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Tales of EUkraine reading at the Brussels Book Fair - A photogallery

On 25 March, a fairy event took place at the Foire du Livre de Bruxelles (Brussels Book Fair), where around 20 Ukrainian children with their families came to listen to the voice of a Ukrainian storyteller, Olga Skyrda, reading and animating four of the five titles published by the Federation of European Publishers and Old Lion Publishing House within the framework of Tales of EUkraine. Charry on top, the Commissioner for Culture, Glenn Micallef , participated in the event and distributed the TEUk books. In this photogallery, you can see some impressions of the event. Photo credits: Foire du Livre de Bruxelles, Aubain Kabore and Mélodie Umulisa. More information on the event, on our blog, here .

Book reading and donations at the Brussels Book Fair with Commissioner for Culture Glenn Micallef and Ambassador Yaroslav Melnyk

Tales of EUkraine was in the spotlight during the opening night of the Brussels Book Fair , on 25 March 2026. We had the pleasure of participating in the opening of the European Commission stand, "Place à l'Europe", where we hosted a reading of Ukrainian books published in bilingual versions (UA-FR and UA-NL) as part of our project. Around 20 Ukrainian children, coming from Brussels, Genk, Liege, and other Belgian cities, gathered to follow the event. Before the reading, the children could spend some time drawing messages that would be sent to Ukrainian libraries, and together with their families, they had the honour to be welcomed at the European stand by Yaroslav Melnyk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium . Ambassador Yaroslav Melnyk and his team with the Ukrainian children at the Brussels Book Fair opening during the TEUk event Following some welcoming words and group pictures, the kids sat around the Ukrainian storytelle...

TEUk event at the Brussels Book Fair opening

A Tales of EUkraine event will take place this year at the Brussels Book Fair (Foire du Livre de Bruxelles). After publishing and distributing almost 300,000 bilingual children's books to Ukrainian children all over Europe, the project, co-funded by Creative Europe, will be among the highlights of this year's opening of the Place à l'Europe, the European Commission stand at the Brussels Book Fair, on 25 March 2026. Olga Skyrda, a Ukrainian storyteller, will read to Ukrainian children based in Belgium two of the five books recently co-published in bilingual versions by the Federation of European Publishers and the Old Lion Publishing House: The Story Told by Zuka and Yakyv and the Wet Evening . After the reading, Glenn Micallef, European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, will officially open the stand and distribute bilingual books to the children.

A message of hope for Ukraine coming from children's books

24 February 2026 marks the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Tales of EUkraine is one of many expressions of solidarity from European publishers towards their Ukrainian colleagues and the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who have sought refuge in Europe during the ongoing war. On this sad anniversary, Tales of EUkraine prefers to look to the future with hope, and it does so with five children's books recently published through our project, thanks to the collaboration between the Federation of European Publishers , coordinator of TEUk, The Old Lion Publishing House (publisher of the five titles) and the Ukrainian printing company Unisoft : Yakyv and the Wet Evening , Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, illustrated by Hrasia Oliyko The Secret Superpower , Slava Svitova, illustrated by Oleksander Shatokhin The Story Told by Zuka , Grasya Oliyko A Ghost That Couldn't Fall Asleep , Natalka Maletych, illustrated by Natala Tchorna Fogi , Oleksander Shatokhin ...

Nearly 90 thousand new bilingual books to reach Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherlands

Tales of EUkraine's mission to distribute bilingual children's books to Ukrainian displaced children has never been limited to the project partner's countries. After Greece , where several thousand books have already been distributed in the previous months, three more countries will benefit from the project: Belgium , France and the Netherlands . At the same time, Ukrainian children in Italy will also receive thousands of new books! This has been possible thanks to an international cooperation between Tales of EUkraine , the Ukrainian Publishing House Old Lion , and the Ukrainian printing facility Unisoft. TEUk and Old Lion coordinated for the production of bilingual versions in Ukrainian-French, Ukrainian-Italian, and Ukrainian-Dutch of five titles: Fogi (original title: Фоґі ); The Story Told by Zhuka (original title: Історія, яку розповіла Жука ); A Ghost who couldn’t fall Asleep (original title: Привид, який не міг заснути ); My Secret Superpower (original title:...

Tales of EUkraine in Frankfurt - A photogallery

Picture: FEP Picture: FEP Tales of EUkraine organised the event " Every Child Deserves Their Own Story " during the Frankfurt Book Fair , on 15 October at 15:00 at the Ukrainian National Stand, which also hosted shelves with bilingual books published during the project. A more detailed report of the event is available on our blog in a dedicated article . On TEUk shelves were present bilingual books in Ukrainian and Bulgarian, Dutch, French, German, Italian, and more. The books were showcased throughout the whole fair as a sign of the impact the project had since its beginning. In this photogallery, we collect a few more impressions of our event. Unless stated otherwise, the pictures were taken by Akim Karpach. Alessandra Luchetti, Deputy Director of the European Education & Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) at the European Commission Dr Viktoriia von Rosen, Chairwoman of the Ukrainian Coordination Centre André Störr, publisher of Friedrich Mauke Verlag Enrico Turrin, Dep...