Translations from German at the contemporary market of children’s books in Russia: trends, names, ideas

Abstract

The review presents general statistics of publications of works by German-speaking authors for children in the 21st century in Russia; the main tendencies associated with modern ideas about the «actual» children’s book are noted; the most popular authors and the most demanded translators are presented; the types of publications, as well as the ideological, thematic and genre features of the works that have found themselves in the circle of attention of current publishers in Russia have been identified.