Review: Entertaining lessons for eager children
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2014
Kornelija Kozar is a Croatian author who is also a linguist (she is fluent in Croatian, German and English) and has compiled several of her stories for children in this charming book THE ADVENTURES OF TWO LITTLE DUCKNGS. She gives credit to her good friend Dragan Tovilovic for adapting them into Kindle format, but there is no mention of the illustrator: perhaps that means that Kornelija has also provided these charming images!Four stories and a bonus make up this collection. Each story is a stand-alone story so that the book can be shared on separate evenings as bedtime stories for children as though they were receiving a new book every night! The stories each carry a lesson - curiosity can lead to problems but there is no place like home; exploring games requires patience especially when danger (in the form of a ill-mannered cat) intervenes; the expectations and realities of attending school and the surprises that brings; and the feeling of inferiority is quickly abated when the ducklings long to fly, but their bird friends envy their ability to swim!Children will love the stories as the tales bring out events that are familiar, place them in the form of duckling adventures allowing them to both laugh at their own fears and insecurities while applauding the victories that lay in store. Kornelija Kozar has the gift and we can only hope there will be more stories form her imaginative and creative mind and pen! Grady Harp, January 14