Book Mick's Book. Lauris Gundars

Latvia was occupied three times during the mid-twentieth century. The Soviet Union invaded in 1940, Nazi Germany a year later, expelling the Red Army, and in 1945 Soviet forces returned, sealing Latvia off from the rest of the world until 1991. All three occupations involved terror, arrests, and brutal murders of its citizens. Thousands were deported to the far corners of the Soviet Union, to Siberia. The land and people of Latvia were devastated. And all this happened just 20 years after Latvia declared independence, which brought hope and growth.

Can someone whose home has been destroyed, whose legs are not designed for a long journey, whose mouth does not make a sound, and whose only shining eyes shine, be saved? No? However, Mick the bear was saved, he endured. He was forced to plunge into the most terrible darkness in the world, to endure the most unbearable cold, to find himself deep in the forest, where bullets whistle - but he did not disappear, he did not die. Because Mick knows: there is someone who thinks about him, remembers him. There is someone who loves Mick, loves him very much. Ieva loves Mick.

And Latvia loves Mika. And Mika loves Latvia. His ethnic homeland. — Lauris Gundars

This book was published with the support of the Latvian Literature platform. This book was published with the support of the Latvian Literature platform

This book is a supplement to the exhibition of the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia for visitors with children.

Characteristics

Age / 6-12 years
Author / Lauris Gundars
Illustrator / Elina Elere
Publishing house / Black Sheep
Product type / Paper book
Number of pages / 24
Cover / Paperback
Year of publication / 2024
Illustrations / black and white
Translator / Lina Melnyk
Language / Ukrainian
Size / 210 x 145 x 4 mm
Weight / 145 g
Article / 1456589
ISBN / 9786176144458