Friends
Psichogios Publications | 2006 | Illustrations: Natalia Kapatsoulia
The beloved children’s books author, Makis Tsitas, returns with this brand-new book. With a vast array of colors, and a great deal of spirit, he will introduce his young readers to his friends who they are bound to love so much! This tender text is accompanied by Natalia Kapatsoulia’s charming illustrations in a book that will touch children’s hearts.
Short-listed for the National Awards for Children’s Books
Critical Reviews
“This tender text is accompanied by Natalia Kapatsoulia’s charming illustrations in a book that will touch children’s hearts. The writer describes friendship through words simple yet honest. He describes the moments of happiness and support, and even the moments of tension and trouble that inevitably exist in every relationship.”
Antonis Zarintas, ekpaideusi.blogspot.gr, 12/03/18
“If children’s literature is an in-depth familiarization with the amazing world of literature itself, with the play between narrative and characters, then my mind immediately goes to Makis Tsitas’s aesthetically beautiful book Friends (Psichogios Publications, 2006). This is an introduction to literature in which young readers can identify with the heroes and learn that the gift of friendship can bring you both power and confidence. It is a first taste of the warm, sweet, comforting, and velvety feeling of love that only friends can offer!”
Vouli Zogou, Eneken magazine, Issue 14, October-November-December 2009
“With tenderness and sensitivity, the author offers a small ode to friendship, to the happy and darker moments of it, along with a set of educational instructions as well. He penetrates into children’s souls and maps their uncharted waters through a language simple and spare; in a manner plain and easy to grasp that will definitely attract young readers and pass on to them messages that will prove useful later in life.”
Nikos Deligiannis, Iamvos magazine, Issue 14, Winter 2007
“In his own disarming manner, in a simple and understandable way, the author makes the case for friendship through his tender story, while offering a lesson to us adults too. The lesson for us -- in our effort to explain and provide all the answers to the many ‘whys’ our children pose and sometimes oblivious to simple everyday words and situations -- think we are answering them well when, in fact, many, many times we actually frustrate them even more.”
Eleni Argyriou, Kyriakatikos Rizospastis newspaper, 21/01/2007
“This is a tender book about the great gift of friendship by Makis Tsitas, who knows how to speak to children’s hearts.”
Erika Athanasiou, Kifisia newspaper, 21/12/06
“Makis Tsitas composes an ode to friendship for our young friends […] This is a tender and neat book packed with both humor and clarity, qualities that provide solid foundations for one to build a truly happy life.”
Eleni Gkika, Ethnos newspaper, 19/11/06
“In this book, the reader may easily discern the well-known components of Tsitas’s writing: humor, originality, simple and easy-to-grasp language, spare and economical prose, a fresh perspective, and topics that are drawn from the everyday lives of children.”
Kostas G. Papapanagiotou, Eleftheri Ora newspaper
Product Details
Series: Strawberry
Publication Date: 21/09/2006
Pages: 40
Ages: 5-6
ISBN: 978-960-453-103-5
Dimensions: 14 x 21 cm
Bookbinding: Hardback
Illustrator: Natalia Kapatsoulia
Application
PRESS RELEASE
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE TAKEN TO A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION
Always standing by new technological advancements, Psichogios Publications offer the new Friends children’s book-application for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, written by Makis Tsitas, in both Greek and English.
Greek: http://itunes.apple.com/el/app/id437844330?mt=8
English: http://itunes.apple.com/el/app/friends-book/id435933450?mt=8
The significance of friendship is promoted, in this interactive book, though the story of Makis, a boy who has many friends.
Even when things are not as sugar-coated as expected, Makis and his friends find the way to continue playing with each other and enjoy one another’s company.
The application includes:
Narration and text in Greek
Animated and acoustic development of the plot
Interactive pages