Sirli, Siim and the Secrets

2006

Writer
Andrus Kivirähk
Illustrator
Ilmar Trull
Genre
fiction
 
storybook
Original
Language
Estonian
Publisher
Varrak
ISBN
9789985312247
Year
2006
Pages
192
Age
10+

Synopsis

Rights sold: French, Spanish, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian

Sirli, Siim, and the Secrets is an enchanting tale about ordinary city-dwellers whose everyday lives are brightened and enriched by dreams. Residing in a humdrum little apartment building in a quiet neighbourhood is a small family: the daughter, Sirli, who voyages to visit a sky dancer; the son, Siim, who is a wizard in a miniature world beneath his desk; the mother, who occasionally runs away to a majestic castle to be treated as royalty; and the father, who loves competing as the famous boxer “Ironfist”. The eccentric building caretaker dreams of becoming the Prince of the Waters, while only the writer, Sheep, lacks any vision at all – because of which he grows bitter and callous.

 

Translations

Sirli, Sīms un noslēpumi

Latvian

Kivirähk, Trull, Grīnberga, 2009 , 198 lk

Sirlė, Simas ir slėpiniai

Lithuanian

Kivirähk, Kulikova, Sirijos Giraitė, 2010 , 157 lk

Sári, Samu és a titkok

Hungarian

Kivirähk, Trull, Segesdi, 2008 , 190 lk

Sara, Simon in skrivnosti

Slovenian

Kivirähk, Trull, Potrč Šavli, 2015 , 196 lk

Сирли, Сийм и секреты = Sirli, Siim ja saladused (Sirli, Siim and the Secrets)

Russian

Kivirähk, Trull, Tuch, 2008 , 184 lk

Les Secrets

French

Kivirähk, Audureau, Minaudier, 2020 , 196 lk

El sorprendente viaje a los mundos secretos

Spanish

Kivirähk, Trull, Rubio Alcover, 2024 , 240 lk

Reading Sample

Sirli, Siim and Secrets (ENG)

Awards

2010 Children and Young Adult Jury (Bērnu un jauniešu žūrija), Latvia, 2nd place (Grades 5–7)
1999 5 Best-Designed Estonian Children’s Books