CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE An Amazing Journey 4 CHAPTER TWO A Changing World 18 CHAPTER THREE Monarchs Matter 28 CHAPTER FOUR Making a Difference 32 Fast Facts 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
CHAPTER ONE AN AMAZING JOURNEY It is a sunny late-August morning in northern Minnesota A bright orange and black butterfly glides from flower to flower It is a monarch butterfly searching for nectar to drink The nectar will help give the butterfly energy to survive the coming winter Soon the butterfly will join millions of other monarchs on an amazing journey They will travel to Mexico Monarchs suck up nectar with their tongues which act like straws 5