Rufus lives in town, but his checkered shirt smells of pine needles, campfires, and blackberry tea. Even though he is a modern woodsman, he prefers flint and steel to matches, and the curved stem of a pipe of adorns his bewhiskered chin. He is an excellent guide who knows where to find the purest springs, how to build with birch bark, and what kinds of lichen make the best backwoods soups.

• The Golden Ribbon Award (Czech IBBY): illustration
• The best children's books catalogue (The Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers)