Popular fairy tales Armenianized in series of children’s books

PanARMENIAN.Net - Popular fairy tales are Armenianized in five-book series of children’s books - containing “Hagop and the Hairy Giant” (Jack and the Beanstalk), “The Gurabia Man” (The Gingerbread Man), and “Little Red Hood and Kesh Kayl” (Little Red Riding Hood) - available for purchase on Amazon.com or ArmenianKidBooks.com, or from Armenian book retailers across the United States and Canada.

The books are written in Arm-English (English with some Armenian words) and offer a fun way to teach children about Armenian language and culture, in a familiar story setting. A glossary of Armenian words and pronunciation guide is included to help readers learn the meanings of the Armenian words and to pronounce them correctly.

The two last books in the series will be available in fall 2011 and include “The Three Little Karnoogs” (The Three Little Pigs) and “Voski and the Archoogians” (Goldilocks and the Three Bears). All five books are also being published in Western Armenian and will be available for purchase by the holiday season 2011.

The author, Talene Dadian White, is an Armenian American currently living in New York with her husband and two children. Talene’s writing of Armenian children’s books is inspired by her love of her Armenian heritage and her desire to keep it alive in her children and Armenian children everywhere, The Armenian Weekly reported.