Eliah And The Granny From The Egg (2001)

Eliah And The Granny From The Egg (2001)
Genre
Books for youth
Publisher
Mladá fronta

The seven – year-old Eliah finds an egg in the park and takes it home with him. He is expecting a little bird to hatch, but instead a little old lady comes out of the egg. She is so helpless and inexperienced that Eliah has to teach her everything: to walk, speak, eat, read and finally even to fly! Thanks to the granny from the egg Eliah is able to understand his parents, who are always so busy. After this Eliah doesn’t need her anymore, but the granny goes on to help other children.

Elias und die Oma aus dem Ei – German – Sauerländer Verlag 2001
Eliáš a babička z vajíčka – Czech – Amulet 2003

The book has been translated into a number of languages.

Further information

Curriculum Vitae

Born 1953 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. Has lived and worked in Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic   1972 Graduation from Neruda Grammar School in Prague. Not allowed to enrol at…

List of awards and other distinctions

  The Summer Wears Donkey´s Ears * The book was on the 1985 List of Best German Children´s Books; it was also awarded The Prize of the Czech Publisher Albatros 1996. The Season of…