Am I a king?

«Am I a king?» — these are small stories from different children. But they all speak of the same thing: no matter how different we are, we are all just people. And what we feel, what we dream about, what we say and do is much more important than any conditional division: by skin color, nationality, or country. Because of prejudices, it is so difficult for adults, but so easy — as breathing — for children. This is their dignity, and we should learn from them: they know for sure that you are a person, I am a person, and there is no difference between us.
Adelia Amraeva — a writer and translator, a teacher of German and Turkish languages. Her novella «I Want to Live» was awarded the V. Krapivin Prize and in 2018 was included in the catalog of outstanding children's books of the world «White Ravens», compiled by the Munich International Children's Library. The author is convinced that children do not understand and do not accept adult stereotypes, and it is extremely important to teach them to be not wolves to each other, but humans.
This idea is magnificently developed and supported by illustrations created by the artist Polina Erofeeva. She captured the mood of the characters exceptionally sensitively and conveyed the various shades of children's feelings with great love.