King Matt the First
1922 children's novel by Janusz Korczak / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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King Matt the First (Polish: Król Maciuś Pierwszy) is a children's novel published in 1923 by Polish author, pediatrician, and child pedagogue Janusz Korczak. In addition to telling the story of a young king's adventures, it describes many social reforms, particularly targeting children, some of which Korczak enacted in his own orphanage, and is a thinly veiled allegory of contemporary and historical events in Poland. The book has been described as being as popular in Poland as Peter Pan was in the English-speaking world.[1][2] It was the first of Korczak's novels to be translated into English – several of his pedagogical works have been translated, and more recently his novel Kaytek the Wizard was also published in English.
Author | Janusz Korczak |
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Original title | Król Maciuś Pierwszy |
Translator | Richard Lourie |
Cover artist | Brian Selznick (2004 US English edition) |
Country | Poland |
Language | Polish |
Genre | Children's novel |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 1923 |
Published in English | 1 January 1986 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover, paperback) |
Pages | 330 (2004 paperback edition) |
ISBN | 0-374-34139-7 (1st US edition) |
Followed by | King Matt on the Desert Island |