Every little child who has ever ridden on a bicycle with an adult has faced the same problem: the adult sits in front and blocks everything ahead from the view of the child behind him. In Grandpa’s Back Blocks Everything, the author describes this sweet-and-sour experience, telling the story of a grandson taken by his grandfather […]
Two volumes of an exceptional humanistic literary work about the world’s first democratic orphanage. When We Had Wings won Andersen Honor Citation 2014, Lea Goldberg Prize 2013, Dafdaf prize 2012, Israeli Public Libraries Prize, was selected for schooll book list by The Ministry of Education, selected as most beloved book by students for 2014 and 2015, […]
Who of us has not experienced a sting of pain when we thought we were the best at something – and suddenly the crown was passed on to somebody else? Lenny was the forest jumping champion, until Benny arrived on the scene and beat him big time, and Lenny decided that his opponent cheated and […]
“You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bore.” – Neil Gaiman “Boredom allows one to indulge in curiosity.” – Steve Jobs The Most Boring Book In The World delves into one of children’s (and adults) most interesting emotions: boredom. Staring, wondering, yawning, restlessly searching after something to do, resting, falling asleep. What happens […]
“There was once a great shaman who wanted to see what it was like to live the life of all animals, so he let himself be reborn in all kinds of animals. For a time he was a bear; that was a tiring life Then he became a fjord seal; they are ever full of […]
Greenlandic Tales includes four stories drawn from the oral tradition of the Inuit of Greenland. These stories are hundreds of years old, and are rich in magic and enchantment. Each story reflects different facets of Inuit beliefs, values, traditions and ways of life as hunter-gatherers in the unique arctic environment. A brief introduction provides background on […]