Xenopoulos Grigorios

Το Καλό Μου Το Βιβλίο

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:39:28 +0000

Small masterpieces, unique in their kind, chosen literature which charms and fascinates. These are some of the stories: \nThe finger council: a five member family living on our hand and doing all of our chores.\nThe shortcoming of others: we must first acknowledge our own faults and then the faults of others. \nThe Elgin Marbles: waiting for the day the Caryatid Fairy will return, so we can all cry for joy. \nThe old book: so much is brought back to mind when we come across something old, like an old book…

Ο Μπέμπης Αρχιλήσταρχος

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:37:45 +0000

Baby is a child like all others. He too as a child is used to not doing anything but playing and reading, daydreaming and planning ahead… For what? I’ll tell you; while passionately reading books and stories about Bandits he too decided to become a bandit.\n His two closest friends and a donkey became the members of this great gang. \nThey started off for the mountain threatening the passerby’s. The fear and terror which spread in town make the residents take action and besiege them. Everything happened just like the novels he was reading. They were captured by their very own.\n“And then what happened?” \n“Well, children, everything books don’t tell you about bandits”. \nThat is why Baby who was a Bandit for a day realized his mistake and decided never to do such thing again.

Τα Πουλιά Της Αυλής

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:36:40 +0000

Shouty / Screamy / Stary / Whity / Grumpy\nAll names not human names but animal ones. Animals are the heroes of this cute story which could be a human story seeing that it is written so lively and so humanely. Different episodes which occurred in a farmyard between a cow, a chicken, an owl, a horse, a cat, a bull, two donkeys and so on… \nHow do all these “individuals” live together? What kind of relationships can they develop amongst themselves when some are small, some are huge, some can fly, some can walk, some can crawl and some can swim? Many things happen in this story which were awful and dreadful for our animal friends yet amusing and funny for our reader friends.

Ο Γιαννάκης Στο Λούνα Παρκ

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:35:52 +0000

Little Johnny is a child like all others. He goes to school, listens to his parents in order to become a capable man. He plays; he is happy and full of life. He has got friends and classmates who make his life more beautiful. Mike is one of his friends. Lively, restless, and mischievous. One day Mike convinced Johnny not to go to school to play truant and Johnny loved the idea… Which child would say no? \nIt was Mike’s fine idea for them to visit the Amusement Park. This magical land which dazzles young and old. And so they went. They had a great time. Till it was time to go home where their parents awaited. That is when the two friends understood that they had done something which was not correct according to the grownups…

Οι Μικροί Βοσκοί

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:35:05 +0000

A brother and sister John and Maro who are privileged to live permanently in the country, which we all love and gain so much from\nsuddenly become….shepherds. It is very natural for children to live with pets but not so natural to have a whole herd at their disposal. Their love for them and wanting to get to know how sheep live will lead them to become friends with the sheep… They will observe how they live in their pen, meet the new\nborn and discover just how useful sheep are financially for people living in the country. What sheep actually offer people. John and Maro will witness it all up close. They will take part and observe how sheep wool becomes socks, dresses and suits. How much one learns when he gets near the animals and how much country life teaches us…?

Taki and Toto

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:33:58 +0000

Taki and Toto are two small brothers loved by all. It is very difficult to tell them apart for they are twins. They have so much fun with this, taking full advantage of the confusion they create even when it’s not their fault. \nTaki and Toto invited their loving cousin over for a few days. When \nshe arrived the twin brothers showed her their toys, played well together, had a great day in their garden and discovered how much they all loved each other. When she left to go back home, Taki and Toto were left alone and were inconsolable. They went on with their carefree lives but the memory of their favorite young cousin lingered on…

Ο Ανδρείος Αχιλλέας

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:32:56 +0000

Achilles is never diffident he never fears anyone He acts in a way he considers heroic. He is brave! The others mainly his family is not sure hat Achilles has many things in common with the other Achilles, the one of the Trojan War. He had one weakness, his heel, yet our hero has many. Whatever he does always ends up terribly. He always gets into trouble and never learns. Sometimes his rash actions are dangerous, like the time he took a gun and shot a hare which turned out to be his friend Peter…. This is when he understood that a child cannot play thoughtlessly and came to \nhis senses after the episode…

Η Κυρία Τρομάρα

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:32:10 +0000

Her real name is Maria and her nickname is Baby Boo. Yet everyone knows her as … Mrs. Boo: what a strange name for a cute, little girl! This can be explained. She is always anxious and scared. She fears everything, so it was very easy to call her Mrs. Boo. Who ever cannot comprehend just how easy it is to “be labeled” by your way of life and your actions should read her story. She shakes, goes pale and loses herself in fear.\nThey say that a cowardly person is even afraid of his own shadow. That is exactly what happens to Mrs. Boo which is quite amusing. However, there comes a time in children’s life where everything changes in their life and character. Our young little friend changed so drastically after an episode that everyone quickly forgot that they were calling her Mrs. Boo. Since then everyone started calling her with he real name: Maria!

Η Παρούσα Ώρα

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:27:46 +0000

This story has no connection to politics or to the current situations. It is one man’s comical and tragical story, who lives now but could have lived in any époque and who always tried living for the moment making sure …»»

The story of married couple

sentel — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:26:54 +0000

“The story of married couple” is one of Xenopoulos’novels which is surely to be read the most, with great pleasure. It is not simply its story which is of interest but its social influence as well. In this novel the …»»