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It is also about learning why it is important to stand up for yourself, for others, and for issues that really matter to you. Apart from bona fide costs such as printing and distribution, which Resilient Hedgehog is underwriting, all are contributing their time and effort. The story of the nightingale and the bear describes how we can deal with bullying. This special edition has been produced with the sole aim of raising funds for humanitarian agencies working with Ukrainian victims of Russia's war. Engages parents with children and with teachers. The story of the nightingale and the bear describes how we can deal with bullying. Written in rhyming text perfect for reading aloud. They provide an additional source of learning illustrating the antidote to bullying. They have been provided by a generous and talented team of illustrators, including children wanting to help others. The Bear and The Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy) Katherine Arden Buch (Taschenbuch, Englisch) 20 sparen 9,99 UVP 12,50 inkl. The beautifully detailed illustrations encourage a child to explore what's happening in the story and in the wider world. The story describes challenges and situations to which a child can relate. At another it uses the events of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 to help parents make sense of events like these with their children. At one level this is a story about bullying. The Bear and the Nightingale is a wonderfully layered novel of family and the harsh wonders of deep winter magic.The story of the nightingale and the bear describes how we can deal with bullying. “An extraordinary retelling of a very old tale. an immersive, earthy story of folk magic, faith, and hubris, peopled with vivid, dynamic characters, particularly clever, brave Vasya, who outsmarts men and demons alike to save her family.” - Booklist (starred review)

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with an irresistible heroine who wants only to be free of the bonds placed on her gender and claim her own fate.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) will enchant readers from the first page. “Vasya a clever, stalwart girl determined to forge her own path in a time when women had few choices.” -The Christian Science Monitor

“Arden’s debut novel has the cadence of a beautiful fairy tale but is darker and more lyrical.” - The Washington Post As the village’s defenses weaken and evil from the forest creeps nearer, Vasilisa must call upon dangerous gifts she has long concealed-to protect her family from a threat sprung to life from her nurse’s most frightening tales.

And indeed, misfortune begins to stalk the village.īut Vasya’s stepmother only grows harsher, determined to remake the village to her liking and to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for marriage or a convent. Fiercely devout, Vasya’s stepmother forbids her family from honoring their household spirits, but Vasya fears what this may bring. Then Vasya’s widowed father brings home a new wife from Moscow. Wise Russians fear him, for he claims unwary souls, and they honor the spirits that protect their homes from evil. Above all, Vasya loves the story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon. Winter lasts most of the year at the edge of the Russian wilderness, and in the long nights, Vasilisa and her siblings love to gather by the fire to listen to their nurse’s fairy tales.

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“A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up.”-Naomi Novik, bestselling author of Uprooted Katherine Arden’s bestselling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. The Bear and the Nightingale is a fairy tale, which in and of itself is somewhat rare in a genre lately dominated by epic high fantasy, military fantasy, and gritty grimdark.