Artconnect · Bajče imprint · 2026
My Body Told Me
This is a story about the beginning of growing up, when children first feel emotions that pull against one another, and when they take their earliest steps toward finding their own way through them.
Kira's story is a reminder for grown-ups, too, of how much it matters — and how much it takes — to look again at what we think we know.
The printed edition comes with a bookmark carrying a one-time code.
With the code you can read and listen to the book online,
in both Macedonian and English.
The subject this story takes on is timely, important for the way children come to see the world, and meaningful in a wider sense for all of us. In My Body Told Me, the characters are drawn with warmth and understanding, and at the same time the story offers a quiet, clear-eyed look at what prejudice does. As the tale unfolds, the girl experiences a kind of epiphany — diving inward, she comes to know herself more deeply, and takes her first conscious steps toward change.
Kalina Maleska university professor and writer
My Body Told Me is a work that calls for looking inward, for thinking carefully, and for questioning what we take for granted — in the children who are its first readers, but also in the parents and teachers who might be expected to sit down and talk with them about what they've read. The story opens up, with quiet boldness, the question of why children choose to play with some of their classmates and to keep away from others.
Vladimir Martinovski university professor, writer, and literary scholar