Hedgehog's Home - Hardcover

Copic, Branko

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1908236353 ISBN 13: 9781908236357

Publisher: Istros Books, 2024

Synopsis

Meet Hedgemond the Hunter - a brave and stubborn little hedgehog. Down in the wild woods he proudly tends his beloved house, but there are some animals who just can't understand what the fuss is about. Find out just how Hedgemond proves to the grumpy bear and the greedy boar that there is no place like home, in a rhyming story set in the unspoilt environment of the `wild woods', we find the wild creatures arguing about what home means: is it simply a place we should take for granted or is it something to be cherished and protected? Despite the persuasions of charming Miss Fox and the jeers of the angry wolf, Hedgemond steadfastly proves that his home is his castle, reminding us all to be true to ourselves and safeguard what we care for.

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About the Author

Copic was a Bosnian Serb born in the village of Hasani near Bosanska Krupa.[citation needed] He attended schools in Bihac, Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Karlovac before moving to Belgrade to study at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy until his graduation in 1940. Upon the uprising in the Bosanska Krajina in 1941, he joined the Partisans and remained in their ranks until the end of World War II. That period of his life influenced much of his literary work as can be seen by the themes he later writes about. At the end of the war he returned to Belgrade where he was, until 1949, the director of a children's magazine called "Pioniri". From 1951 until his death he was a professional writer. His books have been translated into Albanian, Czech, English, Dutch, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Slovak, German, French, and Russian, and some of them have been turned into TV series. He was featured on the 0.50 Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark bill, which has been withdrawn from circulation and replaced with coins.

Review

'The translator has done an excellent job of recreating this gentle tale in English about the significance of home and caring for your natural habitat, enabling a new generation of children to enjoy the writing of one of the Balkan's most famous writers. Accompanied by charming illustrations by Croatian artist Sanja Rescek this is a perfect book for sharing and reading aloud.' Outside In Inside Out

Edition details

• Publisher: Istros Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908236353
• ISBN 13: 9781908236357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 30