And Then It Happened! (6+)
Ten tales about little things that kids don’t mind and parents can’t stand.
Uncombed hair, unwashed ears, unwiped noses, unbrushed
teeth, untied shoelaces, messy toys, messy eating, tattling—these are things kids don’t even want to hear about. But then something unbelievable
happens, and the naughty kids better be good quick if they want to be nice happy children again! So read carefully! Ten tales about little things that
kids don’t mind and parents can’t stand.
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Ester Stará is a teacher and speech therapist; her stories are based on their inherent morals and
internal power, rather than on preaching explicit values to kids.
Illustrator Martina Matlovičová received her degree at
the University of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava; she has been awarded a number of prestigious Czech and Slovak prizes for her work.
Ester
Stará, ill. Martina Matlovičová | 210 x 235 mm, 56 pp, 2010 | Funny stories | original title: A pak se to stalo
lanugage: CZ
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