Category:  Children Publisher: Inkubook Type: Fiction Pages: 32 Copyright: July 1, 2009 Monty and his family of Monarch butterflies coming from Canada to Mexico on their annual migration out-fly Hurricane Ike. It is a story about families, tradition and ancestry, geography, storms, survival and the unknowns we must face in life with the utmost of confidence and faith in who we are, where we've come from and where we're going.

Children's Book Reviews: Monty Finds His Family Tree
Theresa Haak has highlighted factual information about the Monarch butterfly in orange sidebars. She used her teacher skills to write a book that embodies reading along with scientific information. She teaches in Dickinson, Texas, and wisely included a glossary. Doug Hiser illustrated the Monarch in brilliant color with a background of the various locations on their trip. Doug and Theresa went to high school together and teamed up to produce a beautiful picture book filled with information. The family of Monarch butterflies are not caterpillars anymore so they are ready to begin their annual migration from Canada to Mexico. They look forward to eating nectar from the flowers. The female gets iron from the milkweed that will pull from the earth's gravity. by JoAn Martin, The Baytown Sun, September 6, 2009