Text: Renata Piątkowska
Illustrations: Maciej Szymanowicz
7+
64 pages
Hardcover
16,5 x 23,5 cm
(Literatura)
Rights sold: Lithuania
Smiley, eager to play and to sing hits by Justin Bieber – this is the Malala we meet. The only thing that distinguishes her from her friends is that she doesn’t cover her face with a scarf. Is that a good reason to shoot a teenage girl in the face? It soon becomes clear that Malala is no ordinary teenager, but a blogger who – by describing the state of education for girls in Pakistan – exposed herself to the Taliban.
A touching story about the strength that lies dormant in each one of us and how we should fight to help those who are weaker than us. Malala has proven that just one brave person is enough to inspire multitudes.
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HOW MR. GIRAFFE ESCAPED THE WAR
Text: Rafał Witek
Illustrations: Janna Rusinek
8+
40 pages
Hardcover
16,5 x 23,5 cm
(Literatura)
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In 2014, Mr. Vasyl and Mrs. Marianna’s family was separated by war. Marianna with the children found themselves in western Ukraine, while Vasyl remained in the east. To reunite with his wife and children, he had to overcome over 800 kilometres. But how to do that when roads are destroyed, communication is down, and enemy patrols are everywhere? Maybe… by bicycle? Read how Mr. Vasyl made out and what Mr. Giraffe has to do with it. This is a true story.
AMELKA’S STRENGTH
Text: Barbara Gawryluk
Illustrations: Aleksandra Krzanowska
9+
48 pages
Hardcover
16,5 x 23,5 cm
(Literatura)
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You probably came across little Amelka singing in the shelter from videos circulating on the internet. The girl has become a symbol for all the children in Ukraine whose childhood is taken away by war.
Amelka, like thousands of Ukrainian children, had to flee from bombs, explosions, and tanks entering cities and towns. She found her new home in Poland, where she goes to school, develops her talents, sings, and paints. Perhaps there are new students in your class too? Probably, in the beginning, it was challenging to communicate with them. It’s a complicated situation for all of us, adults and children. The most important thing is for the new friends to feel safe here.
Just like Amelka, a girl whose strength softens people’s hearts.
ALL OF MY MOMS
Text: Beata Piątkowska
Illustrations: Maciej Szymanowicz
8+
48 pages
Hardcover
16,5 x 23,5 cm
(Literatura)
Rights sold: France, Italy
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Szymon is afraid to live in a walled ghetto and he doesn’t want to wear the Star of Dawid on his arm. He misses his house, the radio with a green eye, his dad… One day, sister Jolanta knocks on their door and urges his mum to give Szymon away, so that he may be safe on the other side of the wall.
Years later, Szymon Bauman learns that sister Jolanta’s real name is Irena Sendler and that many other Jewish children were saved from genocide. Could evil be resisted more beautifully?
KARIM’S CAT AND PICTURES
Text: Liliana Bardijewska
Illustrations: Anna Sędziwy
8+
88 pages
Hardcover
16,5 x 23,5 cm
(Literatura)
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Being Karim’s cat is not easy. You have to cross the sea, climb the highest mountain, and travel halfway around the world. You have to be smart and brave. That’s exactly what Biss, Karim’s cat, is like. And who is Karim? He is a Syrian boy fleeing war with a little kitten in his pocket. When they reach Europe, Biss will experience many funny adventures. Here, he will also meet new friends – Akysz the mouse, Klucha the fly, and Migmig the hamster, to whom he will tell about his extraordinary journey. And Karim will paint it on seven pictures.
LITTLE JOANNA
Text: Joanna Papuzińska
Illustrations: Maciej Szymanowicz
7+
48 pages
Hardcover
16,5 x 23,5 cm
(Literatura)
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Story of little Asiunia, for whom World War 2 started right after her 5th birthday, when one night her mum was taken to Pawiak, and her home disappeared. She had to go and live in someone else’s house, where instead of mum was some strange lady, with strange furniture and she had to drink milk from someone else’s cup instead of hers. Asiunia is observing the world very carefully and tries to understand it, which is difficult since she’s just a little girl.
THE BOY FROM LAMPEDUSA
Text: Rafał Witek
Illustrations: Joanna Rusinek
8+
80 pages
Hardcover
16,5 x 23,5 cm
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This story is made up. But a boy like the protagonist of this book exists. In February 2015 – along with other refugees from Eritrea – Tandjin reached the Italian island of Lampedusa. He was 11 years old. When journalists asked Tanjin about his family, the boy replied: “No mama. No papa. All alone.”
These words made me think a lot about Tandjin and I wrote this story. Partly for him and partly for all children in a similar situation – forced to leave their countries, exposed to the hardships of wandering, and travelling alone in search of a safe place to live.
EBONY HEART
Text: Renata Piątkowska
Illustrations: Maciej Szymanowicz
7+
48 pages
Hardcover
16,5 x 23,5 cm
(Literatura)
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Omenka loves to sit in the shadow of a huge mango tree and learn letters with other children or to drink sweet tea and listen to the stories of the elders. Unfortunately, the village of Omenka is being attacked by troops And the boy’s family escapes from them. It is a painful journey, in the scorching rays of the sun, in cramped conditions, paid with the last savings.
Will their boat reach a safe harbour? Will ebony Orion, which Omenka squeezes in his little hand, protect the boy’s family?
It is a moving story about the journey of a small African refugee – Omenka.
LISTS IN THE BOTTLE
Text: Anna Czerwińska-Rydel
Illustrations: Maciej Szymanowicz
8+
120 pages
Hardcover
16,5 x 23,5 cm
(Literatura)
Rights sold: Czech
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One day in 1941 nurse Jolanta realised, that what she does for friends locked up in the Warsaw ghetto is not
enough to save them. ‘I have to help them no matter what!’, she decided and despite risking her and many other lives, who were helping her, she saved a few children from the ghetto every day. A list of their names, put into a milk bottle and buried under an apple tree by her, counts… almost two and a half thousand children!
