The Countless

Does the Flying Dutchman, the ghost ship, really exist? Did the party ship, the Argo, find the Golden Fleece? Can the schooner Hispaniola hold all the pirates in the world? How did Verne’s little boat grow and become a steamship? Why is the Piquot chasing the great white whale? What did Lucian’s ship see on its journey to the moon? Ships are full of wonder; they set sail for unknown, unexplored seas and always return laden with stories, ready to recount them to anyone who wants to listen, to learn, to travel with them. The book was selected and features on the 2015 White Ravens list. Read [here ](http://www.ijb.de/spezialbibliothek/white-ravens-2015/single/article/greek-greece-5/193.html) the committee’s rationale. For more information on the "Ships" book series, you can also visit their [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/karavia.ikaros?ref=hl) page.

How did the half-boat, Adrias, manage to inspire the whole boats? How far can Leif’s fearless dragon boat go? What does the book written by Pytheas’s boat say? How did Pilar, a paper ship, manage to hunt submarines? Paralos, the sacred ship of Athens, how did it bear fear itself as its passenger? What invisible wind still blows the sails of the Cutty Sark to this day? Ships are full of wonder; they set sail for unknown, unexplored seas and always return laden with stories, ready to recount them to anyone who wishes to listen, to learn, to travel with them. For more information on the "Ships" book series, you can also visit their page on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/karavia.ikaros?ref=hl).

_When a ship sinks, how is it that the fire it carried in its hold remains on the surface... and doesn’t go out? I wonder what will become of Sam, the apprentice riverboat pilot, when he grows up? How many ships were burned for the sake of a single pirate island? How many years could the Sun’s own ship endure in utter darkness? _ Ships both real and imaginary, from mythology and literature, from ancient and recent history, invite us to set sail with them on a journey through space and time, a journey where everything can be told as a maritime tale. The first two books in the series have been recognised by the Greek Children’s Book Circle and have been included in the international White Ravens list.

_Why does Calypso like to sit upside down, with the keel up and the bridge in the water? Which ship was it that held the most insatiable of all the world’s curiosities? Are there, I wonder, ancient ships… that are brand new? Which ship was it that made Alexander the Great weep? And why? How far did the Vasa, the pride of the royal fleet, intend to go with its bold long-range voyage? _ Ships both real and imaginary, from mythology and literature, from ancient and recent history, invite us to set sail with them on a journey through space and time, a journey where everything can be told as a maritime tale. The first two books in the series have been recognised by the Greek Children’s Book Circle and have been included in the international White Ravens list.

What does revolution mean? Does it need a leader? Where does the homeland of the Greeks begin and where does it end? Are there homelands made of words? Can there be a revolution without an army? What happens when everyone is against everyone else? This book never tires of asking questions. It never stops asking. It would like to have more pages, to fit in more questions. It pays no heed to hasty answers. It does not believe in definitive answers. It loves questions; through them, it finds ways to understand Yesterday and Today, to think about Tomorrow. Because questions give birth to new stories, worthy of being told by someone one day and asked about.

The Little Girl and Grandfather lived in a country where people were happy, with all the good things in life: stone houses, fountains with gurgling water, embroidered clothes. And they counted everything. So they would know how much they had. ‘Are there things that are Countless, Grandpa?’ the Little Girl asked one day, and set out to find them. And when the time came for her to marry, she sought a prince who could manage to count them just as well as she could. To help her count the Countless. Maria Angelidou has written a story like an old fairy tale, with elements that give a nod to the present through their timelessness, and Vasilis Selimas has illustrated it in the finest possible way.

The Little Girl and Grandfather lived in a country where people were happy, with all the good things in life: stone houses, fountains with gurgling water, embroidered clothes. And they counted everything. So they would know how much they had. ‘Are there things that are Countless, Grandpa?’ the Little Girl asked one day, and set out to find them. And when the time came for her to marry, she sought a prince who could manage to count them just as well as she could. To help her count the Countless. Maria Angelidou has written a story like an old fairy tale, with elements that give a nod to the present through their timelessness, and Vasilis Selimas has illustrated it in the finest possible way.

The child who stars in Theodoros Papaioannou’s new illustrated book has a dream: he wants to play music! But he doesn’t know which instrument to choose. He discovers a book featuring all kinds of musical instruments, loses himself in its pages and imagines what their sounds and music might be like. He tries them all out – in his own way – one by one: the oboe, the horn, the ukulele, the violin… He makes them and fills the house with music. The notes reach as far as the house next door and throughout the whole block of flats! It probably doesn’t matter which instrument he chooses because he’s making his dream come true!

Who said that the Christmas holidays are just about treats by the fire, presents under the tree and snowball fights in the frozen neighbourhood? Christmas in Manos Bonanos’s fairy tale is unexpectedly different. There are dates and bananas and carols sung on camels. There’s even a little greengrocer’s, full of smells and colours. An imaginative Christmas story, crafted like an old fairy tale, with the magical colours of Vasilis Selimas. A book which, despite its originality, perfectly captures the magic of the festive season and fills us with love and optimism.