Melanie the Gentle Ladybug

Ten Little Ladybugs has sold more than three million copies to date. Little Simon publisher Robin Corey has long been a fan of White Heat projects and was also aware of Ladybugs' success. I said 'I'll take it.

Don't even show it to anyone else. An eight-copy counter display and a teaser mailing to bookstores have kept Sweet front and center this spring. A similar title, Give a Little Love Butterflies by Lizzie Mack, illustrated by Julie Gorton, sporting the same die-cut design and soft satin heart balloons, will be released in January Australian author Andy Griffiths's tribute to toilet humor for middle graders originally appeared in his homeland in as The Day My Bum Went Psycho.

The book quickly racked up sales of , copies, with publisher Pan Macmillan noting, "It is one of the bestselling children's book titles ever in Australia. Such a blowout performance caught the eye of Scholastic publisher and editor-in-chief Jean Feiwel, who happened upon Bum in a rights newsletter. I loved the idea of the book. I loved the title of the book.

I loved everything about it and just felt Scholastic had to have it. All parties put their rears in gear to see Stateside publication of the paperback this April with a first printing of , copies. After three trips back to press, the total in-print figure is currently , books.

Key chains, a floor display and an addictive game on Scholastic's Web site helped boost Butt 's visibility. Along the way, this fast-moving title has taken a seat on several bestseller lists, too, including those from USA Today six weeks , The New York Times five weeks and Book Sense three weeks. Though this is Griffiths's first U. Scholastic is now officially on the Griffiths bandwagon and will be publishing Just Annoying! And Butt will not be the only Griffiths bottom-related title to crack the U. S market; it will be joined by the sequel Zombie Butts from Uranus in April I made a large portion because I knew it would be eaten quickly, and I was hoping for some leftovers.

You can feel free to cut the recipe down if you want to. Many recipe books talk about the importance of always making extra specifically so you can serve it again as lunch the next day or even freeze some for another time. It really does take the same amount of time and clean up to make larger batches.

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I have not tried to see if this freezes well because it disappeared with dinner and lunch. Madeira sauce is a little more time consuming due to the reduction. There are many more time consuming versions that require demi- glace either homemade or commercial products. I went for a simple, yet tasty substitute. I will try making a very large batch of sauce without the mushrooms to see if I can freeze it in order to speed the cooking process.

We are not wine drinkers or any alcohol for that matter , so I had to plan ahead to make sure I could find and purchase Madeira wine. I bought the least expensive I could find because I knew it would be used only for cooking. Main Dish Ingredients Ingredients: Remove chicken fillets from the pan and place them together in covered dish to keep fillets warm while you make the sauce.

I cut breasts into smaller chunks because I prefer them that way With heat still on medium, add two tablespoons of oil to the skillet. Add Madeira wine, beef broth, butter and thyme.

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Bring sauce to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until sauce reduces to about one quarter of its original volume. When the sauce is done it will have thickened and turned a dark brown color. I add the chicken chunks to the sauce and heat through. When working outside in any variety of gardens, even front porch container gardens, there are more species of life participating than just plants. I also find it fascinating to look for personal life analogies outside in my gardens and my yard.

This week we are getting ready for our Family Fun Day activities, including releasing 9, lady bugs, 33 painted lady butterflies, and honey bee activities. In the midst of all of this planning, we built a little over square foot raised bed in the middle of our garden, which means lots of transplanting and more seeds to start. I am so excited about and delighted with our new u-shaped raised bed. It is 2 feet deep and 4 foot wide with the side being 12 feet long. I wanted to give pictures of the process so that I can continue to show how wonderfully it can be planted and maintained.

We have our potatoes and beets in containers and they are very crowded. The plan is to try and spread them out by transplanting them into this new bed. The rain this week has slowed that process down. I will keep you posted on the results. I am such a novice at all of this! As we were hauling in dirt to fill this bed, we noticed lots of wonderful worms which are great for the soil. This reminded me of the importance of worms and of composting, so I added a worm station activity to our Family Fun Day.

Worms truly are a garden friend that are often overlooked and underappreciated. I even posted a gummy worm recipe this week. A personal life analogy with worms made me think about how we often have things buried beneath the surface of our lives that may need to be recognized, worked on and even appreciated.

If we focus on those things that need to be worked on inside below ground level , then it can produce great fertilizer and intentionally make great soil, that in turn will create a healthier crop that is seen on the outside above ground level. They work at eating and breaking down rotten material and turning it into something necessary for health and life. Worms are a great reminder of this. Over the years, I have done several ladybug releases in a variety of locations.

They are easy to order online and easy to care for until releasing them. Ladybugs are a wonderful, natural way to get rid of harmful garden pests. Kids love this gentle bug and I love watching their excitement as they turn them loose. Entomologically speaking, the term bugs applies to insects of the order Hemiptera.

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Ladybugs belong to the order Coleoptera , or beetles. Almost all ladybugs feed on soft-bodied insects, and serve as beneficial predators of plant pests. Gardeners welcome ladybugs with open arms, knowing they will munch on the most prolific plant pests. Ladybugs love to eat scale insects , white flies, mites, and aphids. As larvae, ladybugs eat pests by the hundreds. A hungry ladybug adult can devour 50 aphids per day. What personal life analogy can we learn from these incredible creatures?

Well, we do know that they protect our plants by destroying harmful predators. These may include harmful addictive issues of drugs or alcohol, anger issues, poor decisions concerning our eating habits, harmful attitudes or negative thinking or even pornography. They also have several protective mechanisms built in to help out, but you just need to come here Saturday to learn more. This is my first attempt at a butterfly release. I started with very tiny caterpillars and have watched and waited.

So far I have 33 painted lady butterfly chrysalis and am praying they will all emerge before Saturday. I feel like a mom waiting for delivery. I have learned that different species feed on very specific plants, so I had to track down a type of mallow plant called a Tall Mallow or French Hollyhock for these butterflies. Not easy to find around here. The most incredible life application with butterflies is the wonder of metamorphosis.

In life we all have the beautiful ability to start out as one thing, or going in one direction, and totally change into something extraordinary — to spread our wings and fly.

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As a Christian, the butterfly is the perfect analogy of being totally transformed into a new creation through the power of Jesus Christ. I started with one bee hive over 9 years ago when we moved to the country. Two years ago, our neighbors Bill and Tarey Shipley, took over our hive as well as starting their own. They are up to 10 hives now and they have a small observation frame we will use for our Saturday event. There are so many life analogies to use with honeybees. I also am learning more about Mason bees as incredible pollinators.

We need to be intentionally focused and hardworking, being about the tasks we were uniquely created to accomplish. We need to understand the importance of working together with others as a team toward positive results. Honeybees often give their own lives in the protection of others. I want to give a very special thank you to all the military men and women who protect our nation and give their lives for us. But there are everyday tasks all moms, dads, grandparents, single adults, and children of all ages do to share and care for others to make a positive difference.

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Jul 17, Linda rated it it was amazing. I read this book to my 3 year old son, and he absolutely loved it! The colorful illustrations held his attention and he pointed to everything, wanting to know what it was. It was a fun way to show him one of the many wonders of nature, and he asks me to read it again and again! I definitely recommend this book to anyone with young children.

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