Calling Sleep: Kolyskovi, Cradle-Songs, and the Family-Ritual of Ukraine (First Edition)

$12.99

Ukrainian lullabies (kolyskovi), the old words of sleep and slumber, the animal helpers, and the voices of mothers and grandmothers at the cradle. A companion to Healing the Roots.

Description

Ukrainian lullabies, kolyskovi: the old words for the cradle, sleep and slumber as persons, the cat and the doves who help, and the voices of mothers and grandmothers.

Organized by Love, Care and Share, the book reads the cradle as the first school of the family. Folk lullabies are printed in full. Songs and poems still under copyright are described, not reproduced: each has an overview, words to learn and links to performances and lyrics.

  • Folk lullabies printed in full, with words to learn
  • A companion to the CARE+ Anchor volume, Healing the Roots
  • 138 pages; Large accessible type (Atkinson Hyperlegible), tagged PDF with live contents, alt text on every image, portrait pages

Free sample. Read the opening pages before you buy: download the free sample (PDF).

Free updates. Readers who buy this book receive every revised First Edition free: write to sasha@drokacademy.ca.

Teaching it or reviewing it? Instructors, scholars, librarians, Ukrainian schools and community organizations can request a free review copy, and every student in a course that adopts the book receives it free. Write to sasha@drokacademy.ca.

This is a first edition: a first try, shared to start conversations and build community. It gathers what the author found over 21 years of teaching, and each new edition will be better, like each next offering of a course. Corrections and family stories are welcome at sasha@drokacademy.ca, and anyone unhappy with the book receives a full refund.

The author takes no income from this book. Everything after production costs supports the Love, Care, Share Fund.

About the author

Dr. Oleksandr Kondrashov, PhD, MSW, MEd, Founder, DROKACADEMY. Born in Lviv, Ukraine, and in Canada since 2004, he has taught over 7,000 students across five Canadian universities. DROKACADEMY is a healing and writing space, and its motto guides these books: Love. Care. Share.

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