Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Butterfly, Butterfly


Butterfly, Butterfly: A book of colors
by Petr Horacek
Candlewick Press (2007)

Interest Level: 3-5 year olds
Awards or Honors: TLA 2x2 Reading List

Genre Category: Picture Book

Summary: On a bright summer day, Lucy chases a beautiful butterfly in the garden. The next day, instead of finding her butterfly in the garden, she discovers a number of animals in all the colors of the rainbow. In the end, her beautiful friend returns in a surprising way.

Online connections:
1. For a short biography of Petr and to view a gallery of his work, visit http://www.childrensbookillustration.com/client.asp?id=98.
2. To learn more about this illustrator and see more of his work, visit http://www.petrhoracek.co.uk/.

Book Connections:
1. Flutter By, Butterfly by Petr Horacek
2. From Caterpillar to Butterfly (Let's Read and Find Out Science) by Deborah Heiligman

Keywords: Butterflies, Gardens, Colors, animals, insects, flowers

1 comment:

Kirsten Murphy said...

I enjoyed visiting the illustrator's gallery of art.