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Reviewed on July 24, 2020 | Picture Books
Gr 1–2—A Lemon Butterfly searches for a field of flowers through real and imagined landscapes. When it finally finds the flowers, they are inaccessible; the field is flooded and the flowers hover beneath the surface. Try as it may, Lemon Butterfly cannot breach the watery barrier, and in its acquiescence to that reality, transforms into a Lemon Butterfly Fish. Cao's story of destiny and determination, told mostly in short graceful couplets, reiterates the theme of his earlier collab...Log In or Sign Up to Read More