Description: Beautifully illustrated and with clear, simple text, The Journey of a Butterfly describes the life cycle and annual migration of the monarch butterfly. The opening page introduces the butterfly as an insect with a long body and large, brightly colored wings. The journey they make each fall, from the cold north to the warm south of North America and back north again in spring, is also described and defined as a migration. Each two-page spread tells the story of the monarch butterfly step-by-step, from their summer stay in Canada and the northern United States to the arrival of the next generation the following summer. The mating process and the stages of development, from egg to caterpillar to pupa to buttefly, are also shown. The reader learns what caterpillars eat and why that makes caterpillars poisonous for other animals to eat, as well. Body parts of the monarch butterfly, both as an adult and during its development, are labeled, and there is a migration map, glossary of Buttefly Words, and an index.

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