monarch butterfly

An immigrant girl explains how she learned English by reading about Monarch butterflies, and how, troubled by their decline, she got her classmates and neighbors together to build a butterfly garden.

"Monarch butterfly populations have been declining for the last two decades, and scientists aren't sure why. This book takes readers on a quest to discover what is happening and what scientists know"--Provided by publisher.

Simple text and photographs introduce the life cycle of a 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.