Cataloging the book

 Today we cataloged the book “War in Ukraine” by Tamara L. Britton, kid’s non-fiction.

I was curious. The war is not over yet, and the book is out already. 

Tomsk Sky

The book has pictures of Bucha, Russian soldiers, president Putin and president Zelenskyy.

I was not interested in Putin's photos. 

But when I mentioned that he had quite a few facial surgeries, my colleague was looking closely at his photos, and she wondered where exactly and why?

Well, I can only assume one answer: he wants to look younger, like many other people in the world who have money for the surgeries. Moreover, he hopes he will live forever.

But let’s be honest who really cares about the Russian president now.

Sometime ago my husband asked me if I remember Zelenskyy as a comedian.

Actually, I do.

Years back it was a TV show… (if I understood correctly many entertaining shows were closed after the beginning of the war in Ukraine)... the show was called “The Club of the Cheerful and Resourceful”, in Russian КВН (Клуб веселых и находчивых).

Young people (usually University students across the country) created teams and participated in the competition for the title of the most cheerful, funny, resourceful and artistic. 

Volodymyr Zelelnskyy was the captain of  the team “95 block” from Ukrainian city Kryvyi Rih. 

The show was very popular. 

Many of those young people have  become showmen/women or actors.

Zelenskyy was among them. Zelensky worked as a producer, built an acting career, worked as a director and host of TV shows before he was elected the president. 

But going back to the book.

The book covers many important things:

-The history of the conflict

-A little bit about Ukraine as a part of the  USSR and how it became independent

-Photos of crashed planes

-Photos of  Russian military vehicles had the letter Z on them. Z became a symbol of support for the invasion. 

I still don’t understand why all of  the sudden Z? What was the meaning? 

-Bucha, Kramatorsk train station, Mariupol (ruined Mariupol)

I do not know how the children will perceive this book, will they really be interested in reading it, will parents be against their children reading it?

To be honest, I like children's non-fiction books. These books are written in an accessible language using (well, not quite simple, but) simple enough words.

There is a glossary at the end of that book. Unfortunately, I feel like I need to really learn and memorize these words (annex, deploy, etc).

P.S.

For the last two days, everyone has been talking about a new mobilization in Russia. I'm scared.

Photos, as usual, were provided by my friend Marina

Tomsk forest