Children's Fiction Emigration & Immigration
Carlito's Butterfly / La mariposa de Carlito
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2025
- Category
- Emigration & Immigration, Hispanic & Latino, Butterflies, Moths & Caterpillars
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 3
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 8
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459840768
- Publish Date
- Apr 2025
- List Price
- $27.99
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781459840744
- Publish Date
- Apr 2025
- List Price
- $21.95
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Description
Carlito has recently immigrated and he misses Mexico.
During a walk with his friend Samia, he recognizes a magnificent orange and black butterfly—a monarch! He remembers visiting a forest in Mexico where the monarch butterflies spend the winter. Through the monarch’s migratory story, Carlito and Samia realize that they can have two countries to call home, just like the butterflies.
The book includes information about monarch butterflies, their migration, their role in our ecosystems, the threats they face and tips on how to help butterflies thrive.
This bilingual book includes full text in both English and Spanish.
About the authors
Angèle Delaunois was born in France and immigrated to Canada as a young woman. She earned a degree in visual arts at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, where she went on to work as a department head for ten years. Since then she has worked as a textile designer, a manager of book and toy consumer protection reports, the managing editor of the publishers éditions Héritage and éditions Pierre Tisseyre, and the founder of the publishing company éditions de l’Isatis. During that time she has also written books in nearly every genre, with a special love for children’s nonfiction. Angèle’s works have been translated into eight languages and nominated for many prestigious awards.
Angèle Delaunois' profile page
Augusto Mora is a comic book illustrator and author with a multinational reach. His work has been exhibited in Cozumel, Madrid, Mexico, Chicago, Houston and Québec. In 2010 he received first place in the National Graphic Novel Award from Editorial JUS for his work, El Maizo, la maldición del basta. In 2019, he completed an artist residency in Québec City, supported by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec. Augusto lives in Mexico City.
Translator Ann Marie Boulanger was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to an anglophone mother and a francophone father. After earning a college diploma in liberal arts, she heard about an acquaintance who was studying translation… and that’s when the lightbulb went off!
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in translation from Montreal’s Concordia University, she was hired by start-up translation firm Traduction Proteus Inc., which she now owns. When she’s not translating novels and children’s books, Ann Marie is an accomplished medical translator.
A life-long learner, Ann Marie earned an MA in translation studies from Concordia in 2018. She is a mentor, a trainer, and a part-time lecturer in translation studies at McGill University. Her first literary translation, The Woman in Valencia, by Annie Perreault, was named a World Literature Today Notable Translation of 2021. She lives in Montreal with her son.
