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Listy od Jaśka

Letters from Jasiek

Year
2022
Pages
92
ISBN
9788382718904

Published by: Tandem

Rights Holder: Beata Stasińska

e-mail: stasinska.beata@gmail.com

Jasiek’s world was turned upside down during the pandemic.

Especially when no one knew what was happening with his beloved grandma, who had to go into hospital. And when his parents kept arguing… Everyone was hiding away from a malicious virus that seemed to be dictating all the rules. Life as we knew it couldn’t go on. Luckily, grandad was there! Full of hare-brained schemes, always ready to help. If it weren’t for him, Jasiek would never have met Iza… And if it weren’t for him, a whole lot of fantastic things wouldn’t have happened – but they did! To what extent did his friendship with his grandfather and penning letters to a familiar writer help him through this difficult time?

This book helps us reflect on the bond between child and adult. It is an understated story about emotions that can support children in tough times and remind parents how their children see the world.

Translated by Kate Webster

About the Author

Author

Anna Onichimowska

Children's Literature Fiction Young Adult

(b. 1952) – an author of books for children, young adults and adults; she has also written many audio and theatre plays and film screenplays. She graduated in Polish philology from the University of Warsaw, and debuted in 1980 with a poetry collection for children, “Gdybym miał konia” (If I Had a Horse). From 1995 […]

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