Today you are in for a treat, my Aunt found this Russian children's book in an antique store and bought it for the girls. The title reads Spring is Beautiful with Flowers.
Fortunately, we have a friend from Ukraine who read us the book in Russian and then translated it into English. It was so cool for the girls to hear their book in two languages.
Translation: Let it rain more and more! So the grass will grow densely.
I sail in a boat, catching fish, I'll make chowder and feed all the kids.
The illustrations are so colorful and beautiful. Have you ever seen a sun radiate so much warmth?
The story follows the seasons of the year and how the crops will feed the children.
This is my very favourite illustration in the book. It is of a family eating buckwheat porridge and rye bread.
The girls and I have been reading this book a lot - sometimes the English translation, sometimes our own made-up version, and sometimes we try to pronounce the Russian!
How about you, do you have any foreign language books? Would you ever buy a book in a language you didn't understand?
