The Rock and the Butterfly
Illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan
Published by Orca Book Publishers
What is a butterfly to do when the rock they’ve always counted on being there isn’t? A gentle and comforting story about friendship and loss
Age Level
Pre-school to Grade Two
Curriculum Connections
Friendship, Emotions, Death
Activities
Write your own story about two friends who are very different from each other. They might be human — or they might not be.
Talk with a parent, a teacher, or older friend about what makes you sad, and about what you do or might do to help you feel less sad.
Study the illustrations of the butterfly and discuss how they help convey what the butterfly is feeling.
Study the illustrations and discuss how the illustrator may have decided the rock disappears. Are there other explanations for how a rock can disappear that the illustrator might have chosen to hint at?
Learn all you can about butterflies -- how they fly, especially in the wind, how long they live, their life cycle, and anything else you're curious about -- and tell your class, friends, and/or family all about them.
