My new books

Valerie Fadeeva How My Body Grows. A Book for Girls Publishing – houses: “AST”, “Astrel”, 2011. Book- cover - hard, Number of pages -  320 ISBN   978-5-17-069455-6, 978-5-271-30134-6 Edition: 5000 Format: 80x108/32 (~125x190 mm)

 “Hello, my dear! You’re not a child anymore but not an adult yet. Your childhood has already finished and your adult’s life didn’t start yet. Your body changes day by day and you start looking like a young woman. I know you are having a hard time now. Cheer up! You’re not alone anymore!

I’ve written this book just for you. It’s about you, about how you’re getting older, how your body and character change, how you’re becoming a wonderful young woman.

A teenagers’ age – is a border between childhood and adults’ life and the more you’ll know about changes which are happening with you the more you’ll be protected from mistakes.

You’ll find answers for your questions even secret ones in this book.

Read and remember: “You’re wonderful! “

 

When a lot of people decide to have a baby they just don’t know how to prepare correctly.

And when a woman becomes pregnant she doesn’t know what to do at that time, what to eat, how long to be up and to sleep, when to go to see a doctor for the 1^st time… She can’t imagine how her life will look and she doesn’t know how her future baby will develop inside of her day by day, month by month. She can be afraid and uncertain. She has more and more questions every day.

You will find answers for many of your questions here. You will enjoy your pregnancy with the help of the book. The author also shares with you about how to take care of your baby from the 1^st minutes of his or her life till 3 years, she helps you to understand what wishes and needs your baby has and what to do to make your baby healthy and happy.

 

	Valerie Fadeeva  1111 First Days of Your Baby’s Life. All about Child Development from Birth to 3 Publishing – houses: AST, Astrel, Poligraphizdat,  2011 Book-cover - hard Number of pages -  368 ISBN   978-5-17-071439-1, 978-5-271-32507-6, 978-5-4215-2243-0 Edition: 7000 Format: 70x90/16 (~170х215 mm)

 

When you come home with your baby you may have a lot of problems you didn’t think about during pregnancy. You may not to know how to hold a baby, how to pick him up, change clothes, swaddle, bath…

You can look at your baby as you would look at an alien. You don’t understand why a baby cries so much, why he doesn’t sleep, what worries him and what things he wants at the moment.

You have more and more new questions every day.

You’ll find answers for many of your questions in this book. You’ll find out

how to take care of your child from the very first minutes of his life and up to three years. The book will help you to understand your child’s needs and wishes and will give you advice what to do to make your child healthy and happy.

Valerie Fadeeva Massage and Gymnastics for Kids from Birth to One Year Publishing – houses: “AST, “Astrel”, “Harvest”, 2011. Book-cover - hard, Number of pages -  48 ISBN   978-5-17-071538-1, 978-5-271-32636-3, 978-985-16-9905-2 Edition: 7000 Format: 70x90/16 (~170 х215 mm)

Of course, you want your child to grow up healthy and harmonious developed. But parents often pay attention to the intellectual and aesthetic education of the child and forget about his physical development!

As a result, these children are sick, they are tired quickly and sometimes they start lagging behind their peers in cognitive development.

Massage and exercises are excellent prevention and treatment of various diseases.

Besides the gentle touch of loving hands soothes your baby, gives

 him a sense of comfort and safety, it’s good for his growth and development.

Everybody can learn how to do massage for their baby and even busiest parents can find some time for massage.

Do not miss the opportunity to improve your children’s health!

 

The parable about donkey in the well

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember four simple rules to be happy:
1) Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
2) Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
3) Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4) Give more.

Wonderful Sayings

There are two ways of living: one is to live as if there are no miracles and another one is to live as everything in our world is miracle.

Albert Einstein

There are a lot of miracles surrounding us. We just should see them in time.

Grigory Alexandrov

If we believe in miracles we live a wonderful life. If we believe that our life has precise restrictions, those imaginable restrictions will become real.

Anthony Robbins

The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.

Gilbert Chesterton

Ability to see miracles in ordinary things is a sign of wisdom.

Ralph Emerson

You’re never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true.

Richard Bach

Of course there’s destiny, but destiny doesn’t push you where you don’t want to go. You’re the ones who choose. Destiny is up to you.

Richard Bach

A goal is a dream which should be fulfilled on the certain date.

Harvi Mackay

Avoid people who try to undermine your faith in possibility to achieve big success in your life. Bad people have this quality.

Mark Twain

 If a person follow his or her dream and wants living the life he or she imagined, success will come to her or him unexpectedly.

Taro

Courage and confidence come when you start doing the things which you think are impossible for you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

You wealth depends on your own decisions.

John Rockefeller

You can think that you can do anything or you can think that you can’t do it – you are right anyway.

Henry Ford

Seeing all Europe for 2 hours!!!

Hello!
I want to tell you about my and my daughter's amazing European trip (June, 2011) today.
It took us only 2 hours to see all the most famous sightseeings of European countries.
How  can it be possible?
We visited a wonderful park Mini-Europe in Brussels!

An orange Turtle met and hugged us at the entrance of the park.
We let photographers take a picture of us.



And we started our way...
By the way, the park started to be build in 1987 and 9 European countries took part in creating it.
There are 350 models from 80 towns there now. All the things are mini-copies of real ones which were made on a scale of  1:25.

OIL RIG

The 1st thing we saw was oil rig.
Energy is of vital importance for the development of the European Union. The petrolium sector represents 46% of overall consumption and 20% of the overall energy production within the European Union.


DENMARK
Then I saw coloured houses of Denmark. And I started smiling

SWEDEN
CITY HALL

At the beginning of 20th century, Stockholm urgently needed a new City Hall. In 1911 they started the construction, and  in 1923 the City Hall was officially inaugurated. The building has been built in a national romantic style. The annual Nobel Banquet on the 10th of December is organized in this beautiful building.

FINLAND
OLAVINLINNA CASTLE
This magnificent castle of Olavinlinna was built in 1475. Its importance lies in its strategic position on the canal linking many lakes.
With its summer opera season, the castle has become an increasingly popular meeting-place for East and West.


LITHUANIA
THE UNIVERSITY OF VILNIUS
The University was founded by the Jesuits in 1579 in the centre of the Old Town close to the Bishops palace. The magnificent Grand Courtyard combines three styles: Renaissance mannerism, Baroque and Classicism. The baroque Observatory Courtyard shows the signs of the Zodiac and Latin inscriptions.

THE NETHERLANDS
MAASTRICHT
It was in Maastricht, the oldest and most southerly town of the Netherlands, that was signed the Treaty of Maastricht, the agreement which is so fundamental to the future of the European Union. The town hall is a typically Dutch building and it was built in the middle of the Seventeenth century.



Holland , the land of water ... and windmills.

BELGIUM
BRUSSELS, THE GRAND PLACE
The Grand Place, which every two years (around the 15th of August) is covered by a magnificent carpet of flowers, os one of the most beautiful squares in Europe.
I visited the place last winter, on Christmas and it was a huge Christmas Tree instead of flowers carpet in the square.

CELLES
VEVES CASTLE
The fairy-tale castle , strategically perched on top of a rock in the valley of the Ry, is an elegant fortress with several towers. The castle was destroyed in 1466 but immediately rebuilt.
The castle is still inhabited by the same family and is still fully furnished today. It gives a good idea of how life must have been in the Middle Ages. Maybe I'll visited it one day...

BRUGES
The TANNERS' SQUARE and its Tanners' Guildhouse (1630) boast beautiful facades. The BELFRY and HALLES bear witness to Bruges' grandeur back in the 13th century. The Halles are built in Gothic style and the interior gallery in Renaissance style. The tower is 83 metre high and it has a bell that was used to warn citizens of any danger.

UNITED KINGDOM
We are listening to a sweet melody. It's Big Ben!


 Suddenly it became so dark and cloudy. Is it usual English weather? 



It's so beautiful. I can't believe the building is made of stone. It's a real stone lace! I can compare it with real Big Ben as I saw it in London. I can say that the model was made very well. 
IRELAND
JUMBO-FERRY
Every day the Pride of Dover links Calais (France) to Dover (Great Britain). It proudly bears the flag of P&O Ferries, the leader for transport on the English Channel and the north Sea. This huge ferry can carry  2290 passengers and it makes up to 27 crossings a day!
FRANCE
THE EIFFEL TOWER
"Mommy, I'm in Paris " - my daughter cries. 

"Yes, I see. " And I also hear  a national anthem of France La Marseillaise

This is a plane we took to fly to Brussels.


PORTUGAL
PORTO
I think the people who live there are very joyfull and nice. Just look at the buildings and you 'll understand why:)

SPAIN
EL ESCORIAL
This building is located 30 miles from Madrid in the mountains, at an altitude of 1000 metres. Philippe II had this royal monastery built to commemorate the defeat of the French troops in 1557 on St. Lawrence's Day. El Escorial has a total of 2600 windows, 1200 doors and 86 staircases.

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is built on the place where the mortal remains of the Apostile Santiago el Mayor were found, and which are still revered today. This Cathedral, together with Rome and Jerusalem, is one of the great holy places of Christianism.
24000 man hours were needed to build this model.
ITALY
PISA
Hold on, please!


We operated  some of the ferries while we were on the coast. We had  to put a coin in a special place. It was fun!


VESUVIUS
The last great eruption was recorded on March, 20 in 1944...
but we pressed the button and made it to do it again!


GERMANY
BERLIN
BRANDENBURG GATES
When  I was in Berlin in 1991 there weren't the gates anymore. They were distroyed and West and East Germany were united. But now I got the possibility to watch the process of destroying the Brandenburger Gates!
 
MAGDEBURG
MILLENIUM TOWER
 The 60 m high Millenium Tower is the highest laminated wood tower in the world. It was built by the Swiss sculptor for the horticultural exhibition of 1999. It's situated in the Elbauenpark.
 this 6 storey high tower is also known as the world tower because of its depiction of 6000 years of the history of man and technology.

GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
LUXEMBOURG
THE PONT ADOLPHE
This bridge was built at the beginning of the 20th century according to a design by the French engineer and named after the Grand Duke. It was the 1st bridge made of natural stone to be built with such a large span (84 m) and is an excellent example of technical skill. It's really beautiful, isn't it?



POLAND
ELTZ CASTLE
Eltz castle, strategically places in the narrow valley of the Eltz, has stood up well to the test of time. This "Ganerbenburg" is a castle that is home to several heirs, each family in a different tower. The stubborness of the knights of Eltz won them the nickname of "ironheads".


CZECH REPUBLIC
PRAGUE
THE ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK
The Astronomical Clock on Prague's Old Town Hall indicates local time, Sumerian time (divided into 12 parts between sunrise and sunset), "Italian hours" (from 0 to 23), the astronomical position of the earth and planets, and the calendar. It was built in 1410. The calendar was added in 1490, the moving statues in the 17th century and the Apostles in 1895.


SLOVAKIA
BRATISLAVA
THE BLUE CHURCH
The Blue Church was built in 1913. Its blue colour, found in the mosaics and majolicas among others make it special. The church is dedicated to St. Elisabeth of Hungary - the daughter of King Andrew II - who was born in Bratislava castle. 

ROMANIA
MOGOSOAIA
This magnificent Byzantine palace was built at the end of 17th century. In the 1920's, this was the home of Marthe Bibesco, one of the most influential women in Romania. Her writings in French earned her the Prize of the Paris Academy and a seat within the Belgian academy.

HUNGARY
BUDAPEST
THE SZECHENYI BATHS
The Szechenyi baths can be found in the Varosliget park in Budapest. The water is drawn from a spring that is 960m deep. 

AUSTRIA
MELK
THE ABBEY
The city of Melk the 1st capital of Austria under the Babenberg dynasty, is known chiefly for its magnificent 18th century abbey. The Abbey has in fact  become the symbol of Austrian Baroque. It's situated on a rocky crag overlooking the Danube, a location which makes it even more majestic.

GREECE
ATHENS
ACROPOLIS
Situated on the highest point in Athens, the Acropolis has dominated the area for centuries now. In the 5th century b. c. , on the initiative of the statesman J.C. Pericles and the famous sculpor Phidias, a national sanctuary was built for the worship of the twelve Greek gods. The Parthenon, dedicated to the city goddess Athena, is a masterpiece of Doric architecture.
 I

I turn around and take the last photo before we leave the park.

Good-bye, mini- Europe!


Nadia is eating vanilla ice-cream by the Atomium. She couldn't refuse of it.