While reading The Tale of The Firebird for #ChildrensClassicRead2025 , I came across the Russian fairytale that one of my favorite books, The Snowchild is based upon!
I love a literary surprise!
What Serendipity! 🇷🇺🤍💙❤️ 🇷🇺
This is interesting!
The illustrator is a master of Russian decorative art, one of the last most impressive artists in the great Russian tradition of book illustration. He left Russia after the Revolution & settled in Paris. He translated 4 Russian fairytales into French, writing them out in beautiful calligraphy & illustrating them on heavy vellum pages
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#ChildrensClassicRead2025
After cleaning the house I‘m going to settle down a bit and read June‘s #ChildrensClassicRead2025
I have 2 physical books & one ebook.
I also am going to read about Baba Yaga that‘s included in the ebook.
pick4.2⭐️ I love the story. It was a beautiful story of redemption and forgiveness incorporating Polish folklore. I am new to most of these legends, but I have heard of Baba Yaga, who was a prominent part of the story. This was the May Fable fantasy read, and I do plan to read book 2.
repost for @TheBookHippie:
June #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025
Let us see what versions of this tale we can find!
Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Afanasyev
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsarevitch_Ivan,_the_Firebird_and_the_Gray_Wolf
So sorry my month has been a little busy!!! But here is next months read!!!
so-soWhew, I finally finished this one while waiting on my son at state testing today. I of course needed to snap of picture of my girl & I twinning with our star themed kindle cases. She was reading “Bad Guys”. This was probably my least favorite V. Roth book I‘ve read - which is sad because I usually fan girl over her books. 3 ⭐️
Tor Books and Veronica Roth just announced this follow-up to one of my favorite books from 2024 (tagged)! While the first book was a complete and satisfying story, I am excited to return to such a rich, unique world.
My 12 favorite reads of 2024. In no particular order:
Rise of the Red Blade - Delilah S Dawson
Bloom - Delilah S Dawson
Heartstopper - Alice Oseman
All the Names - Jose Saramago
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy - Becky Chambers
Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
The Talk - Darrin Bell
The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey
All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby
The Turnaway Study - Diana Greene Foster
The Trees - Percival Everett
When Among Crows - Veronica Roth
