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Barbro Lindgren, Eva Eriksson, Angelika Kutsch Die Geschichte vom kleinen Onkel Im Herzen ist Platz für mehr als einen! Ein Bilderbuch- Kleinod über die Freundschaft. Es war einmal ein kleiner Onkel, der war sehr einsam. Niemand kümmerte sich um ihn, obwohl er so nett war. Alle fanden ihn zu klein. Und dann fanden sie noch, dass er dumm aussah. Es half nichts, dass er dauernd den Hut abnahm und "Guten Tag" sagte. Es war trotzdem niemand nett zu ihm. Bis ihm eines Tages ein Hund zulief und ihm zärtlich seine kalte Nase in die Hand legte. Die zu Herzen Altersempfehlung: ab 4 Jahren gehende Geschichte vom Allein- und Zusammensein ist die ISBN: 978-3-7891-7549-7 Bilderbuchausgabe des Kinderbuch-Klassikers von Barbro Erscheinungstermin: Lindgren, mit farbigen Bildern der vielfach ausgezeichneten 2012-02-01 Illustratorin Eva Eriksson. Seiten: 32 Verlag: Oetinger AUTOR Barbro Lindgren Barbro Lindgren, 1937 in Schweden geboren, besuchte die Kunstschule in Stockholm und schreibt Bücher für Kinder und Erwachsene. Für ihr Gesamtwerk erhielt sie u.a. den schwedischen Astrid-Lindgren-Preis und den Nils-Holgersson-Preis; für den Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis wurde sie nominiert. Ihre charmanten Bilderbuchgeschichten vom kleinen "Max" und den Erlebnissen in seinem Kinderalltag, kongenial von Eva Eriksson illustriert, zählen bereits zu den Bilderbuch-Klassikern. "Knappe Worte, drollige Bilder und die Kinder lieben es, weil hier ein Stück ihrer Lebenswirklichkeit abgebildet wird. Diese Büchlein sind unschlagbar", schreibt dazu die Saarbrücker Zeitung. Für weitere informationen kontaktieren Sie bitte: Judith Kaiser ([email protected]) © Verlagsgruppe Oetinger Service GmbH https://www.oetinger.de ILLUSTRATOR Eva Eriksson Eva Eriksson, 1949 in Schweden geboren, begann nach der Geburt ihrer Kinder, Bilderbücher zu schreiben und zu illustrieren. Sie wurde u. a. mit dem Europäischen Jugendliteraturpreis ausgezeichnet. ÜBERSETZER Angelika Kutsch Angelika Kutsch wurde 1941 geboren, war viele Jahre Lektorin im Verlag Friedrich Oetinger und arbeitet heute als freie Übersetzerin überwiegend aus dem Schwedischen. Angelika Kutsch hat mit ihren einfühlsamen Übersetzungen erheblich zum Erfolg der schwedischen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur in Deutschland beigetragen. Allein 150 von Angelika Kutsch übersetzte Titel sind zur Zeit lieferbar, darunter viele sehr erfolgreiche und preisgekrönte Bücher, so z. B. alle Kinder- und Jugendbücher von Henning Mankell, alle Pettersson-und-Findus-Titel von Sven Nordqvist und die Linnéa-Bücher von Christina Björk. Kein anderer Name wird so häufig im Übersetzerverzeichnis des Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises genannt wie der von Angelika Kutsch. Schon vor ihrer Tätigkeit als Übersetzerin und Lektorin hatte sich Angelika Kutsch einen Namen als Autorin gemacht. So wurde sie 1975 für ihr Buch "Man kriegt nichts geschenkt" mit dem Sonderpreis des Deutschen Jugendbuchpreises zum Internationalen Jahr der Frau ausgezeichnet; 1974 hatte das Buch bereits auf der Auswahlliste der Kategorie Jugendbuch gestanden. Für weitere informationen kontaktieren Sie bitte: Judith Kaiser ([email protected]) © Verlagsgruppe Oetinger Service GmbH https://www.oetinger.de.

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