Caterpillar to Butterfly

We are learning about the Leap class family. We got caterpillars about 10 days ago in the mail. We did not find them as fascinating to watch as the ants but the kids did get grossed out at all the poop in the cup. After about 7 days the caterpillars crawled to the top of the cup and molted into a chrysalis. Shelby LOVED watching this process. She quickly grabbed her Encyclopedia to learn all about the Pupa stage of the Butterfly. She was excited to learn that moths spin into a cacoon and that butterfly's actually molt to get to the pupa stage. Once the chrysalis hardened I moved the paper they were on into our habitat. We can't wait to see them become butterfly's.

"The Promises She Keeps" by Erin Healy is the first book of her's that I have read. This book had very interesting characters. We start with Promise a young girl with Cystic Fibrosis who sings. Then there is Chase a young man with Autism who is an incredible artist. Linking the two characters together is Zach and Portia. A mother/son team who do not like each other and each have their own agenda's in life.

This book started well and kept me longing to find out more about the characters and what will ultimately happen to them all. I felt connected to Promise and sad about her illness. I kept wanting to see one of Chases drawings for myself. My dislike of Portia was just as real as her son's dislike for her.

The books ending feels so rushed that it never felt like the salvation we were lead up to actually happened. There are parts of the story that seemed to never develop fully in the end. Overall it was a good read but left me longing for more completion to the story.

*This book was given to me free by BookSneeze in exchange for an unbiased review.