Yellow Butterfly: A Story from Ukraine

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 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.

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

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 11/21/2022
School Library Journal 01/01/2023 pg. 62
Foreword 12/27/2022
Booklist 01/01/2023 pg. 78
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2023 pg. 66
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2023 - Superior,Well Above Average