LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
August 2024 Book of the Month
This powerful, deeply moving picture book details the first ten days of the war in Ukraine through the voice and experiences of a seven-year-old girl. Frightened by bombs and taking refuge in a shelter with her mum and their little dog, while her father is away fighting, she imagines her toy astronaut as ‘super powerful … in the sky’, watching over everything from above.
Messages from her friends and from people across the world give her strength and when they are forced to leave their home in Kyiv, she and her mum look forward to the time when the war will be over and silent nights are normal again.
Carefully chosen words and distinctive, stylised illustrations, flooded with the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian flag, create a real sense of the child’s experience of the war, as well as the Ukrainian people’s resilience, and of hope for the future. The book is dedicated to ‘children and those who were children’ and the impact on young and old will be lasting.
Andrea Reece
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Silent Night, My Astronaut Synopsis
An All-Ukrainian Best Book and winner of Goethe-Institut Best Book Design, this picture book is a powerful and uplifting introduction to the War in Ukraine from a child's perspective.
The evening is long. It's silent outside. We love silent. The most important thing is for the sirens not to howl. It is a bright day in February, but 7 year-old Ia and her family are in the dark.
Church bells are ringing, sirens are screaming. The War has begun.
Ia holds her astronaut doll close, and she wonders if there's a super-powerful astronaut in the sky keeping her safe.
A beautiful and powerful fully-illustrated picture book diary of the first ten days of the War in Ukraine that is full of love, hope and faith in peace.
Ten percent of proceeds will be donated to Voices of Children, a Ukrainian charitable foundation that supports families affected by the war in Ukraine.
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9781839135972 |
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1st August 2024 |
| Author: |
Oksana Lushchevska |
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Kateryna Stepanishcheva |
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Andersen Press an imprint of Andersen Press Ltd |
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Hardback |
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40 pages |
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Oksana Lushchevska Press Reviews
" …a poignant symbol of war's effect on children." KIRKUS
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About Oksana Lushchevska
Oksana Lushchevska is a Ukrainian writer and translator. She is an active member of PEN UKRAINE and the author of fifty children’s and young adult books. Her books have won a number of children’s literature awards, including a shortlist for the BBC Children’s Book Award. Oksana has a PhD in Education and has taught children’s literature at the University of Georgia. She has also written translations of translator of both Eric Carle and Julia Donaldson's picture books. Oksana lives in State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
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