Threat to the Monarch Butterfly (Robbie Readers: On the Verge of Extinction: Crisis in the Environment)

Thatcher, Rebecca

ISBN 10: 1584155876 ISBN 13: 9781584155874

Publisher: Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, 2007

Synopsis

The migration of the monarch butterflies from the United States to the mountains of Central Mexico is one of nature s most fascinating events. Every fall, millions and millions of monarch butterflies fly all the way to the mountain forests of Central Mexico, where they spend the winter clinging to the trees in large groups. In the spring, they make the long trip back to the United States and Canada, to begin the cycle again. Nature lovers, schoolchildren, and scientists are fascinated by the monarch life cycle. They tag the butterflies in gardens and schoolyards, and follow the tender insects flight as they travel to what is for many an unknown country. But the monarch butterflies amazing journey also puts them at risk. Their habitats the milkweed plant of North America and the oyamel forests of Central Mexico are under constant attack. If their habitats should vanish, so too will this delicate creature.

About this title

About the Author:

Rebecca Thatcher Murcia graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and worked as a newspaper reporter for fifteen years. She lives with her two sons in Akron, Pennsylvania. Among her other books for Mitchell Lane Publishers are The Civil Rights Movement, E.B. White, and Carl Sandburg.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mitchell Lane Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1584155876
• ISBN 13: 9781584155874
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32