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K-Gr 2—A monarch caterpillar wakes inside a tiny egg in a "country up north." Munching on milkweed, she grows, transforms into a butterfly with wings "like stained glass," and takes off on the southward wind. Employing sparse but expressive text, Shingu follows a group of monarchs making their way over a waterfall and through a big city and a village before arriving in the southern forest to mate and begin the return journey. A successful sculptor and installation artist with a deep interest in th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This simple, elegant picture book traces the migration of the monarch butterfly from its northern home to its "winter sanctuary" in Mexico and back again. The story begins with eggs "as small as a dewdrop" on a milkweed leaf and progresses as caterpillars hatch from the eggs, then grow, and then spin cocoons; butterflies emerge and take flight, traveling thousands of miles; a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This simple, elegant picture book traces the migration of the monarch butterfly from its northern home to its "winter sanctuary" in Mexico an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More