L' Ape Maia e le sue avventure

Waldemar Bonsels' Maya the Bee is full of story and feeling, and it also happens to be beautifully written, with the vocabulary and diction and wonder of other great children's books of this era--this is a book that rivals The Wizard of Oz, or Wind in the Willows. In addition to its lush diction--0n Leggi tutto

Cocuk kitaplarını okudukca bazi çocukların ozenilmesi beklenebilecek kotu seyler oldugunu goruyorum ve bu durum hosuma gitmiyor. Mesela bu kitapta da Maya'nin naifligi, sevimliligi ve pozitifligi evet guzel ve örnek alinmasi gereken durumlar. Ama ayni zamanda boceklerin birbirlerini yiyisleri, nasil Leggi tutto

Como Winny de Puh y las adaptaciones de la obra de A. A. Milne realizadas por Disney, poco tiene que ver esta Maya con ese icono de tres generaciones creado en los setenta por un estudio de animación germanonipón. Maya la abeja es un clásico infantil alemán escrito en 1912 por Waldemar Bonsels (1881 Leggi tutto

Хората често говорят за пропастта между поколенията, за непрестанно променящия се свят, за нови ценности и интереси… Ето защо на мене ми е особено мило, когато открия нещо непреходно, издържало теста на времето, което служи като мост между децата ми и моето собствено детство. В средата на 80-те, гле Leggi tutto

Maija Mehiläinen oli yksi lapsuuteni suosikkianimaatiosarjoista, ja taisinpa lukea muutaman sarjakuvankin, jossa tuo pienen pieni mehiläinen ystävineen seikkaili. Niinpä olikin kiinnostavaa, kun viime vuonna löysin alkuteoksen kirpparilta. En edes tiennyt, että Maijan seikkaili ensimmäisen kerran ro Leggi tutto

Reading it in the original German. I love this book. Used as we are to the Disney-fied politically correct stories for children, this was so refreshing to read. A young free-spirited bee evades her duties to explore the world and admire its wonders. She soon discovers (quite starkly I might add) th

ENGLISH: Years ago I saw the series of cartoons based on this book. Some of the chapters were followed quite faithfully, although (of course) several changes were introduced, such as giving more weight to a few insects (Flip the grasshopper comes to mind), and introducing a drone, Maya's sibling (Wi Leggi tutto