Who are the Armenians? 2nd Edition
TITLE
Who are the Armenians? 2nd Edition
AUTHOR NAME 1
Susan Paul Pattie
AUTHOR NAME ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 1
EDITOR
with Gagik Stepan Sarkissian and Maral Kerovpyan
PUBLICATION YEAR
2014
PUBLICATION COUNTRY
United Kingdom
PUBLISHING ORGANISATION
Armenian Institute
EXTRA INFO
Armenian Institute, London. The Armenian Insitute is a registered British charity (no. 1088410).
LANGUAGE 1
English
GENRE 1
Arts & Culture
GENRE 2
History
NR OF PAGES
56
KEYWORDS
Armenian
,
music
,
History
,
Youth
CITATION
Susan Paul Pattie. Who are the Armenians? 2nd Edition. London: Armenian Institute, 2014.
IS A TRANSLATION
No
FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback with ISBN
ISBN NUMBER
978-0-9543609-5-5
PUBLISHED BY
Armenian Institute
PUBLICATION CITY
London
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
"A Fascinating guide for both children and adults to learn about the Armenian people." Includes a CD with "songs, poems, dance music and spoken words."
GENERAL COMMENTS
From the back cover: "Who are the Armenians? is a fascinating guide for both children and adults to learn about the Armenian people. Aimed at children aged 5-12, the book brings the 3000-year-old Armenian history and culture to life through folktales, language, food, religion, music, dance, art, poetry, sports and games. The book includes information about the Republic of Armenia and explains how Armenians have made homes all over the world. Who are the Armenians? presents the lives of children in Armenia and diaspora countries showing how they live today. A CD is included with songs, poems, dance music and spoken words."
Back Cover with AI logo and three photographs: "Armenian Institute Komitas Workshop" (Hratch Tchilingarian); "Kaladuran, Syria" (Shushan Kerovpyan); "The Church of the Holy Cross on the island of Akhtamar" (Mark Grigoryan)
Dedication page with two pictures: one of a group of children on a see-saw and the other the Armenian monastery. "An Introduction for Young Armenians"
Title page with photograph, "Children from Korean Valley Kindergarten in Northern Yerevan, Armenia" (Rouben Galichian). With AI logo
Table of contents with "Khosrov Nature Reserve, Armenia" (Vanessa Galbraith)
A second Table of Contents for the accompanying CD. "On the CD," Introduced by Noemi Stepan-Sarkissian. With drawings of children.
Page 18, "Language." Includes examples of "trchnakir," including "Bird letter illustrations" by Astghik Vardanyan and a photograph of "Stepan with his bird letters"
Page 19, continuation of section on "Language." Includes manuscript page with illumination reproduction, "Jesus and the Children. Handwritten and illustrated Bible" (Matenadaran, Yerevan)
Accompanying CD, "How to Dance the Tamzara" by Shakeh Major Tchilingarian