Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost, Leonid Gore nature design This festive tale is perfectly

This festive tale is perfectly complemented by beloved Barbara Cooney's luminous illustrations

and Temple is on one edge

--Elizabeth Bird

She leads us with a lively faith that moves from the world of flat practicality and cynicism to the possibility of one filled with delight and risk and enchantment

when they both appeared in The Cherry Orchard

Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost, Leonid Gore nature design This festive tale is perfectlyOne of nature's most perfect relationships Every spring the monarch butterfly migrates thousands of miles in search of the ideal milkweed plant. When she finds it, she lays her eggs on the plant, so when each egg hatches, the baby caterpillar can feed on the milkweed leaves. The milkweed plant then provides the perfect protection as the caterpillar turns into one of nature's wonders, a chrysalis, before transforming into an even greater wonder: a