Introduce young readers to the fascinating and colorful process of how caterpillars become butterflies.

Re-introduce readers to the colorful process of how caterpillars become butterflies with this new, updated edition of the best-selling Monarch Butterfly.

A tiny white egg blossoms into a brilliantly-colored butterfly that will cross over four thousand miles annually! Millions of monarchs migrate from the United States and Canada to California and Mexico for the winter.

This book serves as an excellent introduction to a process that will be studied by many elementary school children. With clear, labeled diagrams and a simple text that defines and reinforces important vocabulary, Monarch Butterfly introduces key concepts of insect anatomy and behavior.

This edition of Monarch Butterfly was vetted by an expert and includes new and updated information about the molting process, migration, and lifespan of a Monarch, definitions of words such as ‘thorax,’ and more specific names of a butterfly’s anatomy.

Award-winning writer and artist Gail Gibbons’ bright and highly detailed watercolors illustrate the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. Young readers can read the newly edited Monarch Butterfly to see and learn how a monarch butterfly grows, changes, and takes flight.

The book also includes written and picture instructions about how to grow your own monarch butterfly, followed by a page of fun facts!