BIG DREAM, LITTLE MOUSE
Publisher: Školska knjiga
The Big Dream, Little Mouse collection contains 80 short plays, mostly in verse, intended for young children. Thematically diverse, the collection engages with almost all areas of children’s interest. The inexhaustible imagination of Ljerka Pukec from play to play introduces the reader to a new adventure with unusual characters belonging to different worlds, who successfully understand one another despite their differences. The rich range of topics covered by this collection includes the child and the adoption of educational values, strengthening one’s positive self-image, respect for diversity, peaceful conflict resolution, health care and care for nature, and learning about different protected animals in a playful and enthusiastic way, but with a clear message. The author understands the perspective of the child, which is woven into every part of this collection of plays, offering characters with whom children can identify, while the stories themselves are educational, instructive, appropriate, and understandable to a child. In addition to reading and analysis with children in kindergarten and grades 1-4 of primary school or in the family home, the plays can also be used to encourage children’s creativity through different forms of art and their combinations.
Besides the author, the book is presented by Željka Horvat Vukelja, Marijana Županić Benić, associate professor, PhD., and Željka Vukušić.
Musical accompaniment: Mirjam Zeba, flute
The plays are read by preschool teachers, drama program leaders.
