An extraordinary life : the story of a monarch butterfly

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Location	Collection	Call #
Carnegie Library of Homestead	Children Non Fiction	J 595.78 Prin
Location	Carnegie Library of Homestead
Collection	Children Non Fiction
Call Number	J 595.78 Prin
Dormont Public Library	Juvenile Non-Fiction	J 595.78 P93
Location	Dormont Public Library
Collection	Juvenile Non-Fiction
Call Number	J 595.78 P93
Oakmont Carnegie Library	Non-Fiction	J 595.78 PR
Location	Oakmont Carnegie Library
Collection	Non-Fiction
Call Number	J 595.78 PR
Shaler North Hills Library	Juvenile Non-Fiction	j 595.789 P
Location	Shaler North Hills Library
Collection	Juvenile Non-Fiction
Call Number	j 595.789 P

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Published Reviews

Booklist Review: "Gr. 3^-6. A map of a monarch butterfly's migratory route from Massachusetts to Mexico sets the stage for this exceptional book. Rather than giving the usual survey of the habits, habitat, life cycle, and predators of butterflies, Pringle brings immediacy to his subject by focusing sharply on one monarch, whom he names Danaus. Beginning as an egg on the leaf of a milkweed plant, Danaus goes from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly and makes the long flight to Mexico. There she survives the winter, mates, and flies north to Texas, where she lays her own eggs in a milkweed field. The surprisingly absorbing story of Danaus' life is followed by a discussion of the monarchs' endangered winter refuges in Mexico and an explanation of how to raise monarch butterflies from the caterpillar stage. Throughout the book, Marstall's colorful paintings offer clear, brilliantly colored illustrations of the caterpillars growing, eating, resting, mating, avoiding predators, and flying, flying, flying. An excellent book on a popular species. --Carolyn Phelan"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

Additional Information

Subjects	Monarch butterfly -- Juvenile literature. Monarch butterfly. Butterflies.
Publisher	New York :Orchard Books,1997
Contributors	Marstall, Bob.
Language	English
Description	64 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Bibliography Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63) and index.
ISBN	0531300021 0531330028 (lib. bdg.)
Other	Classic View