Pál Békés
The Fearling

The world is not like it used to be. There is no peace, no tranquillity, because the inhabitants of the Small Forest are terrorrized by monsters, especially one of them, the frightened creature. They want to persuade him that if he joins them, they will not hurt him. Do they manage to convince him? We will see. But one thing is sure. It turns out that it is easy to become a monster. It is terribly easy. The difficult thing is not to become a monster.

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Selection of Hungarian fairy tales
Do Rise Shining Sun!

This instructive and beautiful selection of folk tales can be considered both has a family manual and as an auxiliary material for schools. The collectors of the 47 Hungarian folk tales are the most prominent creators of the Hungarian literary past (Áron Kiss, Béla Vikár, János Berze Nagy, Zoltán Kodály, etc.) There are several tales in the book that have been forgotten and in this volume can be reborn. The Hungarian folk tale tradition come to life again in these stories. They are mostly tales that neither teachers nor children have met so far. This book may play an important role in developing a child’s taste and thinking. It has a similar importance to the ”77 Folk Tales” by Gyula Illyés. The book is a sequel of ”Do rise shining sun!” 116 Hungarian folk tales, published at the end of 1998.

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Günter Neidinger
Engelbert Der Weihnachtshase

The forest is getting covered with snow, the kind animals of the forest gather to find some food for winter or to go to sleep. There is the small rabbit Engelbert among them who says goodbye to them because he is interested in the town whose Christmas lights can be seen from far away. He gets into the bustle of the streets. The lights of the Christmas fair and the merry-go- round invite him to adventures. He feels his dream of becoming a Christmas rabbit under the big Christmas tree of the market is getting fulfilled, but the dogs chase him away. At the end he collapses exhausted in the outskirts of the town. The hunter finds him and takes him to his loving home where he is happily recieved by children under the Christmas tree and at last he can become a real „Christmas rabbit” there.

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Imre Tóth has rewritten the tales of the 19th century Palots king Sándor Pintér, published in 1891 for the young people of our times, preserving their authenticity. The ancient text of the volume, that has been missing from books so far, will be much to the delight of the readers. The tales published in the volume have preserved a lot of motives and interesting things from the world view of old Hungarian people. The literary historian, who has rewritten the beautiful stories, has made them understandable for modern young readers. The volume is illustrated by the inspired drawings of Krisztina Rényi.

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