Publisher Description

Percival Pocupine discovers a crysalis and thinks it's a jewel, but shortly, Madame Monarch Butterfly emerges to explain her life cycle and travels, all with watercolor illustrations by the author.

Author Biography

Sylvia lives on a farm in the hills of Massachusetts with her husband, dog, geese, chickens, and goats. A retired early intervention specialist, she has been reading stories to children for more than fifty years and decided it was time to write some herself.Percival, the reluctant private investigator, was created as a writing assignment while Sylvia was in graduate school. He has lived in her mind since then and is ready to share his adventures with more people. Welcome to his world near the beaver pond where he helps other critters solve the mysteries of the natural world. Sylvia lives on a farm in the hills of Massachusetts with her husband, dog, geese, chickens, and goats. A retired early intervention specialist, she has been reading stories to children for more than fifty years and decided it was time to write some herself.Percival, the reluctant private investigator, was created as a writing assignment while Sylvia was in graduate school. He has lived in her mind since then and is ready to share his adventures with more people. Welcome to his world near the beaver pond where he helps other critters solve the mysteries of the natural world.

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