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Keywords

animals, author's note, bedtime, butterfly, decision making, family, feelings, french, hanukkah, happiness, holidays, Jewish, language, multicultural, parents, prejudice, racism, religion, sadness, self esteem, separation, stress management, verbal communication, war

Title

The butterfly

Description

When a little girls meets a ghost which turns out to be a girl that is hiding in the cellar with the rest of her family from the Nazi's. They form a friendship that is strong. But the friendship is broken up by the sudden movement of her and her family. But butterflies show that everything is fine even though they are apart.

Author

Polacco, Patricia

Publisher

Philomel Books

ISBN

0-399-23170-6

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

2000

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Chris Clemmons, 2001

Citation

Polacco, Patricia, “The butterfly,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed March 25, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/9116.