Monarch Butterfly Book

Monarch Butterfly shows the progression and life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. Through this text we learn about the how and where the Monarch lays its egg, what happens once the egg hatches, the life of the caterpillar until it goes into its cocoon and then the journey it takes once it breaks free of the cocoon, like its migration pattern. This book also includes a how to guide to find and hatch a Monarch butterfly and then how to set it free.

It was really cool to learn in so much detail about monarch butterflies. The images that were drawn are incredible and help in the understanding of each aspect of the butterfly itself and its life cycle. I also shows how to correctly care for a monarch butterfly if you choose to hatch one yourself and the correct methods on how to release it.

Some books that could be paired with this would be Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, The Amazing Life Cycle of Butterflies by Kay Barnham, A Frog's Life by Irene Kelly and so on! There are so many life cycle books!

A writing assignment for this text could be to write and draw all of the stages of the life cycle of the butterfly. The could also choose another animal to complete the life cycle about depending on what is being worked on.