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3) Butterflies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Describes the butterfly's life cycle, different kinds of butterflies, their relationship with humans, and the roles they have played in various cultures around the world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Some farms grow vegetables or grains, and some raise cows, sheep, chickens, or pigs. But have you ever heard of a butterfly farm? How do you raise a butterfly?
On a farm in Costa Rica, workers care for these delicate, winged creatures as they change from eggs to caterpillars to pupae. Like any other crop, the butterflies will eventually leave the farm. But where will they go? And just how do you ship a butterfly?
Very carefully! To discover how...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Westly is as ready as his caterpillar friends to keep their beautiful territory free of lesser creatures as they await the day they turn into delicate butterflies, but when he finally emerges from his crysalis, he discovers he is vastly different from his friends.
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Español
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El vuelo de la mariposa monarca.
Esta historia narra la migración de las Mariposas monarca, desde Canadá pasando por Estados Unidos y su destino final México. Combinado con los esfuerzos, obstáculos, clima y la gran distancia que recorren, con un agregado de aventuras ficticias para dar un divertido y entretenido viaje a la historia.
Al mismo tiempo saber y aprender, realmente, como viajan y que rutas tienen ya trazadas, a lo largo de sus viajes,...
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English
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This widely praised book chronicles Peter Laufer's adventures within the butterfly industry and the butterfly underground. Laufer begins by examining the allure of butterflies throughout history, but his research soon veers into the high-stake realms of organized crime, ecological devastation, museum collections, and chaos theory. His ever-expanding journey of discovery throughout the Americas and beyond offers a rare look into a theater of intrigue,...
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Español
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Colombia es uno de los países más ricos del planeta en especies de mariposas. La abundancia de publicaciones científicas sobre estos lepidópteros contrasta con la escasez de textos dirigidos al lector no especializado, de ahí que la Universidad del Rosario considerara oportuno editar este libro, profusamente ilustrado, que pone al alcance del lego el complejo mundo de estos insectos. La obra permite entender qué es una mariposa y cómo se desarrolla;...
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English
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This eBook is best viewed on a color device.
This Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press illustrates in full color 423 of the most common, widespread, important, or unusual North American species of Lepidoptera. Information includes:
-How to identify butterflies and moths
-How to attract, rear and preserve them for study
-How to assist these fascinating insects in their struggle for survival
-Plus range maps, a special emphasis on immature forms,...
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Language
English
Description
Stephen Frazier has over thirty years of experience for raising catalpa trees and catalpa worms. After hundreds of experiments, tips and suggestions from numerous entomologists, he has written the complete guide, tested and proven, for raising healthy catalpa trees, healthy catalpa worms, and the correct handling and preserving of catalpa worms. The text is supported by seventy-three color photographs and two diagrams.
12) Moths
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English
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Moths are fuzzier and fatter than their butterfly cousins. A lot of moths are brown and dull looking. Butterflies get songs and poems written about them. Hardly anyone swoons over moths. But moths deserve our respect and attention. Moths are pollinators, and many are native to America. While most insect pollinators work during the day, moths take the night shift. They visit flowers that bloom under the light of the moon. Moths play a vital role in...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
This book lets children see the world through the eyes of one of the most beautiful insects on Earth – a butterfly. Readers will learn about how caterpillars change into butterflies, what butterflies eat, and where they live. Age-appropriate text is perfect for beginning readers and young listeners. A Words to Know section helps young readers make connections between the illustrations and concepts that may be new to them. Bright, full-color illustrations...
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Español
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Almost nothing is more naturally magical than seeing a butterfly alight on a flower in your garden before it flutters away. From the lovely orange of the monarch to the blues of the pipevine swallowtail, butterflies are found all over North America and are often one of the bugs young readers are able to identify on sight. Age-appropriate text explains about the butterfly life cycle, their food supply, and their bodies. Beautiful, detailed photographs...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Tara Doucet is grieving for her grandmother, and her family is falling apart around her, but it seems like her grandmother has preplanned an elaborate itinerary for her to follow which will lead her and her sister Riley from Louisiana to a South Pacific island and into danger--and everywhere she turns butterflies follow.
20) Ladybugs
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a ladybug's body parts and behaviors.
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