★Friendship and Belonging
★Snorybear is a story about dreamers. These are individuals who deeply experience life and are carried away by their fantasies, ideas, visions and plans. They dream of a beautiful and great life.
Although at first glance they do not seem to contribute to society, we really need them because their dreams and ideas can help us find a way and solutions in difficult situations. Therefore, we should not try to change dreamers or push them away, especially those who dream of a better and safer world in which we love each other and accept each other as we are.


This series includes 3 titles:
Snorybear
Snorybear and Camomile
Snorybear and Sleepybear

There is no animal in the whole world that hasn’t heard of Snorybear, the loudest snorer in the world. This bear was famous, and he enjoyed his fame. But everything, absolutely everything changed one rainy morning. In the new issue of Forest Daily, this headline appeared: “SLEEPYBEAR FROM THE NORTH POLE IS THE LOUDEST SNORER IN THE WORLD!” The animals began to whisper:
– Isn’t Snorybear the loudest snorer in the world?!
When Snorybear read the news, he was furious like thunder from a rain cloud, over the forest at that moment. Angry and wet, he went to his room and immediately started packing. He decided to go to the North Pole, to find Sleepybear, challenge him to a competition, and prove to everyone that he was the loudest snorer in the world.

In the third picture book of the Snorybear series, we follow little bear and his forest friends on an adventure to the North Pole. The popular Snorybear will experience feelings of envy, anger, and jealousy. He will cross half the world to prove that he is better, bigger, and louder than his rival Sleepybear. But when they meet, Snorybear slowly discovers that there is more that unites them than separates them. The bear will open his heart and discover a true friend in his former rival.

Author: Jelena Pervan
Jelena Pervan was born in Split, Croatia. She started writing and publishing children’s stories in her teenage years and has studied journalism. Her professional journey started in writing for children’s web sites, radio, magazines and literary projects, but her true inspiration and passion were here literary workshops with children in libraries, kindergartens and elementary schools. She published her first picture book in 2012, at the age of 19. Since that she has published 17 children’s books, she is a member of the Croatian Society of Writers for Children and is an author of the most popular Croatian children’s book series about hygiene – Mrljek & Prljek.

Illustrator: Jelena Brezovec
Jelena Brezovec has a master’s degree in social studies. For a long time, drawing was just a hobby, until 2008 when she became a co-founder of the publishing house Evenio and decided to study digital illustration, with the focus on children’s illustration. So far, she has illustrated more than 40 picture books and many other publications. She is the winner of the Grigor Vitez “Bird” Award, a special praise from the children’s jury. She has illustrated the most popular children’s book series in Croatia – Mrljek & Prljek. Her illustrations have been part of many exhibitions throughout Croatia. She lives and works in Varaždin, Croatia.