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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Gr 1-4 This lyrical nonfiction picture book emphasizes the special relationship between the monarch and its host plant, the milkweed. Readers see the last phase of the butterfly's northward migration; the milkweed-dependent cycle of egg, chrysalis, and caterpillar; and the beginnings of the new journey south. Progression of the milkweed's growth cycle is interwoven with that of the monarch. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Frost's poetic narrative gives equal time to the life cycles of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plant it depends on...Log In or Sign Up to Read More