We came, we saw, we stayed

Even the title is spot on, echoing Caesar’s famous line: “We came, we saw—(and instead of ‘we conquered’) we stayed!”
In the first part of the Endless History series, history teacher Péter Návai recounts—in a manner that is both scholarly and humorous, yet easy to understand—the beginnings of Hungarian history, the first three hundred years of the Hungarian state, and how a people of nomadic shepherds transformed into a Christian society.

The illustrations also capture this duality brilliantly: they are modern, yet their style references the era in question. Artistically crafted images with a strong visual language—funny, ironic, and at times subtly grotesque—convey the atmosphere of this wild era through their evocative compositions. The work is a true ensemble: exciting, contemporary, original, and outstanding both as a book and in its content. Through its values, it can help strengthen the trend of a love for history in children’s literature, while its artistic graphic world, clear structure, and typography can become a defining model for the generation now coming of age.

The book was shortlisted for the Bologna Ragazzi Awards in 2026 and won the HUbby Children’s Book of the Year Award in the Educational category.