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Yellow Butterfly: A Story from Ukraine

Oleksandr Shatokhin

Illustrator: Oleksandr Shatokhin

Ages: 9+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Red Comet Press

ISBN: 978-1-63655-064-0

Keywords: wordless books, military conflict, hope

Stark black-and-white illustrations yield to a hopeful resolution in the form of the bright colors of the Ukrainian flag for a girl experiencing the Russia-Ukraine war. Wordless.