Julien, is an ornery butterfly collector. When eight-year-old Elsa and her often-absent mother move into the apartment next to his, the persistent and curious Elsa adopts a reluctant Julien as her surrogate grandpa. But when Julien leaves town for a week-long hiking expedition in the Alps to find the "Isabella," an exotic butterfly as elusive as it is beautiful, he instead discovers an uninvited companion - Elsa!.
year: 2000, 2009, 1997, 2002
call number/section: 1000, 940.54, 920
subjects: jews, france, juvenile fiction, world war, 1939-1945, fiction, historical fiction, france, history, german occupation, 1940-1945, juvenile fiction, fiction, 1940-1945, german occupation
Editions
Polacco, Patricia
Philomel Books (2000)
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
Schools: 92
Polacco, Patricia
Puffin Books (2009)
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
Schools: 14
Crewe, Sabrina
Raintree Steck Vaughn (1997)
Describes the habitat, food, and life cycle of the monarch butterfly.
Schools: 0
First Run Features (2002)
Julien, is an ornery butterfly collector. When eight-year-old Elsa and her often-absent mother move into the apartment next to his, the persistent and curious Elsa adopts a reluctant Julien as her surrogate grandpa. But when Julien leaves town for a week-long hiking expedition in the Alps to find the "Isabella," an exotic butterfly as elusive as it is beautiful, he instead discovers an uninvited companion - Elsa!.
Schools: 1