monarch butterfly

A little girl visits the butterfly trees near her home on the Monterey Peninsula, where the monarch butterflies spend the winter, and learns about past and present butterfly celebrations in California.

"Through accessible text and colorful, engaging illustrations, Monarch Butterflies presents rich, detailed information about the monarchs' life cycle, anatomy, and the wonders of their signature migration"--.

"Monarch butterflies swooped through and people wondered, "Where do they go?" In 1976 the world learned: after migrating, the monarchs roost by the millions in an oyamel grove in Mexico. This was a mystery that could only be solved when people worked as a team"--.

Monarch butterflies are among the most recognized butterflies in the world due to their unique coloring. They also go on a migration journey that can be more than 2,000 miles long. Readers will explore the life of the monarch butterfly and learn fun facts. Age-appropriate text is paired with eye-catching photographs that hold readers' attention. Engaging diagrams and a useful glossary present this elementary life science topic in a way that is easy for young readers to understand.

Explains the journey monarch butterflies take between their summer and winter homes, and describes their physical characteristics and behaviors.

"Caterpillar crawls from leaf to leaf, eating and waiting, all alone in a big, green world. Then Orange appears--Orange floats, and flits, and flies, graceful and beautiful. In this . . . story of intergenerational friendship, a small caterpillar is befriended by a glorious monarch butterfly, and together they learn to see the world through each other's eyes"--OCLC.

Simple text and close-up photographs describe the anatomy, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of monarch butterflies.

Describes, in simple text and illustrations, the physical characteristics, habits, and life cycle of the monarch butterfly.