Маленький крот, который хотел знать, кто наделал ему на голову

Odnazhdy utrom malenʹkiĭ krot vysunulsi͡a iz nory, chtoby posmotretʹ, ne vzoshlo li solnt͡se. Kak vdrug na golovu emu upala kakai͡a-to korichnevai͡a shtuka, pokhozhai͡a na kolbasku... Ėta istorii͡a o pokhozhdenii͡akh rasserzhennogo krota, kotoryĭ nepremenno khotel vyi͡asnitʹ, kto zhe s utra poranʹshe bessovestnym obrazom isportil emu nastroenie, vpervye byla opublikovana na nemet͡skom i͡azyke v 1989 godu. Kniga, kotorui͡u snachala ne khotelo publikovatʹ ni odno izdatelʹstvo, stala mirovym bestsellerom i nastoi͡ashcheĭ legendoĭ. Za tridt͡satʹ s lishnim let ona byla perevedena na 42 i͡azyka i eë tirazh prevysil 3,5 milliona ėkzempli͡arov! Avtor knigi Verner Kholʹt͡svart dolgoe vremi͡a rabotal v krupnykh reklamnykh agentstvakh mirovogo urovni͡a, byl kreativnym direktorom TBWA i Ogilvy. Kniga o malenʹkom krote - ego debi͡ut v kachestve detskogo pisateli͡a. Iznachalʹno on zadumal napisatʹ poznavatelʹnui͡u knigu dli͡a gorodskikh deteĭ, kotorye redko byvai͡ut na prirode, malo znai͡ut o zhivotnykh i ne umei͡ut raspoznavatʹ ikh po sledam. Odnovremenno s ėtim kniga zatragivala ranee tabuirovannui͡u v detskoĭ literature temu biologicheskikh prot͡sessov ˗ estestvennykh i svoĭstvennykh li͡ubomu vidu zhivykh sushchestv ˗ temu, kotorai͡a, blagodari͡a stolʹ izi͡ashchnoĭ podache, perestala bytʹ zapretnoĭ s tekh por. Illi͡ustrat͡sii Volʹfa Ėrlblrukha, professora Di͡usselʹdorfskogo universiteta, prepodavateli͡a dizaĭna, narisovany s bolʹshim vkusom, ne soderzhat nikakoĭ grubosti ili lishnikh podrobnosteĭ. Blagodari͡a "Malenʹkomu krotu" khudozhnik poluchil mirovui͡u izvestnostʹ i priznanie, a v 2006 godu byl udostoen za svoi raboty prestizhnoĭ premii Kh.K. Andersena. V svoe vremi͡a kniga nadelala nemalo shuma. Neshutochnye spory razgorai͡utsi͡a vokrug neë i po segodni͡ashniĭ denʹ. Odnako fakt ostaetsi͡a faktom: vo vsëm mire "Malenʹkogo krota" schitai͡ut klassikoĭ sredi knizhek-kartinok, i istorii͡a ėta po-prezhnemu vyzyvaet ulybki u malenʹkikh i bolʹshikh chitateleĭ.

One morning, a little mole poked his head out of a hole to see if the sun had risen. Suddenly, a brown sausage-like thing fell on his head... This story about the adventures of an angry mole who absolutely wanted to find out who shamelessly ruined his mood early in the morning was first published in German in 1989. The book, which at first no publisher wanted to publish, became a worldwide bestseller and a true legend. For more than thirty years, it has been translated into 42 languages and its circulation has exceeded 3.5 million copies! The author of the book, Werner Holzwarth, has worked for a long time in major world-class advertising agencies, and was the creative director of TBWA and Ogilvy. The book about the little mole is his debut as a children's writer. Initially, he conceived the idea of writing an educational book for urban children who rarely visit nature, know little about animals and do not know how to recognize them by their tracks. At the same time, the book touched upon the previously taboo topic of biological processes in children's literature, natural and characteristic of any kind of living beings, a topic that, thanks to such an elegant presentation, has since ceased to be taboo. The illustrations by Wolf Erlblruch, a professor at the University of Dusseldorf and a lecturer in design, are drawn with great taste and do not contain any rudeness or unnecessary details. Thanks to the "Little Mole", the artist gained worldwide fame and recognition, and in 2006 he was awarded the prestigious H.K. Andersen Prize for his work. The book made a lot of noise at the time. Serious disputes are raging around her to this day. However, the fact remains that all over the world, "The Little Mole" is considered a classic among picture books, and this story still makes small and large readers smile.