Arcady’s Goal
by Eugene Yelchin
Age: 9+
Interests: history, U.S.S.R., orphans, soccer
Arcady’s Goal
30 Sep 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+, Uncategorized Tags: history, orphans, politics, Russia, soccer, sports, U.S.S.R.
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
10 Jan 2012 6 Comments
in Books, books 4+ Tags: boats, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic, Russia
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1969
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
retold by Arthur Ransome
illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968
44 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: folktales, Russia, magic, ships, flying
Also by this author: Old Peter’s Russian Tales, Swallows and Amazons series
Also by this illustrator: The Treasure, Snow, How I Learned Geography, SoSleepyStory
Kashtanka
05 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: circus, dogs, Russia, theatre
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER -1959
by Anton Chekhov
illustrated by William Stobbs
London: Oxford University Press, 1959
49 pp. – 7 chapters
Age: 8 +
Interests: dogs, circus, theatre, cruelty to animals
Note: a little dark for children – read through it yourself first…
Other: Foxie by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire is another version of the same story which is a little more kid-friendly
Also by this illustrator: A Bundle of Ballads
The Kingdom Under the Sea
28 Dec 2011 4 Comments
in Books, books 5+ Tags: adventure, dragons, Fairy Tale, folktales, Magic, mermaids, Princess, Russia, witches
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1971
written by Joan Aiken
illustrated by Jan Pienkowski
Jonathan Cape, 1971
104 pp. – 11 stories
Age: 5 +
Interests: fairy tales, folktales, Eastern European folklore, magic, princesses, princes, mermaids
Also by this illustrator: Haunted House, Meg and Mog series
Also by this author: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase series
Baboushka and the Three Kings
09 Nov 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: Christmas, folktales, religion, Russia, winter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1961
text by Ruth Robbins
illustrated by Nicolas Sidjakov
Berkeley, CA: Parnassus, 1960
Age: 4 +
Interests: Russia, folk tales, Christmas
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