★Winner of the 2020 White Raven Award!
★Rights sold to Mainland China, Korea, Germany!
★This lovely illustrated storybook will bring us into a world full of hatred, ungratefulness and misfortune. We usually avoid mentioning these topics with children, but the author Stoev hopes to help children recognize these "negative" emotions by telling fairy tales and helps them successfully respond to them in real life.
★The book is rated as high as 4.6 on Goodreads! Full English translation text is available.

　　In the calm world of animals, an intriguing news spread, which briefly stirred up the spirits and distracted them from their preparing for the winter. First one, then another, and finally many animals spread the rumor that a hate seller had appeared in the forest...
　　Hate - A very intense feeling of rejection, rejection, avoidance and desire to punish and / or destroy objects, people or social situations that we consider to be toxic and harmful to us. In the emotional spectrum, it is a combination of anger and disgust, being closer to disgust.
　　The idea behind the "The Hate Seller" is to prepare children to be smarter in situations of negative propaganda and when exposed to hate messages. To recognize the people who bring intrigues in their lives and to know how to act against negative messages that are intended to bring them into conflict with someone else. As well as supporting them in their initial skills in recognizing and dealing with fake news that will be a big part of their future information environment. Especially if we - their parents, don't do something about it now.

[About the author]
Slavi Stoev is a psychologist with a long experience in working with adults. A few years ago, he focused on writing stories for children to help them become aware and better manage what goes on inside of them and the world around them. His books, besides intriguing and entertaining, are also a useful tool in which he puts his effort into overcoming the most common difficulties that can be developed as a skill from a young age.

[About the illustrator]
Matthew Arkova is a Bulgarian freelance illustrator. She paints both digitally and watercolor. She illustrated for Bulgarian and foreign publishing houses. Her works are recognizable by the sense of dynamism and airiness of the images and space.