A Christmas Spider's Miracle

A Christmas Spider's Miracle
Author: Trinka Hakes Noble
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1410307948

Long ago in a faraway place there lived two mothers. One, a humble peasant woman who struggled daily to provide for her children. And the other, a mother spider who also worked hard to care for her family. And although it would appear they were as different as night and day, these two mothers had more in common than would first seem. As the only holiday gift she can give her children, one cold Christmas Eve the peasant woman goes to the forest to get a tree, never noticing that someone has made a home among its branches. During the night, the mother spider spins webs decorating the tree, resulting in a Christmas that neither mother will ever forget. Based on an old Ukrainian story, Trinka Hakes Noble (The Orange Shoes) crafts an original heartwarming tale of the grace that can be found in the true spirit of Christmas. Trinka Hakes Noble's numerous picture books include The Scarlet Stockings Spy (IRA Teachers' Choice 2005), The Last Brother, The Orange Shoes (IRA Teachers' Choice 2008), and Apple Tree Christmas. Ms. Noble lives in northern New Jersey. Stephen Costanza attended the Philadelphia College of Art. His picture books are Mozart Finds a Melody, Noodle Man: The Pasta Superhero, and Ten Big Toes and a Prince's Nose. He lives in Belfast, Maine.

Good Night (Not Really)

Good Night (Not Really)
Author: Nan Evenson
Publisher: Bumblebee Books
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781839343353

Charlie and Lisa are charming guides, helping children count not only to ten, but backward as well. Good Night (Not Really) is actually a good morning book. This is the first book in the Not Really series. The picture books offer fresh ways for children to expand their math skills (including counting by 2's and 5's), surprise endings, and gorgeous illustrations.

Stars and Poppy Seeds

Stars and Poppy Seeds
Author: Romana Romanyshyn
Publisher: Tate
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-09-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781849766203

"Originally published in 2014 ... by Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva (The Old Lion Publishing House), Lviv, Ukraine"--Copyright page.

The Ukrainian Night

The Ukrainian Night
Author: Marci Shore
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300231539

A vivid and intimate account of the Ukrainian Revolution, the rare moment when the political became the existential What is worth dying for? While the world watched the uprising on the Maidan as an episode in geopolitics, those in Ukraine during the extraordinary winter of 2013–14 lived the revolution as an existential transformation: the blurring of night and day, the loss of a sense of time, the sudden disappearance of fear, the imperative to make choices. In this lyrical and intimate book, Marci Shore evokes the human face of the Ukrainian Revolution. Grounded in the true stories of activists and soldiers, parents and children, Shore’s book blends a narrative of suspenseful choices with a historian’s reflections on what revolution is and what it means. She gently sets her portraits of individual revolutionaries against the past as they understand it—and the future as they hope to make it. In so doing, she provides a lesson about human solidarity in a world, our world, where the boundary between reality and fiction is ever more effaced.

Teach Yourself Ukrainian Complete Course Package (Book + 2CDs)

Teach Yourself Ukrainian Complete Course Package (Book + 2CDs)
Author: Olena Bekh
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2004-04-14
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780071434287

Cuddling in Kiev? Teach yourself Ukrainian! With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually anyone to learn and experience the languages of the world, from Afrikaans to Zulu; Ancient Greek to Modern Persian; Beginner's Latin to Biblical Hebrew. Follow any of the Teach Yourself Language Courses Audiopackages at your own pace or use them as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are professionally designed for self-guided study, making them one of the most enjoyable and easy to use language courses you can find. Audiopackages include an instructional paperback book and two companion 60-minute audio CDs. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including: Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar Regular and irregular verb tables Plenty of practice exercises and answers Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout An exploration of the culture And much more

The Gates of Europe

The Gates of Europe
Author: Serhii Plokhy
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465093469

A New York Times bestseller, this definitive history of Ukraine is “an exemplary account of Europe’s least-known large country” (Wall Street Journal). As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence, celebrated historian Serhii Plokhy explains that today’s crisis is a case of history repeating itself: the Ukrainian conflict is only the latest in a long history of turmoil over Ukraine’s sovereignty. Situated between Central Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, Ukraine has been shaped by empires that exploited the nation as a strategic gateway between East and West—from the Romans and Ottomans to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. In The Gates of Europe, Plokhy examines Ukraine’s search for its identity through the lives of major Ukrainian historical figures, from its heroes to its conquerors. This revised edition includes new material that brings this definitive history up to the present. As Ukraine once again finds itself at the center of global attention, Plokhy brings its history to vivid life as he connects the nation’s past with its present and future.

My First Ukrainian Alphabets Picture Book with English Translations

My First Ukrainian Alphabets Picture Book with English Translations
Author: Aneta S.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780369600172

Did you ever want to teach your kids the basics of Ukrainian ? Learning Ukrainian can be fun with this picture book. In this book you will find the following features: Ukrainian Alphabets. Ukrainian Words. English Translations.

Christopher Counting

Christopher Counting
Author: Valeri Gorbachev
Publisher: Philomel
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2008
Genre: Animals
ISBN:

When Christopher Rabbit learns to count in school, he enjoys it so much that he counts everything in sight, including how many baskets his friends make when they play basketball and how many peas and carrots are on his plate.

100 Easy Ukrainian Texts

100 Easy Ukrainian Texts
Author: Yuliia Pozniak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2017-01-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781519060020

100 texts with contemporary vocabulary, 60 minutes of audio online. Helps not just to learn the words, but to use them. - This book is for beginners (A1-A2 levels).- The excellent quality audios for all the texts are recorded in the professional recording studio and read by a native speaker are available online. The link is inside the book.- The most useful words in the different contexts.- Suitable for both self-study and class use as an additional material.- All the words in the book have stress marks!Inside you'll find the following topics:1) My Family and I2) My Things3) Interests and Activities4) My House5) My City6) Food7) Clothing and Weather8) Daily Affairs9) Appearance and Character10) Transport and TravelThis book has been carefully created by a Ukrainian language teacher Yuliia Pozniak.

Contested Tongues

Contested Tongues
Author: Laada Bilaniuk
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2005
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780801472794

During the controversial 2004 elections that led to the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine, cultural and linguistic differences threatened to break apart the country. Contested Tongues explains the complex linguistic and cultural politics in a bilingual country where the two main languages are closely related but their statuses are hotly contested. Laada Bilaniuk finds that the social divisions in Ukraine are historically rooted, ideologically constructed, and inseparable from linguistic practice. She does not take the labeled categories as givens but questions what "Ukrainian" and "Russian" mean to different people, and how the boundaries between these categories may be blurred in unstable times.Bilaniuk's analysis of the contemporary situation is based on ethnographic research in Ukraine and grounded in historical research essential to understanding developments since the fall of the Soviet Union. "Mixed language" practices (surzhyk) in Ukraine have generally been either ignored or reviled, but Bilaniuk traces their history, their social implications, and their accompanying ideologies. Through a focus on mixed language and purism, the author examines the power dynamics of linguistic and cultural correction, through which people seek either to confer or to deny others social legitimacy. The author's examination of the rapid transformation of symbolic values in Ukraine challenges theories of language and social power that have as a rule been based on the experience of relatively stable societies.