Krakow is a magical place. It is one of the oldest Polish cities with over a thousand years of history. There are few cities in Poland that are so filled with mysterious stories.Each apartment house, square, church is linked to an incredible story. Whoever wants to learn Polish soul, he should look for it in Krakow.This book is a collection of authentic legends of Krakow. Among the many legends and tales of Krakow this book presents 19 selected stories, from the oldest - to the latest ones. The choice includes the legends: Wawel Dragon, Mr. Twardowski, The foot of Queen Jadwiga, St Kinga's ring, St. Mary's Heynal, Wawel chakra, The two brothers and two towers, Black Lady, The unknown wanderer, Wawel head, The Krak Mound, On enchanted Krakow pigeons, Lajkonik, The priest who wanted to be a bishop, Tyniec Well, The treasures in Krzysztofory, The Sigismund Bell, The legend of Esther, Legend of the Jewish wedding.

These Polish folk tales have a delightfully mischievous character all their own. To create his sparkling collection, Richard Monte has gathered some of Poland's favourite stories from all over the country.

For well over thirty years, Eric P. Kelly’s Newbery Award winner has brought the color and romance of ancient times to young readers. Today, The Trumpeter of Krakow is an absorbing and dramatic as when it was first published in 1928. There was something about the Great Tarnov Crystal...Wise men spoke of it in hushed tones. Others were ready to kill for it. Now a murderous Tartar chief is bent on possessing it. But young Joseph Charnetski was bound by an ancient oath to protect the jewel at all costs. When Joseph and his family seek refuge in medieval Krakow, they are caught up in the plots and intrigues of alchemists, hypnotists, and a dark messenger of evil. Will Joseph be able to protect the crystal, and the city, from the plundering Tartars?

Castles Legends. Castles in Poland is a collection of legends about fifty castles located in present-day Poland. This compilation contains both well-known stories, such as the Legend of the Wawel Dragon, and those lesser-known, such as the Legend of Iris of Tęczyn Castle. This book takes you on an exciting adventure to distant lands across different historical eras. Take a peek at Kruszwica Castle from the times preceding the rule of the Piast dynasty, or at the 20th-century Książ Castle. Investigate how facts mould with beliefs into one, and how seemingly innocent events take on a legendary status. Castles Legends. Castles in Poland is a must-read for all enthusiasts of castles, intriguing stories, mysteries, hidden treasures, ghosts, spectres, and demons of all kind. This book takes you to a whole different world; a realm of wonders. This e-book was created as part of the project Castles.today. The project seeks to promote history and tourism by offering high-quality content related to castles and forts scattered around the globe. We want to offer you a getaway from the daily hustle and take you back in time to the era of princesses and knights strolling in castle chambers and along defensive walls.

The dragon is enormous and has teeth razor sharp. Be alert as in a moment, he can steal your little heart! The story begins in a den at the foot of Wawel Hill, where dangerous and hungry dragon lived for a long time. The whole town was terrified and begged the king for a solution. But the dragon was indestructible. Then, there was an ordinary boy who had a brilliant idea and that changed everything. The legend is one of a kind and illustrates that ingenuity and simplicity solves many problems.

The oldest and most prestigious children’s literature award, the Newbery Medal has since 1922 been granted annually by the American Library Association to the children’s book it deems "most distinguished." Medal books enjoy an outsized influence on American children’s literature, figuring perennially on publishers’ lists, on library and bookstore shelves, and in school curricula. As such, they offer a compelling window into the history of US children’s literature and publishing, as well as into changing societal attitudes about which books are "best" for America’s schoolchildren. Yet literary scholars have disproportionately ignored the Medal winners in their research. This volume provides a critically- and historically-grounded scholarly analysis of representative but understudied Newbery Medal books from the 1920s through the 2010s, interrogating the disjunction between the books’ omnipresence and influence, on the one hand, and the critical silence surrounding them, on the other. Dust Off the Gold Medal makes a case for closing these scholarly gaps by revealing neglected texts’ insights into the politics of children’s literature prizing and by demonstrating how neglected titles illuminate critical debates currently central to the field of children’s literature. In particular, the essays shed light on the hidden elements of diversity apparent in the neglected Newbery canon while illustrating how the books respond—sometimes in quite subtle ways—to contemporaneous concerns around race, class, gender, disability, nationalism, and globalism.

In the vein of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Number the Stars, this fusion of fairy tales, folklore, and World War II history eloquently illustrates the power of love and the inherent will to survive even in the darkest of times. In the land of dolls, there is magic. In the land of humans, there is war. Everywhere there is pain. But together there is hope. Karolina is a living doll whose king and queen have been overthrown. But when a strange wind spirits her away from the Land of the Dolls, she finds herself in Kraków, Poland, in the company of the Dollmaker, a man with an unusual power and a marked past. The Dollmaker has learned to keep to himself, but Karolina’s courageous and compassionate manner lead him to smile and to even befriend a violin-playing father and his daughter—that is, once the Dollmaker gets over the shock of realizing a doll is speaking to him. But their newfound happiness is dashed when Nazi soldiers descend upon Poland. Karolina and the Dollmaker quickly realize that their Jewish friends are in grave danger, and they are determined to help save them, no matter what the risks.

This book is a survey of Polish letters and culture from its beginnings to modern times. Czeslaw Milosz updated this edition in 1983 and added an epilogue to bring the discussion up to date.