* "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 Reviews
"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.