Slovakia
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Hevier, Daniel (text/illus.)
Pät’ka z nudy
(Grade A in boredom) Bratislava : Mladé Letá, 2005. – 167 p.
ISBN 80-10-00828-1
Child – Everyday life
With this book, highly popular Slovakian author Daniel Hevier once again offers a dazzling display of wit and imagination. The short stories, poems, verse narrations, and fairy tales of this collection tackle issues that interest children, both from the real world around us and from the imaginary world. Hevier covers topics as diverse as computers, bacteria and viruses, animals in the city and in the wild, boxing gloves, ghosts and dragons, Bart Simpson, the German television Detective Chief Inspector Derrick, or black sheep. He warns his readers about horoscopes and violence, and even includes a list of swear words. The simple, yet witty and felicitous illustrations are also created
by the author. (8+)
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Regitko, Miroslav (illus.)
Poletíme za dúhou : poviedky pre deti a mládež ; 1. ročník
(Let us fly along the rainbow : stories for children and young adults ; 1st year)
Bratislava : Perfekt, 2005. – 130 p.
(Fifikova knižnica; 3)
ISBN 80-8046-317-4
Story – Anthology
This anthology is the result of a project initiated by the publishing house Perfekt. Pupils from primary schools in Bratislava and Prešov selected 26 of the submitted tales for this book, some of them written by well-known authors, others by first timers. The thematic frame for the competition was established by an anti-drug-campaign, which also enabled the printing of this volume. The tales, whether they are amusing or serious, mainly deal with common problems of children such as mobbing, loneliness, the ability to spend one’s spare time in a useful way, or the grief about a pet’s death, but also with more specific issues such as the relationship between Slovakians and the minority group of Roma people. (7+)
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Sliacky, Ondrej (text)
Kellenberger, Martin (illus.)
Slovenské obrázkové povesti (Slovakian legends in pictures)
Martin : Vyd. Matice Slovenskej,
2005. – 79 p.
ISBN 80-89208-10-X
Slovakia – Legend
This volume includes both traditional legends and legends connected to actual historical events. It features a wide range of protagonists and events such as evil landlords, knights, fairies, water sprites, and the devil; the Slovaks’ fights against Eurasian Avars, Tatars, and Turks; and the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus, who is highly popular and often praised. Each legend is told as a picture story on two pages with just a few words of text. Although the overall layout of the tales resembles that of a comic strip, the illustrations are coloured drawings of a more traditional style created by the renowned Slovakian painter and illustrator Martin Kellenberger. (8+)