Helen Cooper

Saving the Butterfly: A story about refugees

Illustration:Smith, Gill

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A poetic, powerful story about a little brother and a big sister finding a new home and new hope after being rescued from a boat lost in the dark sea.
A little brother and his big sister try their best to settle in a new home, where they have nothing left from before except each other. The little one makes new friends and quickly learns to laugh again but his sister remains haunted by the shadows of their past and hides away in their broken house. Trying to help his sister, the little one catches a butterfly for her and brings it inside the house. His sister knows that she needs to set the butterfly free ... but that would mean going outside. In taking the first steps to face her fears and save the butterfly, she also begins the process of saving herself.

Produktdetails

• The Norendy Tales
• Verlag: Walker Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 88539
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: von 4 bis 9 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 267mm x 249mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 190g
• ISBN-13: 9781406397666
• ISBN-10: 1406397660
• Artikelnr.: 67387784

Autorenporträt

Helen Cooper, illustrated by Gill Smith

Rezensionen

Gill Smith's illustrations for Saving the Butterfly (Walker) by Helen Cooper also lean towards muted grey shades as we see a boy and his older sister, two refugees, rescued from a boat. The boy settles, makes friends, but the girl is haunted by the past and can't move on until the day her brother brings her a butterfly. As the insect and the girl begin to flourish, the illustrations become as rich and colourful as the butterfly's wings. A tender tale focusing on the aftermath of conflict, it's a great companion to Nicola Davies's The Day War Came (2019). Observer