Flutterfly, by Carolyn Hughes (self-published, 20 pages, 2020, $9.99)
Flutterfly is the lovely story of a caterpillar who becomes a butterfly, an allegory of life, comforting those who have lost someone, perhaps for the first time.
Our little butterfly starts out as a playful 'pillar with her fellow 'pillars, helping them learn and grow with a good heart, but then, for unknown reasons and suddenly when her work is done, one day spins a cocoon where she can sleep - with time to think.
One day she wakens as, in her words, "a brand new me." She again meets friends and family (other butterflies) and looks down upon caterpillars having fun and growing and learning.
Love Never Ends
She speaks to the reader and the caterpillars below, telling them with a smile in her voice that she will always be looking over them even when they cannot see her. She will always listen and care and she ends with: "Do not worry about me, everything here is OK. After all your work is done, you'll see me again some day. Love never ends, it only changes."
Beautiful Cover!
The cover is especially lovely with part of half a butterfly showing (Monarch, most likely) on the front cover and continuing on with the other butterfly half on the back cover. Each watercolored page background is similar to the one preceding and the one following, until they change with each change in life from caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly.
Flutterfly will comfort a grieving child and spark age-appropriate conversations.
Caveat: This book was sent to me for review.
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