The Butterfly

Malani went to the forest each day with her father and his elephant. She played at the feet of the great forest trees, where she watched a beautiful butterfly. It is just a frail pretty thing that cannot do anything grand, she thought. But Malani never knew that the butterfly's delicate wings held strength enough to make even the mighty elephant tremble.

“This splendid picture book is a must for anyone who wants to understand the basic concept of Chaos theory ... Highly recommended”

-- Mandy Cheetham Magpies

Melbourne-born Roger Vaughan Carr is a well-known children's author who has written school reading texts, novels for adolescents and contributed stories to the Victorian School Paper. He has published over 60 books and been shortlisted several times for Children's Book Council of Australia awards. Roger has also written television, radio and film adaptations of his works. The Butterfly was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Award in 1997. Ann James was an art teacher who moved into designing and illustrating education publications before establishing herself as an award-winning illustrator of children's books. Ann particularly loves illustrating picture books and texts for young children. She works in a variety of media including pen and ink, watercolour, soft pastels, charcoal and collage. She has collaborated with many authors and publishers to illustrate over 60 books, many of which have been translated into other languages including The Midnight Babies, Little Humpty, Lucy Goosey, The Way I Love You and Sadie and Ratz. Ann's pets often feature in her illustrations - her dogs, her cats and now even her goldfish - in her latest picture book, Chester and Gil. Since 1996 Ann has represented illustrators on the Australian Society of Authors Committee of Management. She lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.

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