Butterfly, Butterfly, What's Your Game Plan? is a uniquely captivating poem story told in a witty, flowing, non-conforming rhyming verse style making this book enjoyable; it's fun to read. Embedded with tongue-twisting phrases, the poem examines the life cycle of a butterfly presented to the reader in the unusual form of a soliloquy (Shakespeare is even cited). However, more than an homage to the fanciful, flitting flyer, it is also a somewhat scientific look at numerous aspects of the life of butterflies. It is an observational commentary that examines their whimsical nature, manner of comings and goings, and cycle of regeneration. The book with its numerous colorful and bold illustrations will be a delight to the eye, and can be read to smaller children. Later in their inquisitive and vocabulary building years, middle school age children will find it a stimulating incentive that infuses a love of reading with scientific exploration in nature. The nature study provokes inquiring young minds to expand their knowledge, by inviting them to do research to find out more about the quixotic fliers that capture our attention. The back of the book suggests facts/fiction they can check for themselves with a space for their research notes. Many of Madam Zucchini's poem story characters find themselves in dilemmas that relate to choices, i.e. learning life's lessons. This is an inspiring book that explodes with incentives to do research in both science and English.The abundance of richly rendered illustrations and Madam Zucchini's garden photos show a variety of types of butterflies in their environments which defines the poem story visually. The illustrations are rendered in rich watercolors and pen and ink in a controlled style to be more accurate.
About the Author: Doris Voss Dasenbrock, the author & illustrator of this publication holds a Bachelor's degree with a major in Art Education and a minor in English from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. She holds an MFA degree from Florida State University, Tallahassee. She majored in fine arts, drawing and painting with a minor in the humanities. She also holds a marketing degree from the University of Maryland, University College, College Park. She has taught art at all levels from elementary to high school, as well as night school adult classes in Wisconsin. In Florida, Maryland and Virginia she has taught college art classes. She has worked commercially as a graphic artist, and as an advertising, marketing, and art director for a number of non-profit organizations and businesses located in the greater Washington, DC. area. She has traveled to many countries in Europe, Africa, Central, South, and North America, Asia and Pacific Islands. She has taken countless photos and currently writes, illustrates and paints. Her art work has won numerous prizes and has been exhibited and purchased by both galleries and private collections nationally.