When a farmer sends his sons on three quests to determine who will inherit the farm, Ivan, who is small and simple, finds good luck and wonderful treasures in a castle filled only with cats in fancy costumes and wigs.
The Castle of the Cats
Ukraine
Materials from Ukraine
One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes
To honor her father’s promise, a beautiful young girl agrees to become the slave of a witch and her two daughters, enduring their cruelty with the help of her talking pet goat.
The Mitten
When a little boy loses a mitten in the snow, a passing squirrel finds it’s the perfect place to warm his icy toes. So he sqeezes inside. But he’s not the only animal with that idea. How many animals can fit inside a little boy’s mitten?
The Secret Of Priest’s Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story (Holocaust)
According to legend, a group of Jewish families survived the Holocaust by hiding out for months in the 77 miles of caves in Ukraine known as Priest’s Grotto. Cavers Taylor and Nicola chronicle their trip to explore the caves and uncover the story of the survivors.
I Heal: The Children of Chernobyl in Cuba
A photo essay about young victims of the Chernobyl nuclear accident who are receiving medical treatment in Cuba.
Ukraine
This book provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, government, economy, and customs of Ukraine.
Memories of Babi
Piri is a city girl, but every year she goes to visit her grandmother Babi on her farm in the Ukrainian village of Komjaty. There is a lot that Piri finds strange, even scary, in Komjaty, such as the ghost in the form of a rooster who supposedly haunts the cemetery! But Piri loves country life: making corn bread, eating plums right off the tree, venturing out with her grandmother in the early morning to hunt for mushrooms. And during her time with Babi, Piri learns lessons that will stay with her all of her life, about the importance of honest hard work, of caring for the less fortunate, and of having the courage to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. In these nine stories, Aranka Siegal paints a tender portrait of the love between a grandmother and granddaughter, inspired by her own experiences with her grandmother.
The Fox And The Wolf: Ukrainan Folk Tale
The fox and the wolf play tricks on one another, with neither one ultimately triumphing, until fox manages the best trick of all and fools the wolf into putting his tail into icy water and losing it.
The Pirate Princess: And Other Fairy Tales
In a fairy tale collection unlike any other, readers young and old will find themselves entranced by the fascinating adventures, and the deep spiritual meaning folded within each tale.
Behind The Secret Window: A Memoir Of A Hidden Childhood During Ww Ii
The autobiographical account of an eight-year-old Jewish girl as she hides from the Nazis in a small bedroom in Lwow, Poland, in 1943 contains twenty-nine examples of her many paintings during that period.