Nicky & Vera
Ein stiller Held des Holocaust und die Kinder, die er rettete






Ein stiller Held des Holocaust und die Kinder, die er rettete
In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Winton saved the lives of almost 700 children trapped in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia—a story he never told and that remained unknown until an unforgettable TV appearance in the 1980s reunited him with some of the children he saved.Czech-American artist, MacArthur Fellow, and Andersen Award winner Peter Sís dramatizes Winton’s story in this picture book. He intertwines Nicky’s efforts with the story of one of the children he saved—a young girl named Vera, whose family enlisted Nicky’s aid when the Germans occupied their country. As the war passes and Vera grows up, she must find balance in her dual identities—one her birthright, the other her choice.
Nová kniha Petra Síse vypráví skutečný příběh o holocaustu, který by neměl být zapomenut. Mladý Angličan Nicholas „Nicky“ Winton se v roce 1939 podílel na záchraně dětí a jejich převozu vlaky z Prahy do Londýna. Věra Gissingová je jednou ze zachráněných dívek. Opravdoví hrdinové bývají často nenápadní a skromní. Vizuálně působivé zpracování využívá autorovy charakteristické mapy, bludiště i razítka, jemné akvarelové obrázky skrývají tajemné perokresby. Kniha o odvaze a slušnosti je inspirující i pro dnešní dobu – všichni se totiž rodíme svobodní a sobě rovní, všichni máme stejné právo na život.
A boy who loves adventure. A mysterious solo journey. A remote island wilderness. Peter Sís blends a true story from his childhood with the fictional adventure of Robinson Crusoe.
A boy who loves adventure.A mysterious ocean journey.A remote island wilderness.Discover what surprises await in this beautiful dreamlike exploration of courage and loneliness, independence and friendship.Lush, transporting paintings float from reality to fantasy and back again as Peter Sís blends a true story from his childhood with the fictional…
A little boy writes a letter to his grandfather about all the reading and studying he is doing this summer--but all his activities revolve around ice cream.
Au tournant du siècle dernier, naissait un petit garçon aux cheveux blonds, qui allait devenir un grand aventurier. En ces temps de grandes découvertes, on rêvait de nouvelles inventions. Alors que l'on assistait au début de l'aviation, Antoine construisait déjà, à l'âge de douze ans, sa propre machine volante. Et même si elle ne fonctionnait pas, cela ne le découragea pas ! Dans cet album foisonnant qui s'adresse aussi bien aux enfants qu'aux adultes, Peter Sís nous raconte l'histoire de ce petit garçon qui s'est donné tous les moyens pour réaliser son rêve : voler. On suit, pas à pas, ses débuts dans l'Aéropostale, mécanicien avant de devenir pilote, et on découvre des anecdotes de sa vie hors du commun. Au fil de rencontres et des voyages qui l'ont marqué, jusqu'à la Seconde Guerre mondiale au cours de laquelle il disparut, les planches magnifiques et captivantes de Peter Sis nous immergent totalement dans la vie de ce formidable aviateur, qui aimait par-dessus tout lire et écrire pendant qu'il volait.
An award-winning author and illustrator offers a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the beloved Sufi poem Celebrated children’s book creator Peter Sis presents his first book for adults with The Conference of the Birds—a lyrical and richly illustrated story of love, faith, and the beauty of the human journey. Sis’s deeply felt version of the classic twelfth-century Persian epic poem tells the story of a flock of birds in search of the true king, Simorgh, who lives on the mountain of Kaf. Drawn from all species, the flock travels through the seven valleys: quest, love, understanding, detachment, unity, amazement, and death. The birds that endure reach the mountain to learn a profound lesson: that Simorgh the king is, in fact, each of them and all of them.