Kooki

author’s book

2017 Golden Ribbon Award – Art section: Literature for older children and youth

Annotation

HOST Publishing House

96 pages / 21 x 21 cm / 2016

Kookis aren’t born, they appear. They don’t die, they disappear. Kooki lives in the hills, where he sings to the foxes and talks with the stones. He lives in the here and now, wanting for nothing — until he meets Bear from the town, whose vivid stories of the big, wide world make his head spin…A story about attachment, overambition and keenness to adapt to the expectations of those around us. It is also about resignation and courage — the courage to take responsibility for your own life and to find a way back to what you are.

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Moon is an illustration from the book called Krtník. There is a full moon.

Angel is a contemporary illustration from a book called Krtník. There is a human figure and surreal wings.

Illustration of a gallery from the book called Krtník. Surreal atmosphere of the gallery shows flying horses.

Sad monkey is an illustration from the book called Krtník. There is a creature look like a monkey who sit at the theatre stage.

Mixed media illustration of a landscape. Picture shows mountains with blue lakes. There is also Kooki and his friend Fox.

Illustration of the storm from the author's book called Krtník.

Small sketch of Kooki and his friend fox from book called Kooki.

Bear is a watercolor illustration from book called Krtník.

Wave is a contemporary illustration from the book called Krtník. There is a wave on the black beach.

Mixe media illustration from the book called Krtník. There is a rider on a motorcycle in the landscape.

Kooki is between two big gorillas. Illustration is a sketch from the book called Kooki.

Mirror is a contemporary illustration from the book called Krtník. Krtník is looking to a mirror.

Watercolor sketch from the book called Krtník.

Illustration where are waterfalls, clouds and beach.

Who killed Snowy?

Petra Soukupová / Host Publisher / 2017

2018 Nomination – Golden Ribbon Award – Art section: Literature for older children and youth

2018 The White Ravens - International Youth Library

Annotation

The narrator, schoolgirl Martina, wants a canine friend more than anything else. When she finally gets one, it is a problematic white dog that is deaf and quite wild. Called Snowy, this troublemaker is disliked by most of the people in Martina’s village. So, it is no wonder that one day, she finds him dead in a roadside ditch. Could Snowy’s death have been intentional? Martina and her friends Franta, Kája and Viktor become detectives, searching for the culprit. What they discover during their investigation may have nothing to do with the white dog…

Foreign editions:

Russian (Samokat, 2018), Macedonian (Antolog, 2019)

CHINKS

Marka Míková / Argo Publisher / 2014

2015 Golden Ribbon Award – Art section: Literature for older children and youth

Annotation

Chinks. Cracks and fissures. They start to appear out of nowhere – in walls, in the ceiling, under the stairs, on the ground. People notice them but only Matylda musters the courage to crawl into one of them. And then to another. To the secret passage below the church. And every time she finds herself at another place, in another world, in future. In a world full of animal pictures and gentle music, in a world where everything is friendlier, kinder, where she finds both her lost mum and an explanation, why she had to spend her early years without her…

Kooki

author’s book

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2017 Golden Ribbon Award – Art section: Literature for older children and youth

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Who killed Snowy?

Petra Soukupová / Host Publisher / 2017

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2018 Nomination – Golden Ribbon Award – Art section: Literature for older children and youth

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2018 The White Ravens - International Youth Library

CHINKS

Marka Míková / Argo Publisher / 2014

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2015 Golden Ribbon Award – Art section: Literature for older children and youth