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In this visually striking look at the monarch butterfly's life cycle, the spare text (two words per page, beginning and ending with "an egg") takes a back seat to the bold black-and-white lino-print illustrations. The heavy cardstock pages feature sturdy flaps that, when lifted, reveal joyful pops of color in the corresponding pictures beneath, hopefully instilling a sense of wonder in young readers.