Malinda Martha Meets Mariposa: A Star is Born

I read this book to my second grade class and had a wonderfulreception! The children were delighted with the rich and colorfulillustrations by the talented John Lund, and also by the charmingand animated text by Ms. Trimble. Rich in color and detail, it isan ideal selection for butterfly education for young children.I applaud Ms. Trimble's obvious success in translating the beautiful story of catterpillar "capers" into book adaptation foryoung children. Quite a literary delight!

I used to hate to read, but now I know you can learn a lot fromreading books like "Melinda Martha Meets Mariposa" cuz it teachesyou about the metamorphisas of the Monarch butterfly. Since Ilove butterflys, I wanted to read about them. I learned a lotfrom this book. Cuz it talks about the butterfly's life and howits born. I never knew that it took five weeks for it to comealive. Melinda Martha is fun cuz it makes learning cool. MelindaMartha pretends she is putting on a play in her backyard. Theplay is all about the Monarc butterflyt and it shows the wholelife sycle. So it's like the life sycle is a show we can watch.We can watch how the butterfly is born. The pictures are realybuetiful and the story is fun. I like it alot.

I am so glad that finally a book about this endangered specieshas been written for kids, cause I think kids need to learnabout the interesting life cycle of the butterfly. Finallylittle kids are introduced to the beautiful monarch butterflyin this beautiful book. Trimble gives a great portrayal of thebutterfly in her book. This book just sparkles with life andinsight! I recommend this book to any teacher who wants tointroduce to lower grade students the monarch butterfly in apresentation they'll get a lot from. A great book!It will makeit fun for kids to learn. They'll be learning and playing atthe same time!