Home Is Calling: The Journey of the Monarch Butterfly

by Katherine Pryor

DiversityThis book portrays diverse nationalities and/or male and female genders.

InclusivityThe book portrays inclusiveness, including, but not limited to, physical ability.

Climate ChangeThis book depicts or discusses climate change.

Synopsis

Join the monarchs as they embark on a transcontinental journey home in this moving story about migration.

As the sun dawns in Canada, a flutter of monarch butterflies take flight, ready to begin their months-long journey to their ancestral home in Mexico. The migration will not be easy, but it is necessary for the next generation of monarchs to be born. Brought to life with illustrations as vivid as the monarch’s iconic orange and black hues, this story invites young readers to experience the monarch’s migration from the butterflies’ point of view as they search for food, huddle together through storms, and tirelessly fly south.

Parents and educators alike will find much to love about this poetically written book. The story touches on how climate change and deforestation are impacting monarchs, and kid-friendly back matter provides additional information about the butterflies, including their life cycle, anatomy, and migratory patterns, as well as several simple ways children can help monarch butterflies themselves.

Illustrator: Ellie Peterson
Publisher: WorthyKids
ISBN-10: 1546003134
ISBN-13: 978-1546003137
Reading Age: 4 - 7
Grade Level: Pre-kindergarten - 2
Number of Pages: 40
Published At:2023
Added at: 2024-02-28