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silvija šesto
Catch the Blue Bear for me ILLUSTRATED BY vanda čižmek
Extent: 220 x 240 mm, 36 p, Pub Date: 2018
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Catch the Blue Bear for me is a gentle story about growing up, written in a way that children can understand it. Sky, a young boy gets a stuffed toy for his birthday – a blue teddy bear. It is the best teddy bear in the world, but Sky’s mum does not let him take it out of the wrapper. “It will get dusty,” she says. When Sky’s younger cousin comes to visit, she grabs the bear and unwraps it, and Sky is excited to finally get the chance to enjoy his teddy bear. However, Sky’s mum lets the little girl keep the bear.
The injustice that was done has to wait a whole generation until it is undone, when Sky wins a teddy bear from a claw crane and gives it to his son. Read by a child, this book tells a story about a toy and injustice, while adults can see the layers beneath it, and many can recognise themselves in this account of interpersonal relations. Silvija Šesto is an award winning author of many texts for children and adults which have often been adapted for stage. Vanda Čižmek is an illustrator, winner of many national and regional awards for illustration and design. She has presented her work at several exhibitions in and out of the country.
Awards: • Best designed Croatian books in 2018 • “Grigor Vitez” award for the best literary text and best illustrations in 2018
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• Nominated for the regional award “Mali Princ” (The Little Prince)
Marijana KrižAnović
The Magic Calendar ILLUSTRATED BY vanda čižmek
Extent: 165 x 235 mm, 64 p, Pub Date: 2018
The Magic Calendar by Marijana Križnović is a poetry collection dedicated to the months of the year. The verses paint the pictures of nature and the change of seasons.
Marijana Križanović is a teacher of Croatian and English language and literature. She has been published in journals and children’s magazines, and she has authored several children’s books. Ibis grafika published her educational and generously illustrated collection of stories Mara’s Miraculous Adventures in 2017, and the book was presented at the International Children’s Book Fair in Bologna in 2018.
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The collection is a perfect combination of interesting and educational topics which help the younger readers learn through play. The associations are used very cleverly, making it easier for children to learn the months of the year.
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DAVORKA SEMENIĆ PREMEC
Vera’s Adventures ILLUSTRATED BY vanda čižmek
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The series of books about the little girl Vera comprises different stories, each of them tackling a problem that children and their parents face. The stories are written in an elegant style, but they use simple language that children can understand. The charming illustrations fill in the gaps that the text leaves out, and children can find an additional story if they observe them carefully.
Vera’s Adventures
Vera’s Books
Extent: 190 x 210 mm, 24 p, Pub Date: 2018 Vera’s Books is an entertaining story about Vera’s first visit to the library. Through her story, children can learn what the appropriate behaviour in a library is, and what they should avoid doing there. The story explains what a library is and why reading is important. At the end of the book, there is Vera’s “Believe it or not!” guide which explains the basic terms related to the library in a simple way. 4
The author of the stories, Davorka Semenić Premec, works as a librarian at the Zagreb Libraries, and her area of specialization is children’s literature. She is a member of the Croatian Reading Society and she does translation of different programs which promote reading. Vera’s Books is the author’s first published book. Vanda Čižmek is an award-winning illustrator, recognised for her overall contribution in the field of illustrating.
Vera’s Adventures
Vera and Whisker Extent: 220 x 240 mm, 24 p, Pub Date: 2019, October
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This is the second book in the series about the little girl Vera. In this story, Vera visits the eye doctor. She brings her toy along – Whisker the cat. This book also features the “Believe it or not!” section at the end, this time introducing hospital terms.
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NADA HORVAT
Rambledon’s Theatre ILLUSTRATED BY PIKA VONČINA
Extent: 170 x 235 mm, 216 p, Pub Date: 2019 This collection numbers more than a hundred short puppet plays which Nada Horvat has written over the last thirty years.
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The plays range from lyrical dialogues, small parodies and short fairytales to grotesques and original word plays
whose roots can be found in tradition. The plays consist of different components – artistic, literary, musical and interpretative, which contribute to their performativity. Nada Horvat, a writer and translator, has authored many collections of short stories, poems and plays for children, along with around ten picture books and two novels. This collection features a selection from her popular publication from 1987, I want to be Rambledon. The illustrations in this edition are by Pika Vončina, an esteemed illustrator of around sixty children’s books. Several times, she has participated at the Biennale of Illustrations in Bratislava, in the selection of the BIB in Japan, and at the Docet exhibition in Bologna. In 2000, her illustrations were selected for the IBBY Honor List.
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IVA DUŽIĆ
The Prickly Book ILLUSTRATED BY davor schunk
Extent: 160 x 220 mm, 108 p, Pub Date: 2019
The reader sees the world through the eyes of sea urchins, which brings forth the issue of preservation of the natural beauty of the Adriatic. The reader gets to know the importance and beauty of reading through the complex adventures and stories of first love, which may be something they face in everyday life, making the story resonate even better. bodljikava knjiga korice priprema.pdf
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The novel is well suited for the age it was intended for, and it challenges the readers to critically consider life and interpersonal relations. Iva Dužić works as a school librarian. She writes poems for different magazines, she has published one picture book so far, and for her first poetry collection she was awarded the Croatian Children and Youth Writers’ Society award. The book is illustrated by Davor Schunk, designer and illustrator who has illustrated numerous books, picture books, book covers, as well as authored a few graphic novels.
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The novel, written by Iva Dužić, is riddled with humour, stylistically excellent, well balanced and nuanced, making this story a true literary work.
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This short novel for children aged 8 to 11 is situated at the bottom of the Adriatic Sea.
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Bodljikava knjiga ilustrirao Davor Schunk
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DR BADGER
Michael the Pharmacist
ILLUSTRATED BY Valentina Supanz Marinić
Extent: 200 x 250 mm, 32 p, Pub Date: 2019, November behind the 29th day in February in leap year. We cannot guarantee that the explanation is completely scientific (there are still serious discussions about that), but we can assure you it is original.
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Valentina Supanz Marinić graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and she does painting and illustrations.
Michael the Pharmacist (or Why is there 29 days in February?) is a picture book that explains the mystery
Ibis grafika, established in 1994, has always tended to introduce high quality, innovative work of international and domestic authors, for children, but also for adults.
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Dr Badger usually just reads and translates, when he is not teaching some oriental languages at the University of Zagreb. From time to time an idea strikes his head and he puts it on paper.
Target group for our picture books are preschoolers aged 2 and up to early teenagers. Ibis grafika is recognized as a publisher that doesn’t always belong to the mainstream.
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