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When Wolf's spirited older brother Lou, whom he idolizes, is sent away to military school in Kiev, life is not the same for the Yolen family.

When cruel Pavel wins a wager against his kind twin brother Paali, he exacts a terrible price, but greed soon leads Pavel to his downfall.

Villagers take in a flock of golden birds nearly frozen by an early snow and are rewarded with beautifully decorated eggs the next spring.

A dog and a wolf help each other in time of need in this Ukrainian tale explaining why dogs and wolves are forever friends.

Relates the true story of how several Jewish families survived the Holocaust of World War II by hiding in the caves of western Ukraine for over three hundred days.

In 1905, as life becomes increasingly difficult for Jews in Ukraine, eleven-year-old Raizel and her father flee to America in hopes of earning money to bring the rest of the family there, but her father's health and Orthodox faith become barriers.

A graphic novel in which Martin Lemelman recounts his mother's childhood in 1930s Poland and her escape from Nazi persecution.

To honor her father's promise, a beautiful young girl agrees to become the slave of a witch and her two daughters, enduring their cruelty with the help of her talking pet goat.

When a farmer proposes a contest to decide which of his three sons will inherit his farm, Ivan is content to sit at home while his brothers go out into the world to prove their worth.

A poor peasant woman who has no money for gifts or a special meal for her children gets help from a kindly mother spider on Christmas.