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Children's Books: Monarchs, Butterflies, Milkweed, Day of the Dead 

• Becoming Butterflies by Anne Rockwell ISBN 0-8027-7686-8
• Buddy Butterfly and His Cousin by Melissa Blackwell Burke ISBN 0-7398-2396-5
• The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco ISBN 0-399-23170-6
• The Butterfly Alphabet by Kjell B. Sandved ISBN 0-439-07947-0 (Amazing close-up photographs of moth and butterfly wings that show each letter of the alphabet)
• The Butterfly Book: A Kid’s Guide to Attracting, Raising, and Keeping Butterflies by Kersten Hamilton ISBN 1-56261-309-X
• The Butterfly of Aster Way by Elizabeth Ring
• A Butterfly’s Life by Melissa Blackwell Burke ISBN 0-7398-2397-3
• Caterpillars by Claire Llewellyn and Barrie Watts ISBN 0-531-14830-0
• Creepy, Crawly Caterpillars by Margery Facklam ISBN 0-316-27342-2
• Fairy Flight by Tracy Kane ISBN 0-9708104-2-3
• The Fascinating World of Butterflies and Moths by Angels Julivert ISBN 0-8120-4722-2
• Fly, Monarch, Fly by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace ISBN 978-07614-5425-0
• Ghost Wings by Barbara M. Joosse ISBN 0-18118-2164-1 Parents’ Choice, 2001 Recommended Award Winner
• Gotta Go! Gotta Go! By Sam Swope ISBN 0-374-32757-2
• The Great Monarch Butterfly Chase by R.W.N. Prior ISBN 0-02-775145-7
• Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian ISBN 0-15-201306-7
• Isabel’s House of Butterflies by Tony Johnston ISBN 0-87156-409-2
• The Life Cycle of a Butterfly by Bobbie Kalman ISBN 0-7787-0680-X
• Lifecycles: The Journey of a Butterfly by Carolyn Scrace ISBN 0-531-15417-3
• Madalynn The Monarch Butterfly And Her Quest To Michoacan by Mary Baca Haque ISBN 1-882190-52-1 (bilingual text with Spanish translation)
• The Magic School Bus: Butterfly and the Bog Beast ISBN 0-590-50834-2
• The Magic School Bus: Butterfly Battle ISBN 0-439-42936-6
• The Migration of Monty Stevens by Steve Rich ISBN 0-9722247-0-X (Steve Rich teaches in Douglasvilleand is the recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching)
• Monarchs by Kathryn Lasky ISBN 0-15-2555297-9
• Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons ISBN 0-8234-0909-0
• The Monarch Butterfly by Jean Thurman and Caroline Rodgers ISBN 0-910286-96-5
• A Monarch Butterfly’s Life by John Himmelman ISBN 0-516-26537-7
• My Monarch Investigation by Ba Rea ISBN 0-9713604-0-5
• The Prince of Butterflies by Bruce Coville ISBN 0-15-201454-3
• Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson by Amy Ehrlich ISBN 0-15-216227-5
• Ruth Heller’s How to Hide a Butterfly & Other Insects ISBN 0-7857-7169-7
• Seasons of the Moon: Spring Moon by Jean Craighead George ISBN 0613-50505-0
• A Take-Along Guide: Caterpillars, Bugs and Butterflies by Mel Boring ISBN 1-55971-674-6
• The Travels of Monarch X by Ross E. Hutchins
• When the Monarchs Fly by Robert Myers ISBN 0-945582-76-5
• Where Butterflies Grow by Joanne Ryder ISBN 0-525-67284-2 Beautiful illustrations by Lynne Cherry

Field Guides and Reference Books

• Butterflies and Moths Activity Book ISBN 0-565-01027-1
• Butterflies of Georgia Field Guide by Jaret C. Daniels ISBN 1-59193-057-X
• The Butterfly Book: An Easy Guide to Butterfly Gardening, Identification, and Behavior by Donald and Lillian Stokes ISBN 0-316-81780-5
• The Butterfly Garden: Turning Your Garden, Window Box or backyard into a Beautiful Home for Butterflies by Mathew Tekulsky ISBN 0-916782-69-7
• Butterfly Gardening for the South: Cultivating Plants that Attract Butterflies by Geyata Ajilvsgi ISBN 0-87833-738-5
• Common Butterflies of the Southeast - Folding Guide  ISBN: 1-935380-01-X
• Discover Butterflies! by Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain
• An Educational Activity-Coloring Book of Butterfly Mazes ISBN 0-86545-146-X
• Eyewitness Books: Butterly & Moth by Paul Whalley ISBN 0-7894-5832-2
• A Field Guide to Butterflies Coloring Book by Roger Tory Peterson ISBN 0-395-34675-4
• Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly by Sue Halpern ISBN 0-375-40208-X A travelogue and meditation on a profound mystery of the natural world, Monarch migration
• The Last Monarch Butterfly: Conserving the Monarch Butterfly in a Brave New World by Phil Schappert ISBN 1-55297-969-5
• Milkweed, Monarchs and More: A Field Guide to the Invertebrate Community in the Milkweed Patch by Ba Rea, Karen Oberhauser and Michael Quinn
• The Monarch Butterfly: Biology and Conservation edited by Karen Oberhauser and Michelle Solensky ISBN 0-8014-4188-9 A collection of scientific papers written about the Monarch butterfly
• The Monarch Butterfly: Uniting A Continent by Karen Oberhauser, et al.
• The Monarch Habitat Handbook: A California Landowner’s Guide to Managing Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Habitat by The Xerces Society
• My Monarch Journal: Parent/ Teacher edition by Connie Muther
• Monarch Larval Field Guide (Monarch Watch or Monarch Lab)
• Monarchs in the Classroom third edition curriculum guides (Monarch Lab)
• The Nature of Monarch Butterflies: Beauty Takes Flight by Eric S. Grace ISBN 1-55054-570-1 Incredible photography
• Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists: Caterpillars by Jonathan P. Latimer and Karen Stray Nolting ISBN 0-606-20597-7
• Take A Walk With Butterflies and Dragonflies by Jane Kirkland ISBN 0-9709754-2-2
• Theme Studies: Butterflies Abound by Seddon Kelly Beaty and Irene Fountas ISBN 0-201-45504-8
• Wanderer: The Monarch Butterfly by Don Hoffman
• Zoobooks: Butterflies ISBN 0-937934-65-8