Tiger Swallowtails, Painted Ladies and tiny Spring Azures, with wings

"thin as gauze
and so blue
they looked as if someone
had made them out of bits of sky
and touched their upper edges
with a blue-black cloud"—

all are a part of the magic of spring and summer for Sue and her brother.

In poetic text, Alice Goudey captures the wonder and beauty of the gay procession of butterflies "flitting, dancing, chasing one another" through sunny fields and along country roadsides, beginning with the appearance of the Mourning Cloak in early spring. A note that describes with accuracy the unique life cycle of butterflies accompanies the text.

Adrienne Adam's delicate and detailed illustrations brings to young children the incredible beauty of the patterned wings of many of our common butterflies and will help in identifying them.

From the dust jacket