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R Is for Russia


by Vladimir Kabakov

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Kabakav presents this photographic alphabet of everything that is exemplary of Russian culture, including cultural food, music, palaces, winter landscapes, and sports. (RUS464, $17.95)

Rechenka's Eggs

Rechenka's Eggs


by Patricia Polacco

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 32 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Babushka, an old woman living in Russia, is known for her beautifully painted Ukranian eggs, but when she finds a wounded goose and takes it home to care for it, her simple life gets turned upside down. (RUS327, $7.99)

Anastasia, The Last Grand Duchess

Anastasia, The Last Grand Duchess


by Carolyn Meyer

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 227 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Part of the popular Royal Diaries series, a fictionalized account of the last years of Anastasia Romanov. Anastasia's diary entries detail her progressive consciousness of her increasingly troubled world. (RUS188, $10.95)

Tintin In the Land of the Soviets

Tintin In the Land of the Soviets


by Herge

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 62 PAGES
  • FAMILY

The first book in The Adventures of Tintin, which like many in the series is a political satire. Sent on assignment to the Soviet Union, Tintin boards a train. . . but after an explosion, Tintin is blamed for the bombing, and he must make his way to the Soviet Union by stealth. Once there, he uncovers some shocking Bolshevik secrets. (RUS392, $10.99)

 

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