Polish-English children's book (III)

This is possibly the best present I’ve ever had! A British friend recently tracked down a copy of my favourite children’s book, The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and worked her way through a Polish website to buy me the Polish edition of the book. I was so touched. What a great present!

W sierpniu dostałam najlepszy present, było Bardzo Głodna Gąsienica w języku polskim!

I especially love the fact that in the English (Canadian English) version of the book the caterpillar eats ‘a slice of Swiss cheese’, ‘a slice of salami’ and ‘a piece of cherry pie’, but in the Polish version the caterpillar (who’s female by the way) seems less fussy and eats non-specific cheese, sausage and cake. Rather than a cupcake she takes muffins (babeczkę) and she shows a specific interest in frankfurters - and then that evening her belly hurts (‘Ależ ją bolał wieczorem brzuch!’)

The Polish edition of this classic children’s book is published by Wydawnictwo Tatarak.
It makes me smile every time I read it. Każdym razem, gdy czytam tę książke, uśmiecham się do siebie.

Polish-English Children's Book

‘Little Monkey was playing high up in the treetops.’

‘Mała Małpka bawila się wysoko w koranach drzew.’

I thought I’d let you know about this beautiful Polish/English children’s book I bought to read to my baby.

Myślałam, że poinformuję o tej pięknej Polskiej / Angielskiej książki dla dzieci.

It’s called Little Monkey’s One Safe Place (Bezpieczne miejsce Małej Małpki) and it’s written in Polish and English (w języku polskim i angielskim).

The author is Richard Edwards and the illustrations are by Susan Winter.

Książka napisana przez Richard Edwards i ilustracje są przez Susan Winter.

Here’s a link to the book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Monkeys-Language-Polish-English/dp/184507856X#noop

My little monkey loves it! Moja mała małpka kocha tego!


[ Reminder! Tomorrow (Thurs 10th June)- The Made in Poland Festival is at The Side Cinema for a screening of Rabbit a la Berlin (12), dir. Bartosz Konopka (2009), tickets are £4 and doors open at 7.30pm. http://madeinpolandfestival.co.uk/mip10-10june.html ]