How to Raise Monarch Butterflies: A Step-by-Step Guide for Kids

A step-by-step guide for children to raising Monarch butterflies and how they develop from caterpillars into chrysalises until they emerge as glorious colourful butterflies.

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Observing a Monarch butterfly as it transforms itself from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly is among the most thrilling experiences that nature offers. Raising Monarch butterflies is made easy with the help of this detailed guide.

It also explains what threats Monarchs face today and how readers can help conserve the Monarch's feeding grounds from encroachment. Revel in one of the most remarkable miracles of nature.

"The breezy and down-to-earth text ... nicely communicates the wonder ... Especially effective is the eight-pictured depiction of the development of the caterpillar into a chrysalis." --School Library Journal.

This book contains: More than 40 colourful and detailed photographs; More secrets to help you find eggs and caterpillars; Instructions on how to feed a monarch and more details on their care; Information on varieties and propagation of milkweed; Content on the diverse insects in the milkweed patch;
Suggestions for starting a butterfly garden, including a large photograph of an outstanding Monarch Waystation.