The Alchemist

Sendivogius Polonus who – according to a legend – turned a base metal into gold, in front of the Polish King Sigismund III. Beautifully illustrated by Pawel Pawlak.

Blumka’s Diary

Blumka’s Diary, the newest book by Iwona Chmielewska, will be published on the 20th of Semptember, in two versions: a German one (Blumkas Tagebuch, Gimpel Verlag) and a Polish one (Pamiętnik Blumki, Media Rodzina). Here you can have a short look inside.

Ghosts In My House

As my fascination for Iwona Chmielewska won’t never cease… Her fantastic book Ghosts In My House (text: Dubravka Ugrešić), published by the Polish publishing house Znak (2010).

When we fall in

My newest fascina- tion: Sean Hayes and his When we fall in.

Blumka’s Diary – A Sneak Preview

Blumka’s Diary, written and illustrated by Iwona Chmielewska.
The third picture in the first row exemplifies best how the ready pages will look like.
Please enlarge and delight the eye!

Blumka’s Wardrobe

Just yesterday arrived from Toruń this wonderful catalogue, collecting the whole "wardrobe" of Blumka’s Diary.
In this marvellous (I’m not promising too much!) picture book, Iwona Chmielewska is telling about Janusz Korczak’s famous Dom Sierot, from the viewpoint of Blumka, a nine-year-old girl. The book not only describes the everyday life in an orphanage, but also [...]

Out of the void

The last of my priceless Korean trophies: Iwona Chmielewska’s Room in the Heart, BIUM (text: Kwak Young Kwon), published by Agibooks.

Most beautiful moment

from the Prize Giving Ceremony: Iwona Chmielewska receiving her Bologna Ragazzi Award. Right at her side – the author of The House of The Mind: Maum, Kim Hee-Kyung.

Look at all the smiling faces!

Consciousness-expanding

This year’s glorious winner of Bologna Ragazzi Award in the category Non Fiction: Iwona Chmielewska’s A House of The Mind: MAUM (text by Kim Hee-Kyung), Changbi Publishers, Republic of Korea