Airplanes in the Garden

Monarch Butterflies Take Flight

by Joan Z. Calder

Awards & Honors

Winner of the Learning® Magazine 2013 Teachers’ ChoiceSM for Children’s Books Award.

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2013 Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Recipient.

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Winner of the 2013 Global eBooks Best Illustration in Children Fiction Silver Award.
If I could give this one a 200 point total I would. This is the best of the best! - Award judge

Winner of Creative Child Magazine 2012 Award for Kids Storybooks

"A vibrant, enriching tale that kids will love." — Kirkus Reviews. Click here to see the full review.
Nominee for the "Growing Good Kids – Excellence in Children's Literature” Awards by the Junior Master Gardener Program & The American Horticultural Society. Click here to read about the program.
Now sold at the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), National Arboretum Gift Store and the Cleveland Botanic Garden.
Airplanes in the Garden has been adopted by the Anne Arundel County Public School in Millersville, Maryland for use in its multidisciplinary first grade environmental literacy unit: How Can We Help Monarch Butterflies?

Read Joan's hints, tips and insights into butterflies and butterfly gardening on Facebook.
Read the book review from the Wild Ones Journal.

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