Book Description
for The Story Blanket by Ferida Wolff, Harriet May Savitz, and Elena Odriozola
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
The St. Petersburg Library and the St. Petersburg section of IBBY are housed in this nineteenth-century building. It includes a “playing room for children from 3 to 8 years old,” and the rare book division houses approxi mately three thousand rare children’s books and the Pushkiniana collection. There is also a description of the Children’s American Corner.
Originally published by Andersen Press Great Britain, in 2008.
Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World through Children's Books. © USBBY, 2011. Used with permission.
