Долой огуречного короля

Austrian writer Christine Nöstlinger wrote a very funny book - a "family novel", which would be nice to read not only for children, but also for adults.

One day, a respectable Austrian Hogelmann family, consisting of mom, dad, grandfather, two boys and one girl, discovers a strange creature in their kitchen. It looks like a pumpkin-cucumber, and even with a crown on its head. Speaks in broken human language. He considers himself the king of the lower cellar, who was expelled by his subjects. He tells him to love himself and favor, as well as to take care of him in every possible way and feed him with sprouted potatoes. Children and adults who found themselves in such an absurd, funny and downright fantastic situation behaved differently. For example, this "pumpkin-pumpkin" literally leads the father of the family by the nose.

Despite the general entertaining intonation, the book is undoubtedly very instructive and multifaceted: it touches upon pedagogical, psychological, and even political topics. But the main thing is the "problem of" fathers and sons. will give great pleasure both with its enchanting plot, and with the brilliant translation of Pyotr Frenkel, who created unexpected word rotations and syllable combinations, and with the dynamic drawings of the master of book illustration Mikhail Skobelev. Lordship Turtle Cucumber will teach children to make independent decisions, while adults (I would like to believe in it) will begin to respect the interests of grown-up children and curb petty nitpicking, excessive conceit and the habit of domestic tyranny.