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Fandex Family Field Guides: Butterflies of the World

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Rick Mikula does it again! Author of the Family Butterfly Book, Mikula fills every page of this colorful, educational piece with excellent facts anyone of any age can enjoy! If you love butterflies (or just love looking at them!), pick up this Fandex. You'll be so glad you did!

My preschooler loves butterflies and so do we [hubby and I]. On a recent visit to D.C., I saw this at the Smithsonian Natural History museum store, and fell in love with it! When I read this to my daughter, she loved looking at the full-color photographs of the butterflies [it's in a fandex format, so one can basically flip to any butterfly that catches one's fancy], and loved listening to the interesting facts about the different butterflies. For example, all three of us were startled to discover that many butterflies are poisonous, and the Swallowtail butterfly is particularly toxic! I was pleased to discover that the glorious Rajah Brooke was included [having grown up in Malaysia wch is it's native habitat], and we delighted in the unusual names given to some butterflies like "Dogface", "Ghost Brimstone" "Painted Lady", etc. There is much to delight in and fascinate in this superb collection of butterflies in a book [?]/fan and I would highly recommend it to all who love butterflies, both young and old [especially the young, as the visual beauty of the pictures and the fun fandex format will cultivate a love of nature in them].

I ordered this for my 3 year old niece that is infatuated with butterflies. The picture of the real butterfly is on the end of the card so she can compare it to what is flying around. As she gets older she will be able to read what the card says along with visualize the butterfly. Great color!