Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # WONDRE ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://wondre.eu/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [(Re)Thinking the Borders of Children’s Nonfiction: WONDRE in Thessaloniki](https://wondre.eu/rethinking-the-borders-of-childrens-nonfiction-wondre-in-thessaloniki/) - At the (Re)Thinking the Borders of Children’s Nonfiction conference in Greece, the WONDRE team presented multiple strands of our research. - [New team member: Patricie Kyslíková](https://wondre.eu/new-team-member-patricie-kyslikova/) - We are delighted to welcome Patricie Kyslíková to our team as a research assistant. - [O roli rodičů na cestě dětí ke čtení](https://wondre.eu/o-roli-rodicu-na-ceste-deti-ke-cteni/) - V rozhovoru pro Hospodářské noviny nastiňuje Anežka Kuzmičová některé výsledky našeho výzkumu. Zmiňuje, co děti prožívají při čtení nonfikce a jak důležitou roli hrají rodiče. - [Čtení jako privilegium](https://wondre.eu/cteni-jako-privilegium/) - Anežka Kuzmičová byla hostem DVTV. V rozhovoru s Danielou Drtinovou mluvily o prožitcích ze čtení, o povinné školní četbě a o kampani Čti za nároďák! - [WONDRE at the 24th European Conference on Literacy](https://wondre.eu/wondre-at-the-24th-european-conference-on-literacy/) - Our colleague Karolína Šimková participated in the 24th European Conference on Literacy at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. - [Markéta Supa presented at the IAMCR 2026 in Galway, Ireland](https://wondre.eu/wonder-in-childrens-information-experience-marketa-supa-at-iamcr-2026/) - At the IAMCR 2026 conference in Galway, Ireland, Markéta Supa presented findings on how children experience wonder and imagination when engaging with facts. - [Wander and Wonder at the Child and the Book Conference 2026](https://wondre.eu/wander-and-wonder-at-the-child-and-the-book-conference-2026/) - Our colleague Sarah Caré participated in the 20th edition of the Child and the Book Conference at the University of Crete. - [Rethinking temporalities through being with children: A dialogic reflection](https://wondre.eu/rethinking-temporalities-through-being-with-children-a-dialogic-reflection/) - In this new Open Access article, our colleague Markéta Supa leads an international collective of scholars in exploring children's unique temporalities. - [Anežka Kuzmičová je ambasadorkou celonárodní kampaně Čti za nároďák!](https://wondre.eu/anezka-kuzmicova-je-ambasadorkou-celonarodni-kampane-cti-za-narodak/) - Anežka Kuzmičová vystoupila jako ambasadorka kampaně Čti za nároďák! v debatě Knihovny Václava Havla o tom, proč je čtení pro radost základem zdravé společnosti. - [Presenting Research on Children’s Wonder in Finland](https://wondre.eu/presenting-research-on-childrens-wonder-in-finland/) - In the first week of May, our colleague Markéta Supa visited Finland to present at the IX Conference in Childhood Studies. - [A Week of Intercultural Nonfiction in Munich](https://wondre.eu/a-week-of-intercultural-nonfiction-in-munich/) - Our colleague Sarah Caré spent a week in Munich researching intercultural children's nonfiction. Her trip featured a guest lecture at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität. - [International Perspectives – Children’s Imaginative Experience of Facts](https://wondre.eu/international-perspectives-childrens-imaginative-experience-of-facts/) - In a new guest post for the Digital Child platform, our colleague Markéta Supa shares early insights from the project, exploring how children reflect on factual information as something lived, felt, and imagined. - [Global webinar on the decline in children’s reading](https://wondre.eu/global-webinar-on-the-decline-in-childrens-reading/) - A recording is now available of The Decline in Volitional Reading: Evidence-Informed Ways Forward, a global webinar co-hosted by Teresa Cremin, Sarah McGeown and our PI Anežka Kuzmičová. - [Research showcase at the Children’s Literature Assembly Conference](https://wondre.eu/wondre-team-presented-at-the-childrens-literature-assembly-conference/) - Four members of the WONDRE team showcased ongoing research at the U.S. National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)’s Children’s Literature Assembly Conference. - [New team member: Magdaléna Gorčíková](https://wondre.eu/new-team-member-magdalena-gorcikova/) - We are delighted to welcome Magdaléna Gorčíková to our team as a postdoctoral researcher. Her work explores how the family unit shapes a child’s world. - [Different fiction genres take children’s memories to different places](https://wondre.eu/different-fiction-genres-take-childrens-memories-to-different-places/) - We examined children’s responses to their favourite books and found that different genres invoke distinct types of memories, depending on degree of adventure vs. relationships and realism vs. fantasy. - [Exploring children’s embodied story experiences: a toolkit for research and practice](https://wondre.eu/exploring-childrens-embodied-story-experiences-a-toolkit-for-research-and-practice/) - Attending to one’s body brings many benefits but children are rarely asked about how texts affect them in bodily terms. We developed a toolkit enabling children’s reflection on this topic. - [Children’s perspectives on being absorbed when reading fiction: a Q methodology study](https://wondre.eu/childrens-perspectives-on-being-absorbed-when-reading-fiction-a-q-methodology-study/) - Children sorted cards expressing different aspects of being “lost in a book.” We found four distinct reader perspectives: Growth, Confirmation, Attachment and Mental Shift. - [Complex characters of many kinds? Gendered representation of inner states in reading anthologies](https://wondre.eu/complex-characters-of-many-kinds-gendered-representation-of-inner-states-in-reading-anthologies/) - We developed a procedure for examining what types of characters are represented in children’s texts and through what experiences, and found deep gender imbalances in our sample of Czech anthologies. - [Children’s imagining about facts](https://wondre.eu/childrens-imagining-about-facts/) - In this philosophy of imagination blog post, Anežka Kuzmičová reflects on WONDRE’s goals in terms of the distinction between so-called transcendent and instructive imagining. - [Interesting facts: holistic interviews on children’s nonfiction engagement](https://wondre.eu/interesting-facts-holistic-interviews-on-childrens-nonfiction-engagement/) - We conducted creative in-depth interviews in which children reflected on their factual interests and on the activities through which they nurture them. They also designed imaginary nonfiction books. - [ERC StG award announced in UK Forum magazine](https://wondre.eu/erc-stg-award-announced-in-uk-forum-magazine/) - Award-winning science communicator Pavla Hubálková was among the first to introduce WONDRE to the general public in writing, in an extensive piece published by UK Forum. - [Ideas behind WONDRE explained in a one-minute video](https://wondre.eu/ideas-behind-wondre-explained-in-a-one-minute-video/) - Anežka Kuzmičová explains the ideas behind WONDRE in a one-minute video in the Science at Charles University series. - [Why and how we should study reading from children’s point of view](https://wondre.eu/why-and-how-we-should-study-reading-from-childrens-point-of-view/) - Anežka Kuzmičová spoke with Jan Velinger of the Forum Radio podcast about what distinguishes reading from other activities and why children’s experiences of it matter. - [2nd International Children and Youth Perspectives Conference, 18-19 Sep 2025, Prague](https://wondre.eu/2nd-international-children-and-youth-perspectives-conference-18-19-sep-2025-prague/) - WONDRE is proudly co-organising the 2nd International Children and Youth Perspectives Conference, 18-19 Sep 2025, where three distinguished keynote speakers will address issues of literacy from children's point of view. - [ČT informovala o získání ERC grantu na projekt WONDRE](https://wondre.eu/ct-informovala-o-ziskani-erc-grantu-na-projekt-wondre/) - Česká televize představila tři české projekty oceněné ERC Starting Grantem. Hlavní pozornost věnovala projektu WONDRE, který Anežka Kuzmičová přiblížila v desetiminutovém rozhovoru. - [Magazín UK Forum podrobně o ERC grantu](https://wondre.eu/magazin-uk-forum-podrobne-o-erc-grantu/) - Oceněná popularizátorka vědy Pavla Hubálková byla mezi prvními, kdo projekt WONDRE představil veřejnosti, a to v rozsáhlém článku v časopise UK Forum. - [Proč bychom se měli zajímat o prožitek dětí ze čtení](https://wondre.eu/proc-bychom-se-meli-zajimat-o-prozitek-deti-ze-cteni/) - Markéta Supa vylíčila v bonusové epizodě podcastu Rozpravy o médiích, jak děti prožívají příběhy, a popsala svou spolupráci s Anežkou Kuzmičovou. - [Každé dítě má svůj mediální prožitek](https://wondre.eu/kazde-dite-ma-svuj-medialni-prozitek/) - Markéta Supa byla hostkou podcastu týdeníku Respekt. Mluvila o projektu WONDRE, roli médií v životě dětí a o tom, proč by rodiče měli začít s mediální výchovou u sebe. - [Jak dětem otevřít svět knih?](https://wondre.eu/jak-detem-otevrit-svet-knih/) - Anežka Kuzmičová v rozhovoru s Terezou Kostkovou pro Český rozhlas přibližuje, jak dětem otevřít svět knih. Mluví o čtení, audioknihách, i podceňovaném předčítání ve školách. - [Představení projektu WONDRE v jedné minutě](https://wondre.eu/predstaveni-projektu-wondre-v-jedne-minute/) - Anežka Kuzmičová představuje základní myšlenku projektu WONDRE v minutovém videu ze série Věda na UK. - [Druhý ročník mezinárodní konference Children and Youth Perspectives, 18. a 19. září 2025 v Praze](https://wondre.eu/druhy-rocnik-mezinarodni-konference-children-and-youth-perspectives-18-a-19-zari-2025-v-praze/) - WONDRE se podílí na organizaci konference 2nd International Children and Youth Perspectives Conference, která se uskuteční v září 2025. Vystoupí na ní mj. významní odborníci na čtení a dětskou zkušenost. - [Mediální výchova má dětem pomoct chápat vlastní i cizí zkušenost](https://wondre.eu/medialni-vychova-ma-detem-pomoct-chapat-vlastni-i-cizi-zkusenost/) - Markéta Supa byla hostkou Lucie Výborné. Na stanici ČRo Radiožurnál mluvila o tom, co je cílem mediální výchovy, jakou roli v ní hraje škola a jakou rodiče. - [Sarah Caré’s International Youth Library comic](https://wondre.eu/sarah-cares-international-youth-library-comic/) - Sarah Caré has created a comic portraying her time as an International Youth Library fellow. During her fellowship Sarah explored how mothers are depicted in middle-grade fiction. - [Visiting researcher: Marc Kudlowski](https://wondre.eu/visiting-researcher-marc-kudlowski/) - We welcome Marc Kudlowski, visiting from the University of Cologne, Germany, as a temporary member of our team. Marc’s research focuses on media didactics and reading motivation. - [Terry Klaban presented at international symposium in Wrocław, Poland](https://wondre.eu/terry-klaban-presented-at-international-symposium-in-wroclaw-poland/) - Terry Klaban presented their research on book designs fuelling the vast export of Czech nonfiction at the 4th International Symposium and Workshops for Early Career Researchers in Children’s Literature. - [Sarah Caré presented at the Child and the Book Conference in Tilburg, Netherlands](https://wondre.eu/sarah-care-presented-at-the-child-and-the-book-conference-in-tilburg-netherlands/) - Sarah Caré presented her research on cultural representations in children’s nonfiction at the Child and the Book Conference at Tilburg University. - [Visiting researcher: Michelle David](https://wondre.eu/visiting-researcher-michelle-david/) - We welcome Michelle David, visiting from the University of Southern Denmark, as a temporary member of our team. Michelle’s research focuses on cognitive ethnography and deep reading. - [Anežka Kuzmičová vystoupila na ČteFesTu 2025](https://wondre.eu/anezka-kuzmicova-vystoupila-na-ctefestu-2025/) - Anežka Kuzmičová přednášela o neviditelnosti dětského informačního čtení na festivalu ČteFesT pořádaném knihovnou Třinec. - [Markéta Supa presented at the International Child and Family Conference in Bristol, UK](https://wondre.eu/marketa-supa-presented-at-the-international-child-and-family-conference-in-bristol-uk/) - Markéta Supa presented research on children’s nonfiction engagement at the International Child and Family Conference at the University of Bristol. - [Markéta Supa visited Bournemouth University (UK) and the Centre for Seldom Heard Voices](https://wondre.eu/marketa-supa-visited-bournemouth-university-uk-and-the-centre-for-seldom-heard-voices/) - Markéta Supa visited Bournemouth University to exchange practices on research with marginalised children and youth within her Erasmus+ stay. - [Anežka Kuzmičová’s keynote at UKLA International Conference 2025](https://wondre.eu/anezka-kuzmicovas-keynote-at-ukla-international-conference-2025/) - Anežka Kuzmičová became the first speaker from a non-Anglophone country to deliver a keynote at the UKLA International Conference in its 60-year history. - [Sarah Caré presented at the IRSCL 2025 in Salamanca, Spain](https://wondre.eu/sarah-care-presented-at-the-irscl-2025-in-salamanca-spain/) - Sarah Caré presented her research at the International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL) Conference in Salamanca, and received a special award. - [Sarah Caré turns the IRSCL 2025 Conference into a comic book](https://wondre.eu/sarah-care-turns-the-irscl-2025-conference-into-a-comic-book/) - Sarah Caré created a 40-page comic book capturing her experience at the IRSCL 2025 Conference in Salamanca, now available as a PDF and Flipbook for all to read. - [Visiting researcher: Chin Ee Loh](https://wondre.eu/visiting-researcher-chin-ee-loh/) - We are hosting reading researcher Chin Ee Loh of the National Institute of Education, Singapore, with whom we will exchange insights from participatory research. - [Children’s Reading Experiences workshop](https://wondre.eu/childrens-reading-experiences-workshop/) - WONDRE hosted an international research workshop on children’s reading experiences. Scholars from six countries took part alongside an award-winning children’s nonfiction author. - [Konference Children and Youth Perspectives v naší režii](https://wondre.eu/konference-children-and-youth-perspectives-v-nasi-rezii/) - Pořádali jsme 2. mezinárodní konferenci Children and Youth Perspectives. Konala se v Praze 18. a 19. září 2025 a dorazili na ni zástupci institucí z dvaceti zemí světa. - [2nd International Children and Youth Perspectives Conference - Recap](https://wondre.eu/2nd-international-children-and-youth-perspectives-conference-recap/) - We hosted the 2nd International Children and Youth Perspectives Conference on 18 and 19 September 2025. - [Studie prožitku fikce v časopise Journal of Children and Media](https://wondre.eu/studie-prozitku-fikce-v-casopise-journal-of-children-and-media/) - V časopise Journal of Children and Media vyšel náš první odborný článek od startu projektu. Zabývá se dětským prožitkem fikce napříč médii. - [Children’s embodied repertoires when engaging with fiction](https://wondre.eu/childrens-embodied-repertoires-when-engaging-with-fiction/) - Our first WONDRE article has been published in the Journal of Children and Media. The study explores how children experience fictional stories across media in bodily as well as mental ways. - [Sarah Caré’s Children and Youth Perspectives Conference comic](https://wondre.eu/sarah-cares-2nd-children-and-youth-perspectives-conference-comic/) - Sarah Caré has created a comic capturing her experience at the 2nd International Children and Youth Perspectives Conference in Prague. - [Proč je nonfikce potřeba doma i ve škole](https://wondre.eu/proc-je-nonfikce-potreba-doma-i-ve-skole/) - V kulturním čtrnáctideníku A2 vyšel rozsáhlý rozhovor s Anežkou Kuzmičovou o hranicích pojmu čtení a o potřebnosti nonfikce doma i ve škole. - [Sarah Caré on the life of a postdoctoral researcher](https://wondre.eu/sarah-care-on-the-life-of-a-postdoctoral-researcher/) - In the new episode of The Postdoctoral Podcast, Sarah Caré spoke with host Ernestina Cerna about her transition from PhD studies to her current position with the WONDRE project. - [WONDRE: 2025 in Review](https://wondre.eu/wondre-2025-in-review/) - As we look back on the first year of WONDRE, we are proud to recap new research outputs, international events, and collaborations across the academic community. - [WONDRE: Ohlédnutí za rokem 2025](https://wondre.eu/wondre-ohlednuti-za-rokem-2025/) - Máme za sebou první kompletní rok projektu WONDRE. Tady je shrnutí toho nejdůležitějšího, co se nám v uplynulém roce podařilo. - [Nikdy není pozdě začít se čtením](https://wondre.eu/nikdy-neni-pozde-zacit-se-ctenim/) - V rozhovoru pro Salon deníku Právo z 15. ledna 2026 hovoří Anežka Kuzmičová mj. o tom, jak čtení může rozvíjet identitu dítěte, pokud mu ovšem dáme volnost výběru. ## Pages - [Homepage](https://wondre.eu/) - We study how children engage with factual information and how their experiences relate to adults’ assumptions about young people, reading and nonfiction text design. - [Team](https://wondre.eu/our-people/team/) - Team Anežka Kuzmičová anezka.kuzmicova@fsv.cuni.cz Anežka is WONDRE's principal investigator. A winner of the Neuron Prize for Promising Scientists (2022), she has previously led a cross-faculty team (2020-2024) with WONDRE member Markéta Supa as key collaborator. Prior to that she completed a Ph.D. (2008–2013) and an extended postdoctoral period (2013–2019) at Stockholm University, Sweden. 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