Butterfly Wings: A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety

(Hardback)

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• First picture book to tackle climate anxiety head on: While there are many picture books about climate change, this book is the first of its kind to focus on how to process anxiety, fear, and other emotions kids may have when it comes to the climate crisis.

• Climate anxiety is negatively impacting kids' mental health: this book approaches the topic in a gentle, hopeful, and kid-friendly way in order to help them understand and talk about their feelings.

• Teaching tool: Provides educators and parents with a resource to discuss climate anxiety with kids.

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FINALIST for the Prix Espigle 2023, given by Quebec school libraries to reward daring children's books of great literary quality.

Author Bio

Samuel Larochelle is a novelist, biographer, screenwriter, poet, journalist, radio/TV columnist, cultural entrepreneur, animator, lecturer, and trainer.He lives in Montreal, Quebec. Eve Patenaude spent her childhood in Montrgie and her adolescence in Estrie. She is an author and illustrator, but also a linguistic and editorial editor. She loves books, drawing, embroidery, animals, winter, cozy knitwear and sipping a hot cup of steaming tea while looking out the window. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.