Author: Laura Hamilton Waxman
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 0761338861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and life cycle of the monarch butterfly.
Let's Look at Monarch Butterflies
Author: Laura Hamilton Waxman
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 0761338861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and life cycle of the monarch butterfly.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 0761338861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and life cycle of the monarch butterfly.
Monarch Butterfly
Author: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 143013027X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Bonnie Kelley-Young's narrative voice is well suited to the subject matter and its audience....The sound effects enhance the story and add to the sense of wonder." -AudioFile
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 143013027X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"Bonnie Kelley-Young's narrative voice is well suited to the subject matter and its audience....The sound effects enhance the story and add to the sense of wonder." -AudioFile
Monarchs and Milkweed
Author: Anurag Agrawal
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691166358
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plant Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythic journeying. In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag Agrawal presents a vivid investigation into how the monarch butterfly has evolved closely alongside the milkweed—a toxic plant named for the sticky white substance emitted when its leaves are damaged—and how this inextricable and intimate relationship has been like an arms race over the millennia, a battle of exploitation and defense between two fascinating species. The monarch life cycle begins each spring when it deposits eggs on milkweed leaves. But this dependency of monarchs on milkweeds as food is not reciprocated, and milkweeds do all they can to poison or thwart the young monarchs. Agrawal delves into major scientific discoveries, including his own pioneering research, and traces how plant poisons have not only shaped monarch-milkweed interactions but have also been culturally important for centuries. Agrawal presents current ideas regarding the recent decline in monarch populations, including habitat destruction, increased winter storms, and lack of milkweed—the last one a theory that the author rejects. He evaluates the current sustainability of monarchs and reveals a novel explanation for their plummeting numbers. Lavishly illustrated with more than eighty color photos and images, Monarchs and Milkweed takes readers on an unforgettable exploration of one of nature's most important and sophisticated evolutionary relationships.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691166358
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plant Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythic journeying. In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag Agrawal presents a vivid investigation into how the monarch butterfly has evolved closely alongside the milkweed—a toxic plant named for the sticky white substance emitted when its leaves are damaged—and how this inextricable and intimate relationship has been like an arms race over the millennia, a battle of exploitation and defense between two fascinating species. The monarch life cycle begins each spring when it deposits eggs on milkweed leaves. But this dependency of monarchs on milkweeds as food is not reciprocated, and milkweeds do all they can to poison or thwart the young monarchs. Agrawal delves into major scientific discoveries, including his own pioneering research, and traces how plant poisons have not only shaped monarch-milkweed interactions but have also been culturally important for centuries. Agrawal presents current ideas regarding the recent decline in monarch populations, including habitat destruction, increased winter storms, and lack of milkweed—the last one a theory that the author rejects. He evaluates the current sustainability of monarchs and reveals a novel explanation for their plummeting numbers. Lavishly illustrated with more than eighty color photos and images, Monarchs and Milkweed takes readers on an unforgettable exploration of one of nature's most important and sophisticated evolutionary relationships.
The Monarch Butterfly
Author: Fred A. Urquhart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monarch butterfly
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Monarch butterfly
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Winged Wonders
Author: Meeg Pincus
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1534166750
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
For decades, as the monarch butterflies swooped through every year like clockwork, people from Canada to the United States to Mexico wondered, "Where do they go?" In 1976 the world learned the answer: after migrating thousands of miles, the monarchs roost by the millions in an oyamel grove in Central Mexico's mountains. But who solved this mystery? Was it the scientist or the American adventurer? The citizen scientists or the teacher or his students? Winged Wonders shows that the mystery could only be solved when they all worked as a team--and reminds readers that there's another monarch mystery today, one that we all must work together to solve.
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1534166750
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
For decades, as the monarch butterflies swooped through every year like clockwork, people from Canada to the United States to Mexico wondered, "Where do they go?" In 1976 the world learned the answer: after migrating thousands of miles, the monarchs roost by the millions in an oyamel grove in Central Mexico's mountains. But who solved this mystery? Was it the scientist or the American adventurer? The citizen scientists or the teacher or his students? Winged Wonders shows that the mystery could only be solved when they all worked as a team--and reminds readers that there's another monarch mystery today, one that we all must work together to solve.
Let's Look at Iguanas
Author: Judith Jango-Cohen
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 0761350055
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Describes the habits and habitats of different kinds of iguanas.
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 0761350055
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Describes the habits and habitats of different kinds of iguanas.
Monarch Butterflies
Author: Ann Hobbie
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635862906
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Monarchs are a favorite and familiar North American butterfly, and their incredible annual migration has captured the popular imagination for generations. As populations of monarchs decline dramatically due to habitat loss and climate change, interest in and enthusiasm for protecting these beloved pollinators has skyrocketed. With easy-to-read text and colorful, engaging illustrations, Monarch Butterflies presents young readers with rich, detailed information about the monarchs’ life cycle, anatomy, and the wonders of their signature migration, as well as how to raise monarchs at home and the cultural significance of monarchs in Day of the Dead celebrations. As the book considers how human behavior has harmed monarchs, it offers substantive ways kids can help make a positive difference. Children will learn how to turn lawns into native plant gardens, become involved in citizen science efforts such as tagging migrating monarchs and participating in population counts, and support organizations that work to conserve butterflies.
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635862906
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Monarchs are a favorite and familiar North American butterfly, and their incredible annual migration has captured the popular imagination for generations. As populations of monarchs decline dramatically due to habitat loss and climate change, interest in and enthusiasm for protecting these beloved pollinators has skyrocketed. With easy-to-read text and colorful, engaging illustrations, Monarch Butterflies presents young readers with rich, detailed information about the monarchs’ life cycle, anatomy, and the wonders of their signature migration, as well as how to raise monarchs at home and the cultural significance of monarchs in Day of the Dead celebrations. As the book considers how human behavior has harmed monarchs, it offers substantive ways kids can help make a positive difference. Children will learn how to turn lawns into native plant gardens, become involved in citizen science efforts such as tagging migrating monarchs and participating in population counts, and support organizations that work to conserve butterflies.
Let's Look at Sharks
Author: Kristin L. Nelson
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 0761360417
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces sharks, including information on their physical characteristics, eating habits, and how they raise their young.
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 0761360417
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces sharks, including information on their physical characteristics, eating habits, and how they raise their young.
The Monarch Butterfly
Author: Karen Suzanne Oberhauser
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801441882
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Synthesizes current scientific knowledge on the life cycle, behavior, spectacular migration, and conservation of this charismatic insect.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801441882
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Synthesizes current scientific knowledge on the life cycle, behavior, spectacular migration, and conservation of this charismatic insect.
Chasing Monarchs
Author: Robert Michael Pyle
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618127436
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The monarch butterfly is our best-known and best-loved insect, and its annual migration over thousands of miles is an extraordinary natural phenomenon. Robert Michael Pyle, "one of America's finest natural history writers" (Sue Hubbell), set out late one summer to follow the monarchs south from their northernmost breeding ground in British Columbia. CHASING MONARCHS tells the engrossing story of his adventurous journey with these graceful wanderers -- down the Columbia, Snake, Bear, and Colorado rivers, across the Bonneville Salt Flats, and through the Chiricahua Mountains to Mexico, returning north along the California coast. Part travelogue, part scientific study, CHASING MONARCHS is one of the most fascinating books ever written about butterflies. "[Pyle's] delightful anecdotes, thought-provoking philosophical questions and personal passion make this chronicle a potential classic" (Monarch News).
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618127436
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The monarch butterfly is our best-known and best-loved insect, and its annual migration over thousands of miles is an extraordinary natural phenomenon. Robert Michael Pyle, "one of America's finest natural history writers" (Sue Hubbell), set out late one summer to follow the monarchs south from their northernmost breeding ground in British Columbia. CHASING MONARCHS tells the engrossing story of his adventurous journey with these graceful wanderers -- down the Columbia, Snake, Bear, and Colorado rivers, across the Bonneville Salt Flats, and through the Chiricahua Mountains to Mexico, returning north along the California coast. Part travelogue, part scientific study, CHASING MONARCHS is one of the most fascinating books ever written about butterflies. "[Pyle's] delightful anecdotes, thought-provoking philosophical questions and personal passion make this chronicle a potential classic" (Monarch News).