Once upon a time there was a fox that knew everything a fox had to know. Because that who knows everything is bound to have a long life, this way the fox thought. And he enjoyed a long life full of adventures. But when he got old, he started to forget he was a fox.
German Award to the best Book for Children and Young Adults, 2011
There is no one better person than Jutta Richter to tell us a sweet and amusing, nearly philosophical, story about the relationships between dogs and men. In I’m just the dog around here, the point of view is turned upside down and it is the dog the one that tells us about.
The lion can’t write, but he doesn’t care, since he can roar and he can show his fangs, and he needs no more. But one day, he meets a very pretty lioness and she is reading a book. And you can’t just kiss such a lady. You must write a love letter to her. So, the lion goes asking for help the monkey, the hippopotamus, the dung beetle, the vulture…
Sometimes, you need to say I love you, but it is not always easy to find the rights words. H. Janisch has written a text that comes directly from the heart, creating together with Jutta Bauer this wonderful book.
Once, little penguin’s mother got really angry and she screamed at him. After that, she regret having done that and she said “I am sorry!”
Can you roar as a lion? and croak as a frog? and sing as a bird? Just hold the book opened in front of your face and let the show begin!
Almost all children love to mimic the different sound each animal makes. This new board book by Isabel Pin invites the youngest children to do it by means of short and easy to understand texts.
"A challenge for imagination" (Leben und erziehen -Living and teaching).