Johnnie W. Lewis

You never expected the World's Best Detective to be a KING SNAKE, did you? ? Well, Rosie, the King Snake, is Babs runs into one mystery after another. Even though she's a smart cookie for an 11-year-old, she always uses the help of her pet King Snake, Rosie, and her friend, Richard. They solve one mystery after another, as her parents and other adults, like her friend, the Sheriff, laugh on During the course of King Rosie and the Kid-Nappers, Babs, Rosie, and Richard run into diamond thieves, a train wreck, tackling a bad guy, and "fainting goats" and their goat poop Enough mysteries and action to keep you intrigued and laughing all the way to the end

Babs runs into one mystery after another. Even though she's a smart cookie for an 11-year-old, she can always use the help of other to solve her cases. In this book, her helper, and the one who points Babs in the right directions, is her pet, a King Snake, named Rosie Babs and Rosie solve one mystery after another, as her parents and other adults, like her friend, the Sheriff, laugh on During the course of "King Rosie Hacks the Hacker," Babs and Rosie run into a prowler, a Karate school, being locked in the attic, and thieves at the coal mine. Enough mysteries to keep you intrigued (and laughing) all the way to the end This is the second book in "The Babs Book" mystery series of Middle Readers for ages 9-13.

Flutterbye, the Butterfly, as a Second Generation Monarch Butterfly has to learn to live with the weather in her area What a challenge And it's a challenge for her friends the other butterflies and insects, too. Can they fly in the rain or do they need to hide somewhere?Read along with Flutterbye as she learns to deal with events that happen in short life.This book can be used as a complete unit on several topics: weather, butterflies, Monarch butterflies, etc. It is complete with suggested plans for lessons in the front of the book as well as Enrichment notes for teachers OR parents in the back of the book.Explains "life" while having fun Reading level is high-Fourth Grade and up, but group reading by teachers and parents is recommended for inclusion of question and answer sessions. Excellent book for "spring of the year" activities on new birth, restoration, and growth. As with the first book in the series, there are NUMEROUS notes to Teachers and Parents for suggested lesson plans and/or enrichment activities, along with a glossary of words uncommon to the Fourth Grade-and-up lexicon.

Flutterbye, the Butterfly's daughter looks around the area where she lives and learns that there are more creatures that fly than just her And all of them have the same challenges that she does - what to eat and how NOT to be eaten Almost all of the flying creatures in Flutterbye's habitat are examined and analyzed in this second book in the "Flutterbye, the Butterfly" series about Monarch butterflies. Included are discussions on Food Chains, Circles of Life and Laws of Nature, surrounded by DOZENS of colorful photographs and drawings that help depict the lives of the animals in Flutterbye's area. Explains "life" while having fun Reading level is high-Fourth Grade and up, but group reading by teachers and parents is recommended for inclusion of question and answer sessions. Excellent book for "spring of the year" activities on new birth, restoration, and growth.As with the first book in the series, there are NUMEROUS notes to Teachers and Parents for suggested lesson plans and/or enrichment activities, along with a glossary of words uncommon to the Fourth Grade-and-up lexicon.

The life times and trials of a new butterfly Flutterbye, the Butterfly must make the journey to Mexico for the winter. Everything she eats, sees, does, and thinks is a new to her, because as a brand new butterfly, she's never DONE any of these things before Readers follow the wonder of a new butterfly's brand new discoveries -- every day She must learn to eat and fly and avoid predators and eat and fly and...The book (soon to part of a series) comes with a section in the front for suggested lesson ideas for teachers and parents. And in the back, there are sections of "enrichment" for almost every page An entire teaching unit on Monarch butterflies, in one book