Author's picture book
Text and illustrations: Nata Romankova
32 pages, published in co-operation with Goodwin Publishing House in October 2023.
The main hero of the story is Vasya the giraffe. He works as a lighthouse keeper and lives alone in the lighthouse. Tomorrow is his only day off and he wants to go to the city to meet his friend Grisha. He makes a lot of plans, but in the morning all his plans are ruined by the bad weather. Vasya tries to fight, but finally gives up. He has no energy, no ideas, and his throat begins to hurt. He sends a letter to Grisha.
In his reply, Grisha advises Vasya to try his family recipe. The recipe sounds very strange: "Take a big BAMBOOLETTE, get something multi-coloured (the more colours - the better!), use something flat and smooth, spin it round and round and add a pinch of Inspiration". But Vasya tries to follow the recipe with all his might. As he does so, everything around him changes, the weather gets better and his friend Grisha comes to visit him with his own set of ingredients for the recipe.
The idea is to inspire readers and involve them in a creative game to find their own interpretations of the recipe.
Ideal for ages: 5+
"Asta hurricane in two capitals.
A journey through time"
Author: Kristina Kretova,
Illustrations: Nata Romankova
Piter Publishing House, 2023, 32 pages
The final book in the series of Asta's adventures. In this book, Asta travels not only through countries and cities, but also through time. It seemed very timely to remind readers of the importance of studying history and analysing the experiences of past generations. The action of the book takes place between two cities - St Petersburg and Moscow. In addition to modern Moscow and modern St. Petersburg, Asta and her friend Alyosha find themselves in the era of Ivan III, in St. Petersburg of the 18th and 19th centuries and in post-war Moscow of the 1950s of the 20th century.
The book contains a lot of information about the historical buildings of the two cities, about the building technologies of the different periods, and there is also an interesting tourist route through the centre of Moscow.
Ideal for ages: 8+
Lake Ladoga"
Illustrations: Nata Romankova
Piter Publishing House, 2022, 32 pages
In this book, Nedo and his friend Grisha, nicknamed Grenka, and his family go on a journey around Lake Ladoga. Grenka's parents are sure that the main purpose of their trip is to see all the interesting places of this region, but Nedo and Grenka have a completely different task - they need to collect plants for a healing potion to cure Ladoga seals.
The book has a lot of information about the places of interest around Lake Ladoga, as well as an entertaining "finder" with the plants of Karelia.
Ideal for ages: 5+
"The Adventures of Nedo the Mouse in
St. Petersburg"
Author: Kristina Kretova,
Illustrations: Nata Romankova
Piter Publishing House, 2022, 32 pages
Nedo the mouse is the first reading mouse. He lives in the Central Children's Library of St. Petersburg and travels to different cities. This time Nedo, together with his friend Grisha the rook, goes in search of animals and birds that have suddenly disappeared from all the monuments in his hometown.
The book includes a very comfortable and interesting route through the centre of St. Petersburg. It is very good for a tourist trip to St. Petersburg with children. At the end of the book there is a "finder" with more than 20 species of city birds.
Ideal for ages: 5+
