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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.