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Describes the life cycle, body parts, and behavior of the monarch butterfly, and includes instructions on how to raise a monarch.

Traces the life cycle of butterflies, and provides interesting data about them.

Illustrations and simple text describe the life cycle of butterflies.

Examines the colors and patterns of various butterfly wings.

Flap your wings and fly! Find out all about butterflies, and a tiny, hungry caterpillar.

Describes a female Monarch butterfly's solitary flight from Arkansas to Michigan as she lays the eggs that will hatch and repeat her life cycle.

"Starting from the northern United States and southern Canada, millions of Monarchs converge every fall in one region in central Mexico. It's not only an amazing sight to behold for the lucky residents of the area, but also a true miracle of nature. This easy reader follows the 2,500 mile-long journey of the Monarchs, with both full color illustrations and photographs."--Amazon.com.

Simple, engaging text presents both basic information and fun, quirky facts about the insects' appearance, habits, and life cycle.

Explores how caterpillars turn into butterflies through the journey of a chrysalis that originates in a butterfly farm in Costa Rica and winds up in a museum in Boston.