Publisher's synopsis
This beautiful picture book by award winners Roger Vaughan Carr and Ann James portrays the theory of the butterfly effect in a simple yet informative way.
Malani went to the forest each day with her father and his elephant. She played at the feet of the great forest trees, where she watched a beautiful butterfly. It is just a frail pretty thing that cannot do anything grand, she thought. But Malani never knew that the butterfly’s delicate wings held strength enough to make even the mighty elephant tremble.
Award
Shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Award, 1997
Illustrator
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Melbourne-born Roger Vaughan Carr was a well-known children’s author who wrote school reading texts, novels for adolescents and contributed stories to the Victorian School Paper. He published over 60 books and was shortlisted several times for Children’s Book Council of Australia awards. Roger also wrote television, radio and film adaptations of his works. The Butterfly was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Award in 1997. He passed away in 2013.
Ann James is an award-winning children’s book illustrator who has collaborated with many authors and publishers to illustrate over 60 books. She works in a variety of mediums including pen and ink, watercolour, soft pastels, charcoal and collage. With her partner Ann Haddon, Ann established Books Illustrated in 1988, a gallery focused on promoting Australian picture books and their creators. Together they were awarded the 2000 Pixie O’Harris Award for Distinguished service to Australian Children’s Literature. In 2003 Ann received the Dromkeen Medal. Ann is a founding Board member of the Australian Children’s Literature Alliance. She lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.
Photo courtesy of Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
