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Preface

The thought of writing Danny Bundy and the Search for the Butterfly came to me one cold winter morning when my wife and I lived in Big Bear Lake, California. My world at the time was many feet high in pure-white snow, and as I gazed at it, I thought, “Wouldn’t it be great to see a beautiful, colorful butterfly fly on by?” I felt seeing a monarch butterfly (my favorite) would certainly break up the monotonous whiteness of it all. But, alas, there are no butterflies in the heart of winter, so I had to accept the fact that, around my place, white was going to be the color for the foreseeable future. With this thought in mind, I sat down and found a way out through a little eight-year-old boy named Danny Bundy, a kid who would not accept no for an answer.

I hope my book, Danny Bundy and the Search for the Butterfly, will delight and enrich the lives of both children and parents alike. I also hope that the message within will encourage everyone to reflect on the state of our planet and the need to become better stewards of its many precious resources.