By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
CSL Journal is pleased to share this video interview with award-winning Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. Thanks to the Brantford Public Library for allowing us to share.
If we believe in the concept of “never again” we cannot simply look away from the war in Ukraine. We need to talk with our kids, and to inspire each person in acts toward good.
As the author of war literature for young people, I have spent my life framing difficult information in a way that’s empowering and respectful. This video was recorded at the request of the Brantford Public Library just as Russia first attacked Ukraine. In the video, I give suggestions on how to talk to kids about war with honesty, accuracy and respect, but in a way that addresses fear and empowers acts of kindness.
Ukrainian-themed books by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is a Canadian author of Ukrainian heritage whose specialty is scrupulously researched narratives about young people plunged in the midst of war and genocide. Her best-known book is Making Bombs for Hitler, winner of the Ontario Silver Birch Award, the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award and the Iowa Teen Award. Her upcoming novel (Sept 6th release, Scholastic) is Winterkill, set in 1930s Soviet Ukraine during the Holodomor, or genocide by starvation. She has a Master of Library Science degree from Western University.