A new picture book with 100 brand new puzzles! Written in large print, they are a cute first read.
When moms and dads read them, even younger children are happy to guess, as they are written in modern parables and descriptions that are close to children and understandable to them. Deciphering the poetically twisted questions about animals, nature and concepts is facilitated and complemented by the beautiful illustrations of our renowned illustrator. - Illustrated by Jelka Reichman. 3+
"A child aged 3 to 4 responds well to logical reasoning, so let's include in the conversation the treatment of simple problems, ask questions and riddles, indicate possibilities and solutions. Let's discuss with him every step of the question. ... that way he will get the feeling that he has made his own decision." - Miriam Stoppard, What My Child Can Do
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Anja Štefan (1969) is a writer, poet and storyteller. She graduated in Slovenian and English literature at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, and holds a master's degree in folklore studies. She works as an independent artist. She writes poems, fairy tales and riddles, and also presents her texts in plays and literary performances. She is the pioneer of professional storytelling in our country (since 1995) and the founder of the storytelling festival Pravljice danes (1998). She led it for two decades. She is also involved in researching Slovenian storytelling tradition, especially that collected by Dr. Milko Matičetov.
She brought numerous folk tales to life with publications in the magazines Ciciban and Cicido, picture books (Zlato kralja Matjaža, Trije prašički, Hudičeva volna, Od lintverna …) and book selections (Čudežni mlinček, Za devetimi gorami, Zverinice, pozdravljene!), in 2019, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Matičetov, and in the anthology Tristo zajcev, the most beautiful Slovenian folk tales from the legacy of Milko Matičetov. In 2010, she prepared the first thorough monographic presentation of the folk storyteller and his repertoire in the book Anton Dremelj - Resnik. In collaboration with the best Slovenian illustrators, she published a series of original picture books. The most famous are Lonček na pike, Bobek in barčica, Sto ugank, Gugalnica za vse, Melje, melje mlinček …
AWARDS:
- 2001 - Levstik Award for Melje, a millstone grinds
- 2006 - Growing up with a book for a book Bobek and the Little Boat
- 2007 - Original Slovenian picture book for Sto ugank
- 2007 - Levstik Award for A Corner at the End of the World
- 2008 - Ljubljana reads for Hundred Puzzles
- 2010 - Ljubljana reads for Lonček na pike
- 2010 - Vespers for Crumbs from Mouse Valley
- 2019 - Levstik Award for Crumbs from the Mouse Valley
