Tommy and the Butterflies'Tommy and the Butterflies is a magical and delightful story that will cause children of all ages to get a new, refreshing view about reading books...' -Janice Malone, The Tennessee Tribune (Nashville) 'It is a very creative and wonderful new approach to teaching children!' Kathy Jakobsen, author of My New York. 'This is an engaging, imaginative way to present information...' -Adriane M. Holguin, Youth Programming/Story Time Coordinator 'Enchanting first book of the series...' Wendy M. Slobom, certified tutor and reading specialist Six-year-old Tommy received a dictionary from his grandfather for his birthday! It's not just any old dictionary either. This is a magic dictionary! |
Contents
Foreword | 15 |
A Birthday Gift | 17 |
A Magic Dictionary | 21 |
The First Lesson | 32 |
Tommy is Learning New Things | 37 |
More Questions | 46 |
The Magic Dictionary Teaches More Knowledge | 55 |
The Magic Wand | 62 |
The Magic Wand Teaches New Things | 73 |
The Butterflies of the World | 80 |
More Bedtime Stories | 91 |
Common terms and phrases
added the dictionary answered antennae asked the dictionary beautiful butterfly bedroom Bedtime Stories black dots bow tie butter butterfly eggs butterfly flew butterfly lesson butterfly saw butterfly's caterpillar shedding chair CHAPTER colors D. G. Flamand Dictionaries don't talk dictionary asked dictionary seemed dresser eats its eggshell exclaimed the stick exclaimed Tommy flies friendly front gently grandpa Granny happily happy head hear incredible Instantly kinds of butterflies landed learn new things little boy looked at Tommy Maestro Magic Wand magic confidence magic pages magic particle magic wish Monarch butterfly mother butterflies never knew saw the wand shivering sighed Tommy skin spinneret spots staring story Suddenly terfly three butterflies tiny lenses tiny Western Pigmy tionary Tommy asked Tommy laughed Tommy looked Tommy saw Tommy smiled Tommy wanted Tommy’s tropical rain forests voice wanted to know warmer places Western Pigmy Blue whispered Tommy