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      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2020

        The Sworn Sword, or the Voice of Blood

        by Arenyev Volodymyr

        It was in time immemorial, now forgotten. Then heroes and monsters walked on earth, and the former could not always be distinguished from the latter. And the word in those days was sharper than the sword, although the swords then knew how to pronounce their sharp word... The new story by the well-known Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Arenyev, laureate of the BBC Book of the Year 2019 award, tells about the adventures of the sword and those who owned it, journeys and persecutions, magic and spells, as well as about Odin Stoymenny, Ms. Bramnytsya and two desperate men who dared to challenge them. The Sworn Sword is an independent story in the world of The Sworn Treasure.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2019

        The Secret of the Cossack Sabre

        by Zirka Menzatyuk

        This action-packed story by the famous Ukrainian writer Zirka Menzatyuk is included in the school curriculum for the 5th grade. It all started with the fact that Mashka appeared in the Rusnak family - an old, battered, and still not so bad vehicle. And then one freaky ghost reported that an ancient Cossack relic could fall into bad hands... Crazy races, death traps, new acquaintances with cool and not very cool guys, dangerous, travels, full of mysticism and delight, through the ancient castles of Ukraine in search of a Cossack sabre... You won't put the book down until you read it.

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        Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's/YA)
        2017

        ВОЛЯ: The WILL Part 1

        by A group of Authors

        A graphic steampunk novel in the genre of alternative history whose story unfolds in the heyday of the Ukrainian State in 1918.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2018

        ВОЛЯ: The WILL Part 2

        by A group of Authors

        A graphic steampunk novel in the genre of alternative history whose story unfolds in the heyday of the Ukrainian State in 1918.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2020

        Arrow of the Steppe

        by Maria Artemenko

        What toys and dreams could a Sarmatian girl who lived many centuries ago in the Black Sea steppes have? For example, to tame a wild horse. And to shoot bows as accurately as her mother, a glorious warrior. The main thing is to save a willful horse from a devastating storm in time and manage to hide in her tiny house. The story of Fati from the Sarmatian tribe is about character, struggle with fears, friendship, losses and discoveries.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA
        2021

        Kerim’s Crimea

        by Natalia Smyrnova

        Home, family, blooming pomegranates, children’s mischief. One day all of this is swept away by World War II. And the next day, after so many losses, it turns out that being a Crimean Tatar is a sentence. Hasty deportation, weeks in the freight trains, heavier losses yet, unfriendly new settlements, hard work. Memories of the lost Crimea. How can one find meaning, strength to live, and faith in people?

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        2020

        The Olive Pit

        by Olha Kupriyan

        In search of a better life, the ancient Greek family travels from Miletus to Tyras, distant Black Sea regions, where there are already several Greek settlements. His grandmother stayed in Miletus and gave him a bag of olives for the journey. In the new place, the ancient culture is intertwined with the local one, the steppe culture. What is it like to travel for a long time in the sea into the unknown? Which part of home can be brought with you? What will remain only a poignant memory? This life-affirming story will give parents support to help their children experience complex emotions: homesickness, anxiety, boredom.

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA
        2022

        A Tale of The Black Square

        by Maria Bilinska (Author), Maria Bilinska (Illustrator)

        Where do artists get ideas for their paintings? The answer is obvious – objects, people, events – everything that surrounds us and that acquires new meanings in the eyes of the creator. In A Tale of the Black Square we are introduced to the world of Kazimir Malevich, and learn how the artist invented a simple geometric figure known all over the world, by rejecting the excesses of forms and colors, cutting off everything superfluous. A Tale of the Black Square is a story about paying attention to even the simplest, most banal things because they might suddenly inspire you to create.   From 3 to 5 year, 91 words Rightsholders: Taisiia Nakonecnha:  t.zaplitna@gmail.com;

      • Trusted Partner
        Adventure stories (Children's/YA)
        January 2021

        Four 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

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA
        January 2022

        History 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

      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA
        January 2020

        The Crescent over Kinburn

        by Yuliia Stakhivska (Author), Oleksandra Bolotova (Author)

        Two boys look at the crescent moon in the sky: Orkhan sees in it a Muslim symbol, and young Petrus — a Cossack chaika (boat). The events of The Crescent over Kinburn date back to the time when there were constant clashes between the Christian and Muslim worlds on the Kinburn Foreland near the Black Sea. Everyone has their own truth and their own path to freedom, so this story teaches mercy and acceptance because the path of revenge and violence can only bring more offence and mistrust in the world.     From 5 to 8 years, 4819 words Rightsholders: a.makhnyk@portalbooks.com.ua

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        January 2018

        Ulka the Ice Age Girl: The Law of Blood

        by Luis Benítez

        Ulka is a 14-year-old girl, a member of a group of nomadic hunters called the Terrible Bird Clan. Her clan lives in Argentina 12,000 years ago, in the last Ice Age. Ulka's clan is attacked by a warlike tribe, the Whale Clan, eager to exterminate the men and capture the women. Tutored by a mysterious sorceress, Ulka will become a courageous heroine and will march to save the survivors of her tribe. The author and his work.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
        June 2017

        Vivarna: The dinosaur, in the desert of horror (Bilingual edition: English-Spanish)

        by Luis Benítez

        Vivarna is a carnivorous dinosaur that lives in a hostile and dangerous world, 120 million years ago, in remote prehistoric Patagonia. He faces gigantic monsters and natural disasters with only one goal: to survive. It is a juvenile supraptor, but already well prepared for the fight; with its long claws and sharp teeth, it will fight its way through a terrifying desert, following a herd of huge dinosaurs until it reaches an even more dangerous sea… where new adventures await! The author and his work.

      • Children's & YA

        The Book of THE CELTS. Old Myths & Legends

        by Ariel Pytrell

        The stories collected in this book are a sample of the power and colour from the world that the Celts saw with their own eyes many centuries ago, a reflection of the worldview of these peoples: the arrival of the gods, the adventures of Cuchulainn, the rise of Finn mac Cumhal among the Fiana, the madness and love of the original Merlin, the birth of who would be King Arthur, and many other legends. If our fascination beats at the core of these stories, it is because they are still alive and are part of the cultural substratum of what we call "the Western World" in its deeper expression. The author.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories

        The most beautiful Christmas ornament

        by Angeliki Darlasi, Alexia Othoneou

        This is the story of a unique Christmas ornament, that hangs from a Christmas tree somewhere in the world. This is also the story of a unique truce amidst a great war, when little Christmas trees sprang up among the trenches, on Christmas Eve of 1914, and Christmas magic engulfed the West Front.

      • Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's/YA)
        December 2020

        Petros' War Graphic Novel

        by Alki Zei; Angeliki Darlasi (adapt.), Dimitris Mastoros

        Alki Zei, the legendary novelist, has shaped modern Greek literature and children’s fiction like none other. Petros’ war, one of her monumental novels, that has been translated in 11 languages, is being transformed into a graphic novel, with her own blessing before her recent passing. With respect to the original text and its spirit and atmosphere, Angeliki Darlasi and Dimitris Mastoros adapt this classic work of Greek literature for the new generation.   Petros, a nine year old boy, is very sad because his cricket is dead. His elder sister, Antigone, wants to give him the box of her bracelet for burying it. Petros prefers to squeeze it in the crevice of the girder. But he doesn’t have the time. The next morning he is waken up abruptly by his mother. “Wake up and get ready. There is war! Can’t you listen to the sirens?” It is the 28th of October 1940. Petros knows about the war in his books. He is thrilled by heroes, shields, swords and victories. Is it the same in reality? Young Petros lives the war, occupation and resistance together with his parents, his sister, his grandfather and his turtle, Theodore. We follow him in his long walk with all the real adventures that take place between October 1940 and October 1944, when Greece was liberated.

      • Children's & young adult fiction & true stories

        The Whimsical World of a Student in Green Uniform

        by SALLY

        Taipei First Girl's High School is famous for its green uniform and the school islocated next door to Presidential Palace. Whenever there was a protestagainst the government, the school would be included in control area. Thisstory is about the initial time after end of martial law in 1987, a student lived herdaily life of studying, taking exam, tutoring, skipping classes, encounteringtraffic control and protest. In the math tutor class, she noticed a boy fromanother boy's school. He seemed to participate the protest so sometimesskip classes. On the last day for the semester, would he present or absent?One story with two ends in a small box. This is the box project #1.

      • Children's & YA
        October 2020

        Aboard the Bulger

        by Ann Scott Moncrieff, illustrated by C. L. Davidson

        Five children escape from a Children’s Home, run away and steal a boat, which they sail around the Outer Hebrides.   The book had a huge print run from London Methuen, but their warehouses were bombed in 1940 in Paternoster Row; 5 million books were lost in the fires caused by tens of thousands of incendiary bombs. Consequently, there were very few copies in circulation. This is the resurrection of a successful children’s adventure story.

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