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My Monarch Journal: Student Edition

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This book is an excellent teaching guide for young children and adults to learn about the miracle of metamorphosis of a monarch butterfly. There are many sharp, colorful photographs showing in detail each stage from the egg to the butterfly. On each page below the stage by stage photos there is an area for keeping a journal about one's own butterfly's development including an area for an original drawing. The back part of this parent/teacher version of the book has much information about raising a monarch, and study questions for each page of the journal. The many photos are the best I have seen of the life cycle of the monarch, and make the book accesible for preschoolers as well as older children and adults.

This journal is a joy from the first to the last. In this book, which is appealing to all ages, Connie Muther has written clear, concise instructions and thoughtful questions. The incredible photographs are cutting edge. I would recommend this book to anyone studying metamorphasis, but especially to teachers. This book can be a starting point for a fantastic unit study on butterflys ... or perhaps migration, climate & geography, the effects humans have on natural life, coloring of poisonous creatures, gardening, etc. Pick some milkweed and find some eggs. You are good to go. It is a fun and engaging way to introduce many scientific processes and ideas.