Description

A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year

A USBBY Outstanding International Book 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 whos 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 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 childrens books to Ukraine.

Back matter includes notes on sharing a wordless picture book and how to talk to children about war.

Author: Oleksandr Shatokhin
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Red Comet Press
Published: 01/31/2023
Pages: 72
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 11.30h x 7.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781636550640
Language: English