Children’s Masterpieces From Great Writers

In our book series “Childrens’ masterpieces from great writers” you will find little known works for children, written by the great writers of 19th and 20th centuries. The books are illustrated by different Bulgarian artists. Such series is an original concept of “List Publishing” and we have secured the rights of a lot more titles to continue this collection. The series won the prize for Best Editorial Project of 2017, of the Bulgarian Book Association. Two Trams The Happy Prince White Tale How Kolka Pankin flew to Advice To Little Girls Brazil and Petka Ershov never by Osip Mandelstam by Oscar Wilde by Valeri Petrov believed by Mark Twain Illustrator: Svoboda Tzekova Illustrator: Mila Yaneva-Tabako- Illustrator: Milena Valnarova by Daniil Kharms Illustrator: Kapka Kaneva va Illustrator: Damyan Damyanov

The World is Round The Widow and the Parrot Abeille Maurice, or the Fisher’s Cot The Cat and the Devil by Gertrude Stein by Virginia Woolf by Anatole France by Mary Shelley by Illustrator: Mila Yaneva-Tabako- Illustrator: Chavdar Nikolov Illustartor: Liuben Zidarov Illustrator: Mila Yaneva-Tabako- Illustrator: Chavdar Nikolov va va Two Trams The Happy Prince

Osip Mandelstam Oscar Wilde

Published: 02.03.2018 Published: 31.01.2018 Illustrator: Svoboda Tzekova Illustrator: Mila Yaneva-Tabakova Length: 44 pages Length: 40 pages Cover: paperback Cover: paperback Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Price: 10,98 BGN Price: 10,98 BGN

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“Two Trams” is a poem for children, writeen by Osip Mandelstam in 1924 – 1925. But before he had opened his wings, a third drop fell, and he looked up, and saw It follows the trip of two tramway cars in an unnamed city. - Ah! what did he see? The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down The author: his golden cheeks. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little Swal- low was filled with pity. Osip Mandelstam (1891 – 1938) is among the most notable Russian poets of the “Who are you?” he said. 20th century, but during the Soviet period his works are forbidden. In 1938 he is “I am the Happy Prince.” arrested and sent to a concentration camp in Siberia. He gets ill with typhus and “Why are you weeping then?” asked the Swallow; “you have quite drenched me.” dies on his way to Siberia. For many years that followed, his wife Nadejda had to hide his manuscripts in her shoes and the flower pots. She managed to keep The author: some of them for the future generations, by memorizing them by heart. Born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was known for his acclaimed works including The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and infamous imprisonment for homosexuality. How Kolka Pankin flew to Brazil and White Tale Petka Ershov never believed

Valeri Petrov Daniil Kharms

Published: 10.12.2017 Published: 4.10.2017 Illustrator: Milena Valnarova Illustrator: Damyan Damyanov Length: 56 pages Translated by: Boyko Lambovski Cover: paperback Length: 48 pages Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Cover: paperback Price: 12,98 BGN Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Price: 9,98 BGN

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One of the “Five Tales” series, that Valeri Petrov wrote as theatre plays for chil- Kolka Pankin decides to fly to Brazl in a small airplane. His always sceptcal friend dren. The story in “White Tail” follows the obstacles that a little boy and his cat Petya Ershov doesn’t believe in any of that. The two of them spend their time must overcome, in search of understanding true friendship. The story is simple constantly arguing who’s right and who’s wrong. enough to be understood by young children, yet universal and contemporary for readers of any age. The author:

The author: Daniil Kharms (1905 – 1942) is the pen name of the Russian writer and poet Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachov. In 1932 Kharms is accused in anti-soviet acivities and is exiled Valeri Petrov (1920-2014) was born Valeri Nisim Mevorah. He is one of the most in Kursk. After his return he starts writing children’s books because he was forbid- talented and famous Bulgarian writers – a poet, playwriter and screenwriter of den to publish his other works. At the beginnig of Second World War, he is sent world class. He’s also very praised as translator in Bulgarian of the works of Wil- to the psychiatric ward of the Kresty prison, where he died of starvation. liam Shakespeare. “White Tail” is the first of his “Five Tales”. It has been put in the “How Kolka Pankin flew to Brazil and Petka Ershov never believed“ is among his theatre numerous times. most famous children’s books. Advice to Little Girls The World is Round

Mark Twain Gertrude Stein

Published: 21.07.2017 Published: 29.06.2017 Illustrator: Kapka Kaneva Illustrator: Mila Yaneva-Tabakova Translated by: Nevena Dishlieva-Krasteva Translated by: Olga Nikolova Length: 40 pages Length: 100 pages Cover: paperback Cover: paperback Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Price: 9,98 BGN Price: 11,98 BGN

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“If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you won’t. It is “Once upon a time the world was round and you could go on it around and better and more becoming to intimate that you will do as she bids you, and then around. Everywhere there was somewhere and everywhere there were men afterward act quietly in the matter according to the dictates of your best judg- women children dogs cows wild pigs little rabbits cats lizards and animals. That is ment.” the way it was. And everybody dogs cats sheep rabbits and lizards and children all wanted to tell everybody all about it and they wanted to tell all about them- selves. The author: And then there was Rose. Rose was her name and would she have been rose if her name had not been Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) is one of the best known childrens’ books authors. Rose. She used to think and then she used to think again.” Born after a sighting of Halley’s Comet and dead one day after it returned. His stories, especially those about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are ususally The author: read by grown-up boys and girls. обикновено четат пораснали момичета и момчета. “Advice to Little Girls” is his humorous legacy to the younger public. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and litera- ture. She is considered the founder and muse of Picasso, close friend of Heming- way and Fitzgerald, she is among the most infliential figures on the European art scene between the two world wars. She is an experimentator in both life and art and doesn’t obide to any rules. “The world is round” is her only book for chil- dren. It lacks fullstops and comas but is full of worlds and melodies. The Widow and the Parrot Abeille

Virginia Woolf Anatole France

Published: 26.05.2017 Published: 04.05.2017 Illustrator Chavdar Nikolov Illustrator: Liuben Zidarov Translated by: Iglika Vassileva Translated by: Maria Dalcheva Length: 40 pages Length: 116 pages Cover: paperback Cover: paperback Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Price: 9,98 BGN Price: 11,98 BGN

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When the house she has inherited from her miserly brother burns down, a wid- From the moment they met as young children, Bee and George have been bound ow from Yorkshire adopts a parrot which leads her to a hidden treasure. together by a deep love. But when George goes off on a quest to a forbidden lake, home to dangerous water nymphs, it is up to Bee to rescue him. On her ad- Excerpt venture she meets Loc, the king of the dwarfs, who proves to be more kind and generous than the humans she knows. Even as he showers her with riches in an “The tap was repeated three times over. Mrs Gage got out of bed as quickly as attempt to make her stay, Bee never loses sight of her purpose: finding George. she could and went to the window. There, to her utmost surprise, sitting on the She will do anything to get him back. window ledge was an enormous parrot. The rain had stopped and it was a fine moonlight night. She was greatly alarmed at first, but soon recognised the grey The author: parrot, James, and was overcome with joy at his escape.” Anatole France (1844 – 1924) is the pen name of French writer Francois-Ana- The author: tole Thibault, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1921. He wrote “Abeille” because he believes that children need miracles in their world, to help Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born Adeline Virginia Stephen. She is considered them to dream and develop their immagination. one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. Her best known works are the novels “Mrs Dalloway”, “To the Lighthouse” and “Orlando”. She wrote the childrens’ story “The Widow and the Parrot” for the family news- paper published by her 12-year old nephew Quentin Bell.

Maurice, or the Fisher’s Cot The Cat and the Devil

Mary Shelley James Joyce

Published: 13.03.2017 Published: 23.01.2017 Illustrator: Mila Yaneva-Tabakova Illustrator: Chavdar Nikolov Translated by: Boryana Darakchieva Translated by: Iglika Vassileva Length: 64 pages Length: 48 pages Cover: paperback Cover: paperback Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Size: 21,5x21,5 см. Price: 9,98 BGN Price: 9,98 BGN

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“Maurice” is the only children’s story ever penned by Mary Shelley. Written two “The Cat and the Devil” and “The Cats of Copenhagen” are two stories, which years after Frankenstein, (but the manuscript was found much later - in 1997 in It- Joyce originally wrote in letters to his 4-year old grandson Stephen. Based on aly) Maurice is often read as a gloss of Shelley’s personal family tragedies, bearing an old French folk tale, the plot in the first stroy happens in the French town of the same melancholy that distinguishes all of her works. With a little sadness and Beaugency, where the mayor’s pact with the devil results in the overnight con- lots of hope, Mary Shelley tells the story of a boy in search of his home. struction of a much-needed bridge for the town. The second story in this book, “The Cats of Copenhagen” describes the capital of Denmark in the 1930s, where The author: “things are not as they seem”, and we meet “fat cats” and other authority figures.

Mary Shelley (1797 – 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, The author: essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Fran- kenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the Born on February 2nd 1882, James Joyce is considered one of the greatest writers works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. of the 20th century and his novel “” has long been regarded as one of the Less known but very worthy acknowledgement are her novels “Valperga”, key works of Modernist literature and one of the greatest novels ever written. “Mathilda“ and “The Last Man“. The stories in “The Cat and the Devil” and “The Cats of Copenhagen” are his only works for children. „List” Publishing house has published these for the first time in Bulgaria to commemorate the 135th anniversary since the birth of the author.