Slovenia
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Prap, Lila (text/illus.)
Pogacnik, Jelka (text)
Zakaj? (Why?)
Ljubljana : Mladinska knjiga, 2002. – [36] p.
(Zbirka zlabudron)
ISBN 86-11-16282-x
Animals – Characteristics
In this picture book, the authors present one particular animal on every
double-page spread and ask a question – which might seem a bit silly at
first – about each: Why does the walrus have a beard? Why does the giraffe
have such a long neck? Why do hyenas laugh? Why does the crocodile cry? Why
does the elephant have a trunk? etc. Apart from a few nonsense answers, these
questions are explained in a way that is both easy to understand and
scientifically well-founded. Thus, this book is more than just a standard
non-fiction book. The witty and simple illustrations drawn with black outlines
provide a realistic picture of the animals portrayed in this varied selection.
(4+)
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Prešeren, France (text)
Peklar, Andreja (illus.)
Turjaška Rozamunda (Rosamund of Turjak)
Ljubljana : Prešernova Druzba, 2003. – [28] p.
(Poezije Franceta Prešerna v besedi in sliki)
ISBN 961-6512-00-5
Middle Ages – Winning the bride – Turkish Wars
With this picture book, the publishing house Prešernova Druzba presents a
newly designed and illustrated edition of a romance by the Romantic author and
most important Slovenian poet France Prešeren (1800-1849). When trying to win
over the beautiful but arrogant Rosamund of Auersperg (Turjak), the Count of
Scharffenberg (Ostrovhar) praises Rosamund’s beauty, which is only surpassed
by that of Leila, the Bosnian pasha’s sister. Rosamund therefore tells him
to kidnap Leila and free a few captured Christians. In Bosnia, however, he
falls in love with the pasha’s sister and brings her home as his bride. As
for Rosamund, she is forced to enter a convent. The book enchants its readers
both with its elegant typographical design and the intensive colours of the
illustrations. (7+)