Children’s Fiction

Nastia Muzychenko
Six stories about the fate of
Age 7+ various animals, dogs and cats,
that ended up in a shelter
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Nastia Muzychenko
The Rescued Tails
The shaggy cat Borysiuk lives in the Exhibition Centre
in Kyiv in the ice arena. One morning he discovers that
volunteers have set up a temporary shelter in a nearby
pavilion for animals that were evacuated from the
territory that had just been liberated from the Russian
occupiers. Of course, Borysiuk goes to get acquainted
with them — and the history of animals rescued from
the epicenter of hostilities opens up to him.
These stories, based on real events, are deeply
moving, and at the same time cause a soft and warm
smile in order to move, but not traumatize, the little
reader.
Nastia Muzychenko is a writer, critic and
reviewer of children’s and teenage literature,
methodologist of the children’s reading
laboratory at the Small Academy of Sciences
of Ukraine, expert and organizer of book
events at “BaraBooka. The Space of Ukrainian
Children’s Books”.
In 2019, she made her debut as a writer with
the picture book “Dreams for the Couch”. In
the same year, she won the literary
competition “Write a book about me” with the
manuscript “Lost in the Camp”, that in 2021
was shortlisted for the book award “Espresso.
Readers’ Choice”. In 2022, she published a
book for children about the history of the
Ukrainian railway, “History on the 14th Track”.
She dreams that every animal from the shelter
will meet its Human.

ISBN: 978-966-10-8680-6
48 pages
Hardcover
Illustrated by Maryna Shuturma
 Synopsis

#stories_about_animals
#russian_war
#volonteers
#responsible_animal_care

A moving story about animals that found themselves at the epicenter of war events and were evacuated by
volunteers to a temporary shelter in Kyiv. Not only people lose their homes and loved ones in the war with
Russia, but animals suffer too. The story consists of six chapters, each of which tells the story of the life and
rescue of one "tail", cat or dog. The chapters are united by a common character - a self-sufficient and free-
spirited cat Borysiuk, who lives next to a temporary shelter. Having learned about new neighbors, the cat
comes to the evacuated dogs and cats, listens to their stories, and supports them, trying to accommodate them
in new families. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny stories about animals are evidence of the invincibility and
strength of people who were close to them, took care of them, and eventually saved them. In each chapter,
socially important topics are discussed especially those related to responsible animal care.
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«The Rescued Tales» Nastia Muzyсhenko

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