{"product_id":"butterfly-wings-a-hopeful-story-about-climate-anxiety-9781778400827","title":"Butterfly Wings: A Hopeful Story about Climate Anxiety","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAn Honest Children's Book About Climate Anxiety and Hope\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn honest exploration of climate anxiety, for kids 8+ and the adults who love them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eA Social-Emotional Learning Resource for Climate Conversations\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt a time when climate change is negatively impacting kids' mental health, \u003ci\u003eButterfly Wings\u003c\/i\u003e provides: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnxiety relief: provides a safe space for kids to process their anxiety, fear, and other emotions about the climate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA social-emotional learning tool for parents and teachers to talk about climate change with kids through a gentle and hopeful lens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough 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. \u003ci\u003eButterfly Wings\u003c\/i\u003e provides children with a way to understand their feelings, while also offering hope for a different future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003ePerfect for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis hardcover book serves as a conversation starter for families and educators addressing environmental concerns with children. The illustrated narrative helps kids ages 8-12 understand complex emotions surrounding climate change while maintaining an age-appropriate, hopeful perspective. Ideal for home libraries, classroom reading, and therapeutic settings where children need support processing eco-anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Larochelle\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, biographer, screenwriter, poet, journalist, radio\/TV columnist, cultural entrepreneur, animator, lecturer, and trainer. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEve Patenaude\u003c\/b\u003e spent her childhood in Montérégie 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Greystone Kids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680460116242,"sku":"9781778400827","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef02f9b2-78d3-42e8-929a-6bf961967d60.jpg?v=1734906520","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/butterfly-wings-a-hopeful-story-about-climate-anxiety-9781778400827","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}