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Why is it not worth judging people (and animals) by other people’s stories? What is life and death? How to understand that friendship is no longer friendship, but something more? Children’s books from our selection tell about this and not only.
RECOGNITION
“Very scary Shush!” Charlotte Haberzak
From 2 years. The mysterious Shush settled in the neighborhood of the animals. No one has seen him, but there are already rumors: the groundhog grumbles that Shush is gigantic and evil, the roe deer thinks he is terribly shaggy, and the chicken is afraid that he throws kisses at everyone. But it soon becomes clear that in reality Shush is completely different. A funny story about fear with big eyes.
Per. from German Helena Feldman. Clever, 32 p., 382 rubles.
HARMONY
My Name is Life, My Name is Death by Elisabeth Helland Larsen
From 6 years. Life and Death appear everywhere: they swim with fish, jump with squirrels, give hope or well-deserved peace. Getting acquainted with them in twin books, we can feel the harmony of the universe.
Per. from Norwegian by Anastasia Naumova. Polyandria, 48 p., 817 rubles. each
THE SENSES
“Walk in a straight line. Six Love Stories by Anna Remez
From 12 years. Often, in order to fall in love with each other, you need to love something else together. In any case, teenagers in the stories of Anna Remez are brought together by hobbies. When does friendship grow into something more? And how do you deal with your feelings?
Kids time. 112 p., 300 rubles.
YASHA, 10 YEARS OLD, READ FOR US
“Let’s go to Unalaska” by Anna Dyer
“I would like more such books, where life is understandable and similar to yours. Boy Mark has his own phone and he also watches Gravity Falls. Mark goes to school, but he is bored there. He dreams of going to Unalaska, a city in Alaska. And Mark also wants to know who his grandfather is, although even his mother and grandmother herself do not know this. Mark is doing a real investigation: he has a rare photograph of his grandmother in her youth, and he writes to famous photographers. Just an old picture of my grandmother was taken on a camera that few people could have.
Mark thinks the photographer is his grandfather. The book is generally funny. I laughed when Mark finally found his mom’s dad, but I mixed up the words and accidentally told him, “I’m your grandfather.” Mark is good, reliable and tenacious, I would become friends with him. He also kind of looks like me, I think. I also like to take pictures, but my camera is now broken, so I don’t know anymore … It’s inconvenient for me to take pictures on the phone. True, Mark is almost not friends with anyone at school, but I am friends. But he just likes to communicate more with adults.
By the way, I don’t know if this is right or not, because there are some adults who are evil. I think Mark is so open because his parents are very kind, they talk to him as equals. In general, I have the same, but somehow I’m more careful with strangers. ”
“Let’s go to Unalaska” Anna Dyer. White Crow, 160 p., 613 rubles.