The protagonist of this dystopian YA novel is eighteen-year-old Romani boy Mojmír Demeter. He grew up in an orphanage and trained as a cook. Cooking is his passion and he dreams of his own restaurant. But things turn out differently. As a child, Mojmír would spend his summers in the mountains, in the cottage of…

The year Darek turns fourteen is a year of disaster for him. His mother dies and that turns his whole world upside down, along with that of his disabled little sister, Ema. Shortly afterwards, an economic crisis hits the region and Darek’s father loses his job. Will his dad be able to cope, stop drinking and…

The four stories inside are ideal for all the little restless Diggers out there, all the girls and boys who like to laugh and have fun. This richly illustrated book is great fun to read before bed. You’re sure to have beautiful, funny, electric dreams after reading these stories, which may remind you of classic…

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…

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…