I was looking for books for a couple of orders at work the other day and in the process looked at the faceouts of new picture books lining the shelves. One of them was Beatrix Butterfly Wings It for Once (Addie Ant’s Garden Friends) by Maren Morris, Karina Argow and Kelly Anne Dalton (illustrator). It has a funky, cute, interesting cover. It has pinkish-reds and just was sitting there, pushed back from the edge. It was hiding in the shadows. I pulled it forward to try and “clean it up”/make it look nice and not so sloppy, and it fell off the shelf, into my hands and opened all by itself, so I had to read it.
Okay, maybe it did not happen exactly that way, though I did try and straighten and reading happened. And that reading was the story of how Beatrix, a butterfly, just “can’t get going” one morning. She is tired, uninspired, but feels bad as she has so much work to do. As the day goes on and she meets friends, she learns that sometimes you need to sleep in, you need to take your time, you need to rely on friends and go off script. The garden community is filled with diverse people (or characters as they are butterflies, mammals, birds, ladybugs, etc) who help each other, support each other, and have cute quirks and personalities. 
It is a lesson book without being too forceful, but no question what is going on/what the authors wish to present. And this goes for the first book as well which is Addie Ant Goes on an Adventure. Also by Morris, Argos and Dalton I read it via an online reader copy (as for some reason we didn’t have a copy in store and though it was from 2024, still available on my online reader site). This time Addie is an ant who lives with her aunts (two ants who are quaintly country looking) and wants adventure. This adventure leads her through the garden and she will meet up with some of the characters you will later see in Beatrix as well. This time the lesson is to go outside your comfort zone, explore and keep going forward. Of course, help from friends is important, too. The ending was very cool and a smidgen odd, but it is a nice, straight forward read. 
Both books have somewhat organic colors (though can also feel slightly “not found in nature” either) that are not overwhelming but not muted, they have a sharpness and coziness as well. Things are overly busy with much detail to things and you should take your time reading and viewing. If you look closely you will also see clues to characters personalities, likes/dislikes, even sexuality (pride flag).