''Probuditi!'' is a 2006

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written and illustrated by American author

Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for ''Jumanji'' (1981) and ''The Polar Express'' (1985), both of which he al ...

Plot summary

After seeing a show by magician Lomax the Magnificent, two friends, Calvin and Rodney, decide to use his

hypnosis Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.In 2015, the American Psychologica ...

trick on Calvin's sister, Trudy. The trick is achieved with a rotating spiral disc, and the spell is broken by saying "Probuditi!". It is Calvin's birthday, and his mother asks him to watch his sister while she's away and when she returns she will make Calvin his favorite dinner,

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. Calvin and Rodney are successful and Trudy soon believes she is a dog. Calvin and Rodney enjoy watching Trudy until they realize that Calvin's mom will come home soon, and they have forgotten the word to reverse the spell. They frantically try different methods to turn Trudy back to normal, and dumping water on her finally does the trick. However, in the end, Trudy reveals that she was only faking her hypnotized state.

Trivia

Fritz, a dog who appears in all of Allsburg's works, appears as a teapot in ''Probuditi!'' The word "Probuditi" is a Serbian word that means "to wake up (someone else, not oneself)".

References

2006 children's books American picture books Novels by Chris Van Allsburg Picture books by Chris Van Allsburg {{Child-book-stub