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  • Gotta Go! Gotta Go!: A Picture Book

Gotta Go! Gotta Go!: A Picture Book

Author
Illustrator
Sue Riddle
Publication Date
March 01, 2004
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Gotta Go! Gotta Go!: A Picture Book

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Description

An incredible journey

"I don't know much, but I know what I know. I gotta go! I gotta go! I gotta go to Mexico!" The creepy-crawly bug doesn't know why she does what she does. She only knows she has to do it. But making the journey seems impossible for the slow-moving critter, who has no idea what or where Mexico is. Then an everyday miracle occurs, bringing a transformation that will help her fulfill her destiny. Each autumn, millions of Monarch butterflies migrate from the central and eastern United States and Canada to colonies in the mountains of Mexico, where they mate before flying north in the spring to lay their eggs. In simple, jaunty text and pictures, Sam Swope and Sue Riddle celebrate the amazing story of one of these intrepid bugs.

Publication date
March 01, 2004
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374427863
Lexile Measure
490
Guided Reading Level
K
Publisher
Square Fish
Series
Sunburst Book
BISAC categories
JUV036000 - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Technology
JUV002140 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Insects, Spiders, etc.
Library of Congress categories
Butterflies
Caterpillars
Monarch butterfly

Publishers Weekly

"The author suggests the urgency of a caterpillar's mission by treating it as a kind of hardwired biological destiny," said PW. "The clarity of the storytelling and artwork match the heroine's determination." Ages 3-6. (Mar.) Copyright 2004 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.

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Sam Swope

Sam Swope is the author of two previous picture books, The Krazees and The Araboolies of Liberty Street. He lives in New York City.

Sue Riddle lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Gotta Go! Gotta Go! is his first book.

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