Winter Tale - Berry and Dolly

The application made from the Winter Tale of the Four Seasons Book

The Berry and Dolly tales features Dolly, the ladybird girl, and Berry, the snail boy. The application made from the Winter Tale of the Four Seasons Book starts with a quarrel between Stanley the stag beetle and Balthazar the bee. Doctor Owl suddenly appears and the hill gets fully populated with snowmen.

The first volume in the Berry and Dolly series, first published in 2004, was written and illustrated by the qualified architect Erika Bartos and was published by the Pozsonyi Pagony publishing house in Hungary. The series soon became a firm favourite of the littlest ones, its popularity spreading by word of mouth. The first volume was followed by many more, all of which feature the main characters of Dolly, the ladybird girl, and Berry, the snail boy.

Recognition for the Berry and Dolly series:

2016: Golden Book Prize

2016: Hungarian Red Cross Certificate of Recognition

2015: ‘Outstanding’ category, Pro Familis

2014: Szabadkai International Puppetshow Festival Award

2014: Pagony Wandering Pen Prize

2013: Museum-friendly Award

2013: Premio Cartoon Kids prize, Italy

2013: Kecskemeti Film Festival, shared prize

2012: Istanbul Book Festival Plaque

2011: Xinjiang International Childrens Film Festival - Best Short Film