Olena Kharchenko and Michael Sampson will be visiting
Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center/Ukrainian Heritage School on April 1, 2023
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The Story of Ukraine$17.99
About the Authors
Olena Kharchenko is from Dnipro, Ukraine. She is a graduate of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University. She lives in the USA with her husband and daughter. She has been actively volunteering in different projects to help Ukraine to resist Russian aggression since 2014.
Michael Sampson, a Fulbright Scholar to Ukraine, is a New York Times best-selling author of more than forty books for children. His books include Armadillo Antics, Ten Little Squirrels, and Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3.
About the Book
Michael Sampson and Olena Kharchenko, who were living in Ukraine at the time of the Russian invasion last year, teamed up to write The Story of Ukraine, a bilingual picture book for children and families around the world to help them to feel connected while also teaching about Ukraine’s history, resources, culture, and people. They do this through the prism of the Ukrainian once-forbidden national anthem. This book is meant to help parents share the story of Ukraine, and for teachers to move students to deeper discussions about democracy and freedom–as well as to help Ukrainian immigrants feel connected to their country of origin.