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These books will be equally exciting for both boys and girls.
Romrodinka/Depositphoto
Together with the historian Lesya Bondaruk, we offer a selection of children’s books about the UPA. The child in love listens to fascinating stories about the adventures of his peers, reads funny poems, and in the meantime he learns who the rebels are, with whom and why they fought, what they wanted. These books will also help children understand and comprehend the modern war.
Andriy Kokotyukha “The Secret Doors”, 2023
It is a cool reader to read with your baby before bedtime, and if you buy her teenager, he will swallow her in the evening!
Once a schoolboy Arsen Girnyk gets into the Volyn forest through the hidden doors in the basement in Kiev, where insurgents resist Russian invaders. The doors will open again and miss the guy back only when he consciously chooses his “in this struggle and unravels the secret of his own family, which he was hidden from him.
It is a fascinating story about a journey in time, the need to make bold decisions and to be determined, that not a number of people, but their skills and motivation.
Galina Pagutyak “Eye of the World”, 2022
The first in Ukrainian literature a teenage novel about UPA, written on the basis of real events.
The teenager Ilko is a liaison UPA. He dreams of two things: to kill the cruel Enkavedist Zbanov and to see the greatest diamond “The Eye of the World”, which he read about in the old book. He is still a child, but at the same time he has to make decisions daily that not all adults can do.
Let the children’s cover do not mislead you: the book will be suitable for high school and high school students. It is a very deep, painful story that will force children to empathize with the protagonist.
Galina Pagutyak, “Night Traveler”, 2024
The continuation of the book “The Eye of the World”, where Ilko grew up and is forced to face new challenges. If you do not fight for Ukraine, then children will do it – the main idea of the second book about a young liaison UPA. The novel helps children believe in their own strength, feel the opportunity to be active.
Suitable for senior students.
Oleg Vitvitsky “Insurgent Alphabet” 2014
And here is a book for younger students. This is a poetic story about the adventures of a young rebel Alamyk and his friends. Each letter tells about different things related to the UPA: for example, letter B – about bophons, rebel money, in – about Volyn, where the UPA was born.
The book is designed for both young and secondary schools, and anyone interested in the topics of the OUN and UPA struggle.
Oleg Vitvitsky, “The Adventures of Alamyk and his Friends” 2015
The prose story of the little rebel Alamyk and his friends: bumblebee, sons and his parrots of Huntik. The main idea of the book is to reflect the relationship of generations in the struggle for independence of the Ukrainian state. It can be the next book after the Insurgent Alphabet and will be interesting for students in grades 3-4.
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These books will be equally exciting for both boys and girls.
Romrodinka/Depositphoto
Together with the historian Lesya Bondaruk, we offer a selection of children’s books about the UPA. The child in love listens to fascinating stories about the adventures of his peers, reads funny poems, and in the meantime he learns who the rebels are, with whom and why they fought, what they wanted. These books will also help children understand and comprehend the modern war.
Andriy Kokotyukha “The Secret Doors”, 2023
It is a cool reader to read with your baby before bedtime, and if you buy her teenager, he will swallow her in the evening!
Once a schoolboy Arsen Girnyk gets into the Volyn forest through the hidden doors in the basement in Kiev, where insurgents resist Russian invaders. The doors will open again and miss the guy back only when he consciously chooses his “in this struggle and unravels the secret of his own family, which he was hidden from him.
It is a fascinating story about a journey in time, the need to make bold decisions and to be determined, that not a number of people, but their skills and motivation.
Galina Pagutyak “Eye of the World”, 2022
The first in Ukrainian literature a teenage novel about UPA, written on the basis of real events.
The teenager Ilko is a liaison UPA. He dreams of two things: to kill the cruel Enkavedist Zbanov and to see the greatest diamond “The Eye of the World”, which he read about in the old book. He is still a child, but at the same time he has to make decisions daily that not all adults can do.
Let the children’s cover do not mislead you: the book will be suitable for high school and high school students. It is a very deep, painful story that will force children to empathize with the protagonist.
Galina Pagutyak, “Night Traveler”, 2024
The continuation of the book “The Eye of the World”, where Ilko grew up and is forced to face new challenges. If you do not fight for Ukraine, then children will do it – the main idea of the second book about a young liaison UPA. The novel helps children believe in their own strength, feel the opportunity to be active.
Suitable for senior students.
Oleg Vitvitsky “Insurgent Alphabet” 2014
And here is a book for younger students. This is a poetic story about the adventures of a young rebel Alamyk and his friends. Each letter tells about different things related to the UPA: for example, letter B – about bophons, rebel money, in – about Volyn, where the UPA was born.
The book is designed for both young and secondary schools, and anyone interested in the topics of the OUN and UPA struggle.
Oleg Vitvitsky, “The Adventures of Alamyk and his Friends” 2015
The prose story of a little rebel Alamyk and his friends: bumblebee, sons and his parrots of Huntik. The main idea of the book is to reflect the relationship of generations in the struggle for independence of the Ukrainian state. It can be the next book after the Insurgent Alphabet and will be interesting for students in grades 3-4.