Children

The story begins one January morning when the planet Saturn suddenly materializes in the big swimming pool, at first in a smaller version of itself. The unexpected event shakes up the sleepy routine of the regular visitors of the swimming pool called ‘Future’. Lacking logical explanations, but brimming with their own ideas, they try to adapt to the new circumstances, hoping the planet will go away on its own. Some try to extract profit from the event, others pretend that nothing is happening, but finally it becomes clear to them all that they simply have to kick out the constantly growing Saturn out of their pool while it’s still possible! This picture-book, fully authored by Vendi Vernić, one of the foremost Croatian illustrators of the younger generation, will appeal to readers of all ages. The story can be read and interpreted on multiple levels: as an absurdist game of imagination, as a little study of a specific community, or as an allegory on melancholy and depression.