Tomek in the Land of Kangaroos

Alfred Szklarski

This is the opening novel of a series that consists of nine marvelous books about traveling written by the famous Polish writer Alfred Szklarski (1912–1992), a very talented pedagogue and an owner of many prestigious literary awards. The whole series is centered on the adventures of a young traveler and connoisseur of geography Tomek Wilmowski. The first book is about Tomek’s long-hoped for meeting with his father, the boy’s firing practice, his saving life of his father’s friend and about his extraordinary adventures during a hunting expedition on a far-away and wild continent of Australia. The next books will tell the true lovers of traveling and adventures about Tomek’s voyages to Africa, America, India and to the Far East.