Children's Fiction Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars
Bye, Bye, Butterflies!
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- May 2012
- Category
- Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars, School & Education, General
- Recommended Age
- 5 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- p to 4
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781554552207
- Publish Date
- May 2012
- List Price
- $18.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554559428
- Publish Date
- May 2012
- List Price
- $12.99
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Description
One day on a walk with his dad Charlie sees some boys and girls on the rooftop of the school saying goodbye as they release butterflies up into the sky. Charlie is amazed by all the butterflies flying around and wishes he could do something like that too. And when Charlie starts school next year he becomes a "butterfly scientist" as well and helps his teacher and classmates care for some teeny tiny caterpillars as they grow into butterflies and are released by Charlie and his class. "Bye Bye Butterflies!"
About the authors
Andrew Larsen est père au foyer et auteur. Quand il était enfant, il passait toujours une partie de son été au chalet de ses grands-parents, situé sur une colline, près d'un lac. Andrew habite à Toronto. Il a publié sept albums jeunesse.
Andrew Larsen is a father, homemaker and author. When he was a child, he would spend a part of every summer with his grandparents at their cottage on a hill, by a lake. Andrew now lives in a downtown Toronto neighbourhood. He has published seven picture books.
Children's illustrator Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli grew up in the tiny village of Zenon Park, Saskatchewan, but now lives in Calgary. Her work has appeared in magazines such as Today's Parent and Skipping Stones.
Editorial Reviews
"Bye, Bye, Butterflies!, an ideal blend of story and science, introduces young readers to the butterfly life cycle through a fictional narrative. . . There are few exceptional picture books on the market that successfully meld story and science without sounding too technical, too wordy, or just plain boring. Bye, Bye, Butterflies! serves as a model for being able to hold a young child's attention while listening/reading a compelling storyline with an interesting character and sneaking in some really cool science, too. . . Adults and children alike will appreciate and enjoy all aspects of this book, from plot to text to illustration."
Highly Recommended. **** / 4
— CM Magazine
Librarian Reviews
Bye, Bye, Butterflies! (A Tell-Me-More Storybook)
At the beginning of Bye, Bye, Butterflies!, a father invites his young son to listen quietly and observe as they walk down the street. Charlie doesn’t forget the amazing thing he sees — a class releasing butterflies as they cry, “Bye, bye butterflies.” When it is his turn to go to school, Charlie, his classmates and their teacher experience the full cycle of butterfly metamorphosis. At the same time Charlie, too, changes and matures.The exciting, imaginative mood set by Toronto author Andrew Larsen (The Imaginary Garden) blooms through the artwork of Calgary illustrator Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli. Some of the caterpillars and butterflies are realistic looking, while others are fanciful. Still others are pencil outlines, with no colour or with minimal black-and-white fill. Children, aware that these insects are the artist’s creations, can make their own drawings using the “How to Draw a Butterfly” instructions at the back of the book.
These two pages of information that finish the “Tell-Me-More Storybook” are also crammed with butterfly facts for kids and instructions on how to draw Charlie. While these pages are important, they are also very cluttered and my five-year-old test reader was disengaged for this part of the book. With that exception, however, he was 110% enthralled with Bye, Bye, Butterflies! He clapped his hands with delight during the story and was charmed with the artwork, pointing out happily, for example, the multicultural aspect of Hudon-Verrelli’s images.
Bye, Bye, Butterflies! is a highly successful book for young children. Through word and text, it serves as an invitation to wonder at our natural world.
Source: The Canadian Children's Bookcentre. Fall 2012. Volume 35 No. 4.
Bye, Bye, Butterflies! (A Tell-Me-More Storybook)
As a preschooler, Charlie sees a class of children release their butterflies and say goodbye. Charlie wants to do that when he gets older and he gets the chance once he starts school. He becomes a “butterfly scientist” with his classmates as he learns how caterpillars turn into butterflies. Facts about the monarch butterfly’s life cycle, migration and more are also included.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. Spring, 2012.
