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Rexo and the Tiny Tent
Bruno and little Pupo are waiting for the fireflies. But a storm comes — and someone enormous knocks on the door.
- Clay
Sample — made-up child
Rexo and the Tiny Tent
A book for Bruno
By the lake, Bruno and Pupo were putting up a tiny orange tent, because tonight the fireflies would come. Pupo peeped with joy. But clouds rolled over the hills, and Doctor Fossil said, “A storm's coming — tonight the tent sleeps in my cabin.”
PEEP!
The tent now stood inside the cabin. “Fireflies, where are you?” Bruno whispered, but outside there was only thunder. Bruno pulled his spiky dino hood over his eyes: “I'm an armoured dinosaur, I'm not scared!” Just then, someone knocked at the door: knock, knock.
BOOM!
At the door stood Rexo, the biggest dinosaur in the valley, and only his head fit through. “May I come in too, when thunder is even bigger than me?” he whispered, wobbling like a jelly. Bruno looked at him, pushed back his hood and whispered, “I'm a teeny bit scared too — come closer.”
BOOM!
Rexo tucked his back and tail under the woodshed roof. Bruno switched on his lamp, and the tent glowed like a pumpkin. “When it booms, we count: one, two…” Bruno began, but Pupo peeped right in. “That's not three!” laughed Rexo.
PEEP!
Thunder rumbled again. Bruno puffed out his cheeks and rumbled in a tiny voice: “Boomlet!” Rexo snorted with laughter and begged him to do it again.
BOOMLET!
ZZZZ!
Then the rain stopped, the thunder wandered off over the hills, and hundreds of fireflies rose above the lake. The biggest dinosaur in the valley didn't see them, because he was asleep, so Bruno tucked a blanket over his nose. A few days later at home the vacuum cleaner roared, Bruno puffed out his cheeks — “Boomlet!” — and Mum burst out laughing.
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The Cocoa Map
Lina, Oto and Pebble the gnome go where no one has ever been. The crystals in the tunnels glow — but only when someone sings.
- Storybook
Sample — made-up child
The Cocoa Map
A book for Lina
The morning before a trip to where no one had ever been.
Oto: My first map! I copied it from the old miners — signs and all.
Oto: I hope it's good.
Pebble: Oops. Cocoa fingers.
Iskra: If the lantern goes out, light it from a stone that glows by itself.
Lina (thinks): Just a little boat. I'll unfold it right away.
RIIIP!
Iskra: I'll stay here and let out the rope. Tug it, and I'll come.
Oto: Got the map. Let's go!
Pebble: Hee-hee-hee! Sparkles! Hee-hee…
Oto: Watch out! When he laughs, he sneezes.
ACHOOOO!
Pebble: It's dark like a sock, like a sock…
Oto: They glow! When he sings!
Oto: I'm scared of butterflies, even small ones!
Lina: I ate a worm by accident, in salad!
Oto: Who tore my map?!
Oto: Cocoa fingers… Pebble?
Pebble: I… I only patted it.
Lina: This way! Definitely!
Oto: A wall. Great.
Lina: Tra-la-la, everything's great, tra-la-la!
Oto: Without Pebble it's like a torch with no battery.
Oto: Five tunnels and a map with no corner. We have to go back.
Lina: It wasn't Pebble. It was me. I folded the map into a boat and it tore.
Oto: A boat? Out of my first map?!
Pebble: …Did it at least float?
Lina: There was a crystal on the corner. Like a tooth.
Oto: The tooth is the old miners' sign! It points the way.
Pebble: The tooth is pointing, the tooth is pointing…
Oto: This way!
Lina: A stone that glows by itself! And a place no one's ever been!
Lina: No one's ever been here… except my boat.
Oto: My corner! Door and all.
Pebble: Hee-hee-ACHOO!
…achoo… achoo…
Oto: The door… moved.
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Two Seconds
Ema reads currents from the bubbles and races her cousin for a piece of a map. And Echo the parrot repeats everything.
- Clear Line
Sample — made-up child
Two Seconds
A book for Ema
Pirate Island. Once a year, kids race here for a piece of the Great Map.
Kotva: Whoever rings the buoy bell by the lighthouse first gets this piece.
Maťo: I’ll win, cousin. Like always.
Echo: …ALWAYS!
Ema: Echo repeats the last word. Any old word.
Echo: …WORD!
Kubo: Knots are done, Captain.
Ema: Then raise the sail!
Kubo: Maťo’s oars are twice as big.
Ema: And we’ve got bubbles.
TOOOOT!
Maťo: Bye-bye, snails!
Ema: The bubbles spin left. There’s a current!
Maťo: Hey! That’s cheating!
Echo: …CHEATING!
Kubo: A current isn’t cheating. It’s free!
Ema: And behind the lighthouse is the fastest one.
Kubo: Not that one, Captain. That one’s devilish.
Ema: The Devil’s Pull. No one’s ever dared go in.
Kubo: Today we’re going to the buoy, Captain.
Kubo: We’re ahead! By a whole raft!
Ema: Maťo! Say hi to the fish!
Echo: …FISH! FISH!
Ema: Echo! Stop!
Echo: …STOP!
DING!
Maťo: Fiiirst!
ding.
Kotva: Maťo. By two seconds.
Ema: It’s that parrot!
Echo: …PARROT!
Maťo: What are these snails? Where’s the treasure?
Maťo: …Ema? You can read currents.
Ema: I lost by two seconds. Two!
Ema: …Show me.
Kotva: You’ll see the currents from up there.
Ema: Turn it, Kubo. Turtle Rock is over there.
Ema: Three rings and one long slide… the Devil’s Pull!
Maťo: In there? …I’m not going.
Ema: The map goes that way, so we go that way. We’ll tow you.
Maťo: …Fine. But I carry the map.
Maťo: I know knots. A bow always holds.
Kubo: …Always?
Echo: …ALWAYS!
Ema: It’s only a little pull!
Kubo: LITTLE?!
Maťo: Woo-hooo!
Ema: Oops. It’s bigger than I thought!
Maťo: The bow came undone!
Ema: I’m turning toward him! Kubo, the loop!
Kubo: Now that’s a knot.
Maťo: And these are oars!
Kubo: This isn’t on any map.
Ema: Then draw it, Kubo!
Maťo: I can’t reach!
Ema: Kubo, the hook! And keep us by the wreck.
Ema: Next one’s by Whale Island. Rematch?
Maťo: Rematch!
Echo: …REMATCH!
Voice from the wreck: …Say hi to the fish…
Kubo: That… wasn’t Echo.
Ema: I shouted that. At the buoy.
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Two Seconds
Kubo draws maps, Ema reads currents. Together they race Maťo for a piece of the Great Map.
- Clear Line
Sample — made-up child
Two Seconds
A book for Kubo
Pirate Island. Once a year, kids race here for a piece of the Great Map.
Kotva: Whoever rings the buoy bell by the lighthouse first gets this piece.
Maťo: I’ll win, cousin. Like always.
Echo: …ALWAYS!
Ema: Echo repeats the last word. Any old word.
Echo: …WORD!
Kubo: Raise the sail!
Ema: Captain, the currents are fizzing like lemonade today.
Kubo: Maťo’s oars are twice as big.
Ema: And we’ve got bubbles.
TOOOOT!
Maťo: Bye-bye, snails!
Ema: The bubbles spin left. Kubo, there’s a current!
Maťo: Hey! That’s cheating!
Echo: …CHEATING!
Kubo: A current isn’t cheating. It’s free!
Ema: And behind the lighthouse is the fastest one.
Kubo: Not that one. That one’s devilish.
Ema: The Devil’s Pull. One day I’ll go through it. No one’s ever dared.
Kubo: Today we’re going to the buoy.
Kubo: We’re ahead! By a whole raft!
Kubo: Maťo! Say hi to the fish!
Echo: …FISH! FISH!
Ema: Kubo! The sail!
Kubo: Echo! Stop!
Echo: …STOP!
DING!
Maťo: Fiiirst!
ding.
Kotva: Maťo. By two seconds.
Kubo: It’s your parrot!
Echo: …PARROT!
Maťo: What are these snails? Where’s the treasure?
Ema: If those are snails, they’re really fast ones.
Maťo: …Kubo? You draw maps, right?
Kubo: We lost by two seconds. Two!
Kubo: …Show me.
Ema: They’re currents. But which ones? The sea’s full of them.
Kotva: You’ll see the currents from up there.
Kubo: Turtle Rock is over there. So the map goes like this!
Ema: Three rings and one long slide… the Devil’s Pull!
Maťo: In there? …I’m not going.
Kubo: The map goes that way, so we go that way. Maťo, we’ll tow you.
Maťo: …Fine. I carry the map. And I’m tying the rope with a bow.
Ema: The Devil’s Pull at last!
Kubo: Quick, before Maťo changes his mind!
Ema: Kubo, you’re captain of the raft. Not of my wheels.
Kubo: Follow the route! Right at the rock!
Ema: Got it! It’s only a little pull!
Maťo: Woo-hooo!
Ema: Oops, too sharp! I’m turning toward him!
Maťo: The bow came undone!
Kubo: I’ll throw a loop!
Kubo: Now that’s a knot.
Maťo: And these are oars!
Kubo: This isn’t on any map. I’m drawing it!
Ema: Draw fast. The tide won’t wait.
Maťo: I can’t reach!
Ema: Kubo, the hook! And keep us by the wreck.
Kubo: Next one’s by Whale Island. Rematch?
Maťo: Rematch!
Echo: …REMATCH!
Voice from the wreck: …Say hi to the fish…
Ema: That… wasn’t Echo.
Kubo: I shouted that. At the buoy.
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Magnet
Tobi has sat on the substitutes’ bench for two years. Now he has a chance: catch Gluey the robot by sunset. But his new partner talks to pigeons.
- Superhero
Sample — made-up child
Magnet
A book for Tobi
Hero City. Every kid here has one power. Tobi’s is a magnet.
Tobi: Seven spoons at once. New record!
Tower Keeper: Professor Mishap’s robot Gluey has escaped. It’s gluing up the city.
Tower Keeper: Whoever brings it back by sunset joins Team Signal.
Tobi: Finally. Two years on the bench.
Tower Keeper: You’re going with Lota. She’s new.
Lota: Hi. This is Coo-Coo. He says your goggles are weird.
Tobi (thinks): Great. A newbie and a pigeon.
Lota: Coo-Coo says Gluey is behind the fountain.
Tobi: I know. I can see it.
Tobi: It’s metal. One pull and it’s mine.
SKID!
Lota: Tobi, you’re flying towards it!
Professor Mishap: Gluey! Stop! Sorry, kids!
Tobi: I knew that. Well… almost.
Lota: The pigeons say Gluey isn’t breaking things. It’s fixing them.
Tobi: With glue? The whole city?
Lota: Your spoons are shaking.
Tobi: They’re not my spoons!
Lota: If we don’t catch it, they’ll send me home. It’s my first day.
Tobi: They won’t send me anywhere. I just sit.
Lota: The square!
Tobi: Come on!
Tobi: Now. Just the wheel. Slowly…
Lota: Tobi, wait! The pigeons know where it’s going!
Professor Mishap: Missed again!
Tobi: You ruined everything!
CLANG-BANG-CLINK!
Lota: …Tobi?
Voice from the pile: I’m fine. I think.
Lota: Coo-Coo wants to know if you’d like a grape.
Tobi: Great. A frying pan too.
Tobi: Experiment one: thinking about pigeons.
Tobi: Experiment two: not thinking about pigeons.
Lota: What are you doing in there?
Tobi: Science.
Baker: My frying pan!
Tobi: Frying pan — there. Bike — there.
Tobi: Sorry. I wasn’t listening. Where’s Gluey going?
Lota: Up the tower. The pigeons say it wants to fix the Signal.
Professor Mishap: Gluey, no! Glue doesn’t shine!
Gluey: Beep-beep!
CREEEAK!
Lota: Tobi! The Signal!
Tobi: Just the tank. Nice and slow.
Gluey: Beep?
Professor Mishap: There. A brush. And no more bright ideas, Gluey.
Lota: Coo-Coo says he likes it.
Tower Keeper: The robot’s back and the Signal’s shining. Who did it?
Tobi: The pigeons knew where it was going.
Lota: And he knew what to pull out.
Tower Keeper: You’re on the team. Just a trial run. Both of you.
Tower Keeper: First job’s down there.
Tower Keeper: Unglue the whole city.
Tobi: …All of it?
Gluey: Beep!
Lota: Coo-Coo says the Signal is calling the island.
Tobi: The island? Nobody lives there.
To be continued: The Signal from the Island
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Mystery Night
Klára can crack any cipher. For Mystery Night she has four envelopes, her brother and a toy hamster. Is that enough?
- Anime
Sample — made-up child
Mystery Night
A book for Klára
Fall break at Grandma’s. Seven days. One bakery. And a brother.
Mrs. Lienka: Four envelopes. The last one holds a password for me. No password, no finish.
Mrs. Lienka: First back by eight gets their name on the Mystery Board.
Klára: Team: me, my brother and Gustáv.
Mrs. Lienka: A stuffed animal counts as half.
Dávid: We’re two as well. Rišo’s at his grandma’s. We’ll still beat you.
Mrs. Lienka: Just tonight, two will do. Two and a half too.
EXVVWRS
Dávid: What’s this? Typos?
Klára: Shift by one… nonsense. By three… Bus stop.
Vilko: You’re like a computer.
One–zero to the visitor.
Klára: “Go to the Keeper of Time.” Who’s the Keeper of Time?
Vilko: Grandma’s alarm clock?
The internet knows nothing about the Keeper of Time. The internet has never been here.
Ivka: The Keeper’s the statue by the school. Everybody knows that.
Dávid: I knew it first.
Ivka: You’re always first.
Vilko: Are we spies?
Klára: We’re tourists.
SQUEAK!
Dávid: Are you following us?
Klára: Me? I’m walking my hamster.
(a cipher made of symbols)
(a cipher made of symbols)
(a cipher made of symbols)
▲=U ●=N ■=D ◆=E ★=R ✚=T ▼=H ◐=B ♥=C ♣=O ♠=I ☾=L ✿=W ▶=K ◀=G ✖=S
Ivka: I don’t know these symbols.
Klára (thinks): I do.
Dávid: We’ll manage on our own.
Klára: So will I.
Vilko: Bye!
Klára: “Under the bench on the hill where the whole block goes sledding in winter.”
Klára: …Great. Which hill?
(a cipher made of symbols)
▲=U ●=N ■=D ◆=E ★=R ✚=T ▼=H ◐=B ♥=C ♣=O ♠=I ☾=L ✿=W ▶=K ◀=G ✖=S
UNDER THE BENCH ON THE HILL WHERE THE WHOLE BLOCK GOES SLEDDING IN WINTER
7:31. Got the message. There are three hills.
Ivka: By the garages? In the park? By the water tower?
Dávid: Maybe it’s a map. Or a pizza.
Klára: Up you get. We’re going to barge in on someone.
▲=U ●=N ■=D ◆=E ★=R ✚=T ▼=H ◐=B ♥=C ♣=O ♠=I ☾=L ✿=W ▶=K ◀=G ✖=S
UNDER THE BENCH ON THE HILL WHERE THE WHOLE BLOCK GOES SLEDDING IN WINTER
(a cipher made of symbols)
Klára: I know what it says. You know which hill.
Dávid: And why should we share?
Klára: Because I’ve got half, you’ve got half and Gustáv is half. And you were holding it sideways.
Ivka: The whole block only sleds on one. Sled Hill, behind the garages.
Dávid: Fine. But I’m captain.
Klára: Sure thing, captain.
Vilko: I’m hungry.
PXIILQ
PXIILQ
PXIILQ
Ivka: Me first, for once!
Dávid: The captain cracks the password. On the way.
Klára: Give it here!
Dávid: Captain! …Got it! Donut!
Dávid: Password: donut!
Mrs. Lienka: No.
7:59.
The twins: Muffin!
Mrs. Lienka: Correct! First.
Klára: …Muffin.
Mrs. Lienka: Also correct. Second place.
Dávid: Captain’s fault.
Vilko: I’d have said donut too.
Ivka: Coming with us tomorrow? On Friday you’ll meet Rišo.
Klára: Tomorrow. Maybe.
Ivka: This isn’t from Mrs. Lienka.
Klára: Then it’s ours.
To be continued: Who’s Sticking the Dots?
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