How to Raise Monarch Butterflies: A Step-By-Step Guide for Kids (Revised and Updated)
by Carol Pasternak (Author)
Observing a Monarch butterfly as it transforms itself from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly is among the most thrilling experiences that nature offers. Raising Monarch butterflies is made easy with the help of this detailed guide. How to Raise Monarch Butterflies explains what threats Monarchs face today and how readers can help conserve the Monarch's feeding grounds from encroachment. Revel in one of the most remarkable miracles of nature. This updated edition contains: More than 40 new colorful and detailed photos. More secrets to help you find eggs and caterpillars. Instructions on how to feed a monarch and more details on their care. Expanded information on varieties and propagation of milkweed. New page on the diverse insects in the milkweed patch. New suggestions for starting a butterfly garden, including a large photograph of an outstanding Monarch Waystation.
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Gr 4 Up--The monarch butterflies that hatch in the early summer live for two to three weeks, and a female can lay between 400 and 500 eggs. Collecting these eggs or the newly hatched caterpillars and providing them with milkweed leaves-their main food-can help increase the number of late summer and early fall monarchs that live for eight or nine months and make the autumn migration to Mexico. This breezy and down-to-earth text ("greenish poops-called frass") presents mostly generalizations but nicely communicates the wonder of the transformative nature of this species. Especially effective is the eight-picture depiction of the development of the caterpillar into a chrysalis. The full-color photographs are crisp and sharp for the most part and illustrate the life cycle of the monarch and the many tasks that have to be done to ensure that the caterpillars thrive and become butterflies. This work-intensive activity might be better suited to students in a classroom than an individual at home. With so many similar books about the life cycle of the monarch and related crafts and activities, this title becomes an additional purchase.--Frances E. Millhouser, formerly at Chantilly Regional Library, Fairfax County, VA
Copyright 2012 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.Review quotes
Pasternak has written a clear, practical and family-friendly guide to raising butterflies, which includes plenty of compelling scientific information along the way and ends by explaining what we can do to save their habitat.—Julie Eilperin"Washington Post" (05/01/2012)
"The breezy and down-to-earth text ... nicely communicates the wonder ... Especially effective is the eight-pictured depiction of the development of the caterpillar into a chrysalis." —School Library Journal
Carol Pasternak is a photographer, personal trainer and educator who raises Monarch butterflies with her family in Toronto, Ontario.
JNF051110 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Experiments & Projects
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