Wilhelm, the Hedgehog

Tanya Stus is a child psychologist and the author of about two dozen fiction and educational books for children and adolescents. Born into a "teacher's dynasty" with almost 400 years of combined pedagogical experience, she is the Head of the Children's Reading Laboratory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, founder of "BaraBooka: The space of the Ukrainian children's book", and editor-in-chief of the children's publishing house Small Academy. As well, she is the author of creative writing programs for children and adolescents, and a public activist for the promotion of children's and adolescent reading and the reform of school literary education.