The Story Of The Crystal Brook

About the Book

Vladimir Verdnik is a well-known author among young Slovenian readers. The Last Dwarf, The Lonely Fir and The Mysterious House are some of his works for children and their parents, who prefer more demanding and pedagogical fairy-tale literature. The author is distinguished by his smooth narrative language. With his numerous educational messages about the values of life and the importance of family in his stories, he remains faithful to his pedagogical mission.

The Story of the Crystal Brook has found its way into wider world literature with the help of its international publisher and because of its key message strongly connected to the environmental problems of the modern world.

“If many children read The Story of the Crystal Brook, our world tomorrow will have more chance to preserve its natural resources,” says the author, deeply convinced that acquainting young children with environmental issues is the key for the preservation of the natural balance on our planet when they grow up.

The Story of the Crystal Brook is a tale from the Valley of Dreams, full of truths about life. It invites us to have a sip of clean water from the Crystal Brook – today, tomorrow and over many years.

The original illustrations were done by a Slovenian painter from the Koroška region, Miro Hajnc, a late friend of the author. His illustrations conjure a fairy-tale landscape of their native town by the Drava River.

The book you are holding is an educational fairy-tale of imperishable values of life among us and around us.

Ivo Stropnik

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