What will happen to the butterflies then? < BR>. Every autumn, a miracle happens-for Isabel's tree is the wintering place for thousands upon thousands of monarch butterflies that migrate from the north. But this wonder is in danger of disappearing forever. Outside her home in Michoacán, Mexico, grows eight-year-old Isabel's greatest t
| Title | : | Isabel's House of Butterflies (Sierra Club Books (Sierra)) |
| Author | : | Tony Johnston |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (918 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1578051282 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-3-18 |
| Language | : | English |
What will happen to the butterflies then? < BR>. Every autumn, a miracle happens-for Isabel's tree is the wintering place for thousands upon thousands of monarch butterflies that migrate from the north. But this wonder is in danger of disappearing forever. Outside her home in Michoacán, Mexico, grows eight-year-old Isabel's greatest treasure: an oyamel tree. Soon, chopping down the tree to sell its wood may be the family's only hope for survival. Isabel's family is poor, and it has been a cruel, dry year for Papa's meager crop of corn and beans. When they flutter down to roost, they transform Isabel's tree into La casa de las mariposas-The House of Butterflies
He decides he must cut down the tree and sell the wood. They love the tree, but one year a long, hot summer is followed by an equally long, hot fall. All rights reserved. The book ends on this note of suspense. Her father, a subsistence farmer, cannot make ends meet, not even with help from the tourists who come to see the butterflies. A thought-provoking introduction to problems that affect all of us.
Ann Welton, Grant Elementary School, Tacoma, WACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Will the idea work? Will the tree be saved? Similar in tone to Lynne Cherry's The Great Kapok Tree (Harcourt, 1990), this discussion starter gives a nod to global warming and raises the uncomfortable truth that sometimes the survival of people means the destruction of the environment. Eight-year-old Isabel and her family have one treasure: an oyamel
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