writes about war from a young person's view #bannedbyrussia
A while ago an educator contacted me, letting me know that she was creating reading guides for my first WWII trilogy. Educators make reading guides of my books all the time, frequently getting basics wrong (even misspelling my name) so I was impressed that she approached me first. I asked if she’d show them to me when she was finished, and she kindly did just that. They’re excellent, and available via teacherspayteachers. Here are the links for each of them:
Dear educators, thank you for all that you’re doing to assist your students during this scary and isolating time. Many of you have contacted me, asking if you can record yourself reading from my books. Here’s Scholastic‘s temporary relaxed policy on this, as well as a similar one from Pajama Press.
I cannot give you PDF files of my books.
However, I own the copyright on two short stories that were originally published in my anthology, Kobzar’s Children. PDF files for both are posted below. Share them with your students. Print them off if you want. I do ask that you acknowledge me as the author and I’d love it if you let me know when you’ve used my stories.
The Red Boots: this was the very first story I ever wrote and it’s based on an incident in my father’s prairie childhood.
The Rings: this story is set during the Holodomor, the intentional starvation of millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s by Stalin and the Soviet Union. This story is based on first person accounts and was originally a long sequence in an early draft of my novel, Hope’s War.
Other resources? Check out these trailers for my books, but also the reading from Too Young to Escape, and me reading the first lines from a bunch of my favourite books.
Want to see how I’ve been spending my time in isolation? Check out my pysanky.
