A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year A USBBY Outstanding International Book 2024 ★ "Provocative, powerful, breathtakingly beautiful." –STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews ★ "Both timely and timeless , evoking war and its aftermath without losing sight of hope." –STARRED REVIEW, Booklist ★ " Stark images in black and white lead this sympathetic wordless picture book about a girl who’s enduring the war in Ukraine."– STARRED REVIEW, Foreword Review "Breathtaking" –Ruta Sepetys , author of Between Shades of Gray "A beautiful and heartbreaking tribute to the resiliency of people in wartime;"– School Library Journal " A moving portrait ." – New York Times A wordless picture book portrayal of war seen through the eyes of a young girl who finds hope in the symbolism of yellow butterflies against the background of a pure blue sky. Using the colors of his national flag, Oleksandr Shatokhin has created a deeply emotional response to the conflict in Ukraine and provided a narrative full of powerful visual metaphors for readers to consider as they travel from the devastating effects of war to a place of hope for peace and the future. A portion of the sale of this book will be donated to the Universal Reading Foundation who supply children's books to Ukraine. Back matter includes notes on sharing a wordless picture book and how to talk to children about war.