Children's & young adult: general non-fiction

Anna of Kyiv, the Daughter of Yaroslav the Wise

by Yevhenia Nazaruk

Description

The history of Ukraine in the times of the Kyiv Rus' is full of mysteries. One of them is the figure of Anna of Kyiv, the daughter of Yaroslav the Wise. She was famous not only for her beauty, but also for her education. No woman in Europe could match her. And… She also became the Queen of France. However, this book is not about the queen. It is about the girl who passionately loved her homeland, was proud of her parents, her ancestry and was always reading books. It was from books that she drew the wisdom of life and pleasure for her soul. Turning the pages of the book, readers will meet historical figures like a beautiful Princess Lybid or Svyatoslav and Volodymyr, the kings of Kyiv Rus'. There will be some imaginary characters too, for instance, a funny merman who will tell the readers how the Styr River got its name. Olha Medynska, a fine arts teacher and a fabulous artist, illustrated the book. Olha Medynska, a native of Lutsk, has more than 30 illustrated books in her creative portfolio. Olha has loved painting as long as she can remember herself and she learned it from her mother. Olha greates memorable, fun and quirky characters that delight children. The book is suitable for primary school pupils and early teens.

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Author Biography

Yevhenia NAZARUK is a literature teacher , a writer and a poet. She wrote poetry collections The Night on my Shoulder (2005), The Dance of the Bee (2010), Lungwort in December (2015) as well as prose morphological tales "Parts of Speech Party" (2015) She compiled a poetry lexicology "Rainbow Colors of the Word" (2017), led a linguistic workshop "How to learn Ukrainian without rules" (2019). Yevhenia is a member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, winner of pedagogical awards as well as Lesia Ukrainka (2005) and Agatangel Krymsky (2017) literary awards. Yevhenia grew up in the village of Maliovane in the Rivne region. Her teaching career took her to he village of Lishche in Volyn. She teacher at the local school there every morning but her childhood comes to life in her poems and fairy tales. So if someone asks her whether she is from Rivne or Volyn, Yevhenia answers with a smile on her face: "I'm from Ukraine".

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Nadstyr'ja
  • Publication Date 2021
  • Orginal LanguageUkrainian
  • ISBN/Identifier 9789665179450
  • Publication Country or regionUkraine
  • Pages64
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleАнна Київська — донька Ярослава Мудрого
  • Original Language AuthorsНазарук Євгенія

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