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Mój tato został gwiazdą. Tanatos w ukraińskiej książce obrazkowej

2019, Slavica Wratislaviensia

https://doi.org/10.19195/0137-1150.168.16

After the Euromaidan Revolution, war and death became major topics in many books for children and young adults. The main focus of the article is the representation of death and loss in Halyna Kyrpa’s picturebook Мій тато став зіркою (illustrated by Oksana Bula). After losing her father, the nameless protagonist struggles to understand war and death. The author argues that the genre of the picturebook and the first-person narrative make the story more comprehensible for young readers who can see the protagonist’s maturation.