Miyuki, wait!

"The earth is blue, the moon is gold, spring is trying on a ballroom dress ..."

An instructive and kind story about a girl named Miyuki, who is in a hurry to live, about spring, who always comes exactly at one time, about the caring grandfather of Miyuki, about adventures that happen when you are a child, and each blossomed flower - A real miracle.

Spring has come, everything around wakes up and blooms. Miyuki runs with all legs, check if everything is ready to come into the light. She wakes her grandfather, and they go around the morning garden together, greet each flower and wood, catch a cool breeze on themselves. But suddenly it turns out that one flower has not yet blossomed. How so? Miyuki intends to help him blossom as soon as possible, he may be late: she does not listen to his grandfather at all, who explains that everything is of time for everything. So this story begins.

5 reasons to buy
Illustrations - you don’t even need to say anything here, just look.

The atmosphere of the East, magic, legends and fairy -tale creatures.

A wonderful, viscous and at the same time rhythmic language of the story in the best oriental traditions - the excellent work of the translator Asi Petrova.

In the plot - the basis for talking with the child about patience, about respect for the course of time.

A great gift for both the child and the adult.

For whom this book
For lovers of beautiful and oriental aesthetics aged 4 years.

About the authors
Roxana Marie Gallier - a writer and traveler, has a scientific degree on the history of ancient civilizations. The author of independent and classical publishing houses (Ecole des loisirs, de la Martiniere Jeunesse, Mango, Hachette, etc).

Her poetic tales promote human or environmental values. They are translated into more than 14 languages, studied in schools, and some of them are delivered in the theater.

Roxanne was awarded at the Youth National Poetic Competition when she was 13 years old. Now her books regularly fall into various lists, receive awards not only in France. In 2017, the book "Miyuki, wait!" I got a prestigious Chronos prize.

Roxana conducts master classes on writing texts, such as autobiographies and fairy tales, also works in the field of culture - with museums, media children, conservatory.

Seng Sun Ratanava is an illustrator. Born in Laos, lives in Paris. She graduated from the National Higher School of Fine Arts in Paris (L"Ecole National Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris), regularly participates in art exhibitions.

Japanese art had a strong influence on the work of Seng Sun. She herself says that she loves to use images from the culture of Kawai, from Japanese traditions (geisha, engravings, origami, sushi), as well as urban Tokyo landscapes. One of her favorite techniques is to use the contrast of traditional and modern.

Asya Petrova - a prose writer, translator of French literature, literary critic. She graduated from the philological faculty of St. Petersburg State University and the magistracy of the University of the Sorbonne Paris IV "with a degree in literary criticism.

In 2011, I received the first prize to the "Book" for a collection of stories "wolves on parachutes". Since then, it has been regularly nominated for literary prizes. In 2016, she became the finalist of the “New Children"s Book "Prize to the manuscript of the fairy tale" Dreams for the letter "H" ".

For preschool age.
For reading to adults