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Nadiya Vlasiy, inspired by the illustrations of a book about root children by the German writer of the last century Sibylla von Olfers, wrote a text for a puppet show that parents of the Waldorf school Sophia in Kyiv showed to their first-graders in spring 2013. She created the oil illustrations three years later, in the post-Christmas season, when the earth begins to wake up again in preparation for spring. Currently, Nadiia works as a teacher of mathematics and physics at a Waldorf school in Steffisburg, Switzerland.
Sibylla von Olfers is an art teacher, nun, author and illustrator of children's books. Her name is on a par with the names of Ernst Kreidolph, Kate Greenaway, Elsa Beskow and Ivan Bilibin. Sibylla's work is distinguished by a subtle observation of nature, simple and laconic processing. In her books, she tries to capture the quivering soul of a child, and she succeeds. Sibylla von Olfers's fairy tale «Of the Root Children» («Etwas von den Wurzelkindern», 1906), having carried its essence through a thick layer of time, came to life in another place, in another language, spoke in other words and, seeing itself in new illustrations, opens itself to the world through the pages of this book.