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Author Sayre, April Pulley.

Title Touch a butterfly : wildlife gardening with kids / April Pulley Sayre.

Publication Info. Boston, Mass. : Roost Books, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  635 SAY    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  635.083 SAYRE    On Display
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Non Fiction  638.5 SAYRE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  635 SAYRE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Basement Materials  635 SAYRE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  635 SAYRE    DUE 04-16-24
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  635 SAYRE    DUE 04-20-24
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  635 SAY    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  635 SAYRE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 207 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The comfy spot -- Opening your ears -- Gardening in the rain -- Layer cake of life -- Oh, the itchies! Bathing, sunning, and anting -- The great escape -- Pile it on! Simple shelters -- What's on the menu? -- Water detectives -- Wooing with water -- Consider the wind -- Winter nest hunt -- Snowy day survey -- Planning your garden -- Going to the maps -- Sounds and space -- Sensing the soil -- The lessons of compost -- Preparing the ground -- Transplanting time -- Native plants -- Cacti for wildlife -- Planting the great ones -- Giving trees space to grow -- Celebrating snags -- Water gardening -- Mowing for wildlife -- When a fence is more than a fence -- Keeping the neighbors happy -- Butterfly seekers -- Finding the best spot for your butterfly garden -- Plants for a butterfly garden -- The caterpillar crawl -- Dragonfly encounters -- Creating dragonfly and damselfly habitats -- Bees and other awe-inspiring insects -- Toadally cool -- Bats are beautiful -- Berry eaters -- Sharing berries with the birds -- Welcome, seedeaters -- Symphony of seeds -- Insect eaters -- Hello, hummingbirds! -- A building materials buffet for the birds -- Cavity nesters -- Secrets to successful wildlife watching -- Wildlife blinds -- Hands and feet awareness -- What about mosquitoes? -- Reaching out to the community -- Getting your wildlife garden certified.
Summary Explains how to plant and maintain a wildlife garden that will provide a natural habitat for a variety of small creatures, while enriching children's relationship with nature.
Subject Gardening to attract wildlife.
Wildlife attracting.
Garden animals.
ISBN 9781590309179 paperback alkaline paper
1590309170 paperback alkaline paper
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