Four Kids and Murka

2010

Illustrator
Angelika Schneider
Genre
storybook
 
fiction
Original
Language
Estonian
Publisher
Hermes
ISBN
978994908721
Year
2010
Pages
80
Age
6+

Synopsis

Mum always says that Märta and Grandma are like two peas in a pod, but Märta could never understan how two people could ever fit into something so small. Then, Mum explained that it doesn't mean Märta and her grandmother had ever been in a pea pod together – it simply means that they're very similar, like two of a kind. That's definitely a big load of baloney, because how can a very old person and a kid that's already kind of big be so very much alike? Like a big pea and a little pea?

The story, inspired by a childhood in Soviet Estonia, tells of four children's adventures at their grandmother's house in the country. A little spice is added by Murka, who is the world's biggest, bravest, and most courageous dog, because it fights the wolves.

Reading Sample

Four Kids and Murka (ENG)

 
Vier kinderen en Murka (NL)