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Back to School Book: Butterflies in My Stomach


It’s BACK TO SCHOOL: Have you read to a child recently?

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Butterflies in My Stomach and Other School Hazards 

Written & Illustrated by Serge Bloch 
Published  by Sterling on August 5, 2008
Genre/Topics: First Day of School, Humorous, Idioms
Ages: 4+, 32 pages 

The first day of school brings many emotions from excitement to nerves. This is a book to hopefully ease those butterflies in your stomach before you begin school. We’ve all heard unique speech expressions that don’t need an explanation, such as ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’, ‘cat caught your tongue’, ‘the early bird gets the worm’, ‘tickled pink’, ‘apple of my eye’, and many more. However, as children these expressions can be very confusing especially on the first day of school when you’re already nervous.

A child begins his first day of school and feels awful from the start when he wakes on ‘the wrong side of the bed’ and almost missed the bus which would cause him to be…

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2012: YEAR OF THE MONARCH
I’ve nurtured milkweed in my flower garden this year. Butterflies abound, flitting all around. How timely that my second children’s picture book AMAZING MATILDA: A Monarch’s Tale http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Matilda-Monarchs-Bette-Stevens/dp/1470187663/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341698525&sr=1-2&keywords=Monarch+butterflies was published on July 2, 2012. This book challenges readers and listeners to follow their dreams through all of life’s challenges. Patience and persistence is the theme.

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