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Ellada ki Emeis
GREECE AND US
A joyful travelogue
edition: 10th
Year of Publication:
1966
Illustrator: Paul Valassakis
Photography: Sp. Meletzis,
K. Koutoulakis, D. Varellas, Gh. Andrianopoulos
Publisher: K. Papachrissanthou
«Chrissi Pena» (Golden Pen)
ISBN: 960-245-00601
Women’s Literary Society
Awards The prize in memory of Costa
Elefteroudakis to Mrs Angeliki Varella for her book
«GREECE AND US»
Excursions and tours round Greece The tours are set down by Mrs Angeliki Varella
with deep knowledge, clarity, charm and humour. They
instruct in so light a way that nowhere is the reader
aware of it and its swift narration attract the young
and the old.
The chairlady: Tatiana Stavrou
The commitee: Theoni Drakopoulou, (Mirtiotissa),
Ioanna Anagnostou, Maria Amariotou, Hypatia Deli,
Lila Karanikola
Two years later in 1968, the same book was awarded
a second distinction of honour. It was listed in the
honour list of IBBY.
This is a story about a Greek family who have just
bought their first car and use it to tour Greece.
The parents use these trips to combine both pleasure
and education, teaching the children about the history,
traditions and beauty of Greece.
Me to Hamogelo
sta Hili
WITH A SMILE ON THE LIPS
Chronicle of the War 1940 – 1944
Written for children
edition: Out of print
Year of Publication: 1969
Illustrator: Paul Valassakis
Publisher: K. Papachrissanthou
«Chrissi Pena» (Golden Pen)
A moving portrayal of the difficult days of the Italian
invasion in 1940 of Albanian and the subsequent German
occupation of Greece, seen through the eyes of ordinary
people living in a simple neighborhood. The book with
its documents, pictures, articles, songs, and poems
relives the atmosphere of those unfortunate days.
