Výkladový slovník / The Explanatory Dictionary
Mom, toy, ball, snow, home… What words can capture and describe a child’s world? What is important to a little person when they are, say, four? What of what surrounds him or her will be inscribed in his or her memory as a key memory? And what will be its colour and mood?
Poet and prose writer Olga Stehlíková has compiled a poetic Interpretive Dictionary for children and their adults. One double-page, one entry, one illustration. And behind them a whole world of emotions, details, memories and associations. Some of the entries will make you slap your forehead: How come I didn’t think of this before?! Others will warm your heart with a fond memory. But all of them will give you something to think about and talk about together. Not to mention that you and your children may start to look at ordinary things a little differently.
Watercolour collages add another dimension to the book. In some places they are spare and minimalist, in others they are bursting with life and detail, because after all “all treasures are in the clay”.
Nominated for the Most Beautiful Czech Book of 2023
Nominated for the Golden Ribbon 2024
in the literary section
Golden Ribbon 2024 Award for publishing achievement
The place of honour in catalogue of best children books around the world The White Ravens
Book is part of the largest library of children and youth literature in the world the @int_jugendbibliothek
Best Children Books catalogue 2023/24 curated by nejlepsiknihydetem.cz
Translated and published in Italy (tbc 2027)
Buy the book from publisher e-shop
Written by: Olga Stehlíková
Editor: Pavla Nejedlá
Graphic design: Alena Gratiasová
Published by Host
2023
Photos: Michaela Casková