Great! by Éva Janikovszky / English translation of Jó nekem! / Móra Publishing House 2012 / Hardcover / Illustrated by László Réber

Hardcover 2008

ISBN-10: 9631192008

ISBN: 9789631192001 / 978-9631192001 /9789631192001

PAGES: 32

PUBLISHER: Móra Publishing House

LANGUAGE: English / Angol

Hungarian Summary:

Én azt szeretném, ha mindenki örülne: anyukám is, apukám is, nagymamám is, nagypapám is, Micike is, a kistestvérem, meg én is.De sajnos nem örül mindenki mindig. Még én se.

English Summary:

"Éva Janikovszky’s “Great!” is a delicious variation of the tale of the well-meaning but frustrated king who after trying, unsuccessfully, to create laws to make everyone happy, comes up with “Everybody must be good!” This time our mischievous hero wrestles with the mental problem of how to make everything great for everybody - his parents, grandparents, little sister and visiting neighbours. Even when he thinks he has discovered what makes all these people feel great, he is surprised to find that their motives are quite different from what he had imagined."

Translated by Andrew C. Rouse
Illustrations of László Réber

About the Author:

Janikovszky Éva

Éva Janikovszky (April 23, 1926 in Szeged – July 14, 2003 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer.

She wrote novels for both children and adults, but she is primarily known for her children's books, translated into 35 languages.^[1] Her first book was published in 1957. Among her most famous picture books are If I Were a Grown-Up and Who Does This Kid Take After?

She won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1973.