Tag: picture books
Franz Hohler turns 80: The little wild boar grunts the bass – culture
A huge stone itches the moss that has spread all over it, until it rolls into a schoolyard and the children climb around on it soothingly. A deep freezer is…
Interview Axel Scheffler: “I became British very reluctantly” – Kultur
Interviewed by Kathleen Hildebrand It’s a cold winter’s day, and if he weren’t almost the only one in the snow-covered courtyard, one would probably overlook him, the world-famous illustrator Axel…
Hans Christian Andersen Prize: Jury President resigns – culture
Every two years, the organization “International Board on Books for Young People” awards the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, which, along with the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, is the world’s highest…
Picture book “The Garden of Abdul Gasazi”: In the forbidden garden – culture
A forty-year-old picture book by the US artist who once created the template for “Jumanji” has now been published in German. What do today’s five-year-olds think of it? When it…
Children’s book “Die Rüpelbande”: Stunned bullies – culture
Of Marco Mach Upside down world: The strong troll looks out of the ice-cold water, crippled and soaking wet. And the chain-rattling, creepy ghost is stuck in the cot with…
On the death of Wolf Erlbruch: Life lives on – culture
Ms Meier is worried. The clouds of sorrow over her head grow into a pitch-black wall that fills the entire page, the blackness pours out over Ms. Meier. Not even…
GDR artist Hans Ticha in an interview: When the pioneers crow – culture
Interviewed by Kathleen Hildebrand Figures with ball heads, teeth bared, mouths gaping. Jumping jacks and fat aunts whose covers are burning, but don’t worry: the soldier firefighters are already coming,…