The Way Things Are With Us

2013

Writer
Illustrator
Alvar Jaakson
Genre
storybook
 
fiction
Original
Language
Estonian
Publisher
Tänapäev
ISBN
9789949273522
Year
2013
Pages
136
Age
6+

Synopsis

Rights sold: Hungarian, Latvian, Polish

The Way Things Are With Us is a humorous book about life in a completely ordinary family. Vassel lives in a nice little Estonian town with his mother, father, and little brother Joona, who is just two-and-a-half years old. Vassel shows the way things are in his family – how they read, write, and draw; cook and eat; tell ghost stories; argue; wait up for elves to bring presents around Christmastime; drive in the car; go to sleep; get lost; play football; host guests; and forget things.

The book was an immediate hit in Estonia, and a couple of additional print runs have already been made.

 

Translations

Tā iet mūsu lietas

Latvian

Saar, Grīnberga, Jaakson, 2017 , 136 lk

Как у нас идут дела

Russian

Saar, Lukjanov, Rebane, 2017 , 119 lk

Ja, Jonasz i cała reszta

Polish

Saar, Jaakson, Michalczuk-Podlecki, 2018 , 150 lk

Így mennek nálunk a dolgok

Hungarian

Saar, Jaakson, Patat, 2018 , 136 lk

Reading Sample

The Way Things Are With Us (ENG)
Comment vont les choses (FRA)

Awards

2014 The White Ravens
2013 Annual Children’s Literature Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2013 Raisin of the Year Award
2013 Good Children’s Book