MAMINO is located in Kyiv and specialized on children’s literature. The publishing house has been founded in 2016. MAMINO creates books for preschoolers and schoolchildren: fiction and nonfiction. MAMINO is the first Ukrainian publishers who started publishing cardboard mix & match books. MAMINO produces original books as well as translations by world bestsellers. We open new names among Ukrainian authors and shows them to the world.
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Pierre is a cyclops. Is it easy for him to live with only one eye? He wants to rub his eyes in the morning - Oh, he can't! He wants to pick up glasses - impossible! But Pierre is not discouraged, because he has friends whom he sincerely admires: the girl Lisa who dances skilfully in a wheelchair, and the blind pianist Mr. Marco, who has travelled giving concerts almost all over the world. Pierre calls his friends cyclopes and is very proud of them. And Pierre is also inspired by the Outstanding Cyclopes - famous people who have reached great achievements, despite their peculiarities. Want to learn more about the life of the Cyclopes, learn the Braille alphabet, and sign language? Then meet Pierre! As an inquisitive cyclops says, "there are so many interesting things in the world: you will always find something to learn!" From 3 to 8 years, 486 words Rightsholders: Alex Sharlai, alex.sharlay@gmail.com
Avo is half of an avocado, and he's searching for Cado, his other half. It turns out that there are many characters that resemble Cado from a distance. However, they are all different upon closer inspection: everybody has their own temperament, dreams, and aspirations. While Avo has found many friends along the way, will he manage to find Cado? An unusual die-cut cardboard book, How Avo Was Searching for Cado, will teach children how to compare shapes, sizes, colors, and temperaments. Most importantly, it will teach them how to search for and find true friends. From 3 to 5 years, 430 words Rights holders: Alex Sharlai, alex.sharlay@gmail.com
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Myshka lived for herself. And she was... a cow! Yes, yes, the most amazing cow in the world! Not just a cow, but a dreaming cow. Mishka dreamed of traveling, but her cow girlfriends did not understand her at all. Only the girl Kira understood perfectly. And Kira prepared a grand surprise for Mishka - a trip in a hot air balloon! And to keep Myshka company, Doc the pigeon was ready to go along for the trip. What’s going to happen to these two travellers? Will they see new lands? Will they meet new friends? Only one thing is certain: no matter the journey, travellers should be ready for adventures and challenges. And if you want to go on the aerial trip of a cow and a pigeon, you better get ready for many of those! From 3 to 5 years, 2890 words Rightsholders: Alex Sharlai, alex.sharlay@gmail.com
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The question 'Who am I, and where is my place in the world?' presents itself to everyone at a very tender age and continually resurfaces at various times in our lives. Therefore, this illustrated book is not simply about every lost tooth in the world. It's about all children and adults who will read and ponder the same question. We should indeed listen to our teeth; after all, one of them is called the wisdom tooth for a reason! The book delves into critical thinking, finding purpose, and self-perception. From 5 to 8 years, 570 words. Rightsholders: Alex Sharlai; alex.sharlay@gmail.com
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The Octopus Woman wakes up early in the morning, puts a stocking on each of her legs, and then her crazy day begins! She needs to get the kids ready for kindergarten and school, feed the parrot and the cat, walk through half the city going to work, spend all day in the office, do a lot of things on her way home, and, in the end, read a bedtime story to the kids… How does she manage to do everything? And how can she do it so well? The secret of Octopus Woman is hidden in this vivid book! From 3 to 6 years, 300 words Rightsholders: Alex Sharlai, alex.sharlay@gmail.com
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Hello, I am Andrii Aliokhin. I have been an actor and a writer for many years living in two capitals: Kyiv and Paris. I was neither a tourist nor an immigrant. This allowed me to see our life and French life from a unique point of view. This book tells a story about what I had learned in France. Not from professional chefs or subtle connoisseurs of culinary delights, but from ordinary French men and women, who cook and eat in France. Real people who love, work, grieve, celebrate, raise children, walk dogs, and go to market in the course of their daily lives. So, you will find here my little stories about the French – memoirs and other nonsense, that actually is called life. In some way it is also a cookbook. Everything collected here are ordinary, simple, French recipes. All ingredients can be easily found on the shelvesof our stores. But this is not just a book about the kitchen. It’s about what I finally realized. I realized why the French are not getting fat. The book by Andre Aliokhin – the most famous and popular Ukrainian blogger. It’s bestseller in Ukraine. The German translation will be published soon.
Mr. Toucan used to live in a zoo. He had loved reading since he was little. Stories about faraway lands made him decide to visit them at any cost. He trained diligently for a long time; he became strong and able to unbend the bars of his cage, and escape from the zoo. Mr. Toucan has been travelling the world ever since. He visits various corners of the world, and from wherever he is, he sends postcards to "Mamino" publishing house. This is how "Letters from Mr. Toucan" began. This book has letters from France. "Bonjour", writes the travelling bird from the country that smells of lavender and freshly baked croissants, where couples in love walk under the rain, and where you can have breakfast simply on the grass on a sunny day.
Meet Lina, a ten-year-old girl. She is brave, daring, attentive to details, and persistent. Lina enjoys adventures and cannot stand the boredom. School excursions, for example… And this is Leo, a dog of hers. He is restless, loves the outdoors and games, adores delicacies, and seeks them everywhere he goes. Leo does not like it when Lina takes him somewhere in her backpack, especially, on school excursions. Lina is forced to go on an excursion about Renaissance masterpieces. This sounds so booooring… Here is the idea! What if she takes Leo with her in her backpack? Who would have known the regular school excursion will turn into the trip to the Renaissance period for the curious girl and her boisterous dog? All because attentive Lina noticed a little detail, the QR-code that turned out to be the key to the world of adventures we may only imagine! In the fascinating augmented reality comic book readers along with Lina and Leo will find letters of Leonardo da Vinci, written in mirror writing, revive his sketches with the help of the smartphone, and travel to the cities where he lived and created his works of art so as to pass the quest and be introduced to the genius in flesh. Renaissance period and cutting-edge technology united to create the unique world for the readers. Are you ready for the adventures?
A little girl called Alice lives in a large world with so many different things: big and small. Here is a kitten; it is small. Compared to it, Alice is big. But if we look at her dad, we see that he is the one who's big, while Alice is small. The girl and her dad often go to the zoo, where an elephant lives. Now that is one large creature! Although...how come that the same thing can be big and small at the same time? Is there anything that can be called the largest? Dad told Alice that the Universe is so big that it has neither a beginning nor an end. But the girl knows for sure: there is another immensely large thing: her mother's love. Maybe it's even bigger than the Universe. Alice reflects on this and invites the readers to think about it, too.
This is a board book about ten animals that should be taken home. Therefore, children need to find the natural habitats for the animals correctly. The book is made according to mix & match principle, where each page is cut into halves that can be flipped. After reading this book, children will know where animals live.
A cardboard book with funny animals and their dishes. The book is arranged according to the mix & match principle: every page is cut in half, and the halves can be flipped through separately. Matching animals and foods helps to learn more about them.
A cardboard book with merry tailed animals and rhymed riddles about their various tails. The book is arranged according to the mix & match principle: every page is cut in half, and the halves can be flipped through separately. Let the animals exchange their tails! Now that is funny!
A cardboard book with colorful illustrations of animals and with rhymed riddles for the youngest readers. The book is arranged according to the mix & match principle: every page is cut in half, and the halves can be flipped through separately. Matching pieces of faces of various animals makes learning their names and characteristics even more fun!
Can you count and study colors at the same time? It becomes easy after reading this book! It is made according to the mix & match principle, where each page is cut into halves that can be flipped. While choosing items of different colors for numbers, a child is going to learn how to count from 1 to 10 and remember ten basic colors.
Do you have a beautiful navel? While you were not thinking about it, he thought himself. After considering long enough and asking others, The Navel made a decision, the details of which you will know when you discover this story! While reading this book you can learn to accept yourself the way you are and stop taking arbitrary judgments to heart.
When the crawfish whistles on the mountain top, and the pigs start to fly, when the hungry wolf and the hunter with holed heads stop making an elephant out of a fly (the same as making a mountain out of a molehill), and finally, take the bull by the horns, so that you don't have to bite your own elbows (or kick yourself, for that matter), and cry over spilt milk. You don't believe that? Well, you should, because all these wonders and other peculiarities take place in the book called "Eyes on stalks", dedicated to Ukrainian and English idioms, where phraseology of the two languages is brought together on unusual illustrations. With this book, it's fun and easy to learn Ukrainian and English languages at the same time.
Sticker Books with developmental tasks are devoted to children interested in all means of transport from a kick scooter to a bulldozer! Evolve Stickers series help kids master counting, logical thinking in an easy and fun way. What is more, Sticker Books assist children in comparing shapes and sizes, studying colors and letters, as well as getting a hand ready for writing. Convenient to use, Sticker Books are excellent for a walk, during a trip, or while waiting in a long line.
The second book of Mr. Toucan’s letters series is about spectacular and distinctive Georgia. Mr. Toucan goes to the mountains, rides on a funicular, enjoys juicy grapes and even ... learns how to dance! This book is neither an encyclopedia nor a guidebook. It acquaints children with Georgia and encourages them to learn more and become a traveler just like Mr. Toucan.
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BLACK CROWWritten by Janja Vidmar While getting used to living in London and attending school there, Jan comes across Hiba, a Syrian refugee who managed to escape the claws of the Islamic State. After a terrorist attack on the London Underground in which his father was wounded, Jan directs all his hatred and disappointment at Hiba. He sets off a sequence of events that st rongly affect him, his friends and family. Jan’s story is just one of many interwoven ones, in which we meet both London hooligans and young people at Islamic State training camps, in war zones and crisis spots in various parts of the world, as well as refugees on the Balkanrefugee route.Format: 14 x 20 cm250 pages | Age: 14+Nominated for the Večernica, Levstik and Desetnica Award in 2019.
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WHALE ON A BEACHWritten by Vinko Möderndorfer Whale on a Beach is a story about differentness, normality and about the many struggles involved in growing up for modern-day teenagers, caught between family and peers. Theatrical premiere in Ljubljana in September 2018. Nika, a lively, curious teenager, moves house with her parents. She goes to a new school now, in a new place with new classmates. All seems lovely and just as it should be. Nika is popular, she makes friends easily; she is outgoing and witty. But it turns out that she keeps a secret; a secret that quickly gets out of the bag and will now change the lives of everyone around her... This heartwarming story about accepting difference is bound to appeal to young adults and adults, too. Winner of the Desetnica Award 2017, IBBY Honour List 2018. Format: 14 x 20 cm224 pages | Age: 12+
