A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the YearA USBBY Outstanding International Book 2024A Bank Street Best Book of the Year 2024★ "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 TimesA 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. 

Binding: Hardback;72 pages; Publisher: Red Comet Press LLC; Classification: Children?s / Teenage: Personal and social topics; Weight: 658 g; Dimensions: 211 x 293 x 14

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