CULTURAL
$ Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome
"After mastering Russian, Ransome lived in that country for nearly ten years, most of the time as a journalist covering the tumultuous events of the First World War and the Russian Revolution. It was during this time that he collected the tales contained in this book."
♥ Russia by L. Edna Walter (1910)
Peeps at Many Lands
♦ $ Swan Lake ill. by Chris van Allsburg
Beautifully illustrated version of Tchaikovsky's ballet.
"After mastering Russian, Ransome lived in that country for nearly ten years, most of the time as a journalist covering the tumultuous events of the First World War and the Russian Revolution. It was during this time that he collected the tales contained in this book."
♥ Russia by L. Edna Walter (1910)
Peeps at Many Lands
♦ $ Swan Lake ill. by Chris van Allsburg
Beautifully illustrated version of Tchaikovsky's ballet.
HISTORICAL
FC S9-274 The Charge of the Light Brigade
FC W10-1 Story of Russia
FC W11-43 17th Century East of Europe
FC W12-407 Making of a Patriot: Mary Antin
FC W10-1 Story of Russia
FC W11-43 17th Century East of Europe
FC W12-407 Making of a Patriot: Mary Antin
♥ A Brief History of Russia by Frances Shaw (1877)
An extremely brief overview of Russian rulers over the ages.
$ Landmark Chief of the Cossacks by Harold Lamb (1630-1671)
♦ $ Landmark Catherine the Great by Scherman (1729-1796)
♥ The Promised Land by Mary Antin (1912)
True story of 12 year old's immigration to America with her Jewish family in the late 1800s.
♥ The Story of Russia by Mary Benson (1885)
A very picturesque introductory look at Russian history before her upheavals and revolution.
♥ The Story of Russia by Robert VanBergen (1905)
An extremely brief overview of Russian rulers over the ages.
$ Landmark Chief of the Cossacks by Harold Lamb (1630-1671)
♦ $ Landmark Catherine the Great by Scherman (1729-1796)
♥ The Promised Land by Mary Antin (1912)
True story of 12 year old's immigration to America with her Jewish family in the late 1800s.
♥ The Story of Russia by Mary Benson (1885)
A very picturesque introductory look at Russian history before her upheavals and revolution.
♥ The Story of Russia by Robert VanBergen (1905)
HISTORIAL FICTION
♥ Boy Travellers in Russian Empire by Thomas Knox (1886)
Boy Traveller Series
$ Dvora's Journey by Marge Blaine
"After fleeing from Russia in 1904, 12-year-old Dvora and her family face unexpected problems."
♥ Henty, G.A. A Jacobite Exile—Swedish-Russian War, King Charles XII of Sweden (1695)
♥ Henty, G.A. Through Russian Snows—the story of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow (1812)
♥ Henty, G.A. Jack Archer—a tale of the Crimean War (1854)
♥ Henty, G.A. Condemned as a Nihlist—escape from Siberia (1880)
♦ Struggle is Our Brother by Henry Gregor Felsen
♦ $ The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
"In June 1942, the Rudomin family is arrested by the Russians. They are "capitalists -- enemies of the people." Forced from their home and friends in Vilna, Poland, they are herded into crowded cattle cars. Their destination: the endless steppe of Siberia. For five years, Ester and her family live in exile, weeding potato fields and working in the mines, struggling for enough food and clothing to stay alive. Only the strength of family sustains them and gives them hope for the future."
♦ $ The Wild Children by Felice Holman
"Left behind when his family is arrested by soldiers during the dark days following the Bolshevik Revolution, twelve-year-old Alex falls in with a gang of other desperate homeless children, but never loses his hope for a better life."
Boy Traveller Series
$ Dvora's Journey by Marge Blaine
"After fleeing from Russia in 1904, 12-year-old Dvora and her family face unexpected problems."
♥ Henty, G.A. A Jacobite Exile—Swedish-Russian War, King Charles XII of Sweden (1695)
♥ Henty, G.A. Through Russian Snows—the story of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow (1812)
♥ Henty, G.A. Jack Archer—a tale of the Crimean War (1854)
♥ Henty, G.A. Condemned as a Nihlist—escape from Siberia (1880)
♦ Struggle is Our Brother by Henry Gregor Felsen
♦ $ The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
"In June 1942, the Rudomin family is arrested by the Russians. They are "capitalists -- enemies of the people." Forced from their home and friends in Vilna, Poland, they are herded into crowded cattle cars. Their destination: the endless steppe of Siberia. For five years, Ester and her family live in exile, weeding potato fields and working in the mines, struggling for enough food and clothing to stay alive. Only the strength of family sustains them and gives them hope for the future."
♦ $ The Wild Children by Felice Holman
"Left behind when his family is arrested by soldiers during the dark days following the Bolshevik Revolution, twelve-year-old Alex falls in with a gang of other desperate homeless children, but never loses his hope for a better life."
BIOGRAPHIES
FC G6-99 Peter the Great
FC W12-42 Story of Catherine
FC W12-12 Vladimir the Great
FC W12-42 Story of Catherine
FC W12-12 Vladimir the Great