White Ravens: evgenij
5 books
Russia (Russian) - 2004 - 205
Moric, Junna (text)
Antonenkov, Evgenij (illus.)
Dvigajte ušami : dlja detej od 5 do 500 let
(Wiggle your ears : for children from 5 to 500)
Moskva : Rosmen, 2003. 148 p.
ISBN 5-353-01079-5
Nonsense poetry
Junna Pinchusovna Moric (i.e. Junna Petrovna Moric, born in Kyiv in 1937) is one of the most important contemporary Russian poets. In this book, she tells short, mostly bizarre tales in verse, narrated from a child’s perspective with a lot of details. Some stories are centred around children’s experiences told from an unexpected point of view, some answer various »why«-questions, others are puzzles or nonsense verses. In the final of four chapters, acrostics explain different terms. The author perfectly manages to present simple things in a way that renders them interesting – not only for children. Just as in her poetry for adults, she starts from specific everyday-life situations and uses them to point out a deeper reality behind them. The amusing illustrations by Evgenij Antonenkov, painted in a mixture of naturalistic and surrealistic styles, have an international flair without denying their Russian origin. (7+)
Russia (Russian) - 1993 - 42
Strelkova, Irina (ed.)
Elkonina, Natalija (illus.)
Calvert, Amanda (transl.)
Cook-Horyjy, K.M. (transl.)
Bobrova, Raisa (transl.)
Sel'skij dvor
(Animal Tales from the Russian Countryside)
Moscow: Raduga, 1990. 125 p.
ISBN 5-05-002839-6
farm animals - pets
Narratives about pets and farm animals and the consequences of civilization on Russian farms by Fëdor Abrarnov, Viktor Astaf’ev, Vassilij Belov, Evgenij Nosov, Vladimir Solouchin and Michail Prišvin who have all made a name for themselves throughout Russia by writing outstanding works for children and young people. (9+)
Special Mention - Russia (Russian) - 1994 - 49
Jakovlev, Lev (ed.)
Kukareku: skazki i komiksy …dija detej i vzroslych
(Cock-a-doodle-doo : Tales and comics ... for children and adults)
Moskva: Slovo, 1990. 210 p. With illustrations
ISBN 5-85050-268-8
Anthology/Russian
While the individual production of Russian children's literature brings forth new and interesting works only sparingly and gradually, this first volume of an anthology from a British-Russian publishing joint venture is a true firework. Witty, naughty verses alternate with gentle fairy tales, interesting non-fiction contributions (many dealing with art topics) and funny animal tales, and so on and so forth. Young authors are included along with great names in (children's) literature, such as Marina Cvetaeva, Daniil Charms, Evgenij Švarc and ėduard Uspenskij, to name just a few. The graphic design and the illustrations are also very impressive. The contributions by numerous renown artists are skillfully arranged in a harmonious unity. (8+)
Russia (Russian) - 1993 - 39
Korovin, Valentin (ed.)
Alimov, Sergej (illus.)
Erb, Marga (transl.)
Schick, Flita (transl.)
Umbreit, Hannelore (transl.)
Lange, W. (transl.)
Gnuhn, Wolfgang (transl.)
Russische Geistergeschichten
(Fantastičeskij mir XIX veka; Russian Ghost Stories)
Moskau: Raduga, 1990. 349 p.
ISBN 5-05-003030-7
ghost stories - Russian romanticism
Seven fascinating ghost stories in the style of Russian romanticism; the only one known In the West is A.S. Puschkin's Pique Lady. The other narratives which take place in a realistic material world into which a subtle demonic, grotesquely fantastic ghost world suddenly intrudes are by Antoni Pogorel’skij (i.e.: Aleksej A. Perovskij, 1787-1836), Orest M. Somov (1793-1833), Aleksandr A. Bestužev-Marlinskij (1797-1837), Evgenij A. Baratynskij (1800-1844), Osip (Julijan) I. Senkovskij, Vladimir F. Odoevskij (1803-1869) and Aleksej Konstantinovič Tolstoj (1817-1875; cousin of Lev N. Tolstoj, not to be confused with the socialist author Ateksej Nikolaevič, Tolstoj) - all highly intelligent people in important functions, often geniuses who, with the exception of the reactionary Oriental specialist Baratynskij, supported progress and liberalization and were closely connected with the revolutionary Decembrists.
Russia (Russian) - 2001 - 216
Uspenskij, ǵ duard (text)
Grigor'ev, Sergej (illus.)
Grigor'eva, Evgenija (illus.)
Djadja Fëdor idet v školu ili Nǵnsi iz Interneta v Prostokvašino
(Uncle Fedor goes to school, or: Nancy out of the internet into Curdlemilkee)
Sankt-Peterburg : Mir Rebënka, 1999. 93 p.
ISBN 5-7869-0045-2
Rural life - Everyday life - School - Internet
In this moody fantasy set in a Russian village, the popular Russian author of children's literature, ǵduard Uspenskij, gives children an impression of what the internet really is and what one can do with it. Uspenskij plays on the fact that children are much more competent in the use of computers and the internet than most adults. Of course, this leads to a reversal of roles: it is no longer the children who learn from the grown-ups. Instead, Uncle Fedor takes »lessons« with the children. The text is richly illustrated with fun-filled pictures. (9+)