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Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawai'i's Kamehameha Butterflies
By ROTH, Susan L. & Cindy Trumbore
- ISBN
- 9781620149713
- Publisher
- Lee & Low
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School Library Journal
Starred Review on February 1, 2021 | Elementary
Gr 1–4—Conservation, citizen science, and a perennially popular juvenile nonfiction topic come together in this beautifully illustrated title about Hawai'i's Kamehameha butterflies. The narrative begins with the formation of the Hawaiian islands and introduces Kamehameha as the king who unified the islands under his leadership. He also had a butterfly named for him. In 2009, six fifth-grade students campaigned to get the Kamehameha butterfly named as Hawai'i's official state insect in an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
