In a Nutshell:

This book is a bilingual selection of fairy tales in Russian and English.

Themes:

Love, family, identity and traditions.

A Quote:

“There is a voice they call bel canto, but you are ‘bel catto’.”

An Observation:

I loved the children reviews at the end of the English version, these were left on the author’s website when she published the stories there.

Author: Gulsifat Shakhidi

Shakhidi was born in Leningrad in 1955, she graduated in journalism from Tajik University.

I was unable to find any information about the translator.

Publisher: Silk Road Media

Publishing Date: 03.11.2018

A bit about me!

A bit about me, my name is Jess Andoh-Thayre. I am from Brixton, South London. I currently live in Cambodia. Before living here in Cambodia, I lived in Tanzania with my husband, who is a diplomat. I have also lived in Chile and Spain. I am a French, Spanish and English as an Additional Language (EAL) teacher. I recently qualified as a SENCo (Special Educational Needs Coordinator). After taking three years off to have a baby in a pandemic and also retrain, I have just returned to work as an Elementary Learning Support Teacher.