Milan Petek Levokov:

The Adventures of Krištof the Ant

Age Group, 5-8 years

Illustrations: Nina Lovišček

Publication year: 2009

Format: 12.8 x 19.8 cm

Pages: 48

Binding: Hardcover

Price: 16.50 EUR

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The Adventures of Krištof the Ant is a collection of eight animal stories whose main hero is the little ant Krištof, who lives in a big anthill at the edge of the forest together with thousands of other black ants. He differs from his friends in that he is extremely curious and in this curiosity also very brave. Krištof conquers new worlds when he crosses the Big Water (a pond) on a tree leaf and discovers that the world is round like a pumpkin, and when he travels on the wings of a butterfly and discovers an even bigger anthill on the other side of the forest (a city of people).

These stories about Krištof are suitable reading for young children when their micro world (the home) begins to expand outward to the bigger world (where does the sun set, how high is the moon, what is on the other side of the forest, are there other anthills?).

The author

Milan Petek Levokov (1960), a judge by profession, writes prose for adults as well as for children and young people.

Vinko Möderndorfer:

When I Go to Bed

Age Group, 5-8 years

Illustrations: Izar Lunaček

Year of publication: 2007

Format: 12.8 x 19.8 cm

Pages: 60

Binding: hardcover

Price: out of print

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The poems in the collection When I Go to Bed are about all the things that usually both burden and bring joy to a child’s life: about games and absent-mindedness, about overcoming boredom and about difficulties cleaning your room, about keeping your nose clean and brotherly love, and of course about first love, about fleeting thoughts, dreams, and desires, about the most frightening of fears, about promises, the truth, and paths to an unknown future. Many different poetic forms appear in the book: from playful counting rhymes to tender love poems and deep meditations to lullabies, among them some verses worthy of an anthology.

The author

Vinko Möderndorfer (1958) is one of Slovenia’s most prolific and recognized writers, poets, and dramatists, and a successful theatre and film director.

Borut Gombač:

Someone from the Dust Bin

Age Group, 8-11 years

Illustrations and design: Didi Šenekar

Year of publication: 2008

Format: 16 x 23.5 cm

Pages: 44

Binding: hardcover

Price: 17.50 EUR

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Someone from the Dust Bin is a collection of lyrical and epic poems which relate the tales of a shopping trolley gone wild, a little man who lives in the traffic signal who doesn’t want to give a green light to pedestrians, a football which becomes so heavy that none of the players can move it, a boy playing basketball who falls into a dust bin… All the poems play with verses and the form of a ballad in original ways, have exciting plots, and reach their climax in the transition to a purely imaginative series of events, and come to a peaceful and happy ending.

The author

Borut Gombač (1962) is a poet, writer, and dramatist who in recent years has ranked in the “first league” of Slovenian children’s authors. He stands out from other writers in that each new book of his is completely original and different.

Blaž Lukan:

Wild Creatures from Resia

Age Group, 5-8 years, 8-11 years

Illustrations: Breda Varl

Year of publication: 2005

Format: 13.4 x 20.4 cm

Pages: 44

Binding: paperback with flaps

Price: out of print

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In the Puppet Theatre collection we publish dramatic texts for children which are accompanied by instructions for making puppets and staging performances with them.

Wild Creatures from Resia is a collection of animal stories from the Alpine valley of Resia (Val Resia) in northeastern Italy, inhabited by Slovenes who speak a most unusual Slovene dialect. These stories can be considered one of the best chapters from Slovenian oral literature for children. Dramaturge Blaž Lukan has selected four and turned them into surprisingly fresh short plays about cunning and honesty, fear and courage, laziness and diligence, stupidity and cleverness, in which even the positive traits come under threat and appear uncertain.

The songs are accompanied by musical notation from composer Boris Rošker, while guidelines for staging puppet shows are provided by Breda Varl.

The author

Blaž Lukan (1955) is involved in theatre at both the theoretical and practical levels. He is one of the most highly respected theatre critics in Slovenia and lecturer in practical dramaturgy at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana.