Why read Butterflies Belong Here?

Book cover of Butterflies Belong Here: A Story of One Idea, Thirty Kids, and a World of Butterflies

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Butterflies Belong Here is a powerful story of everyday activism and hope.

In this moving story of community conservation, a girl finds a home in a new place and a way to help other small travelers.

This book is about the real change children can make in conservation…

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1 author picked Butterflies Belong Here as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Marta Magellan

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This past year, I have been fascinated by butterflies, and especially the monarchs and their utterly magnificent flights of migration. But there are other books about monarch butterflies, so why this one? It is a story, fictitious admittedly, about how a group of children with passion and love for nature and butterflies face a growing problem using grassroots activism. It is based on what children and communities are doing to help butterflies all over the country and on the real issue of the decline of the monarch butterfly. It is sure to inspire the budding environmental activist.

From Marta's list on The best children’s picture books about wildlife.