Relax,' says the bard. 'Different folk believe in different things. It's fine. It's natural. It's only when they start telling others they're wrong and decide to have a war about it that there's a problem.' Uki must dodge the Endwatch, the Shrikes, Clan Septys and the guards and find a way to complete his quest before all is lost. The Legend of Podkin One-Ear’ won the Blue Peter Book Award 2017, the Prix Sorcieres 2019, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2018 and nominated for the Carnegie Award 2018. It has also been optioned for television. Illustration by David Wyatt The Gift of Dark Hollow After capturing Charice, there is only one spirit left for Uki to find: Mortix, the most dangerous of all. With his friends Jori, Cole and Kree, Uki heads to Eisenfell – the greatest city in Hulstland – only to find that Mortix has taken control of Emperor Ash and is plotting to conquer the whole Five Realms with her terrifying army. for every other roll you take- if there are any Fox Paws you are out and your score is zero. If there are no Fox Paws, then you can add the total to your overall score

Surprisingly, the thing I like most about this book is actually the way it’s told. It’s told by a travelling bard like in the good old days, someone who goes from village to village to tell his stories. It’s such a small, insignificant and seemingly unimportant detail but it definitely elevates the experience as a whole for me. It gives this story such coziness and warmth, like you’re not reading a book but rather being told a bedtime story by a cozy campfire under a star filled sky. And I love it when a story has the ability to make you forget that you’re reading a book. Jedina sitnica (sitnica ovisno o tome koliki ste Grammar Nazi i kojoj ste verziji pravopisa više priklonjeni) koja me mrvicu živcirala čitajući je razdvajanje riječi neću i ubacivanje bespotrebnih slova u neke riječi, poput j u pogrešku. No, ako je Podkin mogao zanemariti strah u bijegu od Gvozdenih i sukobu s tim zastrašujućim bićima, mogla sam i ja zažmiriti na poneki razmak. :) celălalt plan al acțiunii - planul principal, de altfel - îi regăsim pe iepurași în Pădurea Inimii Întunecate, ascunși în vechea colonie Scorbura Întunecată (de unde provenea Crom, războinicul orb) unde au avut norocul să descopere unul din cele douăsprezece Daruri magice ale Zeiței: Focul Lunii. Warning: this review may contain some spoilers for The Legend of Podkin One-Ear, the first book in the series.

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Podkinova priča pustolovna je, dirljiva i predivno napisana avantura koja će osvojiti baš svakog čitatelja, bez obzira na dob. Njeni srčani i dragi likovi postat će prijatelji od kojih se nećete htjeti rastati, i čije ćete nevolje pratiti sa zebnjom u srcu, a pobjede pozdravljati s iskrenim veseljem. Die bisweilen sehr ernste bis düstere Stimmung sollte junge Leser auch ein wenig zum Nachdenken anregen. Denn es ist wie im realen Leben nicht immer eitel Sonnenschein und die beiden älteren Hasenkinder sind deutlich gereift. Obwohl die Geschichte zum einen sehr viele Anregungspunkte zum Thema: Wer bin ich? und Was will ich? bietet, ist es trotzdem sehr spannend und abenteuerlich.

Radioblogging.net is an amazing online radio show, full of ideas for writing and activities to do at home. They featured Podkin in a special episode, which you can listen to here. This is the alphabet that the rabbits of Gotland and Enderby use. Can you write a message in ogham? Get someone to write you one and see if you can decode it. When the bard is suggesting some stories to the children, he mentions the tales of Beobunny and The Fisher Rabbit. What do you think they might have been about? Could you write your own version?

Uki’s adventures are from over when you read the last word of the book and readers are left desperate for more and with more questions than answers. I hope that this is the first in what will be another trilogy. I’d love to think that children will be able to celebrate their own differences through Uki. His mother offers some excellent advice that I’d love to share with all the children that I teach;

The story is about Podkin, the son of a tribal chief, who, with his older sister and young brother, flees from his castle as the bad Goroms invade. The Goroms kill his father and imprison his people, like they do with every rabbit borrow they invade. There are no people in this story, only rabbits who behave very humanly. Podkin, who has two ears at the beginning of the story, changes from a lazy young rabbit who cannot even be disturbed to want to learn to read and write into a brave warrior who takes a stand for his family. It's jolly good fun . . . expect sequels to breed like . . . well, rabbits.' SFX on T he Legend of Podkin One-Ear The Gift of Dark Hollow continues the story of Podkin One-ear and it is just as good as the first book. Having survived the battle against Scramashank and chopping off one of his legs, Podkin, Paz and Pook along with Crom and the others hole up in Dark Hollow, a warren hidden within Grimheart forest. Hidden away from immediate danger Podkin starts to feel unappreciated and useless, consequently, he decides to explore their new warren. During this exploration Podkin happens upon the Gift of Dark Hollow and sets into motion a course of events that may just help the rabbits defeat the Gorm.

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Secretul scorburii întunecate - o continuare plină de adrenalină și suspans a poveștii lui Podkin o Ureche. Pășim din nou în extraordinarul univers creat de Kieran Larwood și îl însoțim pe curajosul iepuraș și pe tovarășii săi într-o nouă serie de aventuri uluitoare care ne țin cu sufletul la gură pe toată durata lecturii.