Keynote
A wonderfully illustrated classic of
Polish children’s literature, read by four
generations. Full of absurdist humour,
but also convictions that if you believe
in something enough you can achieve
anything you want.

Selling Points
 One of the most important classics of
Polish children’s literature.
 The book has educated many generations
and is still in the canon of books in Polish
schools.
 Wonderful illustrations by an important
Polish painter and illustrator.
 Wonderful sense of humour.
 Jerzy Ludwik Kern’s books have been
screened, adapted for the theatre and
translated into over a dozen languages.
 The first re-edition of all the adventures
of one of the most famous dogs in Polish
literature.
Description
Ferdinand is a well-trained dog.
He is a member of a bourgeois family,
happiest spending his afternoons
on an old sofa with a Ferdinand-shaped
hollow on one side. He shares it with his
master who quickly drops off, so the dog
also feels sleepy.
And when he’s asleep he imagines
he is going out into the corridor, stands

up on his back legs, puts on a bowler
hat and can do anything he wishes.
He can be a human being and has all
sorts of incredible adventures. That’s why
Ferdinand likes to sleep and is so proud
of his dreams he calls himself Ferdinand
the Magnificent. For he visits tailors,
restaurants, sleeps in hotels, and also flies
in a balloon. During these adventures
his canine identity is always just about
to be uncovered, but owing to coincidences
and surreal humour he always
emerges from them “top dog”. Make
the acquaintance of the most stylish gent
in the city – Ferdinand the Magnificent.

Target Market
Children from six to ten.
Lovers of beautiful editions.
Fans of children’s literature.
Anyone with a surreal sense of humour