Literature for children • Literature for children
Božićne priče: Bor koji je ostao neokićen
Christmas Eve has dawned, as every year it is difficult to welcome.
All the joys of Christmas evening showered the children: a pine tree with colorful paper chains, gilded apples and walnuts, with sparkling candles... Under the pine tree, a nativity scene with the Holy Family, shepherds and wise men from the east...
"Dad's Medal" is a short, imaginative, concise story about the relationship between parents and children, in which we see the problem, rebellion, acceptance and resolution of an unsatisfactory relationship.
Danko Oblak brings us a panorama of pre-war and wartime events in Zagreb, projected through the sensitive psyche of a six-year-old who experiences a childhood disrupted first by social misery and then by the dangers of war.