The Butterfly Flashcards
This book is dedicated to the author’s aunt and great aunt.
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
“‘Don’t be afraid, it’s all right for you to be here!’ The little ghost with sad eyes sat down and said nothing.”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
“How could this have been happening in her own home, and her mother never said a word to her about it?”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
“Your mother made me promise that I would never come to your room again while you were there!”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
“When it flies, it will be as if Papa, Maman, and I are flying away!”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
Monique and Sevrine set a butterfly free out the window.
“All of a sudden they looked up–for what reason, who knew. They saw Monsieur Lendormy, the man next door, looking right at them from his window across the courtyard.”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
This sighting leads Monique’s mother to move Sevrine and her parents to the next safe location.
“We can’t carry valises, or we will attract attention.”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
“The tall boots were shouting at everyone.”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
That’s what Monique calls the Nazi soldiers.
“What if they searched her and found the necklace?”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
Sevrine gave Monique a Star of David necklace, a symbol of Judaism. Monique dropped it in the train station, risking being identified as a Jew or someone helping Jewish people.
“Then she dreamed of her mother’s voice. ‘Ma cherie. . . ma petite,’ the voice said. She dreamt a cool hand crossed her brow. It seemed so real.”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
Marcelle Solliliage and Monique were separated at the train station. Monique’s mother comes home to find Monique asleep.
In this book, a woman hides people in her home, in hopes of moving them to freedom.
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
In this book, butterflies are seen by the main character as a symbol of survival.
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
A letter with a butterfly drawing and pawprint tell of a friend’s escape.
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
2 years after the liberation of France, Monique and Marcelle receive a letter from Sevrine (and Pinouff, the cat Monique gave Sevrine). Sevrine’s parents did not survive the Holocaust.
“The tall shining boots of marching Nazi soldiers. Their heels clicked like gunshots along the cobblestone path.”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
“What do you mean, people like Monsieur Marks, Maman? Monique asked again. ‘You know Monique,’ her mother answered. ‘Jews.’”
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
