Books in our LibraryOur library has great books! Look at the list below and pick one or two that might answer your questions. You can also use the call numbers at the bottom of this page to find more. Or, use the keywords in the green box to look up a book using the online catalog.
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NONFICTION
595.78 GIB Gibbons, Gail. Monarch Butterfly 1st ed. New York: Holiday House, c1989.
Describes the life cycle, body parts, and behavior of the monarch butterfly. Includes instructions on how to raise a monarch.
595.789 ALL Allen, Judy. Are you a Butterfly?. New York: Kingfisher, c2000.
Introduces the life cycle of a butterfly, showing how it changes from an egg to a chrysalis to a butterfly.
595.789 CAT Catlin, Christine. Raising Monarchs for Kids!. Boston: KidPub Press, c2010.
Step by step instruction for raising monarch butterflies, written by a thirteen year old for other children.
595.789 FRO Frost, Helen. Monarch and Milkweed 1st ed. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Provides information about the lifecycle of the monarch butterfly and its relationship with its host plant, the milkweed.
595.789 HIM Himmelman, John. A Monarch Butterfly’s Life. New York: Children’s Press, c1999.
Beautiful pictures and simple sentences follow the lifecycle of the butterfly.
595.789 HIR Hirsch, Rebecca E. Monarch Butterfly Migration. Mankato, MN: Child’s World, c2012.
Provides information about monarch butterflies and their migratory habits.
595.789 LAS Lasky, Kathryn. Monarchs. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace & Co., c1993.
Describes the life cycle and winter migrations of the eastern and western monarch butterflies and the two towns that protect their winter habitats.
595.789 LEP Lepthien, Emilie U. Monarch Butterflies. Chicago, IL: Children’s Press, c1989.
Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, lifestyle, migration, and natural environment of the monarch butterfly.
595.789 MER Merritt, Robin Alice. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Mankato, MN: Child’s World, c2012.
Describes the life cycle of a butterfly: from egg to caterpillar to butterfly.
595.789 PAS Pasternak, Carol. How to Raise Monarch Butterflies: A Step-by-step Guide for Kids. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, c2012.
Step-by-step instructions and color photographs explain the process of raising monarch butterflies.
595.789 PRI Pringle, Laurence. An Extraordinary Life: The story of a Monarch Butterfly. New York: Orchard Books, c1997.
Introduces the life cycle, feeding habits, migration, predators, and mating of the monarch butterfly through the observation of one particular monarch named Danaus.
595.789 REI Reidel, Marlene. From Egg to Butterfly. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, c1981.
Describes the metamorphosis of a butterfly through its stages of egg, caterpillar, pupa, and finally butterfly.
595.789 STE Stewart, Melissa. How Does a Caterpillar Become a Butterfly?: and other Questions about Butterflies. New York: Sterling Children’s Books, c2014.
How does a caterpillar turn into a beautiful butterfly--and how much must it eat before it changes? What is a chrysalis? How does a new butterfly break out of its cocoon? Is it true that butterflies can taste with their feet? Budding scientists will delight in following this favorite creature's lifecycle and discovering the role it plays in nature.
595.789 WAX Waxman, Laura Hamilton. Let’s Look at Monarch Butterflies. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, c2011.
Contents: Fluttering monarchs -- South for the winter -- Springtime -- Becoming a butterfly -- Monarch butterfly diagram -- Fun facts.
638.5789 NOR Norsgaard, E. Jaediker. How to Raise Butterflies. New York: Putnam, c1990.
Explains the life cycle of the monarch butterfly through detailed instructions on how to raise that species and describes other kinds of butterflies.
FICTION
E EHL Ehlert, Lois. Waiting for Wings. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, c2001.
Follows the life cycle of four common butterflies, from their beginnings as tiny hidden eggs and hungry caterpillars to their transformation into full-grown butterflies. Complete with butterfly and flower facts and identification tips, as well as a guide to planting a butterfly garden.
E HOU Houran, Lori Haskins. Butterfly Fever. New York: Kane Press, c2004.
When fourth grader Ellie and her mother leave their home in Oregon to spend a winter in Melville, California, Ellie misses her friends, but she makes new ones in school as they study monarch butterfly migration and prepare for the town's Monarch Festival.
E JOO Joosse, Barbara M. Ghost Wings. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, c2001.
Includes an explanation of the many traditions connected with the Mexican fiesta, Days of the dead. Also, information about Monarch butterflies and a guide to using this book.
E MAR Markle, Sandra. Butterfly Tree. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree, c2011.
When Jilly encounters a mysterious orange cloud on a family outing to Lake Erie, she and her mother go to investigate the phenomenon. Includes facts about monarch butterflies.
E MCN McNamara, Margaret. Butterfly Garden. New York: Simon Spotlight, c2012.
Mrs. Connor's first-graders watch as caterpillars slowly turn into butterflies in the butterfly garden at Robin Hill School.
E OFL O’Flatharta, Antoine. Hurry and the Monarch. New York: Knopf, c2005.
When the beautiful orange Monarch on her fall migration route from Canada to Mexico stops to rest at Wichita Falls, Texas, she makes friends with an old tortoise called Hurry. She tells him, "Maybe one day you'll break out of that shell, grow wings, and fly away," and then she is off again with millions of other Monarchs. In the spring, she stops again at Hurry's garden just long enough to lay her eggs and head north to Canada. This fiction book includes scientific facts about the monarch’s migration.
E POL Politi, Leo. The Butterflies Come. New York: Clarion Books, c2003.
A little girl visits the butterfly trees near her home on the Monterey Peninsula, where the monarch butterflies spend the winter, and learns about past and present butterfly celebrations in California.
CALL NUMBERS
If you would like to browse the shelves in our library, use the call numbers below to search the nonfiction section for more information about butterflies.
595.789 Butterflies
595.78 GIB Gibbons, Gail. Monarch Butterfly 1st ed. New York: Holiday House, c1989.
Describes the life cycle, body parts, and behavior of the monarch butterfly. Includes instructions on how to raise a monarch.
595.789 ALL Allen, Judy. Are you a Butterfly?. New York: Kingfisher, c2000.
Introduces the life cycle of a butterfly, showing how it changes from an egg to a chrysalis to a butterfly.
595.789 CAT Catlin, Christine. Raising Monarchs for Kids!. Boston: KidPub Press, c2010.
Step by step instruction for raising monarch butterflies, written by a thirteen year old for other children.
595.789 FRO Frost, Helen. Monarch and Milkweed 1st ed. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Provides information about the lifecycle of the monarch butterfly and its relationship with its host plant, the milkweed.
595.789 HIM Himmelman, John. A Monarch Butterfly’s Life. New York: Children’s Press, c1999.
Beautiful pictures and simple sentences follow the lifecycle of the butterfly.
595.789 HIR Hirsch, Rebecca E. Monarch Butterfly Migration. Mankato, MN: Child’s World, c2012.
Provides information about monarch butterflies and their migratory habits.
595.789 LAS Lasky, Kathryn. Monarchs. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace & Co., c1993.
Describes the life cycle and winter migrations of the eastern and western monarch butterflies and the two towns that protect their winter habitats.
595.789 LEP Lepthien, Emilie U. Monarch Butterflies. Chicago, IL: Children’s Press, c1989.
Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, lifestyle, migration, and natural environment of the monarch butterfly.
595.789 MER Merritt, Robin Alice. The Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Mankato, MN: Child’s World, c2012.
Describes the life cycle of a butterfly: from egg to caterpillar to butterfly.
595.789 PAS Pasternak, Carol. How to Raise Monarch Butterflies: A Step-by-step Guide for Kids. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, c2012.
Step-by-step instructions and color photographs explain the process of raising monarch butterflies.
595.789 PRI Pringle, Laurence. An Extraordinary Life: The story of a Monarch Butterfly. New York: Orchard Books, c1997.
Introduces the life cycle, feeding habits, migration, predators, and mating of the monarch butterfly through the observation of one particular monarch named Danaus.
595.789 REI Reidel, Marlene. From Egg to Butterfly. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, c1981.
Describes the metamorphosis of a butterfly through its stages of egg, caterpillar, pupa, and finally butterfly.
595.789 STE Stewart, Melissa. How Does a Caterpillar Become a Butterfly?: and other Questions about Butterflies. New York: Sterling Children’s Books, c2014.
How does a caterpillar turn into a beautiful butterfly--and how much must it eat before it changes? What is a chrysalis? How does a new butterfly break out of its cocoon? Is it true that butterflies can taste with their feet? Budding scientists will delight in following this favorite creature's lifecycle and discovering the role it plays in nature.
595.789 WAX Waxman, Laura Hamilton. Let’s Look at Monarch Butterflies. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, c2011.
Contents: Fluttering monarchs -- South for the winter -- Springtime -- Becoming a butterfly -- Monarch butterfly diagram -- Fun facts.
638.5789 NOR Norsgaard, E. Jaediker. How to Raise Butterflies. New York: Putnam, c1990.
Explains the life cycle of the monarch butterfly through detailed instructions on how to raise that species and describes other kinds of butterflies.
FICTION
E EHL Ehlert, Lois. Waiting for Wings. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, c2001.
Follows the life cycle of four common butterflies, from their beginnings as tiny hidden eggs and hungry caterpillars to their transformation into full-grown butterflies. Complete with butterfly and flower facts and identification tips, as well as a guide to planting a butterfly garden.
E HOU Houran, Lori Haskins. Butterfly Fever. New York: Kane Press, c2004.
When fourth grader Ellie and her mother leave their home in Oregon to spend a winter in Melville, California, Ellie misses her friends, but she makes new ones in school as they study monarch butterfly migration and prepare for the town's Monarch Festival.
E JOO Joosse, Barbara M. Ghost Wings. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, c2001.
Includes an explanation of the many traditions connected with the Mexican fiesta, Days of the dead. Also, information about Monarch butterflies and a guide to using this book.
E MAR Markle, Sandra. Butterfly Tree. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree, c2011.
When Jilly encounters a mysterious orange cloud on a family outing to Lake Erie, she and her mother go to investigate the phenomenon. Includes facts about monarch butterflies.
E MCN McNamara, Margaret. Butterfly Garden. New York: Simon Spotlight, c2012.
Mrs. Connor's first-graders watch as caterpillars slowly turn into butterflies in the butterfly garden at Robin Hill School.
E OFL O’Flatharta, Antoine. Hurry and the Monarch. New York: Knopf, c2005.
When the beautiful orange Monarch on her fall migration route from Canada to Mexico stops to rest at Wichita Falls, Texas, she makes friends with an old tortoise called Hurry. She tells him, "Maybe one day you'll break out of that shell, grow wings, and fly away," and then she is off again with millions of other Monarchs. In the spring, she stops again at Hurry's garden just long enough to lay her eggs and head north to Canada. This fiction book includes scientific facts about the monarch’s migration.
E POL Politi, Leo. The Butterflies Come. New York: Clarion Books, c2003.
A little girl visits the butterfly trees near her home on the Monterey Peninsula, where the monarch butterflies spend the winter, and learns about past and present butterfly celebrations in California.
CALL NUMBERS
If you would like to browse the shelves in our library, use the call numbers below to search the nonfiction section for more information about butterflies.
595.789 Butterflies
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