Butterfly tree

A girl, her dog, and her mom see what looks like an orange cloud in the distance, so they set out to find out what it is. When they arrive at the cloud, they discover that it is not a cloud at all, but thousands and thousands of butterflies.

Beautiful double-page paintings combined with poetic text make this a lovely book.

“An explosion
of golden-orange bits
fills the sunlight
streaming between branches.

Wow! I exclaim. They're not leaves.
They're butterflies.

Monarch butterflies, Mom says.

There must be hundreds—thousands.
The tree looks like it is in motion.
All the butterflies are slowly fanning their wings.”