Šarūnė Baltrušaitienė, Viktorija Ežiukas. Spirgutės slaptas noras (Spirgutė’s secret wish), Vilnius: Alma littera, 2025. – 32 p.

The story follows a girl named Sigutė, more often called Spirgutė. She lives with her mother and dreams of having a larger family – especially a father. Spirgutė is imaginative and full of unusual ideas: one day she invents “hair gymnastics,” another day she experiments with new ways of swimming. She decides to look for a father in the park, where many men walk about – but none seem quite suitable… Suddenly a new adventure begins when a neighbour named Wind bursts into her home with a hamster called Lightning! In short, Spirgutė’s life is full of endless adventures. Young readers will also find a playful activity suggested by Spirgutė herself – the game “Dream Train,” complete with instructions. Ežiukas’ wonderfully imaginative illustrations make the story even more lively and playful.

Šarūnė Baltrušaitienė (b. 1981) is a children’s author, librarian, and educator. She lives in Kaunas and works in a library, a job she greatly enjoys. She studied Lithuanian language and literature at Vytautas Magnus University and also obtained a Master’s degree in computational linguistics. She is the author of five children’s books: Kariesas, Ėduonis ir Domo dantukai (Caries, Tooth Decay and Domas’ Teeth, 2017), Kaip zuikis jausmus pažino (How the Rabbit Learned About Feelings, 2017, translated into Latvian), Domas ir herojų pusryčiai (Domas and the Breakfast of the Heroes, 2020), Margarita (Ne)tobulų piešinių šalyje (Margarita in the Land of (Im)perfect Drawings, 2021).

Viktorija Ežiukas (b. 1985) is an artist and illustrator who lives in Klaipėda, where she also works as an art teacher. In 2009, she completed her Master’s studies at the Klaipėda Faculty of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of Visual Design. She has illustrated 25 books for children and young adults and created an original comic about Klaipėda, Memel Blues. She participates in various Lithuanian and international projects and workshops, as well as in solo and group exhibitions. She has also created stage designs for several puppet theatre productions.

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