Windle Turley

1.5

Both photography and research, this book gives an in-depth look on the migrations of the Monarch Butterfly.

Although this book had incredible potential, there were many times I caught myself skimming past repetitive information, or uninspired quotes. I felt that Turley threw in every quote he found about butterflies, rather than just a selection of ones he felt were fitting and meaningful, and the page design for these was poorly executed. One of the quotes that he included was from National Geographic's take on this topic, which I honestly found myself wishing I had read instead. As for the topic writing, it seemed that every sentence was taken from one source or another, and made me feel as though this was just him stringing along others' sentences to form his own book.

While looking through his photography, I found myself taken aback by the absolute wonder and splendor of such a beautiful creature, but I also found myself wishing he'd have not included some of the photographs that he did, as I felt that they were mediocre at best, and seemed to take away from the breathtaking pieces that he had included. I also felt that some of the photographs were nearly identical, and imagined that he couldn't decide on which one to be included, and so, unprofessionally, threw both in. That said, I did enjoy the fact that he included the camera and lens information that he used for the shots, and I thought that the poem on the final page was well-chosen.… (mehr)

Stunning photography of beautiful monarch butterflies fills this book. I was amazed to see trees just drenched in butterflies as well as brilliant close-ups of wings and mouth parts. The photography was artfully paired with inspiring quotes about butterflies for a joyful experience.

Towards the end of the book the feat of Monarch migration process is explained with current scientific data in an understandable way. It is obvious that the author put a lot of time in to understand the complicated ways of Monarch butterfly behavior. Hopefully this book will help the Monarch butterfly and help people to see that they can also help the Monarch butterfly.… (mehr)