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Marína a povaľači

Language
Slovak
Title in English
Marína and the Layabouts
Author
Andrea Gregušová
Illustrator
Ľuboslav Paľo
Illustrations
Colour
Place of publication
Bratislava
Country
Slovakia
Publisher
Slovart
Year of publication
2014
Pages
109 p.
Size
16 x 23 cm
ISBN
978-80-556-0983-6
Category
Novels

The story is portrayed by a small girl Marína and three animals: Florián the spider, Konrád the mosquito, and Piér the bat. The girl is the most important for the plot of the story, however, the three members of the layabouts' group remain the main heroes living in the attic of the house, where Marína lives. The three non-human friends come up with the idea to take care of a human animal. So they decide to domesticate the wild girl, who sometimes visits the attic where they live, and to tame her and give her everything that she needs. But, indeed, what does such a human baby need apart from love? The attentive reader will find also an encrypted message, that can help children from families, where it is not as it should be. The mystery of the story is linked to the character of the girl, who has apparently some troubles in the family, and therefore, she runs upstairs to the attic, where she in the forth part of the book definitely stays. The book was awarded The Most Beautiful Children's Book of the Fall 2014.

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