Skip to main content
Home
IBBY Europe
IBBY's sections in Europe

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Regional Conferences
  • Books
  • Newsletters
  • IBBY in Europe
  • Contact

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Med z ľadových kvetov
User account menu
  • Log in

Med z ľadových kvetov

Language
Slovak
Title in English
Ice Flower Honey
Author
Peter Karpinský
Illustrator
Zuzana Bočkayová-Bruncková
Illustrations
Colour
Place of publication
Bratislava
Country
Slovakia
Publisher
Perfekt
Year of publication
2019
Pages
124 p.
Size
20 x 17 cm
ISBN
978-80-8046-944-3
Category
Tales

An illustrated fairy-tale book about two schoolboys Matthew and Richard. They do not want to visit their Grandpa. They would rather spend the Christmas holidays somewhere in a luxury hotel or with their computer games. The Grandpa lives in behind-the-times conditions "far from civilization." He does not even have electricity. The plot is set in the period of Christmas, and thus the atmosphere full of miracles and fantasy is intensified.  The story deals with the conflict between the old world and the current modern world. It is written in an adventurous style. Although the boys are technically proficient, they are awkward in knowing old tales and in respecting certain healthy human principles. They recklessly interfere with the passage of time, and release the Christmas star sooner. The journey to find the lost star and the miraculous taste of the ice flower honey is a symbolic initiation path of today's man towards the wisdom of life and eternally renewed hope.

The book was awarded The Most Beautiful Children's Book and The Best Children's Book of the Autumn 2019 and the part of the Winning Collection in the Competition The Most Beautiful Children's Book of Slovakia in 2019.

Search

Visit our Facebook page!

Newly added books

Between draped cloth, or better to say, a curtain with symmetrical ornamentation, we can see the centre of a tree, from its roots to the crown, the trunk is firmly hugged by a spring of water – a source of life. The stars shine in the crown of the tree and flowers smell beautifully.
Strom života
Slovak
18 Jan 2022 - 12:51
A father and a daughter are stepping down a suspension bridge that is leading from reality into the world of bad dreams.
Vain pahaa unta
Finnish
18 Aug 2014 - 14:40
Nelson Tigertass
Swedish
16 Nov 2019 - 09:36
Copyright © 2026, IBBY Europe.
Copyright © 2026, IBBY Europe. https://ibby-europe.ardagm.com/node/693