Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts

Monday, November 14, 2011

The new book "The Adventure of a Water Droplet Pally"


A new concept in paper quilling is a children's book with quilling artwork illustrations!


Quilling, also known as paper filigree, it has been around since the Renaissance age, but I was only recently introduced to it by my friend. This art of cutting and curling narrow strips of paper and laying them on edge to form intricate filigree designs sparked my interest and I found it fun and pretty relaxing. 

When Karina, the young artist, suggested making artwork illustration in paper quilling for our ecological fairytale about water drop, I was happy. But I cannot even imagine what a talented artist can do with just a few colorful strips of paper.

To see the fairytale with quilling artwork illustrations one feels like a MIRACLE!



  I’m a fairy taller and the author of the numerous children's books but I haven’t seen the illustrations for the children books as impressive as quilling artwork illustrations made by Karina. They are really magic, fairy and brilliantly introduce the conception of the book.




Quilling artwork illustrations give the book a magnificent look!  These artwork illustrations for the children book take quilling in the whole new level.  
This is the first our children book illustrated by the talented artist Karina. Now she is at work on the next book "The Golden Bee" about healing property of honey, and I can't wait to see her next artwork. 


with love, author 
Alexandra






Friday, October 28, 2011

Video clip about Masha and Alesia' project "Kind books"

       Not so long ago Masha and Alesia have got a proposal became a TV heroes :-)) It was so fast and unexpectedly that we do not have time to wind up! Our city held a competition between broadcasters from  Moscow Region. All participants should made a short video clip in a few hours. It was named "From the wheels". And one camera crew chose storytellers from town Vidnoe ( Maria and Alexandra).
This video contains a lot of video clips, and video clip about us begins from 10:20 min. It's in russian, of course. 


Sunday, October 16, 2011

Book presentations. Novgorod.

Book presentation in Veliky Novgorod took place 8/10/2011. Our friend Zhenia organized two meetings, in children' library and book shop "Bukvoed". It was not ordinary trip, really! We went there by our car - 9 hours with one stop for 30 minutes rest. And as result - I was half asleep, but it was worth it.
People got kind books and inspiring words. Alesia had very nice speech. She told about humanistic education, about exiting ways to teach kids, showed all her books, they include different subjects: music, ecology, morality, wise fairy tales from all over the world, healthy food, mathematics, short tales, tales about animals, professions and another subjects. All of these are important themes for children, for their good education. And these books are a great help for parents! ))
Information about Alesia and Masha' books heard the people who needed it, I think. And I was glad to  feel it. And also it was a great pleasure to met our friends. We ate wonderful dinner and we talked about deep spiritual matters. I feel myself full of warm, sunny thoughts after such meetings! And, of course, photo report:

Children library
Masha sings her song "Little ships", Alesia shows painting "Magic lights".

Masha and Alesia' Kind books ))

Monday, October 3, 2011

"In harmony with nature"

      "In harmony with nature"
     The first contacts with Nature is the most IMPORTANT as it will stay in his memory all his life. Thus, The First Books on Ecology shouldn't be dry and push-off.
      The stories and poems tell the children things how beautiful and valuable Nature is.

       Aim of this book: Formulating in children an understanding of the mutually dependent relationship between humans and the surrounding natural world.
       Overview: 
1. Every human being is responsible for nature. 
2. Nature needs my care and attention. 
3. I can lend nature a helping hand.

      We offer you stories about flowers and tress: Nature's Beautiful Gifts. Each story in friendly and entertaining form introduces children with scientific knowledge of a role of trees and flowers in ECOLOGY of our planet: 
- how they grow; 
- how they look like; 
- how they cooperate with people and with the World of animals and birds.
       The aim of these stories is to cultivate love for the nature, so that the child would feel himself as inseparable part of the Nature. And will learn to benefit from its healing and life-giving forces that people of today are so much in need.
       By losing connection with Nature, we are losing our health - physical and spiritual. Hence, we need to realize it before it is too late! And we must do our best to make our children closer to nature, to help them to feel nature and together with them take care of Ecology of our Planet Earth!

See this book here >>
       The authors would be pleased to receive any comments you may have! 

Friday, September 16, 2011

Fragment from "The Most Important Things" in Polish


DLACZEGO ZACHÓD SŁOŃCA BYWA SMUTNY (WHY THE SUNSET IS SAD)


      Niebo ciemniało i ponad lasem można było dostrzec pierwsze gwiazdy. Zanim Rudogrzbietka znalazła sobie miejsce do przycupnięcia, słońce zniknęło za jeziorem, a niebo wypełniło się ognistym pomarańczowym kolorem. Jaśniał on na powierzchni wody i odbijany tu i tam od drobnych fali utworzył ścieżkę prosto do myszki, która patrzyła zdumiona.

- Nigdy nie widziałam nic piękniejszego - pomyślała Rudogrzbietka. - Nigdy w lesie nie było takiego nieba jak tu. Przypomina drogę światła biegnąca wprost do nieba. To jezioro jest pełne magii.
- Cześć - powiedziało pomarańczowe światło.
Rudogrzbietka otworzyła ze zdziwienia oczy i ten sam jasny kolor zajaśniał w nich.
- Witaj i żegnaj - odezwał się znów głos. - Promyk słońca prosił, aby powiedzieć ci ‘Cześć’.
- Wiedziałam - stwierdziła Rudogrzbietka. - Zaraz po tym, jak cię zobaczyłam płomyku wiedziałam, że musisz być przyjacielem słonecznego promienia. Powiedz mi jednak, dlaczego twój kolor sprawia, iż czuję się wewnątrz odrobinę smutna  i troszkę przestraszona ?


- Jestem zachodem słońca, mała myszko, a zachód słońca jest wtedy, gdy słońce mówi ‘do widzenia’. Mówienie „żegnaj” jest zawsze trochę smutne. Za każdym razem dziwisz się, gdy widzisz ponownie swoich przyjaciół. Słońce jednak zawsze wraca.
- Rozumiem -  kiwnęła głową myszka. - Jest smutno, gdyż kończy się dzień i ten dzień nigdy już nie wróci, ale jest też radośnie, ponieważ zawsze nadchodzi kolejny nowy dzień.
- Jesteś bardzo mądra, mała myszko. A jest tak, bo uczysz się od słonecznego promienia. Niektórzy myślą, że jutro nie nadejdzie nigdy. Oni są niemądrzy i jest mi ich żal. Boją się, iż to będzie ich ostatni dzień.
- Ja też jestem niemądra, ponieważ to mnie przeraża. Być może ten dzień będzie moim ostatnim ?
- Jak coś, co nie ma końca, może się skończyć, mała myszko ? Sądzisz, że światło i miłość mają swój koniec ? Wszystkie żywe stworzenia żyją dzięki słońcu – jak mogłoby ono pozostawić ich w ciemności ?
- Słońce może rozzłościć się, bo nikt nie chce dowiedzieć się o świetle i może wtedy nie przyjść.
- Światło nigdy nie złości się, mała myszko. Światło może jedynie świecić, o czym dobrze wiesz. Nie obawiaj się. Przed tobą jest nieskończenie wiele początków i końców.

Gdy zachód słońca zabłysnął ostatni raz na niebie i ogrzał serce Rudogrzbietki, nastała ciemność.
Myszka uzbierała trochę liści i wróciła do jaskini. Szybko zasnęła w nowym domu, ale zdążyła jeszcze powiedzieć perle „Śpij słodko, mój mały skarbie i o nic się nie martw. Jutro wstanie nowy dzień.”     

                                                           Fragment from the translation of "The Most Important Things"    

Book Presentation






 Now I want tell you about book presentation for children. Alesia and Masha write books  for children. So… presentation also should be for them! I think it’s reasonable )) And little readers discuss different themes from books, asking a questions, tell their opinion, play games and so on. And also read their favorite poems from these books. I think it’s really interesting because children should study to have their free opinion and they should feel that it is significant and interesting for adults.

Also Masha sing a songs and we show a few paintings. Then the event is becoming more diverse and interesting. Presentations are held in book stores, schools, libraries. 


Another book presentation will soon be held in Veliky Novgorod  (08.10.2011). Our friends Zhenja and Gordon helped us organize this event! We thank them ! ))

Boy is reading a poem


Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Book Fair in Moscow


It was book fair in Moscow in September 2010. Alesia and Masha presents their books are published by Russian publishing trust “Amrita-Rus”.


It was my first time when I was in such place. A great number of people read, buy books, sell books, advertise ones and….I understood there – Publishing is a really great business. And nobody thinks about clever and deep literature, the most of publishers think only about their business, about easy books which could be sold very quickly… Hmm-mm
But we need people who can work for the Idea :-))


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Response about "The World of Fruits"

   I have a young daughter who my wife and I do our best with when it comes to making healthy food choices for her. There are a lot of unhealthy choices out there and even more bad influences teaching our children poor nutritional habits. There aren't enough positive resources available to help parents educate their children about how to make healthy food choices and why they should! To find a book like this one feels like a MIRACLE! This book brilliantly introduces fruits in fairy-tale like stories that holds my daughters attention the entire time (mine too!) And at the same time the author is giving my child an education on healthy eating through these entertaining stories, games and recipes. A highly recommended resource that every parent should have for raising children in today's unhealthy society.
Tim Tierney Author, "The Personal Training Sales Education Textbook"

Saturday, September 3, 2011

"The Adventure of Little Drop of Water" ( illustrations)

A few week ago we got very interesting letter from lady Karina ( Kharkiv, Ukraine). She made design and illustrations for the first section of Alesia & Masha's book "Environmental education of preschool children".
It was her diploma work in Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. Book with illustrations was named "The Adventure of Little Drop of Water". Karina's work received the highest raiting examiner. Illustrations were made in technique Quilling 
We are so glad that Karina chose exactly this book ;-)) You can see below a few pages with these wonderful illustrations: 


"It's never late to learn"

This new short tale I want to devote to my dear mom! Her name is Galina. She’s 46 and she’s student ))) She is studying state and municipal administration. It’s not ordinary for our country to be the student in that age. But why not ? It’s never late to learn. I’m very proud of her. She makes her world wider, she improves her skills, she meet new people. It doesn’t important how old you are! Nowadays I think we should leave our prejudices in past. They hinder us to live. And this is scientific fact your brain will stay healthy if you use it actively. You will stay young and many diseases you don't touch if you will study! ;-))



 It's never late to learn.

When a new pupil arrived in the music class, all the children burst out laughing.

“You’re in the wrong place, granddad!” someone shouted.

“Quiet, children. Meet Mr Boo – I used to teach his children. They grew up a long time ago. Now Mr Boo no longer has to work, and he wants to learn the flute himself,” the teacher explained.

“Can old people really learn?” the children asked in surprise.

It’s never too late to learn,” the teacher replied.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

History of moral education in Russia.

"These books are a mine of wisdom, of parables and legends, in which all the world's wisdom is concentrated," said Lena Morozova, a 26-year-old primary school teacher at Public School No. 26 in St. Petersburg. "They prepare the children for the future, for all problems of life that people must deal with."

Monday, August 29, 2011

The Beginning!

From what should I start ? :-)) I think - from the begining of our story...
It happened many years ago, I was in early childhood when two persons desided to start their great project!
Alesia Lopatina & Masha Skrebtsova
     They desided to collect kind and moral stories which can touch hearts, make children sensitive. Also they head aim rewrite mathematics, languages disciplines, world of nature and another school subjects in easy and interesting way. Alesia and Masha wanted to help children feel the beauty of Knowledge. It was in 1991.
And now they have more then 80 books and total amount more then 1 000 000 copies! 
     Their way was difficult with many obstacles. Masha and Alesia have to promote their books by themselve. They conducted seminars in more them 200 cities in Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan. Now their books are sell in a lot of book shops in many countries. Some of books was translated into different languages.
     I think it's amazing and inspirational story! From what they started and where they are now ?! 
Here I see that if you really want something - you can do it ! Whatever you want! 
And if your wish is good and useful - someone or something will help you!