Set primarily against clean, white backgrounds, Ortelli’s vivid butterflies are the stars of this collaboration with Cohen, which compares the insects to similarly colored objects found in nature. “Sometimes butterflies are blue like the sea,” Cohen begins, as a butterfly mottled with deep blues and violets appears beside loosely drawn images of fish. Whether it’s a “pink like candy” butterfly with peppermint-like spots or an orange butterfly whose wings suggest slices of the segmented fruit, Ortelli’s butterflies cast delicate shadows on the pages below, as though ready to take flight. Die-cuts and textural inserts round out a lovely entomological introduction to color. – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

An interactive celebration of butterflies and beauty….Simple, evocative text and exquisite illustrations make this one to savor. – Kirkus

The illustrations are beautiful, and the quiet, meditative tone makes this a good fit for bedtime. – Booklist

Ortelli’s impressionistically painted butterflies seem to have casually landed alongside things that they match. All the images are set against generous stretches of white, which heightens the impact of this lovely board book. – New York Times Book Review