Children's & YA

Description

Patron is a dog loved by children and adults alike, as he is the mascot of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the only goodwill ambassaDOG in the world, recognised by the UN Children's Fund UNICEF, and an awardee of Ukraine's Order of Courage medal for hiswork with sappers (military engineers) in defusing enemy explosive devices.

This book is an autobiography as told by Patron, as Zoryana Zhivka and Bogdana Bondar translated  dog language into human language for children of all nationalities - and Patron, the Dog is the result of their work. This little hero's story will inspire readers to dream, to believe, and to win!

 

From 5 to 12 Years, 5112 words.

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The book has been already translated in the following languages (rights are not for sale):


Author Biography

Zoryana Zhivka (pseudonym of Zoya Zhuk), born in 1983 in Kyiv, is a writer, literary critic, editor and compiler of a number of Christian children stories collections. Zoya graduated from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy with a degree in Philology. Zoya began writing poetry at the age of 12, with her first publications at the age of 15. Zoya’s work was published in magazines such as Stezhinka, Odnoklassniki, Malyatko, Zernyatko, Krylati, Our Faith, etc., as well as in several thematic collections. Zoya is the author of works for Christian Reader as well as  the book Seed of Hope (on the subject of the Holodomor of 1932-33). In 2002, she won the competition Winter Patterns of Children's Creativity for the best literary short work about Christmas.


 


Bogdana Bondar received two higher education diplomas (National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (Book Graphics), and Kyiv National University Taras Shevchenko (international law). She is an experienced illustrator for children's publications.


 

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Svichado Publishers Ltd.
  • Publication Date January 2022
  • Orginal LanguageUkrainian
  • ISBN/Identifier 9789669386090
  • Publication Country or regionUkraine
  • Pages64
  • ReadershipChildren
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleПес Патрон
  • Dimensions175 х 205 mm
  • IllustrationColour Illustrations

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