The Monarch
Hardcover – Picture Book, May 13, 2025
Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Hardcover · May 13, 2025
A gorgeous, lively picture book companion to Kirsten Hall and Isabelle Arsenault’s beloved and acclaimed The Honeybee that celebrates the inspiring journey of the monarch butterfly.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- Sweetly fluttering verse and lush illustrations invite a close look at monarch butterflies.
- Themes
- Monarch butterfly migration, Wildlife conservation
- Genres
- Butterflies & Caterpillars, Protecting the Planet, Insects & Spiders
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
Goodbye Spring, Hello SummerKenard Pak62% match
HogbertBriony May Smith57% match
The Search for CarmellaChloe Savage55% match
Grande Y Pequeño / Big and SmallBarefoot Books55% match
Give BackGina Bellisario54% match
I Know the WhaleRobin Yardi56% match
For older readers: The Little Book of Bees, What the Bees See, Song of Increase
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
A gorgeous, lively picture book companion to Kirsten Hall and Isabelle Arsenault’s beloved and acclaimed The Honeybee that celebrates the inspiring journey of the monarch butterfly. What’s that? In the air! Over here? Over there! It’s the start of a brand-new story… With sweetly fluttering verse and lush, gorgeous illustrations, this brightly beautiful picture book celebrates the wonders of monarch butterflies—a treasured species in need of care and preservation!
Wings in Verse
Sweetly fluttering verse and lush illustrations invite a close look at monarch butterflies.
Come here for
- A lively picture-book celebration of monarch butterflies
- Bright illustrations paired with gentle verse
Expect
- A sense of wonder at a treasured species
- A reminder that monarchs need care and preservation
Where it sits
| Butterflies & Caterpillars | 89% |
|---|---|
| Insects & Spiders | 46% |
| Protecting the Planet | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Butterflies & Moths
- Seasons
- Environment & Conservation
- Authors
- Kirsten Hall
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- May 13, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Monarch butterfly migration · Wildlife conservation
- Reading lane
- Butterflies & Moths