Ukrainian artist brings story of Zelenskyy's wartime leadership to life in new children's book by US author

A new children’s book brings the inspiring story of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkyy’s leadership to young readers in a collaboration with a U.S. author and a Ukrainian illustrator.

HarperCollinsPublishers published the book, “Brave Volodymyr: The Story of Volodymyr Zelensky and the Fight for Ukraine” by U.S. children's writer Linda Elovitz Marshall, this October. The illustrations for the book were drawn by Ukrainian artist Grasya Oliyko.

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In the book, Marshall gives a biography of the sixth president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Notes on the publishing house's website says that the author's goal is to emphasize the importance of standing up for what one believes in, defending freedom at all costs, and maintaining hope in the face of a brutal war.

Marshall is the author of a number of biographical books for children. In particular, she has written biographies of Bob Marshall, a U.S. conservationist and one of the founders of the Wilderness Society, the prominent scientist and Nobel laureate Marie Curie and her sister Bronya, the U.S. virologist and inventor of the polio vaccine Jonas Salk, and others.

Oliyko is a well-known Ukrainian illustrator who collaborates with many Ukrainian publishing houses, including Ababahalamaha, Ranok, Staryi Lev Publishing House, and others.

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Among her most famous works are drawings for books by Halyna Malyk “The Amazing Adventures of Alia”, “Uncle Yoy and Lyshynia”, Oleksandra Orlova’s “Nechuy Nevmirushchiy”, Olya Rusina’s “Mia and Lunar Eclipse”, and others.

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