Dangerous World of Butterflies

Author: Peter Laufer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762799811
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
This widely praised book chronicles Peter Laufer’s adventures within the butterfly industry and the butterfly underground. Laufer begins by examining the allure of butterflies throughout history, but his research soon veers into the high-stake realms of organized crime, ecological devastation, museum collections, and chaos theory. His ever-expanding journey of discovery throughout the Americas and beyond offers a rare look into a theater of intrigue, peopled with quirky and nefarious characters—all in pursuit of these delicate, beautiful creatures. Read this book, and your garden—and the world—will never quite look the same.

Forbidden Creatures

Author: Peter Laufer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762799838
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description

No Animals Were Harmed

Author: Peter Laufer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762777184
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
Investigative journalist Peter Laufer is back with his third book in a trilogy that explores the way we humans interact with animals. The attack of a trainer at Sea World by a killer whale in February 2010 is the catalyst for this examination of the controversial role animals have played in the human arenas of entertainment and sports. From the Romans throwing Christians to lions to cock-fighting in present-day California, from abusive Mexican circuses to the thrills of a Hungarian counterpart, from dog training to shooting strays in the Baghdad streets, Laufer looks at the ways people have used animals for their pleasure. The reader travels with Laufer as he encounters fascinating people and places, and as he ponders the ethical questions that arise from his quest.

Breaking Butterflies

Author: M. Anjelais
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545667674
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
The closest he will ever come to happiness is when he's hurting her. Will she let him? A beautiful and twisted story of first love and innocence lost -- written when the author was just eighteen. Sphinxie and Cadence. Promised to each other in childhood. Drawn together again as teens. Sphinxie is sweet, compassionate, and plain. Cadence is brilliant, charismatic. Damaged. And diseased. When they were kids, he scarred her with a knife. Now, as his illness progresses, he becomes increasingly demanding. She wants to be loyal -- but fears for her life. Only the ultimate sacrifice will give this love an ending.

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing

Author: John Stidworthy
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1597163953
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
Describes Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterflies, discussing where and how they live and their size, important body parts, diet, and stages of development.

Paper Butterflies

Author: Lisa Heathfield
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ®
ISBN: 1512482420
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description
June's life at home with her stepmother and stepsister is a dark one—and a secret one. Not even her dad knows the truth, and she can't find the words to tell anyone else. She's trapped like a butterfly in a net. Then June meets Blister, a boy from a large, loving, chaotic family. In him, she finds a glimmer of hope that perhaps she can find a way to fly far, far away. Because she deserves her freedom. Doesn't she?

A Butterfly's Life

Author: Ellen Lawrence
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1617724777
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
A young child from the northern United States spots a Monarch butterfly laying eggs and keeps watch as the eggs hatch and the new caterpillars munch away on leaves. Readers will follow along as the narrator observes the butterflies' behavior up close, including the amazing metamorphosis of caterpillars into adult Monarch butterflies and their migration to Mexico. Colorful photos, diagrams, and clear, age-appropriate text will engage young readers as they explore the life cycle, natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of these beautiful insects. The diary format models scientific observation and critical thinking--and encourages children to keep notebooks recording their own investigations into the natural world.

Moths

Author: Martha E. H. Rustad
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612111823
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26

Book Description
Moths are attracted to bright lights, though it is still unknown exactly why that is. Like butterflies, moths grow from caterpillars into insects with beautiful wings. Discover moths with wings of all different colors, shapes, and sizes!

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778706502
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly explains in simple terms the transformation from pupa to chrysalis to butterfly. Beautifully illustrated, the book also takes a close up look at the caterpillar, one of nature's eating machines" and shows why monarchs fly 4,000 miles after metamorphosis.

Winged Obsession

Author: Jessica Speart
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062207040
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
One of the world's most beautiful endangered species, butterflies are as lucrative as gorillas, pandas, and rhinos on the black market. In this cutthroat $200 million business, no one was more successful—or posed a greater ecological danger—than Yoshi Kojima, the kingpin of butterfly smugglers. In Winged Obsession, author Jessica Speart tells the riveting true story of rookie U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agent Ed Newcomer's determined crusade to halt the career of a brazen and ingenious criminal with an almost supernatural sixth sense for survival. But the story doesn't end there. Speart chronicles her own attempts, while researching the book, to befriend Kojima before betraying him—unaware that the cagey smuggler had his own plans to make the writer a player in his illegal butterfly trade.