For years, matryoshkas--Russian nesting dolls--have captured the imaginations of children all over the world. This interactive novelty book is illustrated with authentic Russian folk art and features the days of the week with push-out dolls. This unusual format encourages children to invent stories, play games, and put the dolls in sequential order before putting them back into the book. New words to a traditional children's song introduce readers to the unique food of eastern Europe.

In this tender, old-fashioned story, Nina, the smallest of a group of Russian nesting dolls, is separated from her sisters and swept along on a dangerous journey.

Ten Little Matryoshka Dolls is an engaging children's book that introduces young readers to numbers 1 through 10 using colorful and cute animal characters. The book features simple illustrations that are reinforced with numerals in appropriate colors on facing pages, making it an ideal educational tool for infants and toddlers. The story follows ten matryoshka dolls, each hiding a different animal inside. As the dolls are opened one by one, the animals inside come out to play, much to the delight of the young readers. The book encourages interactive reading, as children are invited to guess which animal will be revealed next. Overall, Ten Little Matryoshka Dolls is an excellent addition to any child's bookshelf. Its engaging theme, colorful illustrations, and educational content make it a perfect tool for introducing young readers to the world of numbers and animals.

Meet Masha and her sisters in this charming die-cut novelty board book inspired by Russian nesting dolls. Featuring shaped pages with brightly painted edges, and culminating in a satisfying finale, these nestled dolls reinforce a sweet message: they may be different, but they're a perfect fit!

A light-hearted Fairytale. Perfect for young children and the young at heart. A silly hearted Nesting doll and her black swan companion venture outside the enchanted kingdom. In Search of her six swan brothers. All while bringing magic and wonder everywhere she goes.

THE LAST MATRYOSHKA The Wolfpire Saga VOLUME IV Books 7 & 8 Yang : Unveilings In a Moskva courtroom, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. In order to give permanence to the Dream, Ilyana Yurievna Kirakova must be convicted, then put to death for her crimes. There is only one major problem: The ones who must condemn her are her most loyal followers. Those who turned the Dream into a living reality. They want to spare her, unaware that doing so will destroy the Dream and more. It will unleash Hell, for if the Dream dies, the antichrists conquest of the world will then be total and complete. Equally a concern is Petr, the CIA man who knows who Ilyana really is. He too will do everything he can to save her, including reveal her. A revelation that could also potentially destroy the Dream. Thus, this has become a time of trial and struggle, love, fear, and loss, unleashed amidst the uncompromising final battle. A battle the wolfpire desperately needs to win even though victory will likely cost her everything she personally wants and loves. It could even cost her, her actual life. Yin : The Ultimate Gift The Tragic, Joyful, Uplifting Conclusion. Bonus Material The Constitution of the Federatsiya Narodov.

When Sara Rose returns to live in her recently deceased grandmother’s Tasmanian cottage, her past and that of her mother and grandmother is ever-present. Sara’s grandmother, Nina Barsova, a Russian post-war immigrant, lovingly raised Sara in the cottage at the foot of Mt Wellington but without ever explaining why Sara’s own mother, Helena, abandoned her as a baby. Sara, a geneticist, also longs to know the identity of her father, and Helena won’t tell her. Now, estranged not only from her mother, but also from her husband, Sara raises her daughter, Ellie, with a central wish to spare her the same feeling of abandonment that she experienced as a child. When Sara meets an Afghani refugee separated from his beloved wife and family, she decides to try to repair relations with Helena – but when a lie told by her grandmother years before begins to unravel, a darker truth than she could ever imagine is revealed. Matryoshka is a haunting and beautifully written story about the power of maternal love, and the danger of secrets passed down through generations.

Lieutenant Anthony Sattill, head of Manhattans Crime Analysis Team, is assigned to investigate murders at the Neighborhood Financial & Legal Services. The case is very personal to Sattill because the wife of his best friend is one of the victims. The investigation starts with the murders at the storefront and wends its way to a rave, a street gang, the murder of a policewoman, a federal drug bust, and a beacon of hope to the downtrodden. Why do Sattills superiors allow his team to be lead investigators in this case that is well beyond the scope of their usual role in the Department? How can the team find the clues that unlock the mystery of a crime that leads to other crimes that give rise to even more questions? With federal agencies stonewalling them, Sattills team must connect diverse leads, disparate facts, and hidden meanings to reach the logical conclusion: that someone of great influence is behind these horrific events. As the team gets close to solving the case, evil lashes out until the final crime and its connection to the others reveals truth.

A granddaughter explores the story of her Ukrainian grandmother’s survival of Hitler’s forced labor camps Irina Nikifortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced laborer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp hospital to work as a domestic in the Leica owners’ household, Irina survived the war and eventually found her way to Canada. Decades later Sasha Colby, Irina’s granddaughter, seeks out her grandmother’s story over a series of summer visits and gradually begins to interweave the as-told-to story with historical research. As she delves deeper into the history of the Leica factory and World War II forced labor, she discovers the parallel story of Elsie Kühn-Leitz, Irina’s rescuer and the factory heiress, later imprisoned and interrogated by the Gestapo on charges of “excessive humanity.” This is creative nonfiction at its best as the mystery of Irina’s life unspools skillfully and arrestingly. Despite the horrors that the story must tell, it is full of life, humor, food, and the joy of ordinary safety in Canada. The Matryoshka Memoirs takes us into a forgotten corner of history, weaving a rich and satisfying tapestry of survival and family ties and asking what we owe those who aid us.