A White Butterfly

Set primarily against clean, white backgrounds, Ortelli%E2%80%99s vivid butterflies are the stars of this collaboration with Cohen, which compares the insects to similarly colored objects found in nature. %E2%80%9CSometimes butterflies are blue like the sea,%E2%80%9D Cohen begins, as a butterfly mottled with deep blues and violets appears beside loosely drawn images of fish. Whether it%E2%80%99s a %E2%80%9Cpink like candy%E2%80%9D butterfly with peppermint-like spots or an orange butterfly whose wings suggest slices of the segmented fruit, Ortelli%E2%80%99s 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. Ages 3%E2%80%935. (Apr.)