Relates observations about the disappearance of rare, exotic, and endangered species and ecosystems. Discusses the habitats of monk seals, albatrosses, and migrating monarch butterflies.
Simple text and photographs depict the life cycle and metamorphosis of a monarch butterfly, from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to emerging butterfly. Includes crafts and related activities.
Minna, Pip, Mom, and Dad choose a blue-sky day to visit the Butterfly Place where they observe all the stages in a butterfly's life, and get to see monarch butterflies in action.
Hurry the tortoise befriends a monarch butterfly when she stops in his garden in Wichita Falls, Texas, during her migration from Canada to Mexico. Includes facts about monarch butterflies.
Presents eighteen poems in such forms as haiku, sonnet, and cinquain that explore the life cycle, migration, history, and beauty of monarch butterflies, and includes a fact section.