★ Rights sold to China!
★ Umbrellas are common in our lives, but do you really understand them?
★ A book that covers almost everything about umbrellas, allowing you to glimpse thousands of years of human history through this small object.
★ This book takes young readers on a journey through the past and present of umbrellas, showcasing their history and the umbrella cultures of different countries.
★ In addition, the book includes umbrella-related riddles, discoveries, games… all tasks are related to umbrellas, and you'll find the answers on the last page!
★ Winner of the 2022 International Illustration and Book Design Competition!
★ English translation sample available.

You definitely have an umbrella in your home, and maybe a few more, because everyone in the family needs their own umbrella. There is also probably a broken and dusty umbrella somewhere in your home. Nowadays there are many different types of umbrellas: folding umbrellas, automatic umbrellas, huge outdoor umbrellas, parachutes, pet umbrellas!
In today's world umbrellas are such a familiar item that it's hard to imagine how to get around on a rainy day without one. But about two hundred years ago, an umbrella was a precious item that was carefully preserved, and if it broke, people would try to fix it. In the past, umbrellas were only used for protection from the sun, not from the rain. Even earlier, thousands of years ago, only rulers had the pleasure of having such an accessory and walking under an umbrella, it was undignified to appear in public without it, imagine the splendor of this umbrella: bamboo, paper, silk, decorated with paintings, precious stones, feathers!
After reading this book, you will learn the true history of the umbrella. Where umbrellas got their name, who invented them, what they look like in different countries, and even how to make one yourself!Open this book and see how umbrellas have changed our world, and what untold secrets lie behind them.

【Author】Tatiana Panova
Researcher, translator of fiction and non-fiction literature, illustrator. Born in Moscow, graduated from St. Petersburg State University and Moasow Essec School. Currently lives and works in Germany as a freelance illustrator, as well as teaching Yiddish.

CONTENT
2. Preface
4. Sundeck, umbrella or parasol?
6. Dry and not hot
8. Umbrellas in the world
10 Ancient Egyptian Umbrellas
12. Umbrella plants
14. What was invented in ancient China
16. From paper and silk
18. Find all the umbrellas
20. Antique umbrellas
22. DIY
24. Umbrellas in India and neighbors
26. Is it possible to fly on an umbrella?
28. Fairy Umbrellas
30. Japan: umbrellas for all occasions
32. How an umbrella works
34. African umbrellas
36. Country of rains and fogs
38. In the umbrella workshop
40. What umbrellas say
42. Umbrellas posing
44. What can they not come up with!
46. Where do umbrellas go?