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Ellen Federico, Founder of The Event Group, Inc.® an event-meeting planning firm in Manhattan is a writer, speaker, and a certified Monarch Butterfly conservationist, who maintains sustainable habitats on Fire Island, New York. Ellen has been featured on NBC Today Show and The New Yorker magazine as The Butterfly Lady of Fire Island. She offers workshops for children and adults. 

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We're honored to be recipients of Hindi's Libraries "2024 Females of Fiction Awards." After the recent announcement by US Fish and Wildlife Services proposing the Monarch Butterfly as “Threatened” on the Endangered Species list, it’s important children become more involved in planting habitats to prevent Monarchs from disappearing by 2080.

“Butterfly Island and the Invincible Crew” is an excellent introduction for young readers to butterfly conservation and recovery efforts following environmental storm losses, replacing despair with hope in action.

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