With a Butterfly's Wings

by Pilar López Ávila (Author) Zuzanna Celej (Illustrator)

With a Butterfly's Wings
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
It was my grandmother who taught me to listen to the song of the birds. Throw her eyes I learned to contemplate those little birds and to perceive what made them so special. Together we heard the blackbird sing among the rumble of the city that was slowly awakening, trying to guess where the bird was. Grandma was my best teacher: she taught me all the secrets of nature, the magic of flowers, the spirit of monarch butterflies… For this reason, even if she is now gone, she will live in me through the song of nature.
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Kirkus Reviews

A lovely, contemplative tribute to intergenerational love that invites reverence for nature’s cycles.

Review quotes

"The Polish artist Zuzanna Celej captivates us with her unique sensitivity and exquisite taste. (...) Essential." —Canal Lector

Pilar López Ávila

María del Pilar López Ávila (Cartagena, 1969) es una escritora de cuentos infantiles. Su pasión por la literatura infantil empezó cuando era muy pequeña: a los nueve años ya empezaba a escribir cuentos para niños. Es doctora en Veterinaria y en la actualidad trabaja como profesora de Biología y Geología en un instituto de Cáceres. Además, es directora del Teatro Paraíso. En diciembre de 2010 recibió el tercer premio "Joaquín Sama" a la Innovación Educativa en la categoría "Una escuela más cívica y solidaria", por el proyecto titulado "Aprovechamiento de materiales de desecho". En Cuento de Luz ha publicado Ayobami y el nombre de los animales (2017), que le valió el premio International Latino Book Awards en 2018, y La cometa de los sueños (2019).

Mar Azabal is a graduate in Geography, specialising in Administration and archive conservation. Her real dream was to create stories through drawing and illustration. She currently lives in Toledo, Spain, and spends her time teaching illustration courses for children, creating stories and enjoying raising her little child. In 2018 he illustrated the picture book Ayobami and the Names of the Animals (Cuento de luz, 2018), which won the Silver Medal at the 2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards and Gold Medal at the International Latino Book Awards.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9788418302596
Lexile Measure
620
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Publication date
April 20, 2022
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV039030 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death & Dying
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
Library of Congress categories
Grandmothers
Picture books
Loss (Psychology)
Butterflies

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