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ESSEX â The official Vermont state butterfly, the Monarch, will soon be returning to Vermont, and with it a new childrenâs book from New York Times best selling authors and Essex residents John and Jennifer Churchman.
The Happy Garden-Best Friends will be the Churchmanâs seventh book since 2015, when they debuted with their first book
Sweet Pea & Friends The SheepOver.
The new book opens with a tattered and tired Monarch butterfly returning to Vermont after her long migratory flight. Meeting Oliver, a happy-go-lucky frog living in the garden, she asks for his help in watching over her egg. The story unfolds with the transformation of Flora from egg to caterpillar to butterfly under the watchful eye of Oliver the frog and the farmyard and woodland friends.