Children’s Books on WWII within the Collective Memory of the Ukrainian Diaspora
Journal: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research
Year: 2021

The article deals with the issue of World War II (WWII) in the books for children by the Ukrainian Diaspora of the twentieth century. Along with other works on WWII theme in world literature, books by Ukrainian Diasporic writers for children and young adults (YA) such as Bodnarchuk's Kladka (Small Bridge), Bryzghun-Shanta's Moia Taiemnytsia (My Secret), Dmytrenko's Mykhailyk, and Tsehelska's Petruseva Povist (Petrusev's Story) depict WWII and its consequences for Ukrainians. I claim that Ukraini