A Children’s Guide to Arctic Butterflies

20,000-ᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᖅᑕᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᔅᓰᓐᓇᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ North America-ᒥ. ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖅᑰᔪᓂᒃ, ᓂᕈᒥᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᑯᖃᖅᑐᑦ, ᐅᓪᓗᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᔾᔪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖅᓱᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᑦ ᐃᓴᓇᕈᒥᓇᖅᑐᑯᓘᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓴᕈᓐᓇᔪᖏᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑲᔾᔨᖅᐸᓯᖓᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᖅᑰᑎᑦᑐᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᒥᓗ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓲᔾᔨᔾᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᓂᒃ, ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ 12-ᓂᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᓲᖑᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

ᐱᒡᒐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᓂᖅᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᖁᓛᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᓂᖃᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᓂ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᑦ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᑦᑎᐊᕚᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᓱᓕᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᑦ ᑎᒥᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᙳᓲᖑᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᒥᖅᑯᓕᖏᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ.

ᐃᓯᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒧᐊᕆᑦ – ᑕᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᒥᔪᑎᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᔪᑯᓗᖕᒥᒃ. ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓲᔾᔨᔾᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᓂᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᓕᑭᓵᓕᒫᓂᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅᐸᓯᖕᓂᖅᐹᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕆᕗᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ, ᖁᕝᕙᓯᒃᑐᐊᓗᖕᓂᓗ, ᓂᒡᓚᓱᒃᑐᓂ ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓈᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ!

There are 20,000 species of butterflies in the world, but only several dozen are found on the tundra of the North American Arctic. Many Arctic animals have warm, woolly coats, downy feathers, or thick layers of blubber, and Arctic butterflies appear fragile with their fluttering, delicate wings. Yet the hardy butterflies that live at the top of the world have many clever ways to keep themselves warm in cool summers and endure icy-cold winters. In A Children’s Guide to Arctic Butterflies, young readers learn about twelve of the butterflies that call the Arctic home and how they survive on the tundra from one season to the next.

With a simple layout and easy-to-follow headings for each butterfly, this beautiful book is filled with fun, useful facts, including introductory material about the life cycle and anatomy of butterflies and how they begin life as caterpillars.

Step inside and journey North—you may even spot a familiar fluttering friend. While some of the butterflies found in A Children’s Guide to Arctic Butterflies are among the most northern of butterfly species, many can also be found south of the Arctic and in high, cold places around the world!

Written by Mia Pelletier | Illustrated by Danny Christopher

Hardcover (English) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-177-5 | $16.95 | 8″ x 9″ | 40 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 7–9 | F&P Level S |

Paperback (Inuktitut) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-437-0 | $12.95 | 8″ x 9″ | 40 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | Ages 7-9 | F&P Level S |

Praise

“Clear and concise text keeps the material engaging; Christopher’s lifelike, intricate illustrations, including the lovely endpapers, allow for easy identification; and helpful back matter includes tips for identifying butterflies in the wild and some further reading material. Keep a net handy for this one—readers may want to try their hand at spotting butterflies in the yard!”—Booklist

“Mia Pelletier’s lovely A Children’s Guide to Arctic Butterflies, illustrated by Danny Christopher, explores the very different cold-weather world that these fluttering, fragile-looking insects inhabit and, with Christopher’s exquisite illustrations, offers us a different way of looking at the Arctic landscape.”—The Globe and Mail

“The writing is lively and the illustrations are gorgeous. This will be a great addition to any library or classroom and a must-have for kids who are interested in insects.”—San Francisco Book Review

“Easy to read and attractively designed, the main content of A Children’s Guide to Arctic Butterflies will serve as a useful and interesting reference book. Its topic is one children may rarely think about, but it is one which is essential to their overall knowledge of our northern environments. Highly Recommended.“—CM Magazine

Awards

Best Books for Kids and Teens — Canadian Children’s Book Centre, 2020

Winner — Riverby Award, 2020

Shortlisted — Information Book Award, 2020 (Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada)

Winner — Northern Lights Book Award, 2021, Educational Category