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Butterflies Fly

Yvonne Winer

Illustrated by Karen Lloyd-Jones

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

Charlesbridge, 2001, 1-57091-447-8

  So often we are such a hurry to get on with our lives that we forget to take the time to look at the wonders around us. When was the last time you looked at a flower in a garden? When was the last time you stopped to watch a butterfly fly cross your path?

  In this beautifully presented book Yvonne Winer combines her image-rich verse with Karen Lloyd-Jones’ stunning artwork to give us a portrait of fifteen different kinds of butterflies. The butterflies come from a variety of habitats from countries around the world. For each butterfly the author presents her readers with a little piece of descriptive verse which is accompanied by one of Karen Lloyd-Jones’ stunningly colorful and detail-rich paintings. To supplement the verse, the author has written some notes, which can be found at the back of the book, to provide readers with more information about each of the butterfly species mentioned in the book. She also takes the time to mention that many butterfly species are in danger of disappearing all together because of habitat loss.

 

 

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