Butterfly Wings: A Hopeful Story about Climate Anxiety

By Samuel Larochelle

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 climateA 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1778400825
• ISBN13: 9781778400827
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Greystone Kids
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.7" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 9