Kaytek the Wizard

It was one of my favourite childhood books – I must have read it several times – but my memory isn’t the best so I remembered very little of it, that is, until I recently stumbled upon a free ebook version on the Polish Free Readings website which is a charity that makes books in the public domain......more

Nie podobało mi się, nie czuje dziecięcej radości z czytania czegoś kierowanego do najmłodszych. Możliwe że stereotypowo młodej płci męskiej podobałoby się to bardziej, dla mnie nudne, miejscami bez sensu, Korczak do mnie niestety nie trafia :/......more

Kaytek the Wizard Is Magical! Like many young boys, Kaytek is both mischievous and kind, playful and serious, creative and destructive - unintentionally, that is. Author Janusz Korczak was familiar with troubled youths, those children who some educators might classify as “emotionally disturbed” or as......more

Kaytek the Wizard by Janusz Korczak (1878-1942) Originally published in Polish as "Kajtus Czarodziej" in 1933 Illustrated by Avi Katz English translation by Antonia Lloyd-Jones Published by Penlight Publications At first glance only, I was not too taken with this book. I did not like the attitu......more

I read it many times as a little boy. I read yesterday with my daughter. One of the most powerful books for children ever. No sweetness, no easy ways. Child's dream to become a wizard comes out as something rather creating problems than solving them. Kajtuś finds out dark sides of human existence. T......more