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Posted: Aug 20 2015 at 10:13am | IP Logged Quote nightgalaxy
The boys are studying Russia right now in their social studies course. I am looking for some picture books that depict Russia, it's culture or it's people, from any time period. Catholic content would be a bonus. Any suggestions? Thank you so much!
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Philipok is a lovely book. My girls loved it when they were younger.

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Posted: Aug 20 2015 at 12:16pm | IP Logged Quote St. Ann
Apologies. I linked to a German version, but it is also in English.

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I don't have a specific edition in mind, but you could look at "Peter and the Wolf" or "The Nutcracker".   There are also loads of Russian legends and fairy tales. For the older crowd you could watch "Fiddler on the Roof".

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Posted: Aug 20 2015 at 2:26pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
I am going to bump an old thread on the topic that has ideas and has been added on to through the years.

Looking for picture books on Russia

to Philipok - great recommendation.

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Stephanie and Mary,

Thank you for these suggestions! You rock!

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Posted: Aug 20 2015 at 11:17pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
nightgalaxy wrote:
Catholic content would be a bonus. Any suggestions? Thank you so much!


Just going to add that there won't be much if any Catholic content when studying Russia. Russia, as far as religion, is predominantly Russian Orthodox - so has a strong Christian history and there are elements of the Orthodox faith in so many of the books. The Catholics will mostly be in Eastern Rite Catholic (not Roman). So the couple of books mentioned in that other thread -
The Miracle of St. Nicholas and The Wonderful Life of Russia's Saint Sergius of Radonezh - are examples of what you might find. Patricia Polacco's books have been mentioned and she has elements in them of the Orthodox faith - icons pictured in background and such. Quite lovely.

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Posted: Oct 14 2015 at 3:15pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
How a Shirt Grew in the Field (Marguerite Rudolph) - depicts life in the Ukrainian countryside circa early 1900s

Really sweet story, reminiscent of Elsa Beskow's Pelle's New Suit and Tomie dePaola's Charlie Needs a Cloak where raw materials are turned into clothing - in this case flax - to linen - to shirt. Love the illustrations which show the Ukrainian countryside.

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