Magical Sails
— A Nikola Tesla Story
When curiosity meets imagination, and science meets courage, a journey begins that can change the way we see the world.
Also published in the United States under the title Magical Sails – A Nikola Tesla Story.
- Publisher
- Institute for Children’s Literature
- Year
- 2021
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardcover, 21 × 25 cm
- ISBN
- 978-86-6023-000-0
When history turns into an adventure. History. Science. Emotion. Together in a single story.
What if the greatest power of science is not that it changes the world, but that it teaches us what makes a person big enough not to use their knowledge against others?
Welcome to the world of “Magical Sails — A Nikola Tesla Story”, a book in which historical facts are not an addition to the story but the engine that drives an unforgettable children’s adventure. Blending imagination, science and emotion, this book turns the past and technology into a journey the reader cannot put down.
Historical facts that drive the story
The reader gets to know Tesla’s world through real places, turning points and visionary inventions that marked his time. Great ideas that once looked like science fiction now become a window onto the imagination:
- The Columbus egg — Tesla’s famous demonstration of the rotating magnetic field.
- Alternating current — the innovation that lit up the planet.
- The World’s Fair in Chicago — the place where humanity stepped into the future.
- Niagara Falls — a triumph of the human mind and of the power of nature.
Technology: ally or threat?
The story boldly opens up themes that belong to our own time: technology, artificial intelligence and responsibility. Through the character of the robot Viloid and a world in which knowledge can become a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands, the child faces the crucial question: “What will people do with what they have made?”
Friendship that gives science a human measure
Behind the history and the great inventions stand Luka, Lana, Anđelina and their honest relationships. Their friendships, disagreements, fears and decisions teach children real values. Young readers will not remember Tesla only by a date or an invention — they will remember the moment:
- when someone did not give up in the face of an obstacle;
- when a friend stood by a friend no matter what;
- when knowledge helped to find a way out of the deepest trouble.
A book that opens important conversations
Without ever making a child feel they are reading a textbook, “Magical Sails” quietly opens up themes of history, technology, nature, failure, perseverance and responsibility.