Theme: celebrating

Uncle Monarch and the Day of the Dead

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When the monarch butterflies return to the Mexican countryside where Lupita lives, she knows that it means that Da de Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is near. She and her favorite uncle watch the butterflies as they flutter in the trees. When a butterfly lands on Lupitas hand, her uncle reminds her that she [...]

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