River of Mariposas

你/妳可以想像有個地方，土地和天空都屬於蝴蝶嗎?在現在高度發展的都市裡聽起來很困難對吧? 但這可是一位小女孩的夢想喔! 女孩朝思暮想的東西就是那片人類曾經跟蝴蝶好好共存的美麗地方。為此，她用紙做了好多好多蝴蝶。但當大自然的力量開始阻撓她的計畫時，會有什麼意想不到的事情發生呢?

來自作者Mirelle Ortega的一本美麗的繪本，作品內容主要的取材就來自於作者對於大自然的回憶。當時的一場颶風，改變了數千隻蝴蝶的飛行路線，穿越了作者位於墨西哥的家鄉。在這本充滿想像力的作品中，作者將透過文字極生動的插圖，帶領我們再次感受那蝴蝶紛飛的美景，及大自然的力量。

From Mirelle Ortega, the author-illustrator of Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land comes River of Mariposas, a vibrant, colorful picture book story of imagination and the determination of a child to bring back the butterflies—even if she has to make them herself.

Can you imagine a time when the land and the sky belonged to the mariposas?
I can . . .A young girl dreams of the land’s historic mariposas amarillas and is determined to re-create their glory, even if her butterflies are made of paper. But when nature thwarts her plans, life, magic, and yes, even the rain, bring something more beautiful than she ever could have crafted.

Based on the author’s own memories of a hurricane that diverted the migration of thousands of butterflies through her hometown near Veracruz, Mexico, this beautiful story captures the essence of imagination and the beauty of the unexpected.