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    Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
    Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
    Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
    Audiobook8 hours

    Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration

    Written by Sara Dykman

    Narrated by Xe Sands

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    About this audiobook

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateApr 13, 2021
    ISBN9781649040534
    Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
    Author

    Sara Dykman

    Sara Dykman is the founder of beyond­abook.org, which fosters lifelong learners, boundary pushers, explorers, and stewards. She works in amphibian research and as an outdoor educator, guiding young people into nature so they can delight in its complicated brilliance. She hopes her own adventures—walking from Mexico to Canada, canoeing the Missouri River from source to sea, and cycling over 80,000 miles across North and South America (including the monarch migration trip)—will empower young and old to dream big.

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    • 5/5
      Sara Dykman is amazing. I can’t even imagine riding a bike to Michoacan Mexico and then back across the U.S. to Canada, but I can understand her love of Monarch Butterflies. Her quest to document their migration is important, because their habitat is being eliminated. As she traveled and gave talks to schools and to everyone who invited her to speak, she also talked one on one to homeowners and landowners explaining how important milkweed is to the next generation of the Monarch. In this book there is a combination of scientific data and personal stories of the people she met on this journey. I believe we can all do something to help. Personally, I don’t use pesticides, and let my lawn go to save water and let dandelions and other native plants grow. Sadly, my neighbor and I have noticed the disappearance of frogs and toads which used to be abundant 20 years ago in our town. My own Monarch interaction story happened last year when I went to get into the car and right next to the drivers side door on the floor of the garage was a female Monarch. I haven’t seen one where I live, and how it got into my garage was a mystery. I got a piece of paper and picked her up and placed her on a bush outside in the sun where she started warming up and stretching her wings. I found out later that a woman friend had died that day. Maybe her spirit came to say goodbye in the form of a butterfly.
    • 4/5
      What an amazing story of a very strong woman on a 10,201 mile bike ride following the monarch butterfly migration from Mexico to Canada and back. I know more about monarchs and their habitats than I may have needed to know. The scientific detail and explanations were very detailed. I found her personal stories about her on the road adventures a bit more engaging. And, I will plant milkweed in my spring garden from now on. This was a book club chosen book. The resulting discussion was very informative and inspiring.
    • 4/5
      We follow the author as she attempts to follow the migration of monarch butterflies from their Winter home in Mexico to their Summer home in Canada and then back. A journey of 10,201 miles. On a bicycle. Carrying everything she needs on said bicycle. Alone. Let that sink in.

      Along the way we learn about butterflies, nature, and our place in it. We also laugh a lot and are truly amazed at what she experiences and the people she meets along the way. I am not sure if she is one of the most fascinating people I have ever read about or one of the craziest. What I do know is after you read this you will never look at a butterfly the same way and I truly hope you will also take the time to notice the nature around you. And appreciate its beauty. Highly recommended!