A charming rhyming story about a little girl named Annie who has curly hair and wants nothing more than for it to be straight. One morning, Annie refuses to go to school because her classmates have been teasing her for not having hair like theirs. After sending her mother on quite the wild goose chase, we follow Annie on an adventure to a hair salon, where she quickly learns just how lucky she is to have such unique hair. Your child will learn about positive self-esteem and finding the confidence to stand up to bullies in this adorable tale you will love without fail.

This annotated edition of ?Bronka? introduces students of Russian to a profoundly moving story by Ludmila Ulitskaya, one of Russia?s most important contemporary novelists and short story writers. Ulitskaya?s elegant prose, and her detailed descriptions of everyday life, makes ?Bronka? an excellent literary text for students of Russian language, literature, and culture.This reader is intended primarily for intermediate and advanced students of Russian. It presumes knowledge of basic vocabulary, and a generally good foundation in Russian grammar. Includes questions for discussion, grammar exercises, and a comprehensive glossary.

Annotated reader with three stories by Lyudmila Ulitskaya includes exercises, assignments, and a full glossary.

Introducing our new textbook, Road to Russia, the course for beginning students. It is a completely revised and updated edition of original Russian course Road to Russia. It is written specifically for North American students and is ideally suited for use in undergraduate courses, high schools, and adult education courses. The course consists of 15 chapter (about 150 academic hours total). All chapters contain clear, concise grammatical and cultural explanations, along with a comprehensive vocabulary. High quality audio recordings will improve students? listening and pronunciation skills, and translation exercises at the end of each chapter will strengthen their writing abilities. By the end of the course, the students are expected to have progressed to the Low-Intermediate level of proficiency (ACTFL).

This is a parallel-text edition of 'Bronka,' a short story by Ludmila Ulitskaya, one of contemporary Russia's most popular and internationally acclaimed authors. First published in 1989, the story depicts the childhood and youth of Bronka, the eponymous heroine, who lives with her mother in a drab communal apartment in a rundown Moscow neighborhood in the years following the Second World War. To make ends meet, Bronka's mother works as a cleaning woman from morning till night, while her teenage daughter is left to fend for herself. Faced with crowded living quarters, boorish neighbors, and the bleak realities of post-war urban life in Moscow, Bronka takes an unconventional path to find emotional connection, and ultimately love and fulfillment. 'Bronka' is an extraordinary tale, written in elegant prose, and its depiction of everyday life makes this an excellent literary text for students of Russian language, literature, and culture.

About That Which Did Not Happen, an annotated Russian reader, is intended for low-intermediate and intermediate level students of Russian (B1-B2, TRKI I-II). The story is a dynamic narrative by the well-known author Victoria Tokareva about one doctor's lifelong dream to own a tiger. Tokareva masterfully portrays how Dima's dream dictates his inner world and dealings with the people around him. Through allusion, parody, and repetition, Tokareva examines the challenge of believing in dreams and aspirations in the modern world. The story will definitely engage learners as they master grammatical and lexical structures. The reader can be used as a supplement to language courses or by learners who study independently.