The monarch butterfly, one of the most seemingly delicate of all of natures 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. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visitwww.natgeoed.org/commoncorefor more information.

 

 

This book features in the following series: National Geographic Kids Readers, National Geographic Kids Readers Level 3, National Geographic Readers, Readers .

There are 48 pages in this book.

It is aimed at early readers. Early Readers are published for kids ages 5 to 8 years old, and are geared toward kids who are starting to read on their own. Page length usually falls between 32 to 48 pages (and can even range up to the 64 pages), with a maximum word count of 2, 000 words.

This book was published in 2010 by National Geographic Kids .

National Geographic Kids collaborates to put forth fun and interesting non-fiction for kids. LAURA MARSH is a long time contributor to National Geographic Children Books. She has written many books in National Geographic Kids Readers series and also in Mama Mirabelle and Toot and Puddle series.