Larochelle Samuel - Butterfly Wings A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: An honest exploration of climate anxiety for kids 8+ and the adults who love them. When ten - year - old Florent overhears his mothers discussing the possibility of having another baby and expressing their reluctance due to fears about the planet his mind races off into a spiral of fear and guilt. Is the planet suffering because there are too many children children like him? Do his parents think they made a mistake by bringing him into the world? One night Florent dreams that the forests have all burned to the ground and that his parents are flying away on a spaceship abandoning him on a ruined planet. When he wakes up he decides to stop talking until a discussion with his mothers changes everything. At a time when climate change is negatively impacting kids mental health Butterfly Wings provides: Anxiety relief: provides a safe space for kids to process their anxiety fear and other emotions about the climate A social - emotional learning tool for parents and teachers to talk about climate change with kids through a gentle and hopeful lens Through thoughtful words and gorgeous illustrations this compassionate story confronts the very real challenge of climate anxiety in a way that is accessible to young readers. Butterfly Wings provides children with a way to understand their feelings while also offering hope for a different future.
Title: Butterfly Wings A Hopeful Story About Climate Anxiety
Author(s): Larochelle Samuel, Eve Patenaude
Publisher: Greystone Books Canada
Barcode: 9781778400827
Pages: 104 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/26/2023
Category: Social Issues: Environment & Green Issues (Children's / Teenage)