Outside her home in Michoacán, Mexico, grows eight-year-old Isabel's greatest treasure: an oyamel tree. 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. When they flutter down to roost, they transform Isabel's tree into La casa de las mariposas-The House of Butterflies. But this wonder is in danger of disappearing forever. Isabel's family is poor, and it has been a cruel, dry year for Papa's meager crop of corn and beans. Soon, chopping down the tree to sell its wood may be the family's only hope for survival. What will happen to the butterflies then?
Tony Johnston's poignant tale, as brief and luminous as the lives of the butterflies themselves, is all the more compelling because of the real-life dilemma it presents. Lush paintings by Susan Guevara radiate with the warmth and tenderness between Isabel and her family, and capture Mexican rural life in all its vibrant color and natural beauty.
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Animals
- Bugs & Spiders
- Fiction
- Bugs & Spiders
- Animals
Publisher : Sierra Club Books For Children
Author : Johnston, Tony
Language : English
Published :2005-09-23
Number Of Pages : 32
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1578051282
ISBN-13 : 9781578051281
Item weight : 0.5 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 7.8 in x 10.9 in
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