Commentaire descriptif
This unique and informative guide featuring full colour, razor-sharp photography teaches young nature enthusiasts how to raise and release their own monarch butterflies.
Divided into sections, the book describes the anatomy of the monarch, its life cycle, caring for and feeding caterpillars, mating and migration, predators, how to attract butterflies into a garden and how they benefit the environment.
Along the way, readers will discover a wealth of scientific information delivered in bite-sized age-appropriate language, for example, did you know that “It takes a week for the caterpillar to grow bigger than a sunflower seed”?
The book includes a helpful glossary for unfamiliar words, an exhaustive index, and recommended URLs for Web sites to explore, as well as a list of broader topics for discussion.
Highly detailed, deconstructed instructions make the care of butterflies understandable and possible. Perhaps students will be encouraged to help stop the decline of the monarch population by raising their own butterflies from eggs or caterpillars found along roads and in fields.
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Pistes d'exploration
: Write a number of questions and answers that you could give to a friend who will read the book.
: Make a poster explaining the life cycle of the monarch butterfly.
: Write a fictional first-person account of the monarch evolving into a butterfly and travelling south.
: With a partner, write questions and answers based on one of the chapters. Exchange your questions with a team that chose a different chapter. Share your answers.
: Discuss the topics at the end of the book. Research more information about monarch butterflies.
: Make a poster for display in your school on how to save the monarch butterfly population.
Mots-clés
Non-fiction, animal care, butterflies, caterpillars, environment, insects, life cycles, migration
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