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Read a book in the summer just like that, for yourself, for your mood, forgetting (for a while) about the school curriculum and the list of books for the summer.
“Anton and the Girls”, “Anton and the Magic Hat” by Ole Könecke
For the sake of girls, Anton breaks thick branches, fearlessly rides down the hill and builds the highest house – but the girls do not notice him. Anton has a magic hat, and let others not believe him – magic happens. In fact, there are two new books by the German writer Ole Koenecke about the cheerful baby Anton. But it is impossible to choose: the relationship between the sexes and self-confidence are eternally hot topics.
Translation from German by Marina Aromshtam. CompassGuide, 32 p., 2015.
“Stockholm. Fun Journey” Alexander Balashov
If you ride a bike along the city embankment with your dad, and then have a bite to eat with a cinnamon bun and send a runic message to your mom (cipher is attached), you will feel like a real little Swede. By the way, Swedish children love to experiment like in the Tom Tit Museum of Experiments. The smell of the sea, unfortunately, cannot be recreated, but you can organize a small volcano. And then bake gingerbread cookies, gather a Viking on a campaign and find the royal palace: there are many tasks in an exciting guide to Stockholm. And parents will make a trip route along it. After all, this is a great city for the first trip with young children – green, clean, fabulous.
Mann, Ivanov & Ferber, 64 pp., 2015.
“Boy and Bear in a Boat” by Dave Shelton
“The boy and the Bear sailed in the boat, sailed the whole book. The Bear was the captain and the Boy was the passenger. The boy was bored at first – all around was water, sea and sky. They quarreled and reconciled, saw a large abandoned ship, lost their boat, built a raft and caught up with it, survived the storm … The boy, of course, stopped being bored: he sometimes even smiled, for example, when the Bear caught a fish and they managed to eat. And the bear didn’t get bored. Because he had a job that he loved, he liked being a sea captain. And the boy had nothing to do.
My parents and I also travel a lot, once we even flew to Greece. I didn’t get bored there. I swam and saw fish, looked for shells and beautiful stones … I love the sea, almost like a Bear. But I thought the book would be about traveling, and it was about friendship, as it turned out … The boy helped the Bear, especially in a storm, when there were waves, and the Bear always helped the boy … I want a friend to love the same thing as you. Here the Bear taught the Boy to love the sea too.
Translation from English by Natalia Vlasova and Boris Dalmatov. Polyandria, 304 p., 2015.