Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey

by Loree Griffin Burns

Some farms grow vegetables or grains, and some raise cows, sheep, chickens, or pigs. But have you ever heard of a butterfly farm? How do you raise a butterfly?

On a farm in Costa Rica, workers care for these delicate, winged creatures as they change from eggs to caterpillars to pupae. Like any other crop, the butterflies will eventually leave the farm. But where will they go? And just how do you ship a butterfly?

Very carefully...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761393420
• ISBN13: 9780761393429
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5