Tag: Children’s books
Ali Mitgutsch: The children’s book author died at the age of 86 – culture
Sixth fold-out page, right in the middle, there he immortalized his own childhood memory. Published in 1968 in his very first Wimmelbook, “Rundherum in Meine Stadt”. You can see the…
Morosinotto’s children’s novel “The Rebels of Salento”. – Culture
First you look for the page on Google Maps: Southern tip of Italy. Boot heel. Salento region. The town of Pagliarano, the setting of Davide Morosinotto’s novel “The Pirates of…
A volume with the picture books of the great Celestino Piatti – culture
The owl was his hallmark, as was the graphic style with the distinctive black lines. The design of thousands of book covers for the Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag made the Swiss…
Nils Mohl plays a language game in the “Teenager Symphony”. – Culture
It is not easy to put yourself in the shoes of a teenager who is just before they come of age. Nils Mohl tried it, the result is an artistic,…
Tomi Ungerer in the Falckenberg Collection. Review of an Exhibition – Culture
Tomi Ungerer once said it was fantastic when death was nothing, then one could fill it with a new spirit. Now you can be sure that if he was right,…
Bedtime story: Tomi Ungerer’s “And now you”. Review. – Culture
It is a literary discovery, this bedtime book with the text by William Cole and illustrations by Tomi Ungerer. In 1963 it was published in New York by World Publishing…
Britta Teckentrup writes an ode to the family of the crow birds – culture
Britta Teckentrup’s picture books and non-fiction books are characterized by their very own, unmistakable visual language, a mixed technique of “handmade and digital collage”, as she once described in an…
Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielińscy show international dishes. – Culture
It is a very theoretical consideration, but it makes it quite clear what you are dealing with in the book “All the World at Table”. Anyone who has a pantry…
Jordan Scotts / Sydney Smith: “I’m like the river” – culture
Canadian poet Jordan Scott’s childhood was overshadowed by his struggle against stuttering. He could not have found a better illustrator for his moving complaint than his compatriot Sydney Smith. Even…
The audio book for the youth novel “Things that can’t stay like this”. – Culture
Jens Wawrczeck, who has already recorded the well-known “Ismael Trilogy” by the Australian children’s and youth author Michael Gerard Bauer for the Hamburg audio company, also reads his latest book…