Lullaby for Vivian

LULLABY FOR VIVIAN

Ashis Gupta Alexiev Gandman

Copyright (c) Bayeux Arts, 2022

Publication: July 2022

Published in Canada by Bayeux Arts Digital - Traditional Publishing 2403, 510 6th Avenue, S.E. Calgary, Canada T2G 1L7 www.bayeux.com

Cover design by Alexiev Gandman

Book design by Alexiev Gandman

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Lullaby for Vivian / lyrics by Ashis Gupta ; illustrated by Alexiev Gandman. Names: Gupta, Ashis, 1940- author. | Gandman, Alexiev, 1969- illustrator. Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20220253234 | Canadiana (ebook) 20220253978 | ISBN 9781988440880 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781988440910 (HTML)

Classification: LCC PS8613.U68 L85 2022 | DDC C811/.6—dc23

The ongoing publishing activities of Bayeux Arts Digital - Traditional Publishing under its varied imprints are supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Alberta, Alberta Multimedia Development Fund, and the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program.

LULLABY FOR VIVIAN

Ashis Gupta Alexiev Gandman

Dedicated

Lullaby for Vivian Lyrics by Ashis Gupta Illustrated by Alexiev Gandman

to the spirit of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy And the indomitable courage of the Ukrainian People

Sleep, little Vivian, in your father’s arms.

Sleep in peace, imagine, dream.

Imagine the rumblings we hear no more than Distant thunder muffling a mother’s scream.

Sleep little Vivian, dream to my lullaby.

Take wings, fly with me to the sky.

Where Santa rests from Christmas chores, And reindeer munch tender shoots up high.