It\'s hard to be Velma, the littlest Gratch, entering the first grade.
Watch as Velma Gratch metamorphosizes from a timid first grader into a confident young scientist.
Acclaimed and bestselling illustrator Kevin Hawkes and author Alan Madison celebrate everything butterfly--from migration to metamorphosis. well, no one will forget Velma ever again. . .
When a monarch roosts on Velma\'s finger and won\'t budge for days .
But all that changes on a class trip to the magnificent Butterfly Conservatory--a place neither of her sisters has ever been.
Poor Velma--people can barely remember her name.
That\'s because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders.
It\'s hard to be Velma, the littlest Gratch, entering the first grade