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mean alfred

a novelette telling the story of a mean old man named Alfred, his rival – a naughty boy named Eduard, Gretchen the romantic goat and other characters »

  • author: Māris Rungulis
  • illustrator: Reinis Pētersons
price: 5,60 Ls

how the shammies swapped/ how the shammies bathed

the Shammies are four little curious beings called - Sockie, Mitten, Pillow and Hankie – who live in a colourful textile house »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Reinis Pētersons
  • animation by Atom Art Studio
  • director: Edmunds Jansons
price: 5,90 Ls

my friend percy, buffalo bill and i

a story of summer holidays, yearning for love and the astonishing power of love »

  • author: Ulf Stark
  • illustrations: Reinis Pētersons
  • translators: Anika Frīdenberga, Inese Dragūne, Inga Grezmane
price: 8,10 Ls

threadletters

book which is coming to aid to young children who are only just beginning to learn the letters »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrations: Ūna Laukmane
price: 3,90 Ls

the 2012 verse calendar: dream up your own car!

a cycle of poems and drawings in a calendar dedicated to different kinds of automobiles featured in typical events marking the succession of seasons »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Rūta Briede, Artis Briedis
price: 1,50 Ls

scritch scratch dip clapote!

a heart-warming picture-book dealing with a subject that’s quite important to many young children: fear of staying alone with darkness and the unknown, fear of losing one’s parents »

  • author: Kitty Crowther
  • illustrations by the author
  • translator: Vineta Berga
price: 4,50 Ls

tango and tootie go visiting

a story for preschoolers and youngest school-age children: the adventures of two little dogs, brother and sister, on a trip to visit their Aunt living in a seaside village »

  • author: Māra Zālīte
  • illustrator: Oskars Veilands-Kustikovs
price: 4,20 Ls

hayflower and quiltshoe

funny stories of two little sisters, their parents who try too hard to live green and stick to scientific principles; merry little old ladies, village policemen and a baby who is yet to be given a name »

  • author: Sinikka and Tiina Nopola
  • illustrator: Markus Majaluoma
  • translator: Maima Grīnberga
price: 5,60 Ls

muffa. story of an african the baby white rhinoceros

story of a baby rhino’s travel from Northern Europe to Africa, the birthplace of his parents »

  • author: Juris Zvirgzdiņš
  • illustrator: Reinis Pētersons
price: 6,00 Ls

adventures of two princeses

poems about the exciting life of two little girls: they are real princesses and nature throughout the changing seasons is their magnificent kingdom »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Irēna Lūse
price: 4,15 Ls

creatures on the run

five fairytales, each with an exciting yet sometimes very sad story of running away and escaping »

  • author: Mikołaj Łoziński
  • illustrator: Ewa Stiasny (Poland)
  • translator: Ingmāra Balode
price: 5,90 Ls

book of clouds

a cloud watcher’s notes – poems for youngest and middle school-age children. The habits, characters, roles and thoughts of clouds »

  • author: Juris Kronbergs
  • illustrator: Anete Melece
price: 4,50 Ls

tales from outer suburbia

a book by the best-known Australian book illustrator for grownups of all ages! Strange events in a place where anything is possible »

  • author: Shaun Tan
  • illustrations by the author
  • translator: Valdis Ābols
price: 6,00 Ls

when findus was little and disappeared

a heartfelt story of an old man named Pettson and Findus, his little cat that can talk »

  • author: Sven Nordquist
  • illustrations by the author
  • translator: Mudīte Treimane
price: 3,95 Ls

wonderbaby's year

funny and heartfelt poems about a Latvian family into which a little baby is born and about the events of the first year of its life »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Edmunds Jansons
price: 3,95 Ls

teacher jaap can do it all

stories about the crazy Teacher Jaap who has a knack for getting along with children. Jokes, tears and important communication problems. »

  • author: Jacques Vriens
  • illustrator: Edmunds Jansons
  • translator: Inese Paklone
first edition sold out

innies and outies

a classical collection by the poet Inese Zandere: over a hundred poems with original textile illustrations by Ūna Laukmane »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Ūna Laukmane
price: 5,60 Ls

how to conjure up snow

poems and sophisticated drawings: the mundane transforms into miracles; conjuring mysterious old ladies and jousts of wooden knights »

  • author: Ieva Samauska
  • illustrator: Laima Eglīte
price: 3,85 Ls

latvian animals

a picture book that brings together fairytale and Latvian wildlife: animals live in our mutual home and are very similar to the Latvian people »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • concept and direction: Mārtiņš Grauds
  • photographs: Kristaps Kalns
  • design: Rūta Briede and Artis Briedis
first edition sold out

princess lulu and mister bones (princess skell and mr.leton)

a merry adventure story featuring disguise and chase: about a princess and a skeleton that is keeping the King’s secret »

  • author: Piret Raud
  • illustrations by the author
  • translator: Maima Grīnberga
first edition sold out

the school of living wrong

stories of the teenage girl Mētra and her life, packed with small mundane catastrophes; getting to know oneself and a kiss in the cloakroom »

  • author: Maira Dobele
  • illustrator: Anete Melece
price: 5,50 Ls

kurt in four books

fairytales about the forklift driver Kurt and his family: daring flight of imagination, witty and apt social criticism »

  • author: Erlend Loe
  • illustrator: Kim Hiorthøy
  • translator: Jolanta Pētersone
price: 7,90 Ls

the hunt for bruno the bear

a story of much ado about a fictitious bear fabricated by the media and a genuine sensation discovered by children while playing at Red Indians »

  • author: Juris Zvirgzdiņš
  • illustrator: Reinis Pētersons
price: 5,00 Ls

alphabet soup

witty poems tinted with heartache for parents – aimed at those who were learning their letters only a short while ago and are now already considering cutting classes »

  • author: Kārlis Vērdiņš
  • illustrator: Otto Zitmanis
first edition sold out

sirli, siim and the secrets

a story well-familiar to every Estonian kid! An ordinary family and their neighbours know how to travel each to his or her dream world »

  • author: Andrus Kivirähk
  • illustrator: Ilmar Trull
  • translator: Maima Grīnberga
first edition sold out

a bite taken out of the moon

a classic poem by Ojārs Vācietis in a picture book: a story about Shlopster-Klopster who devoured the Moon and about conquering your fear »

  • author: Ojārs Vācietis
  • illustrator: Reinis Pētersons
price: 4,30 Ls

if you happen to be a little pig: 25 riddle rhymes

poems in which an omitted word has to be guessed by the reader. The storyline, rhymes and illustrations help the child complete the poem by himself »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Edmunds Jansons
first edition sold out

eggs have legs

a book of pictures and poems for those who love finding things: eggs are hiding in words among ordinary letters »

  • author: Aivars Neibarts
  • illustrator: Jānis Blanks
price: 3,50 Ls

the crock of gold

mythically realistic prose by the Irish classic writer: a witty story of a man’s road to liberation from the restrictions of the one-track thinking imposed by the society »

  • author: James Stephens
  • translator: Valdis Ābols
  • illustrator: Reinis Pētersons
price: 5,50 Ls

a true story of čingo baba, big snail and the sorrow of the ruler of the sea

in this beautiful picture book: dangerous adventures in the underwater world. A play in verse. »

  • author: Vizma Belševica
  • illustrator: Reinis Pētersons
price: 4,85 Ls

fat stranger

an exciting story: Pigman’s magic lantern is glowing, people are growing snouts and rubbish comes back to the litterers’ flats. A poster and stickers. »

  • author: Māris Bērziņš
  • illustrator: Rūdolfs Šorno
price: 5,60 Ls

idlers' tales

picture book about Cockaigne – a beautiful Lithuanian version of the ageless story of the land where no-one ever has to work and delicious titbits fall in your mouth all by themselves »

  • author: Vytautas V. Landsbergis
  • translator: Jānis Elsbergs
  • illustrator: Kestutis Kasparavicus
first edition sold out

doll letters

a set of poem postcards for 12 months: verses by Latvian poets of different generations and dolls made by children »

  • compiled by Inese Zandere
  • designed by Ūna Laukmane
price: 1,05 Ls

travels with big charlotte

a poem picture book about the little Peter’s adventures with a sheet of paper named Charlotte. Exercises in paper folding »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Ūna Laukmane
price: 0,90 Ls

children's book

in the stories by the Estonian author: the surprising logic of children’s imagination and funny explanations of how the world is set up »

  • author: Peeter Sauter
  • translator: Maima Grīnberga
  • illustrator: Alvar Jaakson
first edition sold out

knorke! or tobiass and fu fuu go searching for mozart

an adventure tale: get to know Vienna, catch a note thief and sing the ditty of Lieber Augustin »

  • author: Juris Zvirgzdiņš
  • illustrator: Signe Ērmane Ļitvina
price: 4,30 Ls

sister and brother

a picture fairytale in which a sister wants to reach the America of her dreams and her brother dreams of getting back from there »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Juris Petraškevičs
first edition sold out

poems for sister and brother

poems about the white balls, the puffpuffbear, the big fish, sauerkraut and sausages, America and the wonder tree + the Sister and Brother animation film »

  • poems by Inese Zandere
  • animation by Dauka Animation Studio
  • director: Roze Stiebra
  • illustrator: Juris Petraškevičs
price: 6,00 Ls

king hedgehog

a romantic book of poems and pictures that tell about the forest kingdom and the three beautiful brides of King Hedgehog »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrations: Laima Eglīte
price: 4,30 Ls

granddad antontins and we

a book recommended by Latvian folklore musician and educator Ilga Reizniece – exciting and warm like a summer spent in the country »

  • author: Iveta Vecenāne
  • illustrations by the author
price: 5,05 Ls

an album for tiny tots

an album of Latvian contemporary art for very young children in the format of a cardboard picture book. Info for grownups »

  • compiled by Andris Vītoliņš
price: 4,50 Ls

tiny-noggins play houses

an adventure tale: children discover a completely real parallel world that exists in the Latvian capital, influencing everyone of us »

  • author: Pauls Bankovskis
  • illustrator: Katrīna Neiburga
first edition sold out

lemonade

a cycle of poems and black-and-white drawings about the merry and sad everyday life of boys – with lots of adventures and lemonade »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Edmunds Jansons
price: 2,00 Ls

what mr.rooster told

a lively picture book featuring a set of cut-out paper dolls, wedding of a goose, piglet games and dictionary of the animal language »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Ilze Vītoliņa
first edition sold out

adventures of pingus posts

a documentary fairytale in the form of a witty comic book – the story of an unlucky wretch who was found in sauerkraut »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • illustrator: Kristiāns Šics
price: 6,00 Ls

adventures of pingus posts audio book

the fairytale about the unlucky wretch who was found in sauerkraut, told by the actors Zane Daudziņa and Vilis Daudziņš »

  • author: Inese Zandere
  • sound arrangement: Ingus Baušķenieks
  • read by Zane Daudziņa un Vilis Daudziņš
price: 3,70 Ls

tales of children's life

fairytales written by children, illustrations by contemporary Latvian artists: the book shows what is happening inside our children’s minds »

  • compiled by Inese Zandere
first edition sold out