Children's Fiction Death & Dying
The Rock and the Butterfly
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2024
- Category
- Death & Dying, Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars, Friendship
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 3
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 8
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781459837003
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $21.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459837027
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $16.99
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Key Selling Points
- The butterfly and the rock have always been there for each other...until the day the rock disappears and the butterfly has to learn how to live without its beloved friend.
- This poignant tale addresses what it's like to lose someone you love, through a gentle metaphor, and shows how, even though you might flounder, comfort can be found in the memories that special someone left with you.
- This story was originally written after the death of illustrator Brooke Kerrigan's father, penned for her mother by Kathy Stinson. Kathy and Brooke then realized it was a universal story that they could bring to the page.
- Kathy's moving text combined with Brooke's striking illustrations give this book the feel of a timeless classic that will resonate with anyone who's experienced any kind of loss and provide a good jumping-off point for a discussion about grief or loss with children.
- Kathy Stinson is the author of over 40 books, including The Man with the Violin, a TD Canadian Children's Literature Award winner, and Brooke Kerrigan is the illustrator of numerous books for children, whose work has received an honorable mention from the Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design.
About the authors
Kathy Stinson is a familiar name in children’s literature. She wrote the award-winning Red is Best and Big or Little?—two of the first picture books for preschoolers in Canada. Both were a huge success and have since achieved international acclaim. Red is Best 25th Anniversary Edition was released in 2006 a newly illustrated Big or Little? was published in 2009. Kathy’s latest book, The Man with the Violin (2013), was greeted with rave reviews, including starred reviews in Kirkus and uill & uire. Illustrated by Duan Petricic, this beautifully evocative picture book tells the true story of world-renowned violinist, Joshua Bell, who conducted an experiment by anonymously playing his priceless violin in the Washington D.C. subway station. Kathy grew up in Toronto. “My love affair with books began as a child,” she says. “I remember regular visits to the library, getting stacks of books to read.” She still has a notebook of stories that she wrote when she was in grade four. She believes that reading a lot is the key to becoming a good writer. In the early 1970s Kathy attended university while teaching elementary school. In 1981, she took a course called “How to write and get published.” The titles she has published in the years since range from picture books to young adult novels, from historical fiction chapter books to short stories in the horror genre. 2008 sees the publication of her first brand-new picture book in sixteen years! Kathy enjoys visiting schools across Canada, and especially talking with fellow writers. In 1987 she traveled to England as part of an exchange of Canadian and British children’s authors. She has helped students across Canada pursue their own creative projects through the Writers in Electronic Residence program, and in many communities has conducted writing workshops for children and for adults. When she’s not busy writing or reading, Kathy is a self-proclaimed jigsaw puzzle addict. Her children now grown, she lives with her partner, editor Peter Carver, in a hamlet not far from Guelph, Ontario.
BROOKE KERRIGAN est une artiste, graphiste et illustratrice de livres pour enfants. Elle est diplômée du Sheridan College en illustration interprétative et a illustré plus de dix livres pour enfants, dont Fishermen Through and Through, Plan for Pops et The Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain, qui lui a valu un prix Blue Spruce. On peut aussi voir son travail dans les pages du magazine Chirp. Brooke partage son temps entre l’Ontario et une petite ville des Alpes françaises
BROOKE KERRIGAN grew up surrounded by books and the love of art. Now she has illustrated more than a dozen books including Fishermen Through & Through, A Plan for Pops and the Blue Spruce Award Honour Books The Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain and Kiss Me! I’m a Prince.
Her fun and whimsical illustrations are created in watercolour, gouache, pencil crayon and collage. Born and raised in Toronto, she now splits her time between Tiny, Ontario and a little town in the French Alps called Chamonix. Visit her at www.brookekerriganillustration.com.
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