Review
"This wonderful book that you are about to start reading will tell you the story of a brave monarch butterfly named Madalynn and her quest through North America to the pristine mountains of Michoacan."
"Este maravilloso libro que estas a punto de leer, cuenta la historia de una valiente mariposa monarca llamada Madalynn y su aventura a través de Norte América hasta las preciosas montañas de Michoacán." --Guillermo Castilleja, Vice-president for Latin America & the Caribbean, World Wildlife Fund
About the Author
Mary Baca Haque grew up in the northern suburbs of Illinois with her nine brothers and sisters. She currently resides in Jalisco, Mexico, with Khalila (14), Khyaam (13), and her husband of fourteen years. Her children and a very diversified life inspired her to write a series of stories that, "not only capture a young imagination but also teach of diversity and acceptance in the animal world, as we have in the human world." Her next book, entitled Tashi the Tibetan Antelope Makes New Friends, is one of the series which brings attention to the endangered animals on the Tibetan Plateau and teaches of acceptance and prejudice. She wishes to create, "books that introduce children to new worlds, just by the turn of a page." She has also recently written and published the humorous essay, "Adventure with Husband."
Francisco Lancaster-Jones, teaches such subjects as Cultural Shock, World History, Translation, and Lexicography at the graduate program of Translation and Interpretation at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. He has translated the Oxford Children's Encyclopedia as well as numerous technical books. At UAG he has been Assistant Director of International Programs, Director of the Center for Canadian Studies, and Director of North American Mobility Programs.
Emily Cornell du Houx studied art at Amherst College. She has illustrated many books and covers for Polar Bear & Company and now works freelance in New York City, while preparing for graduate studies in sculpture and fine art.
