Through her books and her multiple social activities, Angheliki Varella has won a place in the conscience of children as well as in the minds of educated adults as an essential and dynamic force in the field of arts and letters generally and in children's literature in particular.
	The generosity and sweetness of her writing, her simplicity and consistency, her love of children and her ability to get on intimate terms with them, the ease of communication with people around her and mostly her deep faith in life itself characterize Angheliki Varella as a human being and as an author.
The quiet and constant industriousness she has always expressed has been well rewarded. She has a respectable number of over 40 books to her name, having often been honoured with literary prizes in Greece and abroad.
	Her work encompasses various types of books: purely literary works, books of knowledge, elementary school readers and translations. Her writing activity displays an intense interest in cultivating aesthetic awareness in children and in their education.
Her books mainly deal with such topics as history and archeology, contemporary society, natural environment and everyday situations. Her writing is outstanding for its refreshing and elegant air, its rich, cultivated vocabulary, its humour and subtle irony, its serene lyricism and a balance between the real and the imaginary. See also for Angheliki Varella at www.avarella.gr