★Rights sold to China!
★Won 2022 International illusrtration and book design competition diploma!
★The umbrella, a familiar object, may tell us amazing stories! Stories of the umbrella in pictures and activities for curious children!
★This book takes young readers on a journey through the past and present lives of umbrellas to see the history of umbrellas and the culture of umbrellas around the world.
★In addition, there are riddles, discoveries, and games related to umbrellas in the book. All the tasks are related to umbrellas, and you will find the answers on the last page!
★English translation 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!

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 and working with Jewish cultural organizations.

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?