Author: Gail Gibbons
Narrator: Bonnie Kelley-Young
Unabridged: 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Published: 01/31/2011
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Animals
Gail Gibbons grew up writing stories and drawing pictures to fit the words, and wishing she lived in the country. After graduating from the University of Illinois with a bachelor of fine arts degree, she became involved in television graphics. Eventually Gail became a full-time writer and moved to rural Vermont, where she could have a garden and as many pets as she wanted. Winner of the 2010 Regina Medal, Gail has written & illustrated more than 140 books. Gail and her husband, Kent Ancliffe, have a dog named Wilbur and two cats, named Miles and Davis. They live in Corinth, Vermont in a passive solar house that Gail's husband built and on an island off the coast of Maine.
I gave this book 5 stars because it's a classic! I also really enjoyed all of the information it packed into a relatively short picture book about the science behind a monarch butterfly. The images were realistic in a sense where you can tell that they are drawings, but perfect for a child. Monarch b......more
This one is a 3.5 for me, and any educator worth his/her/their salt will marvel at the colors used in the illustrations of the beautiful monarch butterfly. There's probably nothing more pleasing to the eye than seeing one of those colorful creatures lighting on a blossom or fluttering through the ai......more
Monarch Butterfly shows the progression and life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. Through this text we learn about the how and where the Monarch lays its egg, what happens once the egg hatches, the life of the caterpillar until it goes into its cocoon and then the journey it takes once it breaks free......more
This book is about the life cycle of a monarch butterfly. The book starts off with a butterfly laying its egg on a leaf. After the butterfly lays its egg the book then follows the eggs journey. When it first hatches it is only just a caterpillar, then it gets into a chrysalis. It stays in the chrysa......more
This is definitely a top notch life cycle book! This is a WOW book for me because I was very impressed with all that this book had to offer. Each step is detailed and interesting. There is a diagram of the parts of a butterfly. The migration process is discussed, and a map explains it as well. How c......more