The Butterfly

Authors

Sarah Guerrero, St. Mary's UniversityFollow

Publication Date

Spring 2026

Digital Publisher

Digital Commons at St. Mary's University

Department

English Literature and Languages

Keywords

Digital Museum Exhibit, Fairy tales, Climate change, Curator talk, Illustrations, Audio, Video, Essay, Infographic, Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)

LCSH Subject

Fairy Tales; Climate Change

Description

This digital museum exhibit features the climate change fairy tale The Butterfly, presented as a written narrative and recorded reading that explores environmental themes and the impact of climate change. It includes an infographic highlighting the Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana), with information about its habitat, characteristics, environmental risks, and unique features, along with a curator’s talk that provides an overview of the exhibit. The exhibit also features an artifact entry using a personal photograph of the Mexican Plum and a journal piece to symbolize the rhetorical bridge between fairy tales and climate change. It ends with an exciting persuasive essay How Climate Change Romantasy Can Help Us Save the Trees: After the End Kickstarter Breathes Climate Hope Into Popular Genre, which argues that fairy tales and narrative storytelling can increase public engagement and dialogue about climate change.

Collection

Speak For the Trees!

Format

Multiple

Size

Varying

Medium

Multiple

Document Type

Collection

Disciplines

Fiction | Folklore | Sustainability

Recommended Citation

Guerrero, Sarah, "The Butterfly" (2026). Speak for the Trees!. 9.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/fairytales2/9

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.