The monarch butterfly, one of the most seemingly delicate of all of nature's animals, proves to be one of the toughest in this reader. Making the yearly trip from the Northern United States and Canada to the Oyamel forest of Mexico is no easy task, and it takes five generations of butterflies in order to do so. Battling cold temperatures and the threat of starvation, these beautiful insects complete an almost 3,000 mile journey over the course of two months, only to have to turn and around and head back home.
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| ISBN: | 9781426307409 |
| Publication date: | 12th October 2010 |
| Author: | Laura F Marsh, National Geographic Society US |
| Publisher: | National Geographic Kids an imprint of Disney Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 48 pages |
| Series: | National Geographic Kids. Science Readers. Level 3 |
| Genres: |
Reading Scheme Children’s / Teenage general interest: Insects, spiders, minibeasts The Natural World |