Old Mother Kunks

2011

Writer
Illustrator
Edgar Valter
Genre
fiction
 
storybook
 
fairy-tale
Original
Language
Estonian
Publisher
Tammerraamat
ISBN
9789949449965
Year
2011
Pages
103
Age
9+

Synopsis

Rights sold: Latvian, Azerbaijani, Finnish, German, Japanese, Russian

Amid a windswept sea stands a lone, rocky islet. Apart from the birds, it is occupied by only a single soul – Old Mother Kunks, who is a bony woman with long, tousled hair and expert knowledge of medicinal herbs and witchcraft. One stormy day, Captain Trumm washes up on the frothy shore after surviving a shipwreck. Mother Kunks’ remedies soon make the man well again. Although the two sometimes argue because they’ve been accustomed to living alone, it’s as clear as day to both of them that being together on the island is much better than being all alone.

 

Translations

Баба-Мора

Russian

Pervik, Valter, Teppe, 2014 , 112 lk

Чаромора

Russian

Pervik, Judin, Ruber, 1988 , 111 lk

Old Mother Kunks

English

Pervik, Valter, Sillamägi, 1986 , 111 lk

Die Kunksmuhme

German

Pervik, Valter, Kaidja, 1979 , 120 lk

モーラばあさんの超能力

Pervik, Valter, Tanaka, 1991 , 119 lk

Die Kunksmuhme

German

Pervik, Valter, Kaidja, 2012 , 111 lk

Burmemme

Latvian

Pervik, Runde, Grīnberga, 2022 , 160 lk

Reading Sample

 

 

More info

Contents: Old Mother Kunks (1st ed 1973); Old Mother Kunks and Captain Trumm (1st ed 1975)

Awards

2000 Winner of the “Hundred of the Century” poll
1988 USSR Children’s Book Competition, 2nd place
1976 Annual Award of Children’s Literature