I don’t like milk!
Psichogios Publications | 2005 | Illustrations: Katerina Veroutsou
Vasilis doesn’t like milk. He doesn’t like it at all! But his mother insists on giving him a huge cup of milk every single morning. He sometimes closes his nose and eyes in order to drink it, and sometimes he pours it into the cat’s bowl or chucks it down the sink. But he never gets away with it, what with all that scolding. Until one day he visits the dentist, and...
Included in The White Ravens 2006 list of the International Youth Library of Munich
“This story introduces the concept of a proper diet to children in an entertaining manner and helps them understand the importance of healthy eating.”
Critical Reviews
“Makis Tsitas is one of these rare cases of adults who have not forgotten how it is to be a child abandoned in a world where adults always dictate and command. In Whose Soup Is This and in I Don’t Like Milk, both published by Psichogios Publications, he presents, with a discreet sense of humor, small things that can emerge as huge in the eyes of children.”
Vivienne Nilan, Kathimerini newspaper, English Version
“This book narrates a simple story that shatters the myth of the mandatory glass of milk in the morning and teaches parents a lesson. In following the age-old recipe for a healthy diet, parents force their children to drink milk, offering them well-worn arguments about strong and healthy bones, good teeth etc.”
Mariza Ntekastro, Vima tis Kyriakis newspaper, 27/11/05
“Makis Tsitas continues his interesting journey through children’s literature. The enjoyable I Don’t Like Milk is his latest work.”
Kostas Balachoutis, Difono magazine, November 2005
“This is a brilliant book.”
Kostas G. Papapanagiotou, Eleftheri Ora newspaper, 12/10/05
“With his renowned, on-target and at the same time comic style, Makis Tsitas touches upon a rather commonplace situation in homes with young children.”
Stella Kontogianni, Lexima, 04/09/05
“This is a rather inventive story written in Makis Tsitas’s disarming style, an everyday style that is skillful at the same time and which reflects a child’s way of thinking.”
Vanggelis Iliopoulos, Parathiro stin Ekpedefsi magazine, September 2005
“So many things happen in this ingenious, pleasant, but also instructive book by a talented author.”
Titina Danelli, Rizospastis tis Kyriakis newspaper, 14/08/05
“This cute story deals with a timeless situation that concerns children, and it offers a fresh look at the issue through a subversive solution, offered towards the ending.”
B.X. Diavazo magazine, July 2006