About the project Tales of EUkraine (TEUk) is an opportunity for European publishers to support their Ukrainian counterparts and to display their solidarity to the most vulnerable victims of the conflict by doing what they do best: publishing books. This project will bring together European and Ukrainian publishers to deliver bilingual children’s books to several communities hosting Ukrainian refugees, fostering integration and mutual understanding. TEUk has built a catalogue of Ukrainian children’s books available for publishers to acquire the rights to and publish them in bilingual editions. The project partners will purchase the part of the print run to be distributed to displaced children and organise its distribution to the Ukrainian refugee communities, whilst publishers will be invited to promote the book to their national communities. TEUk will facilitate the integration of Ukrainian children in their host countries, increase the knowledge of Ukrainian culture across the ...
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 ...