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Our Books for Children Through the Eyes of Parents
2012-02-22
Our books for children are gaining recognition in the eyes of young audiences and their parents. The reviews that parents have been placing on the portal Czasdzieci.pl is evidence of this. - Here the history of Mozart is presented in verse. The whole is spiced up with beautiful, lightly penned illustrations by Zenon Andrzej Remi, which, I think, "play" – they are dynamic and full of expression - mother MałGosia writes about "Mozart’s Fable" by Joanna Wiśnios.Mother Karina wrote about the same book: - This book is for older preschoolers and first grade students of primary school, but, in my opinion, older readers will also happily reach for it. Both parts of "Mozart’s Fable" are pleasant to read - and added: - The beautiful, colourful illustrations by Zenon Andrzej Remi, saturated with humour, are an additional plus for the book. Thanks to them, listening and reading "Mozart’s Fable" is a real pleasure.
Praise for Zenon Andrzej Remi has not been in short supply by mothers who, together with their little joys, have got to know our second book for children, “Tales Painted With Notes” by Dorota Skwark:
- Picking up “Tales Painted With Notes” I was impressed by the elegant graphic design of the book. Zenon A. Remi’s colour sketch – the interior of the opera with scattered notes suggests that the subject will be serious, but maybe not entirely, because the notes do not stand in a line, and are a little frisky - writes Anna Żaczek, a librarian, and adds “quivering, vibrating sketches tune into a musical feeling. The texts, written in the pictorial language of fairy tales, understandable to children, perfectly give the tricky contents of the most famous operas and musical tales. Each story is preceded by a theatrical poster and information about who wrote the libretto and the music. The young reader is able to check who are people such as Augustyn Bloch, W.A. Mozart or S. Moniuszko in small biographical notes listed at the end of the publication.”
Mother Anna remarked: - The book opens up the magical world of operas, ballets, and operettas to us. Who loved Halka, who was Odette, Queen of the Night, or Dr. Marimba won’t be a secret from us. I think we’ll love these works if we know their content.
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