Another Russian children's book about spaceflight, will they never end? This one is about the dreams of a boy and his space toys as they explore the solar system. As usual I have no knowledge of the Russian language so any translations or other hints about the text will be welcome.
It is a 1963 reprint of a 1961 book, 32 pages of imaginative photographs. Here is the Russian text as best as I can copy:
Баруздин С.,
Гортинский В.
Как мы на ракете летали.
Сказка-путешествие.
Фотоиллюстрации В. Гортинского. М.,
Детский мир. 1963г.
32с.,илл.
Мягкий переплет, энциклопедический формат.
My reader's contribute a rough translation:
Baruzdin, S. (Author)
Gortinski, v. (Photos)
How we flew in a rocket
A fairy tale voyage
Photos by V Gortinski
Children's world 1963
32 pages, illustrated
The chief delight is the adventures of these toys:
The Russian flavor is evident all through these books. What is even more interesting to me is how the photographer chose to reproduce certain "iconic" space flight images from earlier books
This image of a round space station with the red star reminds me of many other space station docking illustrations (although I could not find a round space station). Then they go on to the moon.
I have a few more to share from this book later this week.
Part 2 here:
Here's my very rusty translation of the bibliographic data and first page
ReplyDeleteBaruzdin, S. (Author)
Gortinski, v. (Photos)
How we flew in a rocket
A fairy tale voyage
Photos by V Gortinski
Children's world 1963
32 pages, illustrated
Soft cover, encyclopedic format
How we flew in a rocket
A fairy tale voyage
It's the end of a holiday/festival
In the windows, no ________ is seen
What might not happen
After such a good day?
For instance, the toys
Lying together with a flag...
And suddenly beside your own pillow
Becomes a rocket drome
Hi John,
ReplyDeleteLoved your post about the Russian space book for kids. Any idea how I could find a copy today?
Best,
Pablo
10th picture:
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=)
Well, 55 Years since... Maybe someday we'll be able to see someone pick up one of those...
and:
bookmarked, hoping some friendly russian can supply a translation!
Best,
Jens from Hamburg
Is it a dream or not?
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A rocket took off in the air,
Stars can be seen around.
I was read to from books
How rockets fly upwards,
And here it is, weightlessnes!
Now watch out! Hold on!
We got used to it a bit,
And weightlessnes is easy!
Now let's get on with the journey!
Pull on the lever more!
We're flying to distant planets,
And turn on the screen.
Is it Mars I see there?
Or maybe Uranus?
And now, look there!
Is it our Sputnik?
Exits from the hatch,
the space ship crew.
And true, Sputnik under us
flying. And a star on it!
When we return home,
I'll tell mum about it.
Now we're speeding up,
Hold on tight to the wheel!
Faster to the Moon,
Where a Soviet pennant is laying!
The first stop!
I'm turning of the motor.
We're landing nicely,
Next to the moon mountains.
On the curvy moon
Toads
It's not so easy
To go!
A little bit!
And a little bit more!
We need to find,
the pennant.
There it is
familiar, own.
A piece of our Earth
A piece of our home
So far from home!
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ReplyDeleteHere are some better scans of the same book, just found with a bit of googling.
As always, you have managed to bring a great big smile to my face. Thank you.
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