Guest
Author Reads:
Caterpillar Dreaming Butterfly
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| Maraleen Manos-Jones |
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Visits Ms. Manos-Jones is available to give talks at schools that encompass both the science and cultural stories surrounding butterflies. For more information: |
We’re happy to share the voice and words of storyteller and author Maraleen Manos-Jones.
- Link to: Caterpillar Dreaming Butterfly
Her life and stories have involved butterflies for over 30 years. She was among the first Americans to search for the monarch sanctuaries in Mexico.
In cultures around the world and over the ages, says Manos-Jones, butterflies have been a source of wonder and a metaphor for spiritual beliefs. They have appeared in poetry, paintings, myths and dances. Her stories celebrate the power of one of nature’s most delicate beings. Here she reads her own story, “Caterpillar Dreaming Butterfly”
Try This! Reading Strategies
In her story, Ms. Manos-Jones interweaves facts about butterflies, thoughts about life, and an African legend. Identify and list facts in a “Double Entry Journal.” Can you find where the story changes from non-fiction to fiction? Describe how the author takes facts from nature to build a story into a life lesson. Can you think of an example from nature that works as a metaphor for your own life? (A flower blooming, a season changing, a bird leaving a nest, for example.) In your class, write stories that blend fact, fiction and metaphor. Exchange the stories, and challenge one another to facts and fiction.
