Where your language
comes alive in stories
BukvaLand is a book club for multilingual families in British Columbia. We gather the best Russian children's books so that bedtime reading stays a warm tradition and your native language stays alive and loved.
Hi! I'm Bukvik, the keeper of BukvaLand. Several languages live in my head too. Sometimes the Russian word you need hides somewhere — but I know just where to look for it. In a good story! Shall we find it together?
new arrivals
Fresh off the shelf
Один день в аэропорту
Котёнок Шмяк. Давай играть!
Один день на почте
Спокойной ночи, Шмяк!
Один день на поезде
Котёнок Шмяк на фабрике мороженого
Один день с врачом
Котёнок Шмяк печёт торт
Один день на стройке
Котёнок Шмяк и утёнок, который не крякал
Один день в автомастерской
Котёнок Шмяк и мышки-братишки
Один день на пожарной станции
Котёнок Шмяк, пой не бойся
Один день в аэропорту
Котёнок Шмяк. Давай играть!
Один день на почте
Спокойной ночи, Шмяк!
Один день на поезде
Котёнок Шмяк на фабрике мороженого
Один день с врачом
Котёнок Шмяк печёт торт
Один день на стройке
Котёнок Шмяк и утёнок, который не крякал
Один день в автомастерской
Котёнок Шмяк и мышки-братишки
Один день на пожарной станции
Котёнок Шмяк, пой не бойся
the club's legend
Bukvik's Story
The land where words live
They say that somewhere between the pages of favorite books there's a small country — BukvaLand. It's home to stories parents remember from their own childhood, brand-new tales, funny characters, and thousands of words. Some words are spoken every day, while others slowly grow quiet if no one says them for a long time.
How Bukvik came to be
One day, a small blue letter fell out of an old book. It rolled between the pages, caught on a fluffy tail — and suddenly, out of a little cloud of book dust, appeared an unusual blue creature in round yellow glasses. That's how Bukvik came to be.
Ever since, he's been the keeper of BukvaLand. His favorite detail is the yellow bandana with the letter B. For Bukvik, it's not just a letter: B stands for both Bukva and Bilingual at once — a letter that lives in two alphabets at the same time. That's probably why he understands so well what it's like for kids growing up with more than one language.
No one knows for sure what he is — a fox cub, a kitten, or an entirely new kind of book creature. Bukvik himself just smiles when you ask.
The Keeper of BukvaLand
Bukvik watches over words especially closely. When a Russian word starts to be forgotten, he finds the book where it's hiding, opens it to the right page — and gives the word back to the children.
He knows that reading in Russian isn't always easy. So Bukvik never says, "You should already know this." Instead, he says: “Let's find out together!”
Treasure-words
More than anything, Bukvik loves settling in with a book in the coziest corner, studying the illustrations, hunting for funny words, and listening to parents read aloud to their kids. And he especially loves it when a child comes across an unfamiliar word and asks, "What does this mean?" For Bukvik, that's a small victory. He keeps a special collection — treasure-words.
But BukvaLand's most precious treasure isn't its books.
It's the moment a child opens a book in Russian and discovers that the language isn't just lessons and rules.
You can laugh in it. Dream in it. Marvel at things in it. Read it before bed. And feel at home in it.
So every time a new book lands in a young reader's hands, Bukvik adjusts his yellow glasses and beams:
another story just found its child. 💛
join us
Become a BukvaLand club member
A one-time refundable deposit, a membership number — and access to the whole library for your kids.