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Children's book author and publisher:
Tatiana Zunshine
In her first book for children, Tatiana Zunshine tells a simple
story about patience, teamwork and persistence – traits that
have helped her succeed.
A Little
Story About a Big Turnip,
and her Pumpkin House Press represent the fulfillment of a
lifelong dream. In 1987, Tatiana and her family immigrated to
the United States from the Soviet Union after a long struggle
with authorities.
“We came to this country to start fresh, to start a new life,”
Zunshine said. “I wanted to do something creative, something
that I always wanted to do and didn’t have a chance in Russia:
publish children’s books.”
In June 2002, Pumpkin House Press was born with a mission of
offer multicultural books for the young. Her focus is
translations and adaptations of well-known childrens stories
from all over the world. Her goal is to select the best of world
literature and introduce it to American children.
Children's book illustrator:
Evgeny Antonenkov
Evgeny Antonenkov lives in Moscow and works as an Art Director for
a major children's publishing house. During his 25-year career as an artist, Evgeny illustrated
over 25 children's books, including Silly Horse, A Little Story About a
Big Turnip, Move your Ears, Winnie the Pooh, The Ring and the Rose, Russian
Folktales for Children, Cippolino, etc. His book Move your Ears was
nominated for the 2004 Bologna Ragazzi Award. In 2001 he received an
honorary diploma for his illustration of Winnie the Pooh. He has
had solo exhibitions in Moscow and Prague, and has participated
in various exhibitions in Europe and Asia.
He lives in Moscow with his wife Marina, and his sons Pavel and Nikita,
and his grey cat named Tom.
Children's book author: Vadim Levin
There is only
one thing in life Vadim Levin has always been serious about -
playing. As a young boy he started playing with words, forming them
into poems. As a grown-up director of a children's literary studio
he played "poetry" with his students and studied the way children play.
In his free (from playing) time he writes articles and books about
playing. He is a writer, a doctor of psychology, a corresponding member
of the Academy of Social Science and Education, and a lecturer in the
field of education
Vadim Levin has published many books, but it was the Silly Horse
that blazed the trail for them. Friends and colleagues say that Vadim
Levin rode into literature, psychology and education atop the Silly
Horse. He has played many games, but his very favorite game is being
a writer of children's books. He lives in Marburg, Germany, with his
wife Ell a.
Children's book author: Sigrid Laube
Award-winning
author Sigrid Laube was born in Vienna, Austria. She grew up
in several countries and thus enjoys different cultures and
languages. She studied law and history, and works as an
editor, translator, and author. She has written many books for
children as well as for young adults, a number of which have
been translated into several languages. Her many books
include: Wake up, Spring
Is Coming!, When Santa Claus was Astonished,
and
Friends Stick Together.
Her latest work is about the life
of young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Among numerous awards, she
received the Austrian Children’s Book Prize in 1997 and again
in 2004.
She, her
husband and three children divide their time between Vienna,
Warsaw and the countryside.
Children's book illustrator: Silke Leffler
Silke
Leffler was born in Vorarlberg, Austria She spent her
childhood and adolescence in Holland, Austria, South Germany,
as well as in various countries in Africa. She received her
training as a fashion designer, studied textile design, and
worked for a design studio in England. Since 1998 she has also
worked as an illustrator.
Her illustration credits include:
Wake up, Spring Is
Coming!, Andersen’s Fairy Tales, The Fables Book — From Aesop
until Today, Friends Stick Together, Schnipp, Schnapp,
Schnorum, and
Simply
Wonderful Christmas.
She resides
in Dietingen, Germany.
Children's opera composer:
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
(1891–1953),
one of the most prominent Russian composers of the twentieth
century, began playing piano as a child prodigy at age three
and wrote his first opera by age nine. He attended St.
Petersburg Conservatory from 1904 to 1914, winning the Anton
Rubinstein prize for best student pianist. Like other great
composers, he mastered a wide range of musical genres,
including operas (The Love for Three Oranges, War and Peace,
The Gambler, etc.), ballets (Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, The
Tale of the Stone Flower, etc.), symphonies, concertos, piano
music, and film scores. In the world of children’s music his
name is most often associated with the symphonic fairytale,
Peter and the Wolf.
Sergei
Prokofiev left his
native Russia in 1918 for the United States. There he wrote the
opera The Love for Three Oranges. The composer himself wrote the
libretto for the opera based on the 1761 play by Italian
playwright Carlo Gozzi. Since it premiered in Chicago in 1921,
The Love for Three Oranges has been performed in the leading
opera houses around the world.
Children's book illustrator:
Elzbieta Gaudasinska
E lzbieta
Gaudasinska’s
specialty is creating
enjoyable, vivacious illustrations using a blend of watercolor
and colored pencil. Born in Poland in 1943 and a graduate of
the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, she has won high praise in
Europe as an illustrator. Her numerous honors at illustrator
exhibitions include a Golden Apple at the Biennial of
Illustration Bratislava (BIB) and the annual Poznan Children’s
Visual Art Award. Ms. Gaudasinska’s work has also been
exhibited at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the Leipziger
Buchmesse, the
Internacional Catalonia d'illustracio,
and the Exhibition of Publishers of Poland. The Love for Three
Oranges is her American debut.
Elzbieta
Gaudasinska resides in Poland. She is happy to see her Oranges
planted in American soil.
Children's opera composer:
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) was one
of the most original and sophisticated composers of the early
twentieth century. Born in Ciboure, France, he began his musical
studies at the age of seven. In 1899 he entered the Paris
Conservatory where he studied composition. Ravel’s numerous works
include operas, such as L'Enfant et les Sortileges (The Child and
the Spell), ballets, orchestral music, chamber music, piano music
and so forth. In 1921 he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur.
Children's opera librettist:
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954)
was born in the Burgundy village of Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye,
France. She was an actress, novelist, journalist and autobiographer
whose life and works were inextricably intertwined. To the American
public Colette is better known as an originator of Gigi. In 1925 she
collaborated with Maurice Ravel on L’Enfant et les
Sortileges, an opera for which she wrote the libretto.
Children's book illustrator:
Serena Riglietti
Serena Riglietti has
illustrated over fifty books for children worldwide, including the
Italian editions of the Harry Potter series. She was born in Pavia,
Italy, in 1969, and graduated from the
Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino, Italy.
Her credits include The Boy and the Spell, The Nutcracker, The
Wizard of Oz and The Magician's Boy among others. Her illustrations
were selected for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators
Exhibition in 1998, 1999 and 2001.
Children's book author:
Pegi Deitz Shea
Pegi Deitz Shea is a winner of the
2004 Connecticut Book Award for Children's Literature. Her
award-winning books include Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl's Story;
Ten Mice for Tet; Liberty Rising: The Story of the Statue of
Liberty; The Whispering Cloth: A Refugee’s Story; The Carpet Boy's
Gift; and Patience Wright: America's First Sculptor & Revolutionary
Spy. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, Tom, and their
children, Deirdre and Tommy.
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