In Front of the Television

Critical Reviews

“I was impressed by Makis Tsitas’ handling of this issue in his fairy tale for children. So spare and simple, without fanfare or scaremongering, just the way things are in reality... Life around us may change, may be lost or fall apart… as we, uninvolved, watch developments from behind a box... An exceptional approach, in my opinion, a smart topic and a wonderful opportunity to discuss this burning issue with our children.”
Maria Liontou, mommyjammi.gr, 19/03/19

“It’s something we must all become conscious of: that life is out there waiting for us, and not limited to the confines of a couch that makes us docile and almost indifferent. Makis Tsitas’ approach is wonderful. An injection of consciousness, a jab at complacency. A book filled with emotion. Ideas and powerful jolts.”
Eleni Beteinaki, cretalive.gr, 16/03/19

“The author masterfully leads the reader from appreciating how wonderfully you can pass your time in front of a big screen that shows such magical things, to realizing how much you lose when you let the television screen bewitch you.”
Erica Athanasiou, the newspaper Kifissia, 15/03/19

“The book is an excellent opportunity to speak to children about the measure of things.”
kidscloud.gr, 11/03/19

“The book is well-targeted in substance and understandable. It gives the child space to hear their own voice and reactions through a first person narrative. The text is admirably supported by Andriana Roussou’s illustrations, with the impressive way it is published (so different from that of television) allowing young children the chance to see things differently.”
Dioni Dimitriadou, apodyoptes.com, 9/03/19

“Makis Tsitas has experience with the TV screen and, through this experience, has dealt with its dominance in family life. He does it with precision, realism and decorum, without exaggeration, without melodrama and tears, without hedging or emotional intimidation.”
Apostolos Pappos, elniplex.com, 24/02/19

“Makis Tsitas engages an enduring and always relevant topic that has become even more of a problem for younger generations. The television and computer are crowding everyone’s consciousness and are holding them in their grip.”
Asimina Xirogianni, fractalart, 20/02/19

“The book In Front of the Television is the ideal gift for your child.”
biscotto.gr, 19/02/19

“Makis Tsitas uses his skill and facility in the use of the simple, the relevant and the natural in every book he writes for small children, as well as in the humor he discreetly injects at the right moment and the humorous names he uses, evoking spontaneous laughter. In doing so, he creates the right conditions for reaching the desired and intended outcome, always keeping in the background the narrator, who follows the progress and development of the story from the point of view of a child, without becoming one.
Eleni Choreanthi, Fractalart.gr, 18/02/19

“This invaluable book comes along and gives the best of examples worth emulating by demonstrating how different life can be when we consciously choose the best for ourselves and our children.”
Lydia Psaradelli, radioalchemy.net, 18/02/19

“Tsitas exposes the grave consequences that stem from the deification of the television inside the home, and details the damage it inflicts on daily life when it becomes an exclusive preoccupation. His perception includes social commentary and his observations reveal teaching principles, but discretely, without blaring commentary.”
Anthoula Daniil, frear.gr, 14/02/19