Velmi zajímavá kniha s nápaditými ilustracemi Luďka Maňáska pobaví malé i velké čtenáře svými vtipnými a poučnými příběhy. Vypráví, jak to bylo na začátku světa, když byla zvířata ještě divoká - O sloním mláděti, O velrybě, O původu pásovců, Jak dostal velbloud hrb, Proč je levhart skvrnitý, O staříku klokanovi, O krabu, který si hrál s mořem, Jak přišel nosorožec ke své kůži - a lidé žili ještě v jeskyních - O kočce, která chodila sama, Jak byl napsán první dopis, Jak vznikla abeceda - a pokračuje přes příběh O králi Šalamounovi do novější doby.
Often compared to Byron, Keats, Shelley, and Poe, called Lautreamont's "elder brother" by the Czech Surrealists, Karel Hynek Mácha (1810-1836) was the greatest Czech Romantic poet, and arguably the most influential of any poet in the language. May, his epic masterpiece, was published in April 1836, just seven months before his death. Considered the "pearl" of Czech poetry, it is a tale of seduction, revenge, and patricide. A paean as well to nature, the beauty of its music and its innovative use of language, expertly captured in this new translation by Marcela Sulak, has ensured the poem's lasting popularity. Scorned at first by the national revivalists of the 19th century for being "un-Czech," Mácha was held up as a "national" poet by later generations, a fate which the interwar Czech avant-garde, who considered him a precursor, took it upon themselves to reverse.Unlike the other seminal 19th-century European poets, Mácha's work has been largely ignored in English translation. The present volume, the only available in English, provides the original Czech text in parallel and includes a series of illustrations by Jindřich Štyrský specifically created for the poem.
Nejmladší ze tří bratrů dostane jako dědictví po otci pouze kocoura. Mazané zvíře mu však záhy prokáže obrovskou službu. Knížka je vhodná pro děti mladšího školního věku, event. k předčítání těm nejmenším.
Almost everyone knows the cunning, boot-wearing feline who helps a poor miller achieve a life of riches. In this edition of the brothers Grimm fairytale, the classic story is given an added dimension. Because the book can be completely unfolded, its cut-out illustrations can be projected as shadows onto walls and experienced in an entirely new way. Each page reveals another step in the process by which the sly cat changes the future of his master for the better. All of the key scenes are depicted by an image packed with detail and fantasy—the purchase of the boots, the transformation of the evil magician into a mouse, the happy-end castle wedding of the miller and the princess. These illustrations not only give a contemporary look to the 200-year-old narrative, but they can also be transformed into a dancing play of shadows when held in front of a light. In this way, the cut-outs truly make the story come alive for its young readers.
Autor v této knize líčí Řecké báje.
Vždy nové a nové generace se vracejí ke starověkým řeckým bájím a hledají v nich poučení. Příběhy z časů antiky vzrušují a dojímají čtenáře dodnes.
V této knize najdete ty nejznámější i méně známé řecké báje, včetně poutavého příběhu Odysseova návratu, vynalezci Daidalovi, jeho synovi Íkarovi, ale i o Perseovi, nebo strašlivých Gigantech.
Written by classic English author Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories is
considered not only a quintessential children’s book, but one of Kipling’s
best works. Just So Stories is a collection of origin stories, fictional tales
that explain why animals have certain characteristics and other themes akin to
that. Kipling’s book features stories such as “How the Whale Got His Throat,”
or why large whales eat small prey, and “How the Alphabet Was Made,” which
details a young girl and her father inventing an alphabet. Beautifully written
and packed-full of illustrations, Just So Stories is the perfect combination
of education and fun to get kids to love reading.
