The King of the Cats

Pavel Šrut has taken inspiration from gatherers of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh stories to create a unique collection of fairy tales, which he tells children of his country in his very own way using echoes of Czech fairy tales that he heard in his childhood. With a variety of tales about animals and all…

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The Coat and the Handbag

The coat and the handbag have liked each other since they first met on the bus. But their ways part. The handbag involuntarily turns into a bird’s nest and together with the mother bird she looks after the chicks until they are fledged. The coat is found on the river quay by a fisherman, who puts…

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My Name is Martina, I am a Bulimic

One of the most prominent Czech children’s books authors, Ivona Březinová, deals with these questions in a very authentic and sensitive way. In her trilogy she tells three stories of girls affected by pathological addiction: Ester—a gambler, Alice—a drug addict, Martina—a bulimic. In each of the books the plot develops in two time lines; the…

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My Name is Alice, I am a Drug Addict

One of the most prominent Czech children’s books authors, Ivona Březinová, deals with these questions in a very authentic and sensitive way. In her trilogy she tells three stories of girls affected by pathological addiction: Ester—a gambler, Alice—a drug addict, Martina—a bulimic. In each of the books the plot develops in two time lines; the…

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My Name is Ester. I am a Gambler

One of the most prominent Czech children’s books authors, Ivona Březinová, deals with these questions in a very authentic and sensitive way. In her trilogy she tells three stories of girls affected by pathological addiction: Ester—a gambler, Alice—a drug addict, Martina—a bulimic. In each of the books the plot develops in two time lines; the…

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Veronica and Grandpa Coconut

Six-year-old Veronika lives in a perfectly ordinary family – with her parents and Grandma Agatha, who loves to spoil Veronika and her best friend Lukas with delicious cakes. There is nothing that Veronika misses – apart from a grandpa. And believe it or not, on Christmas Day, a package containing the strangest and most amusing…

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H2O and the Shepherds of Dreams

In the third episode of the H2O series, the three friends fly in a corrugated iron car and grapple with a mysterious puzzle, which is hidden in dreams.

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H2O and the Treasure of the Mad Eye

In this episode, the three friends have to deal with the sly criminal Professor Vulpes again, who works with tricky tricks—this time in order to rob the central bank. Petrified objects that one of Vulpes‘ cronies sells at a flea market set the trio on the trail. Hugo, Hubert and Ophelia discover underground rooms, where…

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H2O and the Secret Water Mission

H2O is not only the chemical formula of water, it is also the name of a secret club founded by three schoolchildren: Hugo, Hubert and Ophelia—two H and one O. But what about their secret? Hubert is a born inventor and he accidentally succeeds in constructing a miniaturizer from his mom’s old hairdryer. So the three…

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Roches and Jinks

Roches and Jinks are funny shaggy-haired characters looking like a cross between lovable scamps playing hooky and layabouts frequenting a dirty railway station snack-bar. Roches, a tall, skinny guy, and Jinks, a small, plump girl, are definitely not your typical good guy types. Before they meet, Jinks just sits on a sidewalk, counting cars passing…

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