Isabel\'s House of Butterflies by Tony Johnston Paperback Book (English)
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Isabel\'s House of Butterflies by Tony Johnston Paperback Book (English):
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Description Outside her home in Michoacan, Mexico, grows eight-year-old Isabel's greatest treasure: an oyamel tree. Here, every autumn, a miracle happens— for Isabel's tree is the wintering place for thousands upon thousands of monarch butterflies that migrate from the north. When they flutter down to roost, they transform Isabel's tree into La casa de las mariposas— The House of Butterflies. But this wonder is in danger of disappearing forever. Isabel's family is poor, and it has been a cruel, dry year for Papa's meager crop of corn and beans. Soon, chopping down the tree to sell its wood may be the family's only hope for survival. And what will happen to the butterflies then? Tony Johnston's poignant tale, as brief and luminous as the lives of the butterflies themselves, is all the more compelling because of the real-life dilemma it presents. Lush paintings by Susan Guevara radiate with the warmth and tenderness between Isabel and her family, and capture Mexican rural life in all its vibrant color and natural beauty. Tony Johnston is the author of more than one hundred highly praised books for young readers, including Desert Song, illustrated by Ed Young, and Desert Dog, with paintings by Robert Weatherford — both published by Sierra Club Books for Children. Tony has a strong connection both to Mexico, where she lived for fifteen years, and to monarch butterflies, which she raised as a child. "Once I forgot a batch of chrysalises," she says, "and when I returned from a trip, my house was full of butterflies!" Tony now makes her home in San Marino, California. Susan Guevara has illustrated many books for children and has twice won the American Library Association's prestigious Pura BelpreAward. She was also the recipient of the first Tomas Rivera Award. To research this book, Susan traveled to the mountains of Michoacan, Mexico, at the time of the monarch butterfly migration and was amazed by what she saw. "There were so many butterflies," she says, "I could actually hear their wings fluttering! I think that's how wishes would sound if we could hear them." Susan lives in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
Publisher DescriptionOutside her home in Michoacan, Mexico, grows eight-year-old Isabel's greatest treasure: an oyamel tree. Every autumn, a miracle happens-for Isabel's tree is the wintering place for thousands upon thousands of monarch butterflies that migrate from the north. When they flutter down to roost, they transform Isabel's tree into La casa de las mariposas-The House of Butterflies. But this wonder is in danger of disappearing forever. Isabel's family is poor, and it has been a cruel, dry year for Papa's meager crop of corn and beans. Soon, chopping down the tree to sell its wood may be the family's only hope for survival. What will happen to the butterflies then?
Tony Johnston's poignant tale, as brief and luminous as the lives of the butterflies themselves, is all the more compelling because of the real-life dilemma it presents. Lush paintings by Susan Guevara radiate with the warmth and tenderness between Isabel and her family, and capture Mexican rural life in all its vibrant color and natural beauty.
Tony Johnston?is a renowned author of more than one hundred books for young readers. Her most recent book, "Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea", illustrated by Stacy Innerst, was a "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year. Her other books include "The Iguana Brothers", illustrated by Mark Teague; the Sparky and Eddie books, illustrated by Susannah Ryan; "The Quilt Story" and "The Badger and the Magic Fan", both illustrated by Tomie dePaola; "The Wagon", illustrated by James E. Ransome; and "Yonder", illustrated by Lloyd Bloom. Tony lives with her family in San Marino, California.
Details- ISBN 1578051282
- ISBN-13 9781578051281
- Title Isabel\'s House of Butterflies
- Author Tony Johnston
- Format Paperback
- Year 2005
- Pages 32
- Publisher Gibbs Smith Publishers
- Dimensions8 in. x 0.1 in. x 11.1 in.
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Isabel\'s House of Butterflies by Tony Johnston Paperback Book (English):
$10.46