The Rock and the ButterflyThe Rock and the Butterfly

In this meditative picture book about loss, a butterfly finds peace in the memories left behind by its friend, the rock. What do you do when your rock disappears? The rock was always there...until, one day, it wasn't. The rock and the butterfly are a perfect fit. The butterfly takes shelter on the steady rock after hours of flittering and fluttering, and the rock loves to hear of the butterfly's adventures after a long day of sitting in one spot. Then one day the rock isn't where it has always been-and the butterfly is alone. It can't find a comfortable place to rest, and it eventually collapses on the ground. When it wakes, the butterfly realizes that it is lying in the exact spot where the rock used to be, and it takes comfort in all that its beloved friend left behind. Key Selling Points • The butterfly and the rock have always been there for each other...until the day the rock disappears and the butterfly has to learn how to live without its beloved friend. • This poignant tale addresses what it's like to lose someone you love, through a gentle metaphor, and shows how, even though you might flounder, comfort can be found in the memories that special someone left with you. • This story was originally written after the death of illustrator Brooke Kerrigan's father, penned for her mother by Kathy Stinson. Kathy and Brooke then realized it was a universal story that they could bring to the page. • Kathy's moving text combined with Brooke's striking illustrations give this book the feel of a timeless classic that will resonate with anyone who's experienced any kind of loss and provide a good jumping-off point for a discussion about grief or loss with children. • Kathy Stinson is the author of over 40 books, including The Man with the Violin, a TD Canadian Children's Literature Award winner, and Brooke Kerrigan is the illustrator of numerous books for children, whose work has received an honorable mention from the Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design. Kathy Stinson has loved reading all her life but was almost thirty when she discovered she loves writing too. She is the author of over thirty books for young people, including the classic Red Is Best and the award-winning The Man with the Violin. When not reading or writing, she enjoys photography, jigsaw puzzles, crosswords and walking her dog in the woods and fields near her home in Rockwood, Ontario. Brooke Kerrigan has loved drawing ever since she was a little girl, so it seemed only natural that she would grow up to be an artist. Of all her creative endeavors, illustrating children's books is her favorite. Brooke has illustrated more than ten picture books, including the award-winning Wee Boo and the Blue Spruce Award nominee A Plan for Pops. Born in Toronto, she currently lives with her husband in the French Alps.