John the Skeletonā€™s Goings-On

2020

Writer
Illustrator
Genre
storybook
 
fiction
Original
Language
Estonian
Publisher
PƤike ja Pilv
ISBN
9789916951224
Year
2020
Pages
61
Age
6+

Synopsis

The skeleton model used for teaching anatomy at school is sent into retirement. Gramps reckons that every hardworking employee deserves to relax after years spent on the job, so he brings Juhan the skeleton back to his farm. Also there are Gramma, a hen and a rooster, a cat and a dog, and even the old coupleā€™s grandchildren from time to time. Gramps takes the skeleton pretty much everywhere he goes, be it to trim the apple trees, listen to a bedtime story, or hear the way the lake sings. Juhan is unbelievably happy, and so is everyone else around him ā€“ especially the grandkids!

 

Reading Sample

John the Skeleton's Goings-On (ENG)

Awards

2021 Tartu Prize for Childrenā€™s Literature
2020 Good Children's Book
2020 5 Best-Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Certificate of Merit
2020 5 Best-Designed Estonian Childrenā€™s Books, Special Prize of the Estonian Children's Literature Centre
2020 Nominee of the Annual Childrenā€™s Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia