This illustrated picture book follows monarch butterflies on their long migration from Canada to Mexico. Told through lyrical text and colorful illustrations, it shows the butterflies searching for food, facing storms, gathering together, and travelling south to reach their ancestral winter home. The book also introduces young readers to the monarch butterfly's life cycle, anatomy, and migratio…
Discusses animal migration, including different animals that migrate, the routes they take and how they navigate, and the various reasons that they make the journey.
Many other animals of the world besides birds migrate for many different reasons. From whales to butterflies, this book explains to readers how animals, such as the salmon, the lemming, and the Canadian goose, follow paths that have been passed on for generations, helping their species survive. Full-color illustrations.
Join Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and illustrator Lambert Davis as they follow the majestic migrations of caribou, locusts, gray whales, terns, and more creatures who must travel to survive. Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant joins naturalist painter Lambert Davis to create a vibrant picture book that follow the migratory journeys of some magnificent creatures: locusts, gray whales, American…