In his fourth adventure, Chrujda the Badger travels to outer space in his own spaceship!

Children’s and Young Adult

In previous books, Chrujda the Badger has made a film, built an accelerator and decelerator, and fallen in love. But perhaps, this is his greatest adventure yet! This time around he is assisted by Stáňa, the owl genius, who bears a resemblance to physicist Stephen Hawking. In the Habřinec forest, Chrujda constructs his own spaceship to travel as far as the small moon of Pidiluna. Chrujda experiences adventures with three-legged aliens and even meets his archenemy – Smradolf the Polecat. Will Chrujda safely return to the arms of his love, Anička the Weasel? Author Petr Stančík captivates children with his sense of humour, original comic language and exaggeration.

Petr Stančík (1968) entered the world of literature under the pseudonym Odillo Stradický ze Strdic; since 2007 he has been publishing under his real name. His work for adult readers includes the tale of the first Czech superhero Pérák (The Spring Man, 2008) and the gastronomic/pornographic/philosophical thriller Mlýn na mumie (Mummy Mill, 2014), for which he was awarded the 2015 Magnesia Litera Award. His books for children include the juvenile horror story Mrkev ho vcucla pod zem (A Carrot Sucked Him Underground, 2013) and a series of tales about Chrujda the badger. He also wrote the historical monograph Kaple Božího Těla a Krve a Bratrstvo obruče s kladivem (The Chapel of the Body and Blood of Christ and the Brotherhood of the Hoop and Hammer, 2015) about the defunct Temple of Solomon in the centre of Prague’s Old Town.