Note: This fantasy for children and their nostalgic parents (longing for the Transylvanian folk tales characters of their childhood) is written in Romanian.
Have you ever wondered how you would feel to get up in the morning next to an Uncanny Winged Horse asking for some hot embers to eat? That's exactly what happened to Vlad Ionescu, a simple boy, jealous of his newborn twin brothers. He accidentally enters into the Other Realm, a mythical world from the Romanian folk tales, which opens only to some much-tried children that must settle their feelings. Helped by the Meek People and the friendly Giants, Vlad will face Dame Fairies, Dog-heads, Dragons, Solomonists and, of course, a shrewd Vampire in his mission to reach the elusive St. John Fairies from the Living Lea as he was ordered by the three Fairy Godmothers.
You'd better learn from his mistakes because you never know when Andilandi will put you on trial.
In 2009, "Calatoria lui Vlad in Celalalt Taram" won the prize for the best juvenile fiction book awarded by the Bucharest Writers' Association.
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Te-ai gandit cum ar fi sa te trezesti intr-o buna dimineata in Celalalt Taram, alaturi de propriul tau Cal Nazdravan? Este exact ceea ce i s-a intamplat lui Vlad Ionescu, un baietel obisnuit ajuns intr-o lume neobisnuita. Ajutat de Blajini si de Uriasi, Vlad se va lupta cu Iele, Zmei, Strigoi, Capcani, Balauri si Solomonari, pentru a ajunge pana in Poiana Sanzienelor si a duce la indeplinire tainica misiune incredintata de Ursitoare.
Invata din greselile lui. Nu se stie cand Andilandi te va pune la incercare si pe tine...
"O poveste suta la suta romaneasca, valorificand inteligent, seducator si captivant la lectura, intregul univers mitologic si folcloric autohton. [...] Un roman pentru copii mai mari, in care suspansul si surprizele se tin lant." - Ioana Dragan, extras din prefata cartii
