Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly

Alan Madison, Kevin Hawkes, Kevin Hawkes , Alan Madison

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Random House Inc
01 November 2012

General fiction (Children's&YA); Family & home stories (Children's&YA); Humorous stories (Children's&YA); School stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues

Here is a picture book with commercial appeal that is perfect for the classroom! A monarch butterfly helps small and bespeckled first grader, Velma Gratch, step out of the shadow cast by her two big sisters in this humorous and touching story. Now in paperback!

It's hard to be Velma, the littlest Gratch, entering the first grade. That's because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders. Poor Velma-people can barely remember her name. But all that changes on a class trip to the magnificent Butterfly Conservatory-a place neither of her sisters has ever been. When a monarch roosts on Velma's finger and won't budge for days . . . well, no one will forget Velma ever again. Acclaimed and bestselling illustrator Kevin Hawkes and author Alan Madison celebrate everything butterfly-from migration to metamorphosis. Watch as Velma Gratch metamorphosizes from a timid first grader into a confident young scientist!

By: Alan Madison
Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes, Kevin Hawkes, Alan Madison
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 230mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 224g
ISBN: 9780307978042
ISBN 10: 0307978044
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 01 November 2012
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ALAN MADISON is the author of The Littlest Grape Stomper and Pecorino's First Concert, in addition to being a film and television writer. KEVIN HAWKES is the illustrator of many well-loved books for young readers, including Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black, Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen, Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, and My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman. He is also the author and illustrator of The Wicked Big Toddlah and its sequel The Wicked Big Toddlah Goes to New York.