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What to read to a child so that autumn evenings become warm and cozy? Our selection of new publications will prompt.
Adventure
“Lapin” by Yulia Simbirskaya, illustrations by Masha Sudovykh
From 3 years. Lovely stories about childhood as it is. Days full of discovery and joy, a cozy house where mom hums when she bakes pancakes (the recipe is real), and dad is always ready to listen or run a race. Lapin is a small restless rabbit. He turns the umbrella into a ship for frogs, feeds the monster under the bed, and finds himself Simple Grandpa. Twelve stories about what makes up the happiness of a baby, no matter a rabbit or a child.
MYTH, 80 p., 458 rubles.
Overcoming
“Coyote Sunrise. The Incredible School Bus Race by Dan Gemeinhart
From 12 years. When you live in an apartment with a kitchen, bedroom and living room, it seems strange that someone can inhabit a school bus. And for a 12-year-old girl named Coyote, this is home. My father removed the seats, they set up two rooms and have been traveling around the States for five years. There is a serious reason for this: a disaster happened in the family, and Coyote and dad are simply running away from their grief.
A story about the healing of the soul, about children’s cunning and not childish wisdom and a sense of humor that helps to live. Translation from English by Svetlana Silakova.
Pink giraffe, 344 p., 440 rubles
Self-concept
“Royalties. #3sausages” by Clementine Bove
From 14 years. It’s hard not to worry about looks if classmates aren’t shy about making hurtful comments. Tips to “not pay attention” will not help here. And here is an example of a stubborn, sharp-tongued Mireille – very much so.
A former childhood friend staged a school nausea contest on social networks, and Mireille got the infamous title of “sausage”. Parents shrug their shoulders, two more “sausages” sob into the pillow. Mireille understands that only resourcefulness will save them. The author raises complex topics of disability and bullying, but does it in the language of teenagers, without moralizing.
Translated from French by Timofey Petukhov. Scooter, 288 pages, 815 rubles.
Varya, 6 years old, read a book
“Lea and the Elephant” by Kim Sung
This is a book about friendship and honesty. The girl Lea and the elephant met because they were bored. Leah is tired of toys, and the elephant has the same things. He gladly came to visit Leah. But then Lea acted dishonestly – she came up with the idea that she could fly so that the elephant would stay with her longer. Every day Lea promised that they would go flying, but nothing happened. When the elephant guessed everything, he got angry.
It also happens with my girlfriend Lyuba: if I come up with something that was not there, Lyuba is offended and then does not want to play my games. Lea and the elephant became friends only when the girl admitted that she had been lying and that she really couldn’t fly. In the book, you can immediately see when friendship becomes real – the pictures turn from black and white to color, and Lea laughs merrily.
My aunt Liza says that in order to be friends, you don’t have to invent anything, the main thing is to be yourself. And there are no main things in friendship. And I can’t be in charge all the time. I tried – and my friend Misha was offended by me. He hasn’t forgiven me yet. But I will try once again to make up with him, like Lea with an elephant.
Translated from Korean by Anastasia Pogadaeva and Chun In Sun. Polyandria, 36 p., 725 rubles.