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The mystery of the monarchs : how kids, teachers, and butterfly fans helped Fred and Norah Urquhart track the great monarch migration
- Title
- The mystery of the monarchs : how kids, teachers, and butterfly fans helped Fred and Norah Urquhart track the great monarch migration / by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Erika Meza.
- Author
- Rosenstock, Barb
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022]
- ©2022
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 23-424 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Meza, Erika
- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 23 x 29 cm
- Summary
- "Young Fred Urquhart was fascinated by insects, especially his favorite, the monarch butterfly. He wondered where monarchs spent the winter. No one knew. After he became an entomologist (bug scientist),Fred and his wife, Norah,tagged hundreds of butterflies,hoping to solve the mystery of the monarchs. But they soon discovered that they needed help. They started a "butterfly family," a community of children, teachers, and nature enthusiasts from three countries--Canada, the United States,and Mexico--to answer the question: Where do the monarchs go?" -- Amazon.com.
- "An entomologist and his wife solve the mysteries of monarch butterfly migration with the help of schoolchildren in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, in this colorful picture book based on a true story"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Picture books.
- Juvenile works.
- Creative nonfiction.
- Informational works.
- Biographies.
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Audience (note)
- AD760L
- Call Number
- JFF 23-424
- ISBN
- 9781984829566
- 1984829564
- 9781984829573
- 1984829572
- 9781984829580 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022286521
- OCLC
- 1319733032
- Author
- Rosenstock, Barb, author.
- Title
- The mystery of the monarchs : how kids, teachers, and butterfly fans helped Fred and Norah Urquhart track the great monarch migration / by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Erika Meza.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Audience
- AD760L Lexile
- Added Author
- Meza, Erika, illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 23-424