Amanda's Butterfly

by Nick Butterworth

While looking for butterflies, a young girl discovers an even more beautiful winged creature, who needs her help

Genres: Picture Books, Fantasy, Childrens, Adventure

56 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Nick Butterworth was born in London and grew up in a sweet shop in Essex. He worked for various major graphic design companies before becoming a full-time author and illustrator. Among his picture books are Thud!, QPootle5, Jingle Bells, Albert le Blanc, Tiger and The Whisperer, winner of the Nestlé Gold Award. But he is best known for his stories about Percy the Park Keeper, which have sold more than 9 million copies worldwide. Percy has also appeared in his own television series.

Reviews

[Jessica✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just the type of picture book that has the adult make up the story for the kid.
I kind of like that, the idea of creating a world with a child.

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Experts say I should read Butterworth. If this is typical of his work, I don't know why. Just meh. However, another star off for the idea of catching butterflies in a net.

[Molly Rhymer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantasy. A wordless book about a girl who is looking to catch a butterfly, but finds a fairy that needs her help instead.

[Tamara Zann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet and wholesome.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was my childhood in a book

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

A young girl intends to catch a butterfly but rain forces her indoors. She is looking around in her shed when she spies a fairy with a damaged wing. The fairy needs help repairing it and the girl thinks and thinks until she knows something to help. A fun wordless story with clear, understandable pictures and a good plot.

[Alison Durbin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think that this book has amazing illustrations that are both detailed and easy to understand/predict. This is another book that I think I would want in my classroom library to help struggling readers. I can also see myself using this for a picture walk with an entire class to work on telling/describing a story if they are only given pictures to work with.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lucia (three years old) is exploring fairies and this beautiful book with no words tells a story about a little girl who helps a fairy. The illustrations are cute and picture details are great for interaction and spontaneous story telling.

[N · Rating 2 out of 5]

I appreciate a good wordless book but the graphics in this one didn't grab me the way I would have liked.

Amanda is seen reading a story to her stuffed toys about butterflies and decides to find some of her own. Instead she finds a creature in need of a little help.

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Nick Butterworth's illustrations so I looked into this one. I am not a fan of wordless books but this one was cute. Perhaps a good story for a girl in your life if you "read" it with her to discuss the story. I don't think it will appeal to most boys.