Z říše krále Sedmilháře – Žáček Jiří (2017)

This Czech-language book takes children into the fantastic world of King Sedmilhář. Painter Milan Janáček captures what this kingdom looks like in his illustrations, while Jiří Žáček tells what has and has not happened there. Reaching King Sedmilhář’s realm requires an uninhibited imagination. From the first word, each fairy tale brings one surprise after another, with jokes constantly outdoing one another and astonishment quickly turning into cheerful laughter. These are, after all, the funniest upside-down fairy tales. Their rules are like those of a game of hide-and-seek, which children enjoy. A mischievous adventure can easily turn into trouble, but in King Sedmilhář’s fairy tales everything always ends well and with a humorous moral. From Monday to Friday, storytellers in the kingdom invent a brand-new fairy tale, and anyone with a vivid imagination is invited to share it. The book contains two dozen of Jiří Žáček’s funniest upside-down fairy tales, accompanied by Milan Janáček’s colourful illustrations, and is suitable for children aged 10 and over as well as adults.