A wordless picture book portraying the war in Ukraine as viewed through the eyes of a girl who at first sees bleakness and barbed wire but then yellow butterflies. The yellow butterflies against the background of a pure blue sky makes the colors of the Ukrainian flag.  Oleksandr Shatokhin has created an emotional response to the conflict in Ukraine. The book is wordless but the picture create a narrative made up of visual metaphors showing the devastating effects of war but with hope a  for peace and restoration. This is a beautifully drawn book with an amazing theme but without the author’s note I would not know what it was describing.