{"product_id":"9781636550640-yellow-butterfly","title":"Yellow Butterfly","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA story from Ukraine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA USBBY Outstanding International Book 2024\u003cbr\u003eA Bank Street Best Book of the Year 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e★\u003cb\u003e \"Provocative, powerful, breathtakingly beautiful.\" –STARRED REVIEW, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e★ \"Both \u003cb\u003etimely and timeless\u003c\/b\u003e, evoking war and its aftermath without losing sight of hope.\"\u003cb\u003e–STARRED REVIEW, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e★\u003cb\u003e \"\u003c\/b\u003eStark images in black and white lead this sympathetic wordless picture book about a girl who’s enduring the war in Ukraine.\"–\u003cb\u003eSTARRED REVIEW, \u003ci\u003eForeword Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Breathtaking\" –Ruta Sepetys\u003c\/b\u003e, author of\u003ci\u003e Between Shades of Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebeautiful and heartbreaking \u003c\/b\u003etribute to the resiliency of people in wartime;\"– \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving portrait\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA portion of the sale of this book will be donated to the Universal Reading Foundation who supply children's books to Ukraine. \u003cbr\u003eBack matter includes notes on sharing a wordless picture book and how to talk to children about war. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40649865035873,"sku":"9781636550640","price":14.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27847657.jpg?v=1722093583","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781636550640-yellow-butterfly","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}