„Duzhe, duzhe dobre” – ukraińskie babcie i ich kanadyjskie wnuczki w książkach obrazkowych
“Duzhe, duzhe dobre” – Ukrainian Babas and Their Canadian Granddaughters in Marion Mutala’s Picturebooks

Summary/Abstract: One of the most significant motifs in English-language literature for children and young adults by Canadian authors of Ukrainian descent is the close relationship between young protagonists and their grandmothers, who serve as guardians of memory and cultural traditions from the “old country.” In numerous novels and picturebooks, grandmothers participate in the collective myth of the “baba,” which emerged in Canada after the Second World War. The baba – Ukrainian for grandmother – became a symbolic founding mother of the Western Prairies and a custodian of tradition, helping younger generations understand themselves as both Canadian and Ukrainian. This article examines the role of the grandmother figure in Marion Mutala’s Baba’s Babushka picturebook series and interprets these multimodal texts as compelling examples of the intergenerational and transcultural transmission of memory.

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