Name: Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine
Brand: Red Comet Press
SKU: 9781636550640
Price: 32.99 AUD
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Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine - 9781636550640 - Oleksandr Shatokhin - Red Comet Press - The Little Lost Bookshop

Author: Oleksandr Shatokhin | Publisher: Red Comet Press

A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year ★ "Provocative, powerful, breathtakingly beautiful." –STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews ★ "Both timely and timeless , evoking war and its aftermath without losing sight of hope." –STARRED REVIEW, Booklist ★ " Stark images in black and white lead this sympathetic wordless picture book about a girl who’s enduring the war in Ukraine."– STARRED REVIEW, Foreword Review "Breathtaking" –Ruta Sepetys , author of Between Shades of Gray "A beautiful and heartbreaking tribute to the resiliency of people in wartime;"– School Library Journal " A moving portrait ." – New York Times

A wordless picture book portrayal of war seen through the eyes of a young girl who finds hope in the symbolism of yellow butterflies against the background of a pure blue sky. Using the colors of his national flag, Oleksandr Shatokhin has created a deeply emotional response to the conflict in Ukraine and provided a narrative full of powerful visual metaphors for readers to consider as they travel from the devastating effects of war to a place of hope for peace and the future. A portion of the sale of this book will be donated to the Universal Reading Foundation who supply children's books to Ukraine. Back matter includes notes on sharing a wordless picture book and how to talk to children about war.

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Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine

Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine

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