monarch butterflies

Presents an overview of the biology of monarch butterflies in western North America, eastern North America, and Australia through twenty-seven essays on breeding, migration, overwintering, and conservation.

Traces the migrations of thousands of monarch butterflies who fly from as far north as Canada to fifty forested acres in Mexico each year.

Simple text describes how monarch butterflies in North America migrate to Mexico every year.

Narrated by Alexi Komisar.;Book illustrated by Katie Lee.;Side 1 with page-turning signals; side 2 without. A monarch butterfly emerges from its chrysalis and makes its way across the United States to the mountains of Mexico where it will spend the winter.

Color photos fill this chronicle of a monarch butterfly's development from the egg to adulthood, which also includes a glossary, activities, and a list of related books and Web sites.

Describes the vast migration habits of the Monarch butterfly as it travels from the forests of Mexico to Canada.

Describes the transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis to monarch butterfly, as well as monarch migration and threats to butterflies.

Nell and Nate Kidd, visiting Mexico with their mother, a well-known ecologist, try to help local villagers who are divided over a logging company's proposal to buy the land on which the Monarch butterflies spend the winter months.

Full-color photographs accompanied by scientific findings describe the monarch butterfly's migration, its life cycle, and problems.

When surrounded by thousands of butterflies, eleven-year-old John becomes transformed into one of them and finds his entire life altered because of this experience.