boris is new to adventuring and gets himself into trouble. Initially this annoys Bertrum but later he is just pleased that his friend has a great time.
In fact, although great for children, the books are an escape to a magical and safe world and we all need more of that in our lives.
Jean French, the author, comments:
“My goal from the outset has been to write something that will engage children with the wonderful world of nature that surrounds them everyday, and empower them to explore with open minds,” explains Jean. “They’ll hopefully read the books, and then head out into their garden, or out into the countryside with their parents, to put their newfound knowledge and appreciation into practice.”
Continuing, “Our cast of butterflies is extremely diverse – from Betsy who is very sweet and tiny, all the way to Bertie who is very bossy and has a thing or two to learn about manners! In all, the characters represent the cross-section of people children will encounter throughout life. It’s an extremely humbling read for all.”
Granny Butterfly’ – http://amzn.to/2FSMzik
‘Granny Butterfly’s Birthday’ – http://amzn.to/2HwA2hW
For more information and resources, visit the series’ official website: http://www.grannybutterfly.co.
Pocolo
These books sound wonderful! Definitely going to check them out for my little one!
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Looks like a lovey book! #pocolo
What lovely looking books. I think anything that encourages little ones to have fun and get outside is a winner for me!
Thanks for sharing with #MMBC. Have a good week. x
I love the sound of these! My son loves butterflies and I’m really keen to encourage him to learn all about nature. The one with the bluebells sounds perfect for bluebell season coming up too! Thanks for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
This seems like a great set of books to get children thinking about nature! Thanks for sharing with #readwithme
This sounds lovely. My youngest loves butterflies and this would really appeal to her. Thank you for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
Ahh I’ve never heard of these books but they sound lovely! I’ve always had a fascination with butterflies. The illustrations look beautiful too, and I love the idea of escaping into another world! #Readwithme
These sound like very sweet books that my niece and nephew would enjoy.
These sound lovely books. I love butterflies. Such a shame that Butterfly World has now closed #readwithme
These books sound like a good read for children – I don’t think it’s something LP would like to read, but I’ll be sure to recommend to anyone I know. 🙂
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I was looking for butterfly books last year! I’ll need to look these out at the library! #readwithme