Wilhelm the Hedgehog
by Tania Stus (Author), Anna Sarvira (Illustrator)
Description
Wilhelm is an adorable little hedgehog with interests that set him apart from other hedgehogs his age. His deepest desire is to experience the beauty of daylight. While this may seem simple to us, it's quite a challenge for a hedgehog, as they are nocturnal creatures that tend to doze off just before sunrise. Poor Wilhelm has nearly lost all hope and feels a deep sense of sadness, especially as winter draws near, and all the forest's hedgehogs prepare to hibernate until spring.
However, a glimmer of hope emerges when Wilhelm's friends discover a way to fulfill his dream. Curious to know how they do it?
From 6 to 9 years, 808 words
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The book has been already translated in the following languages (rights are not for sale): Latvia, English
Endorsements
Wilhelm the Hedgehog is the winner of the literary award Ukrainska Knyzhka Roku (Ukrainian Book of the Year) as the Best Contributor to Children’s Education.
Author Biography
Tania Stus was born in the Luhansk region in a family of teachers and is a writer and reading enthusiast, a critic and an art manager. She is the author of a series of works for children, as well as a considerable number of articles, scientific publications and literary reviews. She is a manager of The BaraBooka. Children's Reading Laboratory (a project launched to support reading among Ukrainian children); an expert and co-founder of Reytynh Krytyka (The Critic’s Rating), a rating of books for children and teenagers; finally, she is a panel member at various awards and ratings in children’s literature (Dzhury, Koronatsia Slova, Knyzhka Roku, Velykyi Yizhak, etc.) Apart from it all, she is also an author of the intensive program in literary education for children and teenagers.
As she put it herself, “I’m making up stories, because I love giving names to characters and then animating them. And I also love explaining complicated things with simple words.” Her major works include Pannochka (A Missy), Yak ne Zablukaty v Pavutyni (How not to Get Lost in the Spiderweb), Bila, Synya ta Inshi (White, Blue and the Rest), Yizhak Vilʹhelm (Wilhelm the Hedgehog), De Oyra? (Where’s Oyra?), Pysmonavtyka (Writernautics), Moya Ba (My Gran, featured on our catalogue), Riz(d)ni Liudy (Different Dear People), etc. Her book Wilhelm the Hedgehog is the winner of the literary award Ukrainska Knyzhka Roku (Ukrainian Book of the Year) as the Best Contributor to Children’s Education. Tania Stus’ works are part of the school programme in Ukrainian literature.
Anna Sarvira is an illustrator and a co-founder of the Pictoric illustrator club. She mostly illustrates children’s books and magazines. She took part in many exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. She is the winner of the COW International Design Festival, and was twice included in the Illustrators Exhibtion at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (2017, 2019), in 2022 she received an Adobe Community Fund grant and a scholarship from the German Academy of the Arts, and was shortlisted for the Joseph Binder Award.
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- Publisher Vivat Publishing LTD
- Publication Date January 2016
- Orginal LanguageUkrainian
- ISBN/Identifier 9786176905608
- Publication Country or regionUkraine
- Pages32
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleЇжак Вільгельм
- Dimensions240 x 225 mm
- IllustrationColour Illustrations
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