Download or read book Tiger the Monarch Butterfly Who Couldn t Fly written by Tony Viehmann and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiger, The Monarch Butterfly Who Couldn't Fly is a true story about a monarch butterfly who was found with a broken wing. For eighteen days Tiger lived under the tender, loving care of the author. This story will keep you learn a lot about monarch butterflies and much more.
Download or read book Look to the Skies written by Nicola Edwards and published by Tiger Tales. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the wonder of the migration of monarch butterflies as they travel across North America in search of warmer temperatures in this engaging book, which features die cuts throughout. Every year, monarch butterflies begin a lengthy migration across North America in search of warmer temperatures. The butterflies travel 3,000 miles across open fields, forests, lakes and streams, and mountains, and as they fly, people across the country look to the skies. From children playing in the water to families out for a walk in the park, everyone turns his or her attention to the sky to marvel at the amazing sight. Features die cuts throughout and additional information about monarchs.
Download or read book The Humane Gardener written by Nancy Lawson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Download or read book Chasing Monarchs written by Robert Michael Pyle and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although no one had ever followed North American monarch butterflies on their annual southward journey to Mexico and California, in the 1990s there were well-accepted assumptions about the nature and form of the migration. But to Robert Michael Pyle, a naturalist with long experience in monarch conservation, the received wisdom about the butterflies’ long journey just didn’t make sense. In the autumn of 1996 he set out to uncover the facts, to pursue the tide of “cinnamon sailors” on their long, mysterious flight. Chasing Monarchs chronicles Pyle’s 9,000-mile journey to discover firsthand the secrets of the monarchs’ annual migration. Part road trip, part outdoor adventure, and part natural history study, Pyle’s book overturns old theories and provides insights both large and small regarding monarch butterflies, their biology, and their spectacular migratory travels. Since the book’s first publication, its controversial conclusions have been fully confirmed, and monarchs are better understood than ever before. The Afterword for this volume includes not only updated information on the myriad threats to monarch butterflies, but also various efforts under way to ensure the future of the world’s most amazing butterfly migration.
Download or read book Bicycling with Butterflies written by Sara Dykman and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What a wonderful idea for an adventure! Absolutely inspired, timely, and important.” —Alistair Humphreys, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and author of The Doorstep Mile and Around the World by Bike Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month odyssey. We’re beside her as she navigates unmapped roads in foreign countries, checks roadside milkweed for monarch eggs, and shares her passion with eager schoolchildren, skeptical bar patrons, and unimpressed border officials. We also meet some of the ardent monarch stewards who supported her efforts, from citizen scientists and researchers to farmers and high-rise city dwellers. With both humor and humility, Dykman offers a compelling story, confirming the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration—and the other threatened systems of nature that affect the survival of us all.
Download or read book Monarchs and Milkweed written by Anurag Agrawal and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plant Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythic journeying. In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag Agrawal presents a vivid investigation into how the monarch butterfly has evolved closely alongside the milkweed—a toxic plant named for the sticky white substance emitted when its leaves are damaged—and how this inextricable and intimate relationship has been like an arms race over the millennia, a battle of exploitation and defense between two fascinating species. The monarch life cycle begins each spring when it deposits eggs on milkweed leaves. But this dependency of monarchs on milkweeds as food is not reciprocated, and milkweeds do all they can to poison or thwart the young monarchs. Agrawal delves into major scientific discoveries, including his own pioneering research, and traces how plant poisons have not only shaped monarch-milkweed interactions but have also been culturally important for centuries. Agrawal presents current ideas regarding the recent decline in monarch populations, including habitat destruction, increased winter storms, and lack of milkweed—the last one a theory that the author rejects. He evaluates the current sustainability of monarchs and reveals a novel explanation for their plummeting numbers. Lavishly illustrated with more than eighty color photos and images, Monarchs and Milkweed takes readers on an unforgettable exploration of one of nature's most important and sophisticated evolutionary relationships.
Download or read book MONA written by Wanda Delgado-Albizu and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monarch Butterfly Facts and Information • A Monarch butterfly lays about 400 eggs on milkweed leaves. The Monarch usually lays one egg per plant. • Monarch caterpillars only like to eat milkweed leaves. If you remove them from their milkweed food source they will die. • The male Monarch is usually larger than the female. It has two black dots on its wings. The female has thick black vein lines. • An adult Monarch has an average life span of 4 to 8 weeks. However, there are some Monarchs that can live anywhere from 8 to 9 months. This long life span is attributed to delayed sexual maturity. These Monarchs migrate to Mèxico to spend their winter vacation. • Monarchs become toxic (poison) to birds by feeding on milkweed plants. • Milkweed is a common weed found all over the United States. However, tropical milkweed can only be found in tropical areas. • Monarch caterpillars change into Monarch butterfly. This is known as metamorphosis. • Monarchs are insects. The body of a monarch is divided into three segments, it has six legs, a head, thorax and abdomen. • Monarch butterflies rest with their wings together. • 5 million Monarch butterflies from western North America head for a small number of cities scattered along the coast of California. 100 million Monarch butterflies from eastern part of the country head south to Michoacán in Central Mèxico. • The longest recorded flight of a Monarch butterfly is over 3,000 miles. While migrating, it can cover 80 miles a day. • The Monarch makes its migratory flight at speeds up to 11 miles per hour. It travels 16 or 17 feet above the ground. • Butterflies range in size. The tiniest of butterflies can be 1/8 inches in length. While some of the largest butterflies can flourish up to almost 12 inches in length. • Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees. • Butterflies can see red, and yellow. • Some Monarchs live their entire lives in tropical locations such as Florida, Southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Datos Informativos sobre las mariposas Monarcas • Una mariposa Monarca pone alrededor de cuatrocientos huevos en plantas de asclepia. Generalmente pone uno por planta. • La larva de una Monarca solamente le gusta comer hojas de asclepia, si se remueven de esa comida morirían. • La mariposa Monarca masculina tiene dos puntos negros en sus alas y la femenina tiene una líneas de venas más ancha. La mariposa masculina suele ser más grande. • El tèrmino de vida de una Monarca adulta es normalmente de cuatro a ocho semanas, excepto aquellos que entran en una madurez sexual tardía y emigran a Mèxico para pasar las vacaciones de invierno. Esas pueden vivir de ocho a nueve meses. • Monarcas se convierten en tòxicos (veneno) para pájaros por estar alimentadas por plantas de asclepias. • Asclepia es una planta comùn que se encuentra en todo los Estados Unidos, la planta de asclepia tropical se puede encontrar en areas tropicales. • Larvas Monarcas cambian a mariposas Monarcas, este cambio se llama metamorfosis. • La Monarca es un insecto. Tiene seis patas y un cuerpo dividido en tres segmentos, cabeza, tòrax, y abdomen. • Las mariposas Monarcas de oeste de Amèrica del Norte vuelan a ciudades pequeñas por separado. Por las costas de California cien millones de mariposas Monarcas de la parte este de el paìs vuelan al sur de Michocán en el centro de Mèxico. • El viaje más largo grabado de una mariposa Monarca es de tres mil millas, mientras emigran pueden, recorrer hasta 80 millas por dìa. • Las mariposas Monarcas hacen su viaje migratorio a una velocidad hasta de once millas por hora. Viajan de dieciseis o decisiete pies por encima de la tierra. • Las mariposas Monarcas varian en tamaño de un octavo de pulgada hasta una grande de alrededor de doce pulgadas. • Las mariposas no pueden volar si la temperatur
Download or read book The Butterfly Farmer written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Butterflies on Carmen Street Mariposas en la Calle Carmen written by Gabriela Baeza Ventura and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Today is Butterfly Day!" Julianita excitedly tells her grandfather as they make their way down Carmen Street to school one morning. Today is the day Julianita and her friends have been waiting for--they're going to learn about monarch butterflies. But what's even more thrilling is they're each going to receive their very own caterpillar to raise! When Julianita gets hers, she names him Tiger because of his striking yellow and black stripes. Ms. Rodríguez teaches her students all about the monarch. But Julianita already knows that they fly south thousands of miles every winter because her grandfather remembers seeing the beautiful monarchs in his village in the highlands of Mexico. As the children feed and care for their caterpillars, they anxiously anticipate the transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. When Tiger finally emerges from his chrysalis, Julianita doesn't want to let him go. She worries that he will get lost on his way to Mexico. "Tiger knows the way to Mexico because it's in his heart," her Abuelito reassures her. She feels sad to see Tiger fly away, but Julianita knows that someday, she will follow him to her grandfather's magical Mexico. Paired with April Ward's charming illustrations that depict Julianita's neighborhood--her home on Carmen Street, the bench where Abuelito rests in Palo Verde Park, her parents' store that sells everything in the whole wide world--this book by award-winning author Monica Brown is sure to entertain and educate kids ages 5-9. This is a perfect choice for children learning about insects and the forces of nature.
Download or read book The Lives of Butterflies written by David G. James and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated introduction to the lives of butterflies around the world There are more than fifteen thousand butterfly species in the world, fluttering through a wide variety of habitats. Bright and beautiful, butterflies also have fascinating life histories and play an important role in our planet’s ecosystems. The Lives of Butterflies showcases the extraordinary range of colors and patterns of the world’s butterflies while exploring their life histories, behavior, habitats and resources, populations, seasonality, defense and natural enemies, and threats and conservation. With remarkable photography, graphic illustration, and profiles of thirty-five selected species, this comprehensive and inviting book discusses dozens of key topics, including eggs, caterpillars, and chrysalids; flight, feeding, courtship, and mating; migration and hibernation; concealment, mimicry, and predators; habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, and pesticides; and farming and gardening to support and attract butterflies. With its stunning illustrations and clear, up-to-date, and authoritative text, The Lives of Butterflies will appeal to a wide range of butterfly and nature lovers.
Download or read book Rising Strong written by Brené Brown and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall. It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher, Brown has listened as a range of people—from leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists, couples in long-term relationships, teachers, and parents—shared their stories of being brave, falling, and getting back up. She asked herself, What do these people with strong and loving relationships, leaders nurturing creativity, artists pushing innovation, and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common? The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and they’re not afraid to lean in to discomfort. Walking into our stories of hurt can feel dangerous. But the process of regaining our footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values are forged. Our stories of struggle can be big ones, like the loss of a job or the end of a relationship, or smaller ones, like a conflict with a friend or colleague. Regardless of magnitude or circumstance, the rising strong process is the same: We reckon with our emotions and get curious about what we’re feeling; we rumble with our stories until we get to a place of truth; and we live this process, every day, until it becomes a practice and creates nothing short of a revolution in our lives. Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness. It’s the process, Brown writes, that teaches us the most about who we are. ONE OF GREATER GOOD’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR “[Brené Brown’s] research and work have given us a new vocabulary, a way to talk with each other about the ideas and feelings and fears we’ve all had but haven’t quite known how to articulate. . . . Brené empowers us each to be a little more courageous.”—The Huffington Post
Download or read book Monarch Butterflies written by Ann Hobbie and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monarch Butterflies is a richly illustrated, large-format book that celebrates North America’s most recognized butterfly and educates children and families about what they can do to help protect these beloved pollinators from the impacts of habitat loss and climate change.
Download or read book Reading the World with Picture Books written by Nancy J. Polette and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-21 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable reference guide provides suggestions of picture books set in more than 70 countries in each continent of the world, along with standards-based activities. Reading the World with Picture Books presents an exhaustive collection of booktalk options with picture books that are set in the major countries of each continent. Hundreds of children's books with an international flavor are organized by continent and then by country, and suggested activities accompany the titles, encouraging students to interpret information related to historical or geographic concepts and use problem-solving skills. Activities range from those appropriate for beginners to experienced researchers/writers. All call for high-level thinking and most provide opportunities to respond in creative ways. In addition, all of the activities are keyed to selected national standards in language arts and social studies. The picture books suggested are not only excellent choices to capture a booktalk audience's attention and educate young readers about world culture, but also to demonstrate how human beings have adapted to the various environments of the world.
Download or read book The Caterpillar That Learned to Fly written by Sharon Clark and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This picture book will delight children between the ages of 5 to 9. It is told in a story format from the perspective of Cutter a Monarch caterpillar. Children will learn fascinating facts about this caterpillar as the story unfolds. They will see the amazing transformation of Cutter into a beautiful Monarch butterfly and his migration to Mexico.
Download or read book The Fantastic Travels of William and the Monarch Butterfly written by Christina Steiner and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William, a studious and curious North Dakota boy, captures a Monarch butterfly—a trophy he wants to present for show-and-tell at school next Friday. The captive girl butterfly, Anka, is able to speak. With a sad, trembling voice, Anka pleads for freedom so she may fulfill her life destiny. Worried to show up at school empty handed, William resists her pleas. But clever Anka bargains for her freedom by enticing William to accompany her as a passenger on her fantastic journey. There is one catch, though: William has to shrink in size and become a miniature boy in order to ride on Anka’s back. William faces a dilemma. Should he set Anka free and show up at school empty handed? Or should he join this girl butterfly on an adventure to an unknown destination? Intrigued, he agrees to join Anka on her special trip. Whisked away on the wings of a butterfly, a whole new world unfolds for William. Together, he and Anka soar south-southwest from North Dakota to the Oyamel fir forests in central Mexico. A strong friendship develops as they depend on each other for survival. They stay for five months at their destination high up in the mountains—the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. There, William learns much about Monarch butterflies, about survival, and about himself. During their return travels in the spring, William better understands the significance of Anka’s need for freedom. This story is about the importance of friendship and trust. It is also about one of nature’s most amazing wonders—the curious life-cycle and incredible migration of a fourth-generation, eastern Monarch butterfly.
Download or read book How to Talk to a Tiger And Other Animals written by Jason Bittel and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quirky compendium of animal chatterboxes Ever wanted to talk to a tiger? Or chatter with a cheetah? Or yak with a yak? This book brings together a babble of more than 100 beasties and explores the amazing ways they talk to each other. From fish that fart to alligators that dunk to fire worms that flash, you’ll discover that wildlife have the strangest ways of sending a message . . .
Download or read book Bug World written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Get up close and personal with your favorite bugs in Bug World, a trifold pop-up book!" --Back cover.
