A white, yellow, and black-striped caterpillar is transformed into a beautiful black, orange, and multi-colored butterfly. The author traces the migration and transformation from a caterpillar eating a milkweed leaf, to a chrysalis undergoing metamorphosis, to the emerging butterfly and its migration. Although the writing is at an eleventh grade level, the first person presentation is easy to follow and understand. Besides the general reader, the book is appropriate for general public, high school, and academic library collections. Color photographs suitable for framing and figures highlight key points. Extensive endnotes by chapter include page numbers, comments, and source material. A list of illustrations, acknowledgments, image credits, and an index are included.