Vytautas V. Landsbergis, Dalia Karpavičiūtė. Pūkis ir meilė. (Pūkis and Love), Vilnius: Dominicus Lituanus, 2025. – 24 p.

This book conveys life wisdom and universal values passed from parents to their children –in this case, two little foxes, Pūkis and Kūkis. The fox cubs enjoy playful adventures such as playing blind man’s buff, chasing worms, and hide-and-seek. One day the children hide from their parents and spend a long time searching for them before finally discovering them cleverly hidden outside. On the way home, the whole family begins talking about love – what it is and the many forms it can take. During dinner the parents reveal a surprising secret to the children. Curious to know what it is? You’ll have to read the book to find out. Nineteen books in the series Tales about Pūkis  have been published so far, and in 2025 another title appeared: Pūkis ir skruzdėlės (Pūkis and the Ants). 

Vytautas V. Landsbergis (b. 1962) is a contemporary Lithuanian writer, poet, film director, playwright, and bard. He has created many playful and memorable books for children and numerous popular fairy-tale series, such as the series about Dominykas the horse (Arklio Dominyko meilė – The Love of the Horse Dominykas, 2004), Zita the mouse (Pelytė Zita – Little Mouse Zita, 2005), and others. His works touch on universal human values. For his work in children’s literature, he was awarded the Children’s Literature Prize (2006). Many of his works have been translated into foreign languages. He also created a feature film for children based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Jonukas ir Grytutė (Hansel and Gretel, 2002). Theatrical performances based on the author’s works Pelytė Zita (Little Mouse Zita), Rudnosiuko istorijos (Stories of Rudnosiukas), Obuolių pasakos (Apple Tales), Angelų pasakos (Angel Tales), Briedis Eugenijus (Eugenius the Moose), Gediminas ir keturi seneliai (Gediminas and Four Grandfathers), Bunkeris (The Bunker), Vilis, and Daktaras ir Mangaryta (The Doctor and Mangaryta) have been staged in Lithuanian theatres. 

Dalia Karpavičiūtė (b. 1972) is an illustrator and artist. She lives in Vilnius. She has illustrated many children’s books: the fairy tale Gediminas ir keturi seneliai (Gediminas and Four Grandfathers, 2009); books by Tomas Dirgėla: Apie raganą Šiokiątokią (About the Witch So-and-So, named as the most significant children’s literature debut of 2014 and as the most stylishly illustrated children’s book of the year), Benas – sapnų siuvėjas (Benas, the Tailor of Dreams, 2018), Lukas Šiaudelis laimi milijoną (Lukas Šiaudelis Wins a Million, 2023); Monika Krikštopaitytė’s Kultūringa pelė Stasė (The Cultured Mouse Stasė, 2016, which received an award for the most artistic two-colour illustrations in the 2016 children’s book art competitions). She is also the illustrator of Vytautas V. Landsbergis’ book series Pūkio pasakos (Tales about Pūkis). 

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