The Soviet Union in Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Books

A comprehensive guide to children’s and adolescent fiction, traditional literature and biography dealing with the nationalities of the Soviet Union, this bibliography thoroughly annotates 536 books written in or translated into English and published from 1900 to 1990, portraying the lives of Soviet peoples in their homelands or as immigrants in Europe and North America. Sources are grouped according to geographical and political regions and further divided by genres. Annotations include plot summary, literary and artistic analysis, and information about awards; reading levels are noted with the citations. Indexes of author/translator/illustrator, titles and subjects are provided, and the volume introduction surveys Soviet lands and peoples and their history of literature for youth.