Butterfly Wings

A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety

Samuel Larochelle, Eve Patenaude, Arielle Aaronson

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Greystone Books,Canada
26 September 2023

Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's&YA); Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's&YA)

Age range 8 to 14

An honest exploration of climate anxiety, for kids 8+ and the adults who love them.

When ten-year-old Florent overhears his mothers discussing the possibility of having another baby - and expressing their reluctance due to fears about the planet - his mind races off into a spiral of fear and guilt. Is the planet suffering because there are too many children - children like him? Do his parents think they made a mistake by bringing him into the world?

One night, Florent dreams that the forests have all burned to the ground and that his parents are flying away on a spaceship, abandoning him on a ruined planet. When he wakes up, he decides to stop talking...until a discussion with his mothers changes everything.

At a time when climate change is negatively impacting kids' mental health, Butterfly Wings provides:

Anxiety relief: provides a safe space for kids to process their anxiety, fear, and other emotions about the climate A social-emotional learning tool for parents and teachers to talk about climate change with kids through a gentle and hopeful lens

Through thoughtful words and gorgeous illustrations, this compassionate story

confronts the very real challenge of climate anxiety in a way that is accessible to young readers. Butterfly Wings provides children with a way to understand their feelings, while also offering hope for a different future.

By: Samuel Larochelle
Illustrated by: Eve Patenaude
Translated by: Arielle Aaronson
Imprint: Greystone Books,Canada
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 190mm,
ISBN: 9781778400827
ISBN 10: 1778400825
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 26 September 2023
Recommended Age: From 8 to 14 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Samuel Larochelle is a novelist, biographer, screenwriter, poet, journalist, radio/TV columnist, cultural entrepreneur, animator, lecturer, and trainer. He lives in Montreal, Quebec. Eve Patenaude spent her childhood in Montrgie and her adolescence in Estrie. She is an author and illustrator, but also a linguistic and editorial editor. She loves books, drawing, embroidery, animals, winter, cozy knitwear and sipping a hot cup of steaming tea while looking out the window. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.