Following the success of One Weka Went Walking, award-winning duo Kate Preece and Pippa Ensor bring us The Butterfly Fluttered By which showcases nature with realistic, eye-catching illustrations and simple compelling text.The Chatham Island red admiral butterfly, kahukura (NZ’s Bug of the Year 2024) is playing an island-wide game of hide and seek. She takes to the sky to find insects high and low, all of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.In amongst the native flora, she finds the thought-to-be extinct Pitt Island longhorn beetle, a Chatham Island fat-legged wētā, one of New Zealand’s weightiest spiders, and many more rare insects.The Butterfly Fluttered By is a fantastic book to read aloud, the rhyming words and rhythmic verses take us on a journey around the Chatham Islands/Wharekauri/Rēkohu, with impressive facts that celebrate these mighty bugs.Bug enthusiasts young and old, will love this beautiful book, especially those who enjoy learning about insects seldom seen outside their natural habitat. The Butterfly Fluttered By touches on the importance of insects to the survival of humans all while starring the stunning Chatham Island red admiral butterfly, elegantly illustrated in all her splendour.
