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Butterfly Park


No. of pages 40

Published: 2015

Great for age 3-8 years

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When a little girl moves to a new town, she finds a place called Butterfly Park. But when she opens the gate, there are no butterflies.Determined to lure the butterflies in, the girl inspires her entire town to help her. And with their combined efforts, soon the butterflies?and the girl?feel right at home.Elly MacKay's luminous paper-cut illustrations and enchanting story encourage community, friendship, and wonderment in the beauty of everyday life.

 

 

This book is aimed at children in preschool-college graduate.

There are 40 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2015 by Running Press .

Elly MacKay is the author and illustrator of If You Hold a Seed and Shadow Chasers. Elly lives by Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada with her husband and children. Her artwork is recognized worldwide and sold in several stores including her Etsy. com shop, Theater Clouds.

 

"Each intricately detailed page is like some tiny, delicate stage set, with a blurred background suggesting an even wider world beyond."

 

The New York Times Bookshelf

 

"Centered on the park's elaborate art nouveau gateway, MacKay's lyrical paper collage and diorama constructs feature layered details and out-of-focus backgrounds for a sense of depth. Brightly patterned butterflies, delicate flowers, and human figures pose like gracefully off-balance dancers. . . . Worthy of theme and equally pleasing to the eye and the spirit."

 

Kirkus Reviews

 

MacKay's artwork recreates the feel and pleasure of Edwardian-era illustration, and lovers of picture-book fantasy will embrace it."

 

Publishers Weekly

 

The settings are intricate the Butterfly Park entrance gate is a thing of beauty and MacKay's sense of composition is spot-on."

 

Bookpage

 

The real treat here is the art. MacKay in in top form, and readers will delight in the mix of colours, textures, and perspectives she employs in creating the visual elements of this lovely book."

 

Quill and Quire