Marie Doležalová
Marie Doležalová is a woman of many talents – an actress known from films such as Pusinky (Dolls) and the sitcom Comeback, as well as other TV series; a dancer and winner of the seventh season of StarDance; a member of the unconventional music group Olats otesoc; and a writer and blogger. Her blog Kafe a cigárko (Coffee and a Cigarette) won the 2015 Magnesia Litera for Blog of the Year and later appeared in both book and audiobook form. In 2018, she published a memoir of her childhood, Jeden kopeček šmoulový (One Smurf-Scoop).
You’re Not Getting Any Carrots Until You Eat Those Candies
Text by Marie Doležalová, Illustrations by by Matěj Růžička
October 2025, 80 pages
Ten fairy tales about children whose secret wishes all came true
Is your younger sibling driving you crazy? What if pirates came and took him away? Finally some peace and quiet! Don’t feel like brushing your teeth every day? Wish granted! Does your mom insist on feeding you fruit and vegetables, plain yogurt, and cheese? What if she suddenly changed her mind, and you could feast on ice cream, hot dogs, hamburgers, and other deliciously unhealthy treats? Tired of tidying up your toys? Imagine – your mom no longer insists on it. Sounds pretty sweet, right? Who wouldn’t want all that?! Well…what if getting everything you wished for doesn’t actually make you happy in the end?
