Why read Butterfly House?

Book cover of Butterfly House

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With the help of her grandfather, a little girl makes a house for a larva and watches it develop before setting it free, and every summer after that butterflies come to visit her. By the author of Smoky Night.

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Why read it?

1 author picked Butterfly House as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Kathleen Doherty

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This is a gentle, lyrical story. This book inspires love. If you read it, you’ll feel the loving relationship the girl has with her grandfather...and with butterflies. You’ll wonder why the butterflies visit the girl once she’s grown up. What do the butterflies who visit her seem to know or sense? Why aren’t the butterflies visiting her neighbors?

From Kathleen's list on picture books with hope, happiness, and empathy.