KNJIGE NA ENGLESKOM ZA DECU 3-5

“The whole world is full of miracles, only we are used to them so we call them ordinary things. ”
– Hans Christian Andersen

The book Bajka - The First Seven by Uroš Petrović was declared the best book in the field of children's literature at the Novi Sad Book Fair! All three sequels so far have become regional bestsellers.

Nenad Gugl: “Is it something urgent?”
Uroš Petrović: “I need a clever line about fairy tales—for the book cover.”
Nenad Gugl: “Fairy tales are dreams that memory chose not to forget.”
Uroš Petrović: “Whoa! I didn’t mean that clever. Was that ChatGPT?”
Nenad Gugl: “No, man. Google.”
Mina Kebin: “Can you at least tweak that fairy tale line a bit for the back cover?”
Uroš Petrović: “Yeah, I can tweak it, a bit.”

Fairy tales do more than entertain—they help sharpen focus and memory, spark imagination and critical thinking, nurture emotional intelligence, and boost language skills. All of this helps children succeed, not just in school, but throughout life. Long time ago, when wisdom and knowledge were shared through storytelling within communities, fairy tales were born for exactly these reasons. For centuries, they were a vital part of growing up, and each new generation created its own modern versions.

Now it’s time to discover the fourth seven Fairy Tales by Uroš Petrović.

Illustrated by Aleksandar Zolotić

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be even more intelligent, read them more fairy tales!“
– Albert Einstein

Reading fairy tales improves concentration and memory, encourages the development of the mind, imagination, and critical thinking, establishes empathy and self-awareness, develops language skills, and all this significantly reflects in achievements in school and life in general. At the time when education was oral and within the immediate community, fairy tales were created for these reasons. They have always been an indispensable part of children's education and growing up, and each new time brought new fairy tales.

Now it’s time to become acquainted with the first seven Fairy Tales by Uroš Petrović.

Aleksandar Zolotić: “When I was doing illustrations for a Disney book, it was nowhere near as demanding! When do you think I'll manage to illustrate all of this for you?”

Uroš Petrović: “Finish the illustrations whenever you want, butI want thunder and lightning!”

Aleksandar Zolotić (to himself): “Yeah…right. It's thundering and flashing lightning in your head ...”

And he was right.

Check it out for yourself!

Illustrated by Aleksandar Zolotić