A-ba-ba-ga-la-ma-ga
An excellent publishing house, making books for kids from 2 to 102. Most of their books are true pieces of art and come mostly in Ukrainian. And even an old-time classic “Night Before Christmas” by Mykola Gogol came out in translation/adaptation by Maksym Rylsky. In my mind the translation missed some particularly juicy parts that Russian version carried… Although I am a big Ukrainophile, this seemed to be a bit much. The book was illustrated by celebrated Kost Lavro. Any of his books is a must-have souvenir from Ukraine.
Another beautiful publication of theirs – Anderson’s “Snow Queen” – won awards for best design (pic on the left). Lately I got “Lisa and Her Dreams” – a book tailored to Gapchinska work (a notorious Kyiv artist that I should write more about in a separate post), written by the publishing house owner – Ivan Malkovich.
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March 6th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
i’m in love with their Abetka, and it’s a real hit with Marta, too – the Ukrainian-language Abetka, not the one in Russian that is sold here in Moscow (so much does get lost in the Russian version..)
March 8th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Yes! Abetka is the best! Babies seem to love it from a very early age – it’s so thik that does not wear out from their frequent “reading”
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I think Malkovich could have come up with this one book, and the enterprise would have been a success.
December 13th, 2007 at 4:02 am
Here is The Snow Queen by Vladyslav Yerko: modern look and classic spirit. Take a look at the slideshow page. It’s worth the few minutes
http://www.snowqueen.us
December 15th, 2007 at 6:43 am
Thank you .Someone did a good job putting this masterpiece online!