Overview

54 pages of In depth guide on raising the awareness of the Monarch Butterfly and creating beautiful butterfly gardens. Monarchs have rapidly become my true passion in life, and now I want to share it with children and educators. I'm hoping this will ignite a passion for Monarchs in others too, and ultimately save this beautiful species from extinction.

Full Product Details

Publisher:   The Butterfly Musketeers
Imprint:   The Butterfly Musketeers
Edition:   2nd Enhanced edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 29.70cm
ISBN:  

9780473414559

ISBN 10:   0473414554
Pages:   54
Publication Date:   20 November 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

3 Tia 4 Acknowledgments (and p5) 6 Foreword by Brian Patrick 8 Introduction 9 The beautiful monarch butterfly 10 Building your butterfly friendly garden 11 How to attract butterflies to your garden 12 Milkweed plants (swan plants) 13 Caring for your plants and seed pods over winter 14 Life cycle (Metamorphosis) 15 Monarch anatomy 16 The Good and the Bad - Chrysalis 17 The caterpillar stage & Handling your caterpillars 18 Changing to a chrysalis 19 The monarch emerges 20 How to differentiate between male and female monarchs 21 The five instar stages 22 Frequently asked questions (and p23) 24 What do the children learn? (and p25) 26 Overwintering sites in New Zealand (and p27) 28 Threats to monarch butterflies 29 How can we help save the monarch butterflies? 30 North American migrating (and p31) 32 Taking care of your chrysalises 33 How to combat aphids 34 The Butterfly Musketeers (and p35) 36 My observations of autumn monarchs (and p37) 38 Diseases that occur when breeding monarchs (and p39) 40 Butterfly life cycle word search 41 Discussion questions for the classroom 42 18 Fun facts 43 Butterfly colouring template 44 Butterfly poems 45 Science questions on monarchs 46 Monarchs in the classroom; Activities (and p47) 48 Imperfections 49 Yates NZ How to sow swan plants from seed 50 Further information 51 Word search answers 52 Glossary (and p53) 54 St James Park

Reviews

An educational guide on monarch butterflies is the most amazing book possible with an impressive amount of up-to-date information on the monarch backed up by myriad illustrations, countless activities for all age groups and overall positive messages on what the reader can do to look after monarch caterpillars and monarch populations in their area. The passion for nature, and in particular the monarch, that Maria possesses shine through on every page and the book is impossible to put down. In fact my first copy of the book was stolen by a friend who couldn't live without it! Brian Patrick - Biodiversity Advisor

Author Information

Maria Romero is originally from East London (UK), and has lived in New Zealand since 2000. She's the driving force of The Butterfly Musketeers. Seen through children's eyes, she believes that monarch butterflies are special creatures and she is a passionate advocate for their conservation. She loves giving talks around New Zealand teaching children and adults about these beautiful butterflies, so they can learn how to nurture and preserve them for the enjoyment of future generations in the face of growing threats to their survival. Maria is also the founder of Project swan plant ensuring each spring that thousands of swan plant seedlings are sown from seed at schools and volunteering her time, educating on the importance of being prepared for the summer, and having enough food available for the very hungry caterpillars.

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