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VaughanPL: Adult Interests: National Flight of the Monarch Day

Calling all butterfly lovers! August 21 is a nationwide event to celebrate the monarch butterfly and its amazing migration.

Vaughan Public Libraries

11 items

  • Bicycling With Butterflies

    My 10,201-mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration

    Dykman, Sara, 1985-
    Dykman recounts her incredible nine month odyssey biking alongside the monarch migration.
    BookPortland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2021. — 595.789 Dyk
  • The Amazing Monarch

    the Secret Wintering Grounds of An Endangered Butterfly

    Turley, Windle
    Author and photographer Turley chronicles the life-cycle and migration of this incredible creature.
    BookDallas : BenBella Books, [2010] — 595.789 Tur
  • Visit the winter home of the butterflies in the mountains of Mexico, and watch them make their gruelling 2000 mile trek.
    DVD[Canada] : NFB, 2007. — DVD 595.789 Fou
  • A coming of age story about a girl who loses her grandmother and must make a trip to Mexico alone, to be there when the migrating monarchs return.
    BookNew York ; Toronto : Gallery Books, 2011. — FIC Monro
  • An examination of the migration patterns of several creatures, including monarchs, humpback whales, wildebeests, and the red crab.
    DVDElk Grove Village : Disney Educational Productions, 2009. — TV DVD 591.568 Mig
  • Migration

    Incredible Animal Journeys

    Unwin, Mike
    Discover the amazing migration journeys of twenty creatures.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2019. — J 591.568 Unw
  • This documentary follows the amazing migration from Mexico to Canada.
    Blu-ray DiscLos Angeles : Shout! Factory, 2016. — Blu-ray 595.789 Fli
  • The story of the monarch butterfly, told in stark, poetic language, and lush illustrations.
    BookToronto : Owlkids Books, 2015. — JP 595.789 Shi
  • The story of the special relationship between the monarch and its host plant, milkweed.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Children's Pub. Division, [2008] — JP 595.789 Fro
  • Winged Wonders

    Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery

    Pincus, Meeg
    By working together as a team, scientists, naturalists and local people solved the mystery of the monarch migration.
    BookAnn Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2020] — J 595.7891568 Pin
  • Focusing on the migration of one butterfly, we learn about the life cycle of this magnificent creature.
    BookNorth Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2015] — JP 595.789 Kat