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30 children's books, which are worth paying attention to the Non/Fiction Book Fair
About the structure of man and peace, animals and mountains, people and wizards
From December 5 to 9, Moscow hosts the annual book exhibition-fair Non/Fiction . Children's literary critic Maria Goncharova chose for Medusa the 30 best new products for kids, schoolchildren and adolescents. The list includes books that will be interesting to the whole family, non-fiction and intended for those who do not really like to read in principle.
Books for the whole family
Jennifer Pacston. Anatomikum. M.: Mahaon, 2019. Translation by O. Chibisova, Illustrations by K. Videman
The book by Jennifer Pacston is a replenishment in the outstanding British book collection "Welcome to the Museum". Five years ago, the “Animalium” Jenny Brum, who set the new, high, high, standard for children's encyclopedias, was released in it. In “Anatomicum” there are incredibly detailed tissues, bones and cells (all in the Sepia, which is why there is a retro effect, although the substantial part of the book is based on the latest scientific research). All this was drawn by the tattoo master and illustrator Katie Videman, and the text was written by Dr. Jennifer Pacston, who not only gives lectures on anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, but also popularizes science. By the way, the next in line in the series is Fungarium , an encyclopedia about mushrooms; She will come out in the summer in English.
Alexandra Litvina, Anya Desnitskaya. Trans -Siberia M.: Samokat, 2019
Desnitskaya and Litvin today are doing what no one else can in Russia yet. Girls create beautiful and cozy projects about their native country, which with the same curiosity are read and examined not only in Russia, but also beyond its borders. They are not limited to stamps like excursions in Red Square or Golden Ring. In their previous book, The History of the Old Apartment, the votes of the residents of an ordinary Moscow house told the history of the country in the 20th century. The book was published in Germany, France, Poland; In English, Arabic and Chinese.
In the “Trans-Sib” the main characters are children-two years ago, Desnitskaya on Facebook asked the young residents of the 141st railway line and describe their native places. From these stories, panoramas are composed of the longest road in the world. In addition, they are tightly equipped with interesting facts, local recipes and even valuable life hacks for a six -day train stay.
Clae Pepper. Orchestra. Find the musicians who are scattered around the world. M.: Hell Margin, Avsdrade, 2019. Translation by M. Brusovani
The concert is a week later, and the musicians have not yet returned from the holidays! The conductor is in a panic, and the reader will have to help the unfortunate find each of the twenty -two participants in the orchestra, who had lost on twelve book turn. While looking for men with musical instruments, eyes run up from the seething life of the variegated Tokyo and Porto, Rio and Istanbul. From each city, musicians send letters of the maestro, in which they talk about their adventures, the habits of local residents and local traditions. If you want to introduce the child to the arrangement of the orchestra (or peace!), This charming Walker-Brodynik will become a suitable conductor.
Christine Roskifte. All are considered M.: Self -Cat, 2019. Translation by E. Vorobyeva
Wimmelbuhi , that is, black books, as a rule, suggest entertaining content and are extremely rarely focused on serious topics; Usually they are addressed to the youngest group of readers. “Everyone is considered” each of the three theses refutes. Norwegian Christine Roskifte in her entertaining sociological album created an incredibly complex world with hundreds of causal relationships. Usually, existential issues in children's books sound pathetic and unnatural, but here they arise so harmoniously that they even have real chances of an honest children's answer. What do we know about each other? What is the meaning of life and what is common for all people? All heroes are depicted here deliberately single -faced - this visual technique shakes the key idea of Roskifte about the significance and uniqueness of each of the seven and a half billion people.
Maria-Kristina Sayr-Vytvgstein Notteb. Old masters rule! How to look at the paintings with the children. M.: Hell Margin, Avs Design, 2019. Translation by A. Sokolinskaya
A delightful manual of art without boring notations: paintings are exciting children's imagination when we tell stories about them. The art dealer as a notottub asks questions by which the child can understand the plot and symbols of any picture. The conversation will also go about how Kurba painted the fox, and Bellini - St. Francis, from the nature of whether the rowers of Ikins and the "sea of ice" Caspar David Friedrich were written off. The book by Notteb will give everything necessary so that going to the museum with children to turn into a pleasant adventure, and tell you about the main parental mistakes in this area.
For the smallest
Leo Lionny. Chameleon. M.: Samokat, 2019. Translation O. Warsaver
The book of the legendary children's illustrator Leo Lionny finally publishes in Russia. In the late 1950s, it was he who brought to children's literature an experimental innovative spirit-collages, empty white background and bright abstract figures formed in the artist’s author's style. The Hameleon was published in 1975, Lionnie provided a book for kids with philosophical questions about identity, changes and well -being. The most valuable idea of this work is that living with any feature will be much easier and more fun if you find a friend with the same rare feature.
Katya Kovalevskaya. Planet of miracles. M.: Ay, 2019
Continuation of the interactive series of a small independent publishing house "AI". “Planet of Miracles” is an excellent occasion to become interested in science before school. Under each page, an elementary mechanism is hidden here-a rotating disk, it adds clarity in explaining complex natural phenomena. What is the relationship between the inclination of the earth's axis and the change of seasons? Why does the position of the moon affect the ebbs and tides? Why do rainbow and northern lights appear in the sky? The watercolor-acrylic cardan book will clarify each of these questions.
Zanna Davidson. One moonlit night. M.: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber, 2019. Translation by Yu. Simbirskaya, Illustrations with Kim
Ommage of one of the most important children's illustrated books of the 20th century - “where the monsters live” Maurice Sendak. In the rally book is a lulling story about a girl who went to sea in a tiny boat and met a lot of amazing on his way. The night saturated with adventures naturally ends in the nursery, and the reader remains to guess whether it was a dream or not. The paper architecture of the voluminous book is effective, but does not distract from the main - amazing poems by the author.
Paul McCartney. Hello grandfather. M.: Clover-Media groups, 2019. Translation by O. Warsaver, Illustrations of K. Derst
Sir Paul McCartney has many honorary titles, but, among other things, he is also an experienced grandfather of eight grandchildren. This partly explains him by the second attempt to come to children's literature. In 2005, he, along with the multiplier Jeff Dunbar, released the anti -capitalist story “High in the Clouds” . And in September of this year, “Hey Grandude” was released in the UK, the name of which, of course, refers to the song “Hey Jude”. In the Russian translation, “Grandude” turned into a grandfather - a flight grandfather - and this neologism also, in general, approached. In order to entertain the bored grandchildren, “steep”, a grandfather with the help of a magic compass throws the whole company from one exotic place to another. And let Hippies with a guitar on one of the turns of the book do not mislead anyone: McCartney asks not to confuse himself with a grandfather, the latter still has magical abilities.
Marianna Dubyuk. Bus. M.: Forest of Hands, 2019. Translation by E. Schlosman
Modern adaptation of a fairy tale about a red hat drawn by colored pencils. Canadian Marianna Dyubyuk in every book creates an amazing atmosphere: the world of the "postman of the mouse" is endless, nimble and replete with a million details; “Leo and bird” and “road to the mountain” are unhurried and philosophical, and “carnival of animals”, on the contrary, is dynamic and very festive. The action of the story about the girl Clara, who went on the first independent journey to her grandmother, occurs only within the borders of the bus. At first, the seeming very simple this children's book suddenly turns into an important reminder of the harmfulness of a biased attitude towards anyone - even to suspicious fellow travelers.
Berner Rotraut Suzanne. Happy New Year, Karlhen. M.: Melik-Pashaev, 2020
The output of this book is an event for numerous little fans of the anthropomorphic hare of Carlhen. Four stories from the collection were already published in Russian in cards, but to the new eighty-page edition added the last story of Rotraut Berner “Happy Way, Karlhen!”.
For many kids, it is Karlhen who is the first book character in which just recognize yourself. In a new story, the hare family went on its first trip, the train trip turned into a real adventure: Karlhen made many discoveries, exploring the wagons of the composition, and even decided that he became a victim of the thief. But everything worked out!
Egner Turbjern. How Ulla Jacop visited the city. M.: White Crow, 2019. Translation of the city of Balla
The Norwegian Turgerna Egner will probably be remembered by parents. In the Soviet years, he fell in love with many readers thanks to the collection of fairy tales of the Scandinavian writers , where, in addition to the adventures of the Moomin of the Murium-Tove Jansson, his story “People and Robbers from Cardamon”, illustrated by Boris Diodorov. Another book of Egner, a good story about an unlucky duckling named Ule Jacop, published Children's Literature in the form in which the author planned it - with his own drawings.
Thirty -five years later, the White Crow Publishing House is re -releasing Ule Jacop. The main character lives in the village, loves friends, swim in the pond and sing songs of his own composition. Once he goes to the city, where he is waiting for continuous dangers. There he understands that there is nothing better than his home in the world. And in the book there are notes of the songs of the lot - so that they are more convenient to sing for family reading.
For schoolchildren who do not like to read
Rebecca Dotremer. The real life of Zhakomina Gainsboro. M.: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber, 2019. Translation by A. Petrov
The first book of the popular French artist Rebecca Dotremer, which she did entirely (before her, the author only illustrated other people's works). It turned out a very honest biography of a hare named Zhakomin Gainsboro - looking around his life, the hero understands that everything that he wanted happened to him. Rare luck! The word “real” in the heading is a wise author’s trick, with the help of which the premerger tunes the reader for a heroic narrative. However, this is a trick - real life is happening right here now. The artist talks about friends, loved ones, objects and feelings in which the whole essence of the hare life was concentrated. The illustrations are made with detailed meticulousness and resemble the old photos familiar to many.
Emmanuel Gibert. Fly-Goryukha. Ariol. SPb.: Bumpniga, 2019. Translation of M. Khachaturov, Illustrations by M. Butavan
A new comic book of the French series about a little donkey, famous for its excellent children's humor. Inside there are thirteen sketches from Ariol’s everyday life, which he spends with his parents and friends, visiting his grandfather and grandmother or at school. The characters are surprisingly realistic: children make fun of adults, adults over children, they all swear, and then put up or fall in love.
Andrew Clements. Freendla. M.: Career-Press, 2018. Translation by I. Yushchenko, illustrations by B. Selnik
A story about the inventive fifth grader of Nick, who conducted an experiment during a boring lesson. To distract the teacher from homework, Nick invented a new word to designate the pen - “Freendla”. In an amazing way, this harmless joke launched a chain of events that got out of control and even beyond the country. Freendla was written in 1996, in addition to the chanting of the power of word and creativity, this story explains the best of everything how memes are born and exist.
Louis Fitzu. Harriet spy. M.: Volchok, 2019. Translation by O. Bukhina, illustrations V. Grankova
The Harriet Spy, published in the United States back in 1964, is released in Russian only now-in the very young publishing house "Verkhchok", which is not even a year.
By the age of eleven, Harriet wrote fourteen notebooks with observations of strangers and realized for sure that she wanted to become a writer. The girl goes to her observation sorties only in uniform: shabby jeans with a special hook for espionage instruments, an old sweatshirt with a hood and glasses without glasses. In the United States, the book Luis Fitzu appeared at a turning point when a serious contradiction between the socio-political situation and the cloying children's literature was opened. So the image of Harriet inspired many girls and boys to write down everything interesting in order to become writers in the future. The world of “Harryet Spitting” is not sugar, but very true: it contains stains, and illness and injustice.
Anna Starobinets. The gods of the mango. The brutal detective. Moscow.: Apricobux, 2020
A fifth of the noir book series Anna Starobinets "Beast Detective". Puzatny badger senior, together with a young daring partner, Badesukot, is investigated by the abduction of a cub from a family of giraffes-oligarchs. The series for the first time will unfold outside the far forest, in the exotic landscape of Africa. If there is a task for the child to get carried away with reading for a couple of days, try to give him the Cyster Detective cycle. And those who like to read together will like literary references, including the classic, for example, to the detectives of Conan Doyle.
Uri Orlev. Island on a bird street. M.: Samokat, 2019. Translation by E. Baybikova, Illustrations by A. Leonova
The book of Uri Orlev, the only Israeli author who received the main children's literary award - the Anderson Prize. This is the story of the eleven -year -old Alex, who for five months waits for a dad in a cache in the attic of a destroyed house in a Polish ghetto. Equipping his shelter and thought out approaches to him, in ingenuity the boy is not inferior to his beloved Robinson Crusoe. Despite the obvious gloom of the topic, the hope for a happy ending does not disappear throughout the reading.
Alesio de Santa. My brother Walt Disney. M.: Compass Guide, 2019. Translation by A. Manukhin, illustrations by L. Magalotti
A random meeting in the hotel causes Roy Disney, the brother of the great multiplier, a mile of nostalgia. His listener, dumbfounded by the fact that in front of her is a relative of the famous Walt, he talks about the background of the animation studio and her transformation of the largest player into the entertainment industry. The comic is addressed to those who know nothing at all about the animated world. But he will not disappoint the Disney fans either: they collected information for the book for seven years!
Francois Plas. Marquis Kit-de la Balen M.: Compass guide, 2019 Translation by M. Yasnut
This is a modern absurd French play for children. The monarch of Balthazar and Mirabeli rules the poverty, "a nonsense state located in the middle of nothing." To improve the image of his native country, their nephew Sigzmund, who recently returned from abroad, offers to arrange a grand banquet, where a whale will be the main dish. A frisky nephew will steal a lot of absurd things: it cuts down a poplar grove and will make a huge spit to fry the whale with the Rolls-Royce engine, build a grandiose viaduct and lay tunnels in the mountains, but the idea will eventually lead the Trinity to absolute collapse.
For teenagers
Kelly Erin Entrada. Hello Universe. M.: Compass guide, 2019. Translation by I. Filippova
The timid eleven -year -old Verdil dreams of getting to know Valencia, for help he turns to his girlfriend Kaori, supposedly with the gift of divination. In parallel, he is raising Verzila, even, from which the hero is hiding every now and then. Once, all four guys are found in the forest under very unexpected circumstances, and each of them is revealed from a new side. The novel received the main children's literary prize, Newbury, and in 2020 his film adaptation will be released, which Netflix is preparing.
Mark Oleinik. Crib. M.: Pink Giraffe, 2019
A postmodern novel about how unplanned vacation in Morocco and a meeting with the princess change the values of one unusual family of convinced communists. They live in a twelve -room apartment, father Vladimir Ilyich works at the factory, the storyteller Vitya is a secret pioneer, his sister was named in honor of Clara Zetkin, mother Elena looks like a porcelain figurine, and the main holiday of the year on November 7. But after traveling in their life, funny, and then terrible events begin to occur.
Larisa Romanovskaya. Blind chicken. M.: Publishing project A and B.
For seven years of Ritka’s life, there are seven chapters of the story about the joyless Russian life of the beginning of the nineties. Ritka’s parents worked at the Research Institute, but his mother was reduced, and dad began to make kitchen furniture in the factory and “bomb” at night. Dad goes into a new family, mom gets drunk, from all the troubles of Ritka is hiding in books. The “blind chicken” is accompanied by a comment that is not inferior in volume to the story, but in terms of eating - a separate study of the nineties. It contains all the markers of the era, incomprehensible to the modern teenager, but well acquainted with parents: from vouchers and girlish profiles, to the chewing gum “Love is” and “Herbalife” dietary supplements.
Tilly Walden. Pirouette. SPb.: Bumpniga, 2019. Translation by A. Khazina Comics Zone
Жизнь Тилли Уолден — это подъемы в четыре утра, буллинг в новой школе, муки самоидентификации и непростые отношения с матерью. Она занимается фигурным катанием, и почти всегда побеждает, но в конце концов понимает, что не хочет быть спортсменкой. Тилли робкая, ей, как и многим детям, отчаянно не хватает любви и ласки. А еще она знает, что отличается от своих подруг, и рано или поздно ей придется сделать каминг-аут. Девушка находит силы для радикальных перемен, набирается смелости и начинает заниматься тем, что ей действительно нравится. Этот автобиографический комикс Уолден нарисовала в 21 год.
Изабель Пандазопулос. Три девушки в ярости. М.: Самокат, 2019. Перевод Д. Савосина
Книга французской писательницы Изабель Пандазопулос получилась ровно такой, как она и мечтала: «как большой чемодан, найденный в углу чердака». Это три личные истории, которые тесно переплетаются во время европейских волнений середины шестидесятых. Сюзанна из буржуазной парижской семьи, отношения между членами которой вот-вот развалятся; Магда потеряла память, когда возводили Берлинскую стену; родителей и брата Клеомены за оппозиционную деятельность отправили в ссылку на маленький греческий остров «Черные полковники». Всех этих непохожих друг на друга героев объединяет желание бороться за справедливость.
Non-fiction
Изабел Миньош Мартинш. Атлас странствий и исследователей. М.: Белая Ворона, 2019. Перевод С. Петрова, иллюстрации Б. П. Карвалью
В португальском «Атласе», само собой, есть карты. Но книгу отличает предложение внимательно анализировать историю странствий и осторожно выбирать слова для признания заслуг путешественников. Например, не очень корректно говорить «открытие» применительно к ситуации, когда путешественник высадился на уже заселенную кем-то землю. Правильнее называть это «встречей разных народов».
Компания путешественников в «Атласе» на первый взгляд кажется очень оригинальной: Пифей и Марко Поло, Мэри Кинглси и Александр фон Гумбольдт, Дарвин и Миклухо-Маклай. Но все эти истории имеют кое-что общее: гуманное и уважительное отношение к туземцам, местной природе и культуре.
Марина Бойко. Почему бриллианты дороже воды. М.: Розовый жираф, 2019
Почему билеты в Эрмитаж для россиян дешевле, чем для иностранцев? Спасем ли мы деревья, экономя на бумаге? Куда делись золотые монеты? Почему москвичи дома ходят в майках, а парижане в свитерах? Разбирая полсотни очень конкретных вопросов, экономист Мария Бойко доступно и убедительно объясняет, как работает экономика. Этот туториал написан так, чтобы было понятно детям, но абсолютно точно он будет полезен и взрослым.
Тим Скоренко. Думай и изобретай. М.: Росмэн, 2020. Иллюстрации Т. Яржомбека
Внутренний изобретатель есть в каждом из нас, но поводом для его пробуждения становится только какая-то проблема. Если посмотреть вокруг, то окажется, что вызовов полно: например, можно придумать приложение, блокирующее спойлеры сериалов от друзей в соцсетях. Решение проблемы — это и есть изобретение. Но что с ним делать дальше, как выйти на рынок? Автор предлагает инструкцию и на этот случай. Самая увлекательная часть книги — разбор историй про реальные изобретения вроде спиннера , игрушки Fidget Cube или подушки для сна на столе.
Алена Васнецова. Поразительные паразиты. М.: Пешком в историю, 2019
О ком вы вспомните при слове «паразиты»? О пиявках, плесени, вшах и блохах? В русскоязычной культуре у слова и впрямь не самые приятные коннотации. А ведь по типу существования к паразитам относятся миноги, кукушки, красивейшее растение омела и грибы. Мы окружены паразитами со всех сторон, но даже не задумываемся об этом! Алена Васнецова написала целую книгу об удивительных взаимосвязях между видами и объяснила уникальный паразитический механизм приспособления.
Кейт Бейкер. Высокая гора. Глубокий океан. СПб.: Поляндрия, 2019. Перевод А. Богословского, иллюстрации П. Цзоу
Это сборник чудес природы, проиллюстрированный тайваньским художником Паджи Цзоу и стилизованный под старый справочник. Внутри — самые большие динозавры и гигантские бабочки, высочайшие горы и длиннейшие маршруты миграции, подземные норы и океанские глубины. В общем, перед нами еще одна ода природному совершенству, проиллюстрированная самыми невероятными примерами. Простейший способ объяснить ребенку что-то новое — описать это явление через уже знакомый предмет — здесь используется часто. К примеру, фраза «размером с легковой автомобиль» применительно к сердцу кита куда нагляднее чем абстрактные полтора метра, не так ли? В качестве бонуса книга предлагает истории о том, как люди в разное время объясняли непонятные им природные явления.
Maria Goncharova