Yellow butterfly

Publisher: Kodansha
Author: Oreksandle Chathin
Size: 210mm x 297mm
Number of books: 1
Language: Japanese
Category: Picture book
Latest publication date: 2023-09-27

Synopsis:
It is a Ukrainian picture book, which has been a hot topic at the Bologna International Book Fair, and the American version has been highly awarded in each book review.

The author, Oreksandle Chathin, is an illustrator living in Ukraine.
His house is near the border with Russia and is still living with his family.
This book depicts the "war" through the eyes of girls without using words.

Blue and yellow, the color of the Ukrainian flag, as well as black that represents despair and fear, and butterfly, a symbol of "life".
At the end of despair, a human being who is trying to find hope is expressed in any word with the power to press the chest.
With the lack of letters, the reader spins the story of this picture book from the picture himself.

To us who are getting used to the tragedy news in Ukraine
It has the power to make "war" feel like something that can happen to you, not information.