Darling, There's a Monitor Lizard in our Bed!
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A book to amuse children and give their parents a fright! Agáta and Kristián built a house in Sri Lanka – and the animals decided to live there too. A monitor lizard jumps into bed, squirrels nest in a lamp, mice borrow underwear, peacocks stroll through the living room, and Como the dog girl simply turned up and became the family dog.
The animals act, and the people watch. The ease with which the animals walk in makes you wonder: who is actually at home here?
Twelve stories based on real events – true, just a little embellished like fairy tales – for children and for the parents who will read them aloud, and either laugh or shiver. They can also guess: did it really happen or not? The answers come straight away.
Every story includes facts about the animal, so the book also works as a travel guide to exotic wildlife. The world is not always the way we are used to – and that is perfectly fine.
The author and publisher Martina Schneider Králová wrote the book based on her own experiences with the animals in her house in Sri Lanka, which she first told to her little niece Eliška. She invited artists who also know Sri Lanka and share her fascination with its vivid colours: the illustrations are by Veronika Velčovská Jiroušková, the graphic design by Zuzana Lednická (Studio Najbrt).
Want to see what the real animals in the garden in Sri Lanka are up to? Scan the QR code in the book and follow @srilanka_house_stories on Instagram.
The book is also available in Czech as S varanem v posteli – read both versions together and learn the tropical animal world in two languages.
- Text: Martina Schneider Králová
- Illustrations: Veronika Velčovská Jiroušková
- Translation: Peter Williams
- Graphic design: Zuzana Lednická (Studio Najbrt)
- Publisher: Story House Prague / Martina Schneider Králová, 2026
- Cloth-bound hardcover with embossed title, 104 pages, 30 colour illustrations
- For readers aged 5 to 105
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Illustrations: Veronika Velčovská Jiroušková. Click an image to open the gallery.