Bertík a čmuchadlo – Soukupová Petra (2014)

The holidays have begun. I'm going with my mom and Richard to his cottage. I don't want to go there. I'd rather stay with my dad. I could play computer games all day, drink Fanta, and eat fries, or whatever I wanted. Bertík is nine. His parents are divorced, and he lives with his mom, who has found a new boyfriend. Bert calls him Rypouš. He is struggling to cope with this life change. It feels like a betrayal to him. I want everything to be like it was before! He is jealous. He gets angry. He is unpleasant to everyone around him. He devises pranks. Until a holiday encounter with a mysterious creature — a talking animal called Čmuchadlo — manages to improve his outlook on the world... Thanks to Čmuchadlo, Bertík understands that relationships between people are not as simple as he would like, and that what is important, he still has. He comes to terms with Richard's existence and perhaps will find other friends besides Čmuchadlo. Bertík and Čmuchadlo is the first children's book by one of the most distinctive contemporary Czech authors, who has created a powerful, incredibly authentic story about the search for inner balance from a relatively simple premise. For readers aged nine and up. I have to help you. Otherwise, everything will end badly. What everything? Your life. I'm not a fool! But you are acting like one. But they...