On December 13 at 5:00 PM, the writer Emilia Zafiraki will be a guest at the Museum of Humor and Satire along with her character – Vitan the Frog.
Together with Yana Kazakova, illustrator of the book, and Dr. Emilia Vacheva, a herpetologist at the National Museum of Natural History, they will tell children interesting things about the real life of amphibians.
Vitan the Frog is a book created with the idea of introducing children to the problem of the common frog or grass frog, Rana temporaria, in a fun way. In Bulgaria, they make their home in the higher altitudes of the Balkan mountain range, but every year they make a great migration to a swamp at the foot of the mountain so that they can create their descendants. Environmental pollution threatens their existence, and their fate is now entirely in the hands of humans.
“Vitan The Frog – How an Adventure Became a Salvation” is the first Bulgarian book for children, in which the fairy tale is intertwined with real information from the world of living nature. A story about friendship, mutual assistance and care, which will help children cope with difficult life situations, accept those who are different from them and enrich their knowledge about nature and interesting animal species that are unpopular and even considered “disgusting”.
The publication is suitable for children aged 6+ and has an educational purpose. The main character is a young frog Vitan, who, thanks to his great self-confidence, gets involved in an adventure filled with fear, love, unexpected twists and turns and with a big stake: the salvation of his own tribe.
The book is published by Lisiche Publishing House, with the financial support of the Culture Fund and can be purchased from FOX BOOK CAFE at 34 Gladston Street or from the online store: https://shop.foxbooks.bg/