"The authors use beautiful and informative art and photography to educate their audience on the life and (hard) times of the monarch butterfly. Honestly, I was amazed at the depth and breadth of information contained in such a compact book. These are authors who understand the capacity of young people to enjoy and integrate science.

I was a graduate student in the 90s, when the awesome life cycle and newly perceived perils of the monarch were brought to the fore by the entomological community. This book goes a very long way toward bringing a new cohort of young people into deep understanding of one small and charismatic player in the world of insect ecology."

Vincent D'Amico, Entomologist, Research Scientist at USDA Forest Service

Up, Up, and Away Monarch Butterflies gives teachers and children what they crave - significant science in an enticing package. Young readers will flock to the mesmerizing story of these magical creatures, while teachers will love to see their readers interpreting migration diagrams and life cycle charts and learning expert, domain vocabulary.

Marta, Mauro, and James work their magic again with this book that not only teaches children about the incredible life cycle of the Monarch, it gets them to fall in love with science and the natural world.

This book offers everything that I look for in nonfiction for children. It teaches serious science, including scientific concepts and vocabulary, it calls children in as stewards and naturalists, and it lures readers into complex nonfiction.

Just as Amazing, Misunderstood Bats, led young readers to understand and love bats, Up, Up, and Away Monarch Butterflies will create young entomologists. The care for the natural world, the respect for children as stewards of this world, and the belief that young readers can learn serious science, permeates this magical text.

Up, Up, and Away, Monarch Butterflies, is written by Marta Magellan, with illustrations by Mauro Magellan and photographs by James Gersing. It is a marvelous text, the kind of nonfiction that respects children as learners and teaches significant science while enthralling them with beautiful illustrations, complex charts and diagrams, and fabulous nature photography.

Dr. Mary Ehrenworth is Acting Director of Teachers College Advancing Literacy, Columbia University. Her work takes her to classrooms around the world. One of her passions is inspiring young people to love science and care for the planet.