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      • Children's & YA

        Dachshund and Dane

        by Kadri Hinrikus, Elina Sildre

        Dane has recently moved in near Dachshund, and has already won over the hearts of many with his kind nature. Husky and Basset, Bernard and Corgi, Labrador and Collie—all the neighbors are blown over! Dachshund likes Dane so much that she wants to invite him over for Christmas, to go sledding, to sniff spring scents, and to dig up flower beds, just the two of them! At the same time, their friends just want to lie on the couch and think about everything beautiful in the world.

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        The Moon is Like a Golden Boat

        by Juhani Püttsepp, Gundega Muzikante

        White Raven 2021Every time Keete looks at pictures from her childhood where she’s holding her teddy bear Pätsu in her lap, she wonders what life would have been like without war. Her parents would certainly have been able to keep working as teachers without living in terror of the communists deporting them to Siberia. The whole family could have spent nights without having to hurry to the bomb shelter or see their precious hometown in ruins. In peacetime, she could have kept living on the second floor of their cherry-red home instead of setting off on a harrowing journey across the Baltic Sea to Sweden. Years and years later, Keete thinks about how lucky today’s kids are to grow up without war. And she still cradles Pätsu in her arms – a teddy bear who helped her get through life’s perils.

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        John the Skeleton’s Goings-On

        by Triinu Laan, Marja-Liisa Plats

        White Raven 2021The 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 couple’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 – especially the grandkids!

      • Children's & YA
        June 2019

        Shoe #39

        by Jaanus Vaiksoo, Katrin Kaev

        White Raven 2020Paul the fifth grader oversleeps for the first time in his life and doesn’t make it to school. Yet when he goes out to get a breath of fresh air, it turns out that the day’s extraordinary events aren’t over yet. A series of escapades unfolds, starring the world’s most beautiful saleswoman Yekaterina, the artistic Arthur, and Arthur’s spunky daughter Minna. The leading role in all these events, however, belongs to a strange man who buys a brand-new pair of size-39 shoes every day without trying them on first. Why would anyone do that? Will Paul manage to figure out the shoe-man’s secret?

      • Children's & YA
        October 2019

        Julius the Bunny’s Computer

        by Leelo Tungal, Regina Lukk-Toompere

        One day, Julius the bunny is given a computer – just what he’s always wanted! His sister’s sled and his brother’s skis seem too ordinary to the bunny-boy. Julius’s father shows him how to click on icons and play games. How exciting they are! The games let him run from wolves, stack heads of cabbage, and fling carrots. However, his favourite is a tiger-hunting game. It’s so nerve-racking that the bunny barely finds any time to eat and sleep, much less play with his brother and sister. When all the tigers are finally caught, Julius finds himself in a totally different world.

      • Children's & YA
        December 2018

        A Little Love Story

        by Tia Navi, Kadi Kurema

        Triinu-Liis has two hands and two mittens: one for her right, the other for her left. One day, as the left-hand mitten is swinging in the girl’s pocket, she hears a soft thud. Curiously, the mitten peeks over the edge of the pocket, and what does she see: the right-hand mitten has fallen out of his own pocket! What is she to do? The left-hand mitten knows all too well what happens to lone mittens. No matter what adventures might come meanwhile, in the end, they always find themselves in a landfill where seagulls and crows will peck at them. How can the left-hand mitten give the little girl a sign that her dear partner has been lost – a companion, without whom you’ll never feel whole again?

      • Children's & YA

        Eia’s Wintertime Adventure

        by Anu Aun, Sirly Oder

        Drawing – especially nature and animals – is ten-year-old Eia’s favorite activity. When the girl’s mother, a ballet dancer, has to substitute for an injured colleague on a tour abroad and her father has no way of getting out of work, she is sent to spend winter break in the snowy countryside. There, deep in the woods, lives a warm-hearted man named Ott who is tasked with looking after Eia. The girl’s days are filled with fun activities, particularly when she makes friends with the neighbors. Soon, however, Eia and the villagers face the fight of their lives: saving the wild environment around them from clearcutting. In the process, Eia also discovers a closely guarded family secret.

      • Children's & YA
        April 2019

        Soapy’s World

        by Aidi Vallik, Lumimari

        White Raven 2021Soapy’s name isn’t really Soapy – that’s just what people call her because more than anything else in the world, she loves blowing soap bubbles. Soapy got her very first bubble-blower when Mom came home from her job abroad for a few days. Dad had already left home by then – Soapy and her little brother are cared for by their grandmother. Whenever she blows bubbles, Soapy forgets that Mom and Dad no longer live together, that Mom is always sad and far away, and that no one has the time to notice her problems anymore. Blowing bubbles is great, because the soap bubbles you blow only take from the real world what you like and what gives you joy.

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        The Elephant

        by Kadri Hinrikus, Kadi Kurema

        Kärt feels that she doesn’t really belong anywhere. Her relationship with her classmates is not a happy one- either she is being bullied for the way she looks or taunted because she knows the answers to teacher’s questions. It’s not going much better at home either- her father is not exactly happy about Kärt preferring books and reading to maths and computers.  Her support from her mum is nonexistent as well as she just starts to cry and despair hearing about Kärt’s problems.Alas, after a particularly bad day at school, Kärt meets a spunky Croatian girl Lucija who slowly helps Kärt to realise that exactly her kind of girl is needed and cherished in different situations.

      • Children's & YA

        Leo and Bogey-Man

        by Johanna-Iisebel Järvelill, Kristina Tort

        Leo went for a swim at the pool, but on his way home he caught a chill and is now down with the flu. Leo doesn't like to blow his nose and refuses to take any medicine. Instead, Leo wipes his nose on the sofa. The Bogey-Man, who Leo wiped out, doesn't want to stay put on the sofa, he wants to play with Leo instead. Leo is kind enough to agree, but it turns out the Bogey-Man is rather horrible and mean. What on earth should Leo do now?

      • Children's & YA

        The Potato’s Kingdom

        by Helena Koch, Anne Pikkov

        There sure is a lot going on in auntie Tiia's vegetable patch! The cauliflower's deepest desire is to get married, the carrots are solving the mystery of the baby carrots, the onion wants to become a stand-up comedian and the tiny pea is crying her eyes out from loneliness. The chili and the bell pepper cannot figure out who is related to whom, the pumpkin growing in the far corner yearns for a more central position, the radish however does not want to become a salad, but to go on a round-the-world trip. It's no wonder that the potato who rules over this kingdom is completely exhausted by the autumn.

      • Children's & YA

        Karla the Bumblebee Waits for Rain

        by Tia Navi, Regina Lukk-Toompere

        A little bumblebee named Karla is buzzing across the lawn, which is mowed as straight as a board and hasn’t a single blossom. Suddenly picking up a sweet scent, he follows it to a wonderous second-floor balcony. There are blossoms galore! Runner beans, nasturtiums, vervains, snapdragons – each and every one holds a magical power that makes them grow. A sprinkling of water is needed, too, but that’s no problem. Oskar, the boy who lives in the apartment, is very responsible about watering their flowers. Yet one day the family goes on vacation to the countryside, leaving the potted plants high and dry. Karla is at a loss for what to do to prevent the incredible blossoms from losing their life force.

      • Children's & YA

        Where Did You Find It?

        by Urmas Reinmaa, Ulla Saar

        Anni goes outside in her new shoes. She takes a few steps, looks at her shoes and smiles. And then, next to her shoe, she spots the first key. How did it get here? Who lost it? Soon she finds another key. And another one. Not long until she's got a whole handful of them. That makes her worry because if you lose your key you can't get into your house. And your friends can't come round to visit or your neighbour can't lend you any cinnamon. How is she ever going to find the owners of these keys?

      • Children's & YA
        April 2019

        What Do You Dream About?

        by Kadri Hinrikus, Anu Kalm

        Kids’ lives are nowhere as easy as grown-ups might think! For example, Eve’s father works far away in the capital, so the girl misses him all the time. Andreas, on the other hand, is worried that his parents are in over their heads with taking care of his baby sister – all it’s been since she was born is nothing but work and caring for her, with hardly any time left over for chatting and having fun. Helen, who is a city girl, finds herself afraid of everything when she attends her great-uncle’s birthday celebration in the countryside: frogs, worms, bees – you name it. Jake is certainly there to support her, but then, a surprising sense of unease creeps into his heart, too. It sure is nice when there are adults around who know to take kids’ worries seriously. And it sure is astounding when they’re able to offer a pretty good solution!

      • Children's & YA
        October 2001

        Paula Finishes Kindergarten. Paula Moves to the City

        Paula's Life

        by Aino Pervik, Piret Raud

        Paula lives in a little village that has a glass factory, a post office, and a shop. The village lies on the shore of a pretty lake; everything there is familiar and feels like home. Paula doesn’t live alone, of course – she has a mother, a father, a little brother named Patrick, a dog named Rex, and a cat named Kitty. She’s turning seven soon, which means she won’t go to kindergarten anymore next autumn. Instead, Paul will go to school – first grade! But before that happens, she has to finish kindergarten. After their graduation party, it turns out that Paula and her friends will be going to different schools. The glass factory has been shut down and Paula’s dad needs to find another job, so their family is moving to the city. Thus, Paula becomes a city girl who starts attending a city school.

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