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Children's & YAJanuary 2022History on Track Number 14
by Nastya Muzichenko (Author), Khrystyna Lukashchuk (Illustrator)
On Christmas’ Eve, toy steam locomotive Hriuk lost its owner at the Kyiv-Passenger railway station. But thanks to this mishap, it got acquainted with its unique relatives – the residents of track number 14, where the Museum of Railway Transport of Kyiv is situated. Now young Drezyna, fast Manevrovyi, Mr Steam Locomotive from Budapest, and other residents of the museum exhibition will help and comfort baby Hriuk. They will also tell him and you more about themselves and Ukraine's railway heritage. From 4 to 9 years, 3500 words Rightsholders: publishing@man.gov.ua
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Children's & YA2015The War that Changed Rondo
by Art studio Agrafka (Authors), Art studio Agrafka (Illustrators)
Danko, Zirka and Fabian live peacefully in the small town of Rondo. They have their work and hobbies that always keep them busy... until War comes. The three friends have never experienced War before, and they don’t know how to act. In hopes of stopping War, they talk to it and fight it, but all in vain. Eventually, they discover an effective defense against the darkness of War — the power of Light. With the help of all the residents of Rondo, Danko, Zirka and Fabian build a huge light machine that disperses the darkness and stops War. The War that Changed Rondo reflects the ambiguities of war and it is a touching tribute to peace. From 4 to 7 years, 1585 words. Rightsholders: ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
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Picture books, activity books & early learning materialSeptember 2018Mykhlyk goes to the seaslde
The first book in the Doctor Tettiʼs School series details how medical truths must be learned little by little before they become habitual behaviors.
by Oksana Krotiuk
This book is fascinating and unique in conveying the importance of being healthy, and therefore happy, to the child. This book is intended to teach children to have a thoughtful attitude to their own health. What's even more fascinating is how the most important lessons are hidden within subtle artistic stories where the heroes are easily imaginable.Selling points- The uniqueness of this vivid and useful childrenʼs book is that the medical truths prescribed and drawn in it will be fully understood even by toddlers;- the book covers tips about the importance of protective skin creams, hats, drinking water on the beach, insect remedies and other useful information;- kids who can already read a little can independently comprehend the basics of a healthy lifestyle.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2022Let's Drink Some Water
by Iryna Fingerova (Author), Alina Zharikova (Illustrator)
Does your child like to drink water? Well, may be not really...But everyone in the world should drink enough water every day. Animals, insects, birds, plants, and, of course, people. Maybe you don't know how to get your kid to drink enough water, especially when your they suffer from a cold or throws up? We will be happy to help with this.How? Of course, with this Book. The interactive picture book by writer, doctor and mother Irina Fingerova Let's Drink Some Water will get your kid to drink. Children will help heroes in their adventures, get a smile out of it, and replenish themselves with water!So... Do not forget to prepare a glass of water before reading! From 2 to 5 years, 320 words. Rightsholders: t.zaplitna@gmail.com
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Children's & YA2011The Tale of the Old Lion
by Mariana Savka (Author), Volodymyr Shtanko (Illustrator)
The old Lion, tired of ruling, settles in glorious Lviv in a beautiful attic with windows overlooking Rynok Square. One day, during the rain, the ceiling of his apartment begins to leak. Someone has to repair it, and the old Lion asks his closest friends, Crocodile, Elephant, and Giraffe, for help. When they arrive in Lviv, amazing things start happening to them. This poetic tale is a true love letter to Lviv, where miracles happen almost every day. From 3 to 6 years Rightsholders: ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
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Adventure stories (Children's/YA)January 2021Four Princesses
by Oleksandra Orlova (Author), Anna Surgan (Illustrator)
We know that the daughters of Yaroslav the Wise all married European kings. But who were they really? The author imagined what the childhood of Kyiv princesses could have been. Clever, derisive, playful girls — and at the same time, future rulers that have to learn princely virtues and honor books. From 5 to 8 years, 5433 words Rightsholders: a.makhnyk@portalbooks.com.ua
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Picture books, activity books & early learning materialSeptember 2018Gloves for the nose
The second book in the Doctor Tettiʼs School series gives children the most valuable knowledge of how to be healthy, and therefore – happy!
by Oksana Krotiuk
The second book of the series is also addressed to the youngest readers. It also covers healthy habits. But now our heroes are in different circumstances. Despite the seriousness of the issues raised by the creators of the book, the child will feel the familiar atmosphere of the game. Looking at, and listening to, the short warm tales, they learn something that will truly become crucial to the quality of their lives later.Selling points- Charming and clever poems and riddles are perfectly matched with fabulous full-page illustrations; - the child will not just learn the seasons and understand which month follows another one but also will enjoy colorful and expressive illustration associated with each month.
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Children's & YAJanuary 2018Eyee
by Pavlo Matyusha (Author), Marta Koshulinska (Illustrator)
Eyee, together with her father Ashy and her mother Thalia, form a very special family of gnomes. And this book is a collection of their adventures! Their first story tells us about Eyee's life with her father, as her mother was kidnapped by the eagles. Eyee's father Ashy teaches Eyee about everyday tasks and duties, but when an eagle attempts to take away Eyee as well, he manages to save both her and her mother. Their second story is about Eyee's quarrels with her best friend who ate her lunch box, and how they manage to become friends again. Eyee's third story is about a new pupil eel coming to the forest school, and how everyone mocked him, until Eyee started learning his language and the two became friends. The family's fourth story is about an impolite gnome boy who got lost. Eyee teaches him to be polite and together with her parents helps him to get back home. From 4 to 8 years, 7252 words Rightsholders: rights.ovo.eu@gmail.com
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Children's & YAJanuary 2021Mailman
by Katerina Sad (Author), Katerina Sad (Illustrator)
Wolf works as a Mailman in the Big Forest. Everyone who lives in the Big Forest has a job: for example, Rook is a famous journalist, and Bee is a nurse. One day, Wolf the Mailman started to get strange letters, without an address or even a name. There were surprising things inside… Wolf didn’t stop searching for whoever might have been sending these letters until he uncovered the mystery. And when he found out, his heart became filled with joy and love, for he had opened the door to these feelings himself! From 3 to 5 years, 2102 words. Rightsholders: Ivan Fedechko, ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
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Children's & YA2021Does the Baboon Have a Granny?
by Mariana Savka (Author), Oleh Petrenko-Zanevsky (Illustrator)
Mariana Savka's rhymes from the collection Does a Baboon Have a Granny? have amused more than a generation, and her heroes became favorites of little ones and their parents. In this book you will meet a family of donkeys and hippos, a stubborn billy goat, a little mouse that did not want to sleep, cheerful frogs and mischievous owls, a master beaver and, of course, a little baboon! Funny, cute, childish poetry, which was humorously illustrated by Oleh Petrenko-Zanevskiy, will give magical moments of family reading. From 3 to 6 years, 990 words. Rightsholders: Ivan Fedechko, ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
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Children's & YAJanuary 2022The Rooster
by Zoryana Zhivka (Author), Olya Haidamaka (Illustrator)
In her later years a woman bought herself a chick. The chick was weak and a little sad, but the woman loved it and took care of it until it grew into a beautiful rooster. And that’s not the end of the story! No one could have guessed that, when enemies besieged the city where the woman lived, the rooster would be the one to save its inhabitants! From 3 to 5 years, 1971 words Rightsholders: Ivan Fedechko; ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
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Children's & YA2020A Ghost That Couldn’t Fall Asleep
by Natalka Maletych (Author), Natalya Chorna (Illustrator)
In an abandoned house on the outskirts of the city, there lives a ghost. He is awfully lonely because there is no one around to visit in the evening. No bedside lamps need to be turned off if someone fell asleep with a book, no child to cover with a blanket. No reason to come back home and sleep peacefully all day long. The ghost has lost his sleep since all his neighbors moved out. But one day everything changes. A young family with a little girl move into the haunted house... From 3 to 6 years, 2793 words Rightsholders: ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
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Short stories (Children's/YA)2021Myroslava and Others From Our Yard
by Olha Kupriyan
Myroslava and Others from Our Courtyard'' by Olha Kupriyan is a funny and sincere story for young readers about all those miracles and ups and downs that happen to us only in childhood, when you are ten and the holidays are the whole life lasting a summer! Mykyta and Myroslava are friends, they squabble and reconcile again, learn to earn their first money by walking the Baba Sonya’s dog or little Zlata, try to summon the Rubber Booty... And they also share all the joys and sorrows, they know how to enjoy small things, such as a piece of the Dream airplane in the sky!
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Children's & YA2018The Birthday of the Fir Tree
by Oksana Bula (Author), Oksana Bula (Illustrator)
All trees are born in summer. Fir trees are among them. The Fir tree Tukoni makes sure that they grow and get stronger for the winter. However, one tree sprouts in the middle of winter, and no one knows exactly where it will appear. No one except the partridge Tukoni. Yet, when this special tree is born, all the forest inhabitants celebrate its arrival. After all, this happens on a special day - the birthday of all the kind spirits of the forest: the Tukoni! This magnificent picture-book by famous Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula will invite young readers to a winter fairy tale and will teach children to care for nature together with the kind forest creatures, the Tukonis. From 3 to 6 years, 151 words Rightsholders: ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
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Children's & YADaddy's Book
by Volodymyr Vakulenko (Author), Natalie Gaida (Illustrator)
Although not every dad writes poems for his kids, everyone can read this book! Because these cheerful, playful poems, written by Volodymyr Vakulenko, a loving father, for his son, will undoubtedly become a favorite among many children. These poems are interesting, rhythmic, easy to remember and recite. From 3 to 5 years, 5788 words Rightsholders: Ivan Fedechko, ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
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Children's & YAJanuary 2011The Turnip
by Ivan Franko (Author), Art Studio Agrafka (Illustrator)
The Turnip is a classic Ukrainian folktale by Ivan Franko which has now found a creative and illustrative embodiment in the project of the art studio Agrafka (Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, Lviv). The text of the book is now adapted to modern Ukrainian language while preserving all the linguistic features of the original. The publication also provides a dictionary of archaisms, which facilitates reading for young children. From 3 to 5 years, 532 words Rightsholders: Diana Semak; bohdanbooksco@gmail.com
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Children's & YAJanuary 2020The First Journey
by Yuliya Sharlay (Author), Helena Jastremska (Illustrator)
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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Children's & YA2016Bison Looks for a Nest
by Oksana Bula (Author), Oksana Bula (Illustrator)
Once upon a time a bison met a bear. Winter was coming and he asked the bear where he could get food since everything was covered with snow. The bear answered that he didn’t eat in the winter. Instead he usually went into a deep sleep. Every year at the same time the Tukonis, the magical forest inhabitants, would put him to sleep in a den and wake him up at springtime. The bison was amazed. He had never slept all though the winter and couldn’t even imagine that other animals did. How wonderful it would be to sleep in a cozy nest rather than roam around in the snow searching for food! The bison decided that the Tukonis should put him to bed as well. From 3 to 6 years, 407 words Rightsholders: ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
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Picture books, activity books & early learning material2013Who Will Make the Snow
by Taras Prokhasko and Mariana Prokhasko
Who Will Make the Snow', the book written by Taras Prokhasko and illustated by Mariana Prokhasko will delight readers with its fast-paced simplicity and timelessness. Following the adventures of a family of Moles from the Beech Tree Forest, readers will learn about their rich day-to-day life, the birth of their two newborns, and their adoption of a young rabbit, who brings new experiences for them all. This book will provide questions to discuss and answers to seek, and will likely become an essential book both at home and in classroom libraries.
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Picture books, activity books & early learning material2016Bear Does Not Want to Sleep
by Oksana Bula
Like every year, at the end of the autumn the bear was going to go to sleep. He doing his final preparations and was waiting for Tukoni, who was to help him to settle down in his den. However, the bear met the bison, who told him about animals who do not hibernate and have fun in the winter forest . And how can the bear go to sleep after this?
