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Bicycling with Butterflies

My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration

by Sara Dykman
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Winner of the 2021 National Outdoor Book Award
Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets.
In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month odyssey. We’re beside her as she navigates unmapped roads in foreign countries, checks roadside milkweed for monarch eggs, and shares her passion with eager schoolchildren, skeptical bar patrons, and unimpressed border officials. We also meet some of the ardent monarch stewards who supported her efforts, from citizen scientists and researchers to farmers and high-rise city dwellers.
With both humor and humility, Dykman offers a compelling story, confirming the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration—and the other threatened systems of nature that affect the survival of us all.

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    April 13, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781643260907

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      • ISBN: 9781643260907
      • File size: 1898 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      March 15, 2021
      Nature researcher and educator Dykman had been bicycle touring for over a decade when she hatched her most ambitious plan: to ride over 10,000 miles across North America, following the annual migration of the monarch butterfly. She packs up her bike and embarks upon the months-long journey. She begins, with the monarchs, in Mexico, and rides north through Texas, the Midwest, and Minnesota, then veers east at Lake Superior and treks all the way to New York City, before circling south and back through the Midwest, through Texas and back into Mexico. Dykman both camps and stays in the homes of generous strangers and friends, all while visiting schools and teaching young people the critical, humbling value of protecting wildlife. The book is just as much a poetic travelogue as it is informative about monarch butterflies. Dykman's research keenly supplements her experiences on the road. Dykman is enchanted by the monarchs' resilience and infuriated by humans' indifference to nature's warnings. The book may be one singular bicyclist's word, but represents a collective cry for climate action.

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