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EST• 1952 Diogenes

Diogenes Children’s Books by Doris Dörrie Lukas Hartmann · Tatjana Hauptmann · Ute Krause Luis Murschetz · Magdalen Nabb Benjamin Sommerhalder · H. U. Steger · Tomi Ungerer F. K. Waechter · Reiner Zimnik and others . . . Contents

Tatjana Hauptmann page 4

J. M. Barrie / Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann page 7

Kurt Bracharz / Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann page 12

Anton Chekhov / Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann page 13

Charles Dickens / Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann page 14

John Irving / Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann page 15

Theodor Storm / Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann page 16

Mark Twain / Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann page 17

Lukas Hartmann / Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann page 18

Lukas Hartmann page 19

Doris Dörrie / Illustrated by Julia Kaergel page 22

Luis Murschetz page 24

Magdalen Nabb / Illustrated by Karen Donnelly page 26

Ute Krause page 28

Reiner Zimnik page 30

Benjamin Sommerhalder page 31

H. U. Steger page 32

Tomi Ungerer page 34

F. K. Waechter page 64

March 2016

Diogenes children’s books are published in more than 40 languages. Tatjana Hauptmann Tatjana Hauptmann A Day in the Life of Petronella Pig Hurray for Peregrine Pig

A wonderful, well bred piggy book, entirely Peregrine Pig has brought lots of exciting without text, but with delightfully unfolding things back with him from his long journey views through cut-outs, for instance from the to exotic shores. The second piggy book front door to the kitchen and on into the in the series exceeds everything you’ve ever bathroom and bedroom. imagined about these Pigs.

»One of the most imaginative »A titbite for pig fancier.« Schweizer Familie, children’s books illustrators.« Welt am Sonntag, Berlin

32 pages, 31.8 x 28.5 cm 32 pages, 31.8 x 28.5 cm 1978 1979

A Day in the Life of Petronella Pig Hurray for Peregrine Pig has been published in 9 languages. has been published in 3 languages. Diogenes Verlag /

Tatjana Hauptmann was born in Wiesbaden in 1950. She works as author and illustrator of numerous children’s books. Among others she has illustrated The Great Book of Fairy-Tales, The Great Book of Legends and most recently Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. Tatjana Hauptmann lives

Photo: Mosimann © Regine near Zurich. 4 5 Tatjana Hauptmann Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann J.M. Barrie Adelheid Goes to the Opera Peter Pan

Mrs. Adelheid Snail is getting herself ready Everyone knows Peter Pan and Wendy, the for a wonderful evening – her return to the fairy Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys, Captain stage of the snail operetta, in the leading role. Hook with his pirate ship the Jolly Roger. But But the road to the opera is long and not you have never seen the story of the boy who without obstacles. And sometimes, even snails refused to grow up like this: With her dream- Cover not yet available can be too fast. like playful illustrations in magnificent full colour, Tatjana Hauptmann has created an »Eschewing the sugary and sweet, opulent masterpiece, a delight for the eyes, the her illustrations are vibrant with colour perfect depiction of a land inhabited by fairies and yet unobtrusive.« and home to the cheekiest boy in the world. BuchMarkt, Meerbusch More than 50 mainly colour illustrations by »A hint of craziness, a bit of adventure Tatjana Hauptmann. and lots of visual imagination.« Marianne Mühlemann / , Bern »The artist Tatjana Hauptmann is one of the very best creators of illustrated books.« Ute Blaich / Die Zeit, Hamburg 32 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm 224 pages, 22 x 27 cm 1980 October 2016

Adelheid Goes to the Opera has been published in 7 languages.

6 7 Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann The Most Beautiful Tales The Great Book of Ballads From Arabian Nights »Tatjana Hauptmann is a pure stroke of good fortune.« Lorenz Jäger / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

For all those who have always shied away The most beautiful German ballads – with from the sheer length of the original, Urs Die schönsten fairy-tale illustrations by Tatjana Hauptmann. Widmer has carefully abridged the wonderful Geschichten Tales from Arabian Nights while preserving ausTausendundeiner Let us tell of beckoning mermaids and of men their oriental flavour. Highly vivid and amus- Nacht up to their necks in water, of friends who will ing, he recounts the six most famous tales Erzählt von Urs Widmer never be separated, of mourning husbands Mit vielen Bildern von Tatjana Hauptmann of the immortal Sheherazade: The Fisherman Diogenes and fathers, of human anger and divine re- and the Djinn, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, venge, but also of fools who appease the gods Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, The Magic Horse, and dogs who still know the meaning of good The Adventures of Harun al-Rashid, and manners. Sinbad the Sailor. As varied as the ballad’s themes, so diverse are As Hermann Hesse pointed out, the original its forms: broadside ballads and folk songs of this great collection of fairytales is »a alongside lyrical ballads, farces and parodies. source of infinite pleasures and the richest The ballad can do anything, but there is one Das große Balladenbuch picture book in the world«. To ensure that thing it always has to be: ›dramatic‹ – accord- Die schönsten deutschen Balladen, gesammelt von Christian Strich Mit Bildern von Tatjana Hauptmann this holds true in this edition, Tatjana Haupt- ing to Goethe, at least. And so this collection a Diogenes mann has richly illustrated this work, con- brings together a selection of the most excit- veying Oriental lavishness and subtlety. ing, saddest and funniest German ballads, 144 pages, 22 x 27 cm starting with the unhappy prince and princess, 152 pages, 22 x 27 cm »Could someone translate the Tales from 2008 moving on to the lyrical ballads of Bürger, 2016 Arabian Nights into the , Goethe, Schiller and Meyer, up to the humor- again? One can, as proved by Urs Widmer – The Most Beautiful Tales ous work of Morgenstern – delightfully illus- and Tatjana Hauptmann’s illustrations enrich From Arabian Nights trated by Tatjana Hauptmann. his stories beautifully.« has been published in 2 languages. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

8 9 Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann The Great Book of Fairy-Tales The Great Book of Legends »A splendid achievement!« »A great book for the whole family.« Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin Franziska Schläpfer / BuchJournal, Frankfurt

As Novalis said, »Everything is a fairy-tale.« Tatjana Hauptmann, recipient of many inter- But not all fairy-tale anthologies are like national awards, spent several years working The Great Book of Fairy-Tales by Tatjana Haupt- on her meticulous illustrations of The Great mann – a true classic for the entire family, a Book of Legends. book of magical beauty. This collection of the 100 best fairy-tales from Europe is magnifi- This collection of the most beautiful medieval cently adorned with a colourful and enchant- legends of gods, heroes and knights has been ing palette of 600 drawings and watercolours. edited by Johannes Carstensen.

»A magnificent book, large, substantial – »A delightful read for laymen the most beautiful book of fairy-tales and connoisseurs, young and old!« that I have ever seen.« Stadtkurier, Heidelberg Gregor Filthaut / Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Stuttgart

»One of the most beautiful and Das große Märchenbuch Das großeSagenbuch Die hundert schönsten Märchen aus ganz Europa, Die schönsten Götter-, Helden- und Rittersagen des Mittelalters precious collections of fairy tales.« gesammelt von Christian Strich, mit vielen Bildern von Tatjana Hauptmann nacherzählt von Johannes Carstensen, mit vielen Bildern von Tatjana Hauptmann DiogenesVerlag Kids, Cologne Diogenes

672 pages, 22 x 27 cm 240 pages, 22 x 27 cm 1987 1997

The Great Book of Fairy-Tales The Great Book of Legends has been published in 6 languages. has been published in 3 languages.

10 11 Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann Kurt Bracharz Anton Chekhov How the Mole Nearly Won the Lottery Kashtanka

An exciting story revolving around a few wrong letters on which a lottery win of This volume presents a collection of 10 stories 100 000 earthworms depended. If only the pig for children – and for everyone in possession hadn’t got such clumsy trotters . . . of a lively and youthful imagination.

»Written with velvet-pawed irony and »Children ought only to be given what is wonderfully gentle comedy, and lovingly also suitable for grown-ups. Books should illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann.« not be written for children, but one ought to Katrin Behrend / Abendzeitung, Munich know how to choose from what has been written for adults, that is to say, one should »Tatjana Hauptmann’s fine and unmistakable be able to select among drugs, and to line drawings bring Kurt Bracharz’s administer them in suitable doses – that imaginative story lovingly and playfully is more direct and consistent than trying ˇ to life.« to invent a special remedy for the Anton Cechov Stuttgarter Zeitung patient merely because he is a child.« Kaschtanka Anton Chekhov und andere Kindergeschichten Ausgewählt und übersetzt von Peter Urban Mit Zeichnungen von Tatjana Hauptmann Diogenes

Story 64 pages, 14.3 x 21.3 cm Stories 1981 160 pages, 14.3 x 21.3 cm 2004 How the Mole Nearly Won the Lottery Kashtanka has been published in 9 languages. has been published by Donzelli (Italy). World rights are handled by Diogenes.

Anton Chekhov was born in the city of Taganrog, in Russia’s deep south, on 17 January 1860. His family lived in poverty, and his father was a strict disciplinarian. The children were made to get out of bed at five o’clock in the morning and were expected to work in the family shop be- fore going to school. Anton, however, was soon to start making his own money: he created stories that were printed in the local newspaper and was thus able to support his Kurt Bracharz was born in Bregenz in 1947. He lives in family. Later in life, he attended to people in his capacity as Austria and works as a teacher. He has also worked for a doctor, became a world-famous writer and travelled the

Photo: © Kurt Bracharz Photo: © Kurt newspapers and radio since 1972. Photo: Diogenes Verlag © Archiv world. He died in Badenweiler, . 12 13 Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann Charles Dickens John Irving A Christmas Carol A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound

One of Dickens’s most popular stories, A A children’s book by John Irving? Christmas Carol continues to delight adults Indeed, nothing could be more natural – as no and children alike; a wonderful new edition other author has handled the themes of child- lovably and imaginatively illustrated by hood, adolescence and the coming of age as Tatjana Hauptmann. well as Irving. Sometimes children’s stories are hidden within stories for adults – one has only to discover them. A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound is the Charles Dickens adventure of a brave young boy who has a Ein Geräusch, wie wenn einer versucht, Weihnachtslied kein Geräusch zu machen bad dream, and sets out with his father in the Eine Geschichte von John Irving Eine Gespenstergeschichte Mit vielen Bildern von Tatjana Hauptmann Mit Zeichnungen von middle of the night to find the source of a Diogenes Tatjana Hauptmann und einem Essay von ghostlike sound – and chase it away. John Irving 40 pages, 27.5 x 25.2 cm Diogenes »A marvellous picture book for all readers, 2003 young and old, who sometimes find them- selves afraid of the night and the darkness.« World rights of Tatjana Hauptmann’s Margit Lesemann / Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin illustrations are handled by Diogenes. 144 pages, 14.3 x 21.3 cm 2001 A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound World rights of Tatjana Hauptmann’s has been published in 12 languages. illustrations are handled by Diogenes.

Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, on February 7, 1812. He was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language’s greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling John Irving was born 1942 in Exeter, New Hampshire, and and memorable characters, and achieved massive worldwide now lives in Vermont. He is the author of inter­national popularity in his lifetime. The popularity of Dickens’s bestsellers such as The World According to Garp, The Hotel novels and short stories has meant that not one has ever New Hampshire, A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Son of the gone out of print. Dickens wrote serialised novels, the usual Circus, and A Widow for One Year – from which the format for fiction at the time, and the reading public eagerly children’s story A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make anticipated the arrival of each new part of his stories. a Sound is taken. John Irving is member of the ›American

Photo: Diogenes Verlag © Archiv Dickens died 1870 at the age of 58. Photo: © Basso / Opale Leemage laif Cannarsa Academy of Arts and Letters‹. 14 15 Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann Theodor Storm Mark Twain Little John The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn The night-time adventures of Little John – one of Germany’s most beloved children’s The two funniest and oldest, yet eternally stories, accompanied by marvellous new young, rascals in literary history – a new illustrations by Tatjana Hauptmann, full of edition illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann. underlying­ humour. All day long, Little John gets pushed back The tremendous success of this illustrated and forth in his trundle bed by his mother; he version of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of just can not get enough of it. But now, in the Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn proved middle of the night, his mother is sleeping beyond doubt that Tatjana Hauptmann is one deeply, and the little boy is bored. So he of the most talented illustrators of all time. stretches his leg up high, as though it were a Der kleine Häwelmann Ein Märchen von Theodor Storm Mit vielen Bildern von Tatjana Hauptmann mast, hangs his shirt on it as a sail and starts Diogenes puffing with both his cheeks. Under the watchful eye of the good old moon, Little 40 pages, 27.5 x 25.2 cm John sails three times around his room and 2011 then – »more, more!« – out into the town at night and – »more, more!« – further into the World rights of Tatjana Hauptmann’s dark forest and – »more, more!« – far away, illustrations are handled by Diogenes. right to the end of the world. A wonderful 336 pages /480 pages, 14.3 x 21.3 cm bedtime story. 2002

World rights of Tatjana Hauptmann’s illustrations are handled by Diogenes.

/Axel Heimken Theodor Storm (1817 –1888), poet and writer of novellas including Immensee and The Rider on the White Horse, was Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, one of the leading representatives of poetic realism and one 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an of the most popular writers of his day. Alongside his literary American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. Twain is activity he continued to work as a lawyer all his life. most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Theodor Storm wrote the story of Little John in 1849 for his which has since been called the Great American Novel, and

Photo: alliance © picture eldest son, Hans. Photo: Diogenes Verlag © Archiv The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 16 17 Illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann Lukas Hartmann All the Missing Things The Boy and the Djinn

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MOVING WORDSLukas Hartmann, born in 1944 in Berne, studied German literature and psychology. He was a teacher and journalist. He now lives near Berne and writes books for both adults and Swiss Translation Programmechildren. His novels 2009–2011 (most recently Goodbye to Zanzibar) place him on the Swiss bestseller list again and again. In 2010 he was awarded with the ›Sir Walter Scott Literature Prize‹

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Such a Long Nose Anna annA

Pit and his sister Lena are bored on holiday in When the photocopier is done clattering, Greece. Their parents are always quarrelling, all of a sudden a girl appears before Anna and there are no other children on the beach. who looks exactly like her . . . Anna has copied But then Pit and Lena have the good fortune herself! to find the wizard Zervan. He has been hiding away from the world on a tiny island for two Is that Anna or annA? Who is the original, hundred and fifty years – or rather, he has and who is the copy? And who are we when been hiding his nose. Because it is so huge and there is someone that looks exactly like us? fiery red that it takes Pit and Lena’s breath away when they first see it. Zervan is terribly Lukas Again and again, nine-year-old Anna is told ashamed of this protuberance, which a wicked Hartmann that she has a vivid imagination, and most of Lukas rival has stuck on his face by a magic spell. So eine the time the remark is not meant as a compli- Hartmann Lena feels sorry for him, and has a brilliant lange Nase ment. For this reason, she does not tell Anna annA idea. That is the start of an adventurous anyone about the self-made Gygax family journey on a flying carpet. who lives under her bed. Nor does anyone know about Anna’s secret friend at school, a A story for children of 8 and upwards, told by photocopier named Copy. One day, however, Pit and Lena themselves. Copy accidentally duplicates Anna herself. Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes What now? It does not take long to come up »A successful example of intelligent with a name for her twin sister: annA. But children’s literature, Novel what will Anna’s mother say? A turbulent Novel in tune with today’s world.« 208 pages, 12 x 18.8 cm hide-and-seek game revolving around Anna 288 pages, 12 x 18.8 cm Der Bund, Berne 2010 and annA begins . . . 2009 A novel for children aged 9 and older about »Both boys and girls will find role models Such a Long Nose the power of imagination and the question: Anna annA here on which they can project their has been published in 4 languages. What defines our identity? has been published in 4 languages. own feelings, thoughts and desires.« Gundel Mattenklott / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

20 21 Illustrated by Julia Kaergel Illustrated by Julia Kaergel

»It’s fun to imagine Mimi’s escapades in our mind.« Sieglinde Geisel / Neue Zürcher Zeitung Doris Dörrie Mimi

Doris Dörrie Doris Dörrie Doris Dörrie With a pair of tights wound around her head, a sweater tied around her belly and golden DorisDoris DörrieDörrie sandals on her feet, Mimi rings at the door of her parents’ home and tells her astonished Mit Bildern von Julia Kaergel Mit Bildern von Mit Bildern von Julia Kaergel Julia Kaergel mother that she is not Mimi today but Anne MitMit Bildern Bildern von von Julia Julia Kaergel Kaergel Other. As Anne Other, she does everything quite differently: she drinks her cocoa with- out a fuss because milk is good for her bones, she cannot bear strawberry jam, which Mimi Diogenes loves, and she allows Mrs. Müller to tie her shoelaces because she cannot do it as well Diogenes Diogenes as Mimi. And then she tells Mimi’s parents the terrible secret that has been concealed Mimi Gets Mad Mimi Discovers the World Mimi Meets Mozart beneath Mimi’s pillow for days . . . 32 pages, 20.8 x 29 cm 32 pages, 20.8 x 29 cm 32 pages, 20.8 x 29 cm 2004 2006 2006 »Julia Kaergel’s lively, off-the-wall illustrations infuse the work with a wacky Mimi returns! And this time, What should Mimi do with Mimi Meets Mozart – and sense of humour.« DiogenesDiogenes she’s in a rotten mood . . . the blank piece of paper that suddenly piano practice is no Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Once again, Mimi’s bedroom her father hands her? »But longer irritating! 32 pages, 20.8 x 29 cm is in a state of chaos, but there is nothing on it,« com- Mimi is supposed to be prac- 2002 Mimi does not want to tidy plains Mimi. Then the two of tising piano, but she is bored. up. Faced with her mother’s them discover much more She is listlessly tinkering Mimi has been published impatience, Mimi begins to than just a story. away – when suddenly a boy in 6 languages. curse – and soon discovers in strange clothes and a white that swearwords can have a wig walks out of the piano. very peculiar effect . . . He plays piano like a virtuoso, never looking at the notes, and never making a single mistake . . .

Doris Dörrie, born in Hanover, studied theatre and drama photoselection.de / in California and New York, but then decided to switch to Julia Kaergel, born in Hamburg in 1965, started her working film direction.Men, her third film, was an international hit. life as a multilingual administrative assistant before going Alongside her film work (her latest, Bliss, 2012, is based on into industrial business management. She then studied in a story by Ferdinand von Schirach) she writes short stories, the design department of the University of Applied Sciences novels and children’s books. For several years now, Doris in Hamburg, specialising in children’s book illustration. Dörrie has also been making a name for herself as an opera Photo: © Privat Since 1998 she has been a freelance illustrator. Photo: Bothor © Mathias stage director. She lives in Munich. 22 23 Luis Murschetz

»Luis Murschetz is a master of refinement.« Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Luis Murschetz Mister Mole

Mister Mole’s cosy little basement home Luis Murschetz beneath a lush green meadow falls victim to city planners and their destructive impact on Der Maulwurf the environment. And so, Mister Mole is Grabowski forced to look elsewhere for a new, quiet Diogenes place to live.

In magnificent pictures Luis Murschetz tells the story of Mister Mole, who is driven from his idyllic meadow by the expanding city, the bulldozers and the building machinery, and after an eventful journey finds a new meadow to call his own. The Fat Carp Kilobald Theater Rabbits Hamster’s Journey 32 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm 32 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm 32 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm »There are very few picture books 1978 1988 1975 that handle the topic ›ecology‹ in a way which is suitable for children. A classic is A story about children and The story of the little rabbits Our hero Radel the hamster Mister Mole by Luis Murschetz.« carps and how they get the who turn a theatre into an lives in a chemist’s shop Winfried Kain / 32 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm better of anglers. adventure playground. window, to attract new Die positive Kraft der Bilderbücher, Weinheim customers. But he decides to 1972 rebel and rides out into the world. And all the other Mister Mole hamsters follow suit. has been published in 15 languages.

»Luis Murschetz’ oeuvre of drawings proffers a surely unparalleled wealth of ideas, as well as technical mastery, in which there is no room for bungling.« Johannes Willms / Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

Luis Murschetz was born 1936 in Wöllan (Velenja), Unter- steiermark. He works as caricaturist and illustrator, amongst others for the newspapers Die Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Luis Murschetz has been awarded the ›Schwabinger Art Award‹, the ›Olaf-Gulbransson-Award‹ and the ›Austrian st

Photo: Kallabis © Klaus Honorary Cross for Sciences and Art, 1 Class‹. 24 25 Illustrated by Karen Donnelly Illustrated by Karen Donnelly

»Josie Smith is a child of character and resource with sparkiness and just about the right amount of cheek.« Magdalen Nabb The Sunday Times, London Josie Smith and the Big Fight with Eileen

Eileen is becoming more and more insuff­ Magdalen Nabb erable – but Josie Smith forgives her because Finchen her mum has been taken to hospital. im Winter Mit Bildern von Karen Donnelly We’ve been waiting for this for so long: Josie Smith and Eileen have a falling out and Josie finally gives spoiled little Eileen a good ticking off! But in the end, when Eileen’s Diogenes mum comes home from hospital, Josie’s mother throws a huge party and all is forgiven. Josie Smith in Spring Josie Smith in Summer Josie Smith in Autumn Josie Smith in Winter 112 pages, 15.5 x 19 cm 104 pages, 15.5 x 19 cm 104 pages, 15.5 x 19 cm 112 pages, 15.5 x 19 cm 2002 2001 2001 2000

Spring is approaching – The summer is unbear­ Who said that autumn No matter if it’s stormy and Josie Smith plants ably hot. But Josie is a melancholy sea- outside or the snow a miniature garden in Smith and her mother son? Not Josie Smith, is falling: Josie Smith her backyard with always come up with that’s for sure. For always comes up with parsley, snapdragons something: she is her, this is the time something. Josie wears and nasturtiums. At allowed to splash for picking black­ her rubber boots in 144 pages, 15.5 x 19 cm Easter, Josie discovers about in an old barrel berries. A new teacher all weather, is always 2007 that painting Easter in the yard. At this, is the source of some losing her mittens, eggs is much more even her spoiled excitement as the and seems to be con- Magdalen Nabb wrote 12 fun than stuffing her- friend Eileen becomes school year begins. stantly at loggerheads Josie Smith books. self full with choco- envious and does not And this time round, with her spoiled friend late eggs, and that the stop complaining un- the traditional autumn Eileen, who has every­ Josie Smith and the Big Fight with Eileen most beautiful Easter til she too can play in festival will be some- thing that Josie can has been awarded egg of all is the one the pool. What does it thing special for Josie. only dream of. the ›Smarties Book Prize‹ in 1991. over which hen Mavis matter if the water is brooding, until a ruins Eileen’s curls? chick hatches out. With her ›magic hair- spray‹, Josie’s mother

will soon put every- Magdalen Nabb was born in Church, a village in Lanca- thing in place again. shire, England, in 1947. She studied at the Manchester College of Art, where she began to write. From 1975 onward she lived in Florence, working as a journalist and novelist. Nabb became famous for her Guarnaccia crime novels – she wrote 14 novels about the crotchery yet likeable Maresciallo – and also wrote books for children and teenagers.­ Magdalen

Photo: Vogel © Dirk Nabb died in August 2007. 26 27 Magdalen Nabb Ute Krause Twilight Ghost The Lion in the Attic The Enchanted Horse If there was one thing which Karla and her family could do well, it was to make a noise. Ute Krause To make sure that they all had enough room Der Löwe to make a noise, they moved into a tall, auf dem narrow house in which each member of the Dachboden family had a floor all to themselves. But the most interesting thing about the house was the attic, for it was there that Karla found a cello with which she could make the most wonderful noise! But that wasn’t all: at the Magdalen Magdalen Nabb Nabb Das very far end of the attic was a rusty door. Ein neuer Zauberpferd When Karla finally managed to open it, she Diogenes Anfang found a wild garden watched over by a stone Roman · Diogenes lion. The lion showed Karla a mysterious Roman · Diogenes 32 pages, 25 x 23 cm world: the world of silence and soft sounds. 1998 Novel Novel »Ute Krause’s captivating illustrations 176 pages, 11.6 x 18.4 cm 96 pages, 11.6 x 18.4 cm The Lion in the Attic and her imaginative powers 2000 2003 has been published by Sesam (Denmark). of observation are fascinating.« Booklist, Chicago Carries hates the house she had to move into When Irina sees a wooden horse in the junk with her family. It belongs to her grandmother, shop window, all she wants is to take it home it is old and musty, and the worst thing is that with her. For Irina is sad and lonely and she Carries sees things there that do not really knows that the little horse is too. But Irina exist. When she comes home at dusk, she sees does not know that the dusty little horse with a girl standing at the attic window dressed in the tattered mane is really an enchanted horse old-fashioned white clothes. . . and that it will change her life forever.

»Magdalen Nabb is a born storyteller, »You need to look no further for her stories are full of overwhelming the perfect storybook for an early reader.« authenticity.« The Independent, London Sunday Times, London The Enchanted Horse has been awarded Twilight Ghost the ›Smarties Book Prize‹ in 1993. has been published in 5 languages. Ute Krause, born in 1960 in Berlin, has illustrated a large number of books, including Leopoldo and the Mountain of Books by Susanna Tamaro. She has also written two children’s books published by Diogenes, The Lion in the

Photo: © Privat Attic and Nora and the Great Bear. 28 29 Reiner Zimnik Benjamin Sommerhalder Bill’s Balloon Ride Knigi The Bear on the Motorbike Whether you are a child or an adult – anyone who loves books will love Knigi! Ghosts do not celebrate their birthdays, but Knigi ›birthnights‹. When little ghost Knigi gets to the age when human children learn to read, his aunt gives him a book on his birthnight. But something is wrong with it, for it is com- pletely empty and the pages are white. Knigi decides to get to the bottom of the matter, to find out how reading works. And he ends up getting the surprise of his life. Knigi discovers the adventures and happiness that reading can bring.

Diogenes 32 pages, 23 x 31 cm 32 pages, 21 x 28 cm 1972 1963

24 pages, 19 x 24.9 cm From all of his friends and relatives, Bill asks Once upon a time, there was a fat brown 2014 for only one present – balloons, as many and circus bear, the only bear in Europe that could as large as can be. ride a motorbike around the circus ring thir- Knigi teen times without stopping. And this bear has been published in 5 languages. Bill’s Balloon Ride was quite pleased with himself. Until one day English translation available. has been published in 10 languages. when a little boy called out, »That bear is so stupid, all it can do is ride around in circles!« And what do you think happened next?

The Bear on the Motorbike has been published in 6 languages.

Benjamin Sommerhalder, born in Aarau in 1977, studied Reiner Zimnik was born in Bytom in 1930 and grew up in graphic design at the Zurich University of the Arts. In Lower Bavaria. He has been drawing ever since he was four; 2001 he founded the publishing company Nieves, which after an apprenticeship as a cabinet-maker and a few years publishes art books and zines for an international reader- studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich he has ship. As a publisher and designer, he has been awarded continued to live in the city as a poet, illustrator and painter; with many prizes. Knigi is his first book as an author and

Photo: Diogenes Verlag © Archiv Reiner Zimnik has been awarded a number of prizes. Fondecave Photo: © Audrey illus­trator. Benjamin Sommerhalder lives in Zurich. 30 31 H. U. Steger H. U. Steger When Kubaki Comes Travelling to Tripiti

Who would have thought that a whole world A dishevelled teddy bear and his toy friends was hidden in a forgotten corner of an old embark on a journey to the promised land bric-à-brac shop? Nick, Anni and Kubaki, of toys. This children’s book, which decries a strange old wooden horse, embark on a today’s throwaway society, has already be- journey of discovery, passing through such come a classic. fantasy worlds as Maharajovia and Slidestan, exciting cities like Aquaville, where ships sail »Travelling to Tripiti should be above the sky-scrapers and climb to the roof on the shelf in every child’s room.« of the world, from where one can throw Daniela Settelen-Trees / paper planes that fly as far as the horizon . . . »Imagination and taste are A dreamlike journey around the world in 48 pages, 29.7 x 21 cm the foundations of this children’s book.« 48 pages, 29.7 x 21 cm twenty-one colourful illustrations. A book 1976 Die andere Zeitung, Hamburg 1967 for those – like Nick and Anni – yearning to discover the world beyond the garden fence. When Kubaki Comes »This fable for children has truly been Travelling to Tripiti has been published in 3 languages. written and illustrated from the heart – has been published in 11 languages. »With its multi-faceted illustrations, this and will remain in their memories book precisely captures the world of for a long time.« fantasy in which children immerse them- Eltern, Munich selves when they are absorbed in play.« Neue Presse, Hanover »A magnificently illustrated Diogenes children’s book, a wonderful gift.« Wochenpresse, Vienna

H. U. Steger was born in 1923 in Zurich. He studied at the Zurich School of Applied Arts, where he later worked as a teacher for 20 years. His first cartoon has been published in Nebelspalter. Since 1945 he has published a weekly cartoon about global or local events under the name of ›H. U. St.‹ in the Weltwoche, the Zürcher-Woche and in the Zurich-based Tages-Anzeiger. Alongside his career as a cartoonist, Steger is also an author of children’s books, a painter, an off-the-wall

Photo: Müller © Martin artist and a collector of just about everything. 32 33 Tomi Ungerer Adelaide Tomi Ungerer The fabulous story of a flying kangaroo Emil. The moving story of a helpful octopus

Adelaide’s parents are surprised when they Emil, the helpful octopus that is not only notice that their baby kangaroo has wings. a talented musician but also has had some Adelaide herself takes them quite for granted. success stopping smugglers. One day she kisses her family good-bye and flies away, following the first airplane she »Tomi Ungerer’s humour is tender and easy, encounters, finding fame, fortune, adventure, and Emil a matchless leading character. and a handsome kangaroo named Leon. An octopus is a natural clown – who would DAS FLIEGENDE KÄNGURU have thought of it before?« Barbara Bader, American Picturebooks »Delightfully told and pictured in from Noah’s Ark to the Beast Within (Macmillan Publishers) Mr. Ungerer’s appealing, humanistic manner.« The New York Times

»A few words and many imaginative pictures combine perfectly to capture the

soaring spirit of this original picture book.« DIOGENES Chicago Sunday Tribune 48 pages, 15.5 x 19 cm 48 pages, 21 x 26.5 cm 1960 2015

Emil has been Adelaide published in 14 languages. has been published in 14 languages.

Tomi Ungerer was born 1931 in Strasbourg, Alsace. In the

KEYSTONE middle of the 1950s, he went to New York, where his / incredible career as an artist, illustrator and children’s book author began. He lives with his family in southwest Ireland and in Strasbourg, where the French state dedicated a museum to him. His children’s books have become modern classics. He received the ›Hans Christian Andersen Award‹

Photo: © Gaëtan Bally in 1998. 34 35 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer Rufus Crictor The unbelievable story of a coloured bat The instructive story of a good snake

Tomi Ungerer’s classic tale about a bat who Madame Bodot teaches school in a peaceful learns to embrace his differences through French village. She has a son who is studying friendship. reptiles in Africa, but she is nonetheless un- prepared for the birthday present he sends Like all bats, Rufus sees life in black and her: a baby boa constrictor. white, until he chances upon an outdoor She names the infant snake Crictor, and he movie theatre and is awakened to the dazzling grows up to be an affectionate and lovable pet. world of colours for the first time. Crictor attends his mistress’s classes, and Inspired and excited, Rufus paints his own shows remarkable aptitude for forming let- wings and ventures out into the day, only to ters and numbers with his body. He is par- discover that his unusual appearance attracts ticularly helpful to the children, letting them unwelcome attention. use him as a jump rope and allowing them to Though he is initially rejected for his differ- practice knots with him. ence, Rufus soon learns to accept himself for Life goes on happily for Madame Bodot and who he is, thanks to a new friend. her long friend. Then one night a burglar breaks in their house. Crictor’s quick thought Beautifully written and illustrated by the leg- and action save the day. What can a burglar do endary Tomi Ungerer. against the wrath of a loyal boa constrictor? 32 pages, 20.7 x 28.8 cm 32 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm Tomi Ungerer’s bright, beguiling story and 1961 1963 pictures of this improbable situation are pure delight. Long live Crictor! Rufus has been Crictor has been published in 9 languages. published in 18 languages.

36 37 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer Orlando Allumette »A children’s book for adults – and vice versa!« The exemplary story of a brave vulture , Zurich

Orlando, the brave vulture, begins his series Allumette is Tomi Ungerer’s wild adaptation of heroic deeds, down Mexico way, when he of Hans-Christian Andersen’s The Little starts searching for a lost gold miner who has Match Girl. Allumette, too, wanders the cold TOMITOMI UNGERERUNGERER gone astray in the cactus-studded deserts of streets around Christmas time, cold and hun- Chihuahua. gry and with no money or home to return to. Trying to help the missing man’s worried wife But unlike the poor girl in Andersen’s tale, and son, Orlando encounters a menacing Ungerer’s heroine Allumette does not die of pack of night-riding, gunslinging bandits, the cold, but gets everything she has ever everyone of whom (huge sombrero, sinister wished for – and uses the power of that origi- moustache) is a dead ringer for Pancho Villa. nal wish to effect the betterment of society as a whole. All children who love an ambush or a hair- breadth escape, a mad pursuit or an utterly A wonderful story with a happy ending and happy surprise ending will revel in this up- of course, Tomi Ungerer’s indispensable illus- roarious adventure south of the Rio Grande. trations. So will gringos of all ages. DIOGENESDIOGENES

48 pages, 15.5 x 19 cm 36 pages, 21 x 26.5 cm 1966 2015

Orlando has been Allumette published in 8 languages. has been published in 9 languages.

38 39 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer The Three Robbers Moon Man »Every page is so powerful, that all other children’s books pale in com- »Exceptionally highly recommended.« parison.« Le Monde, Paris Kirkus Reviews, New York

Tomi Ungerer’s pictorial tale of an orphan For everyone who thinks the moon is made of Tomi Ungerer named Tiffany who falls into the hands of Cinema green cheese (and for the few who do not), three highway robbers has become a classic Adaptation here is Tomi Ungerer’s Moon Man to tell the DER MONDMANN Diogenes of children’s literature. Since it first appeared story of the man in the moon and how he in 1961, it has sold over 500 000 copies in came to visit us one night. Germany and 2.5 million copies worldwide Watching the people on earth dancing happily, and has been translated into 28 languages. the Moon Man decides to fly down and join the fun. But instead of giving their distin- Based on the picture book, director Hayo guished guest the hearty welcome he deserves, Freitag (well-known for his successful screen the people he meets send the Moon Man off to adaptation of Capt’n Bluebear) has created an jail. animated film that enchants children and Alone in his cell the Moon Man uses his spe-

adults alike. cial lunar powers to slip through the hands of · DER MONDMANN Ungerer Tomi With Tomi Ungerer as the narrator, Katharina the law (by means of a strategem too original Thalbach as the ›peculiar old aunt‹ and and too appropriate to be divulged here). Joachim Król, Bela B. Felsenheimer and Charly His ensuing adventures in the forest and his Cinema Hübner as The Three Robbers. encounter with an odd, three-hundred-year- Adaptation old scientist create a gently satiric fable. 40 pages, 20.7 x 28.8 cm 40 pages, 22.8 x 30.7 cm The book has been also published 1966 in gigantic format (38.5 x 52.5 cm) 1961 Moon Man has been published in 18 languages. The Three Robbers has been published in 29 languages. Medienfonds GFP II KG Medienfonds /

/ Neue Visionen Photos: © 2012 Schesch Filmkreation Illustration: © 2007 Animation X Animation Illustration: © 2007 40 41 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer Zeralda’s Ogre The Hat »A barbaric delight for both young and old children!« »A resounding success!« Die Weltwoche, Zurich Esther Scheidegger / Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich

For weeks now, all of the children in town A handsome black top hat living on top have been hiding in trunks, barrels, and base- of a rich man’s head . . . there is nothing ments to avoid becoming the hungry ogre’s remarkable about that, but a hat that answers breakfast – all of the children, that is, except to its owner’s beck and call is something else Zeralda, who lives in a clearing in the woods again! Tiring of a rich man’s company, his hat and does not know much about ogres. takes off and lands on the head of Benito She does, however, know everything about Badoglio, a penniless war veteran. cooking, and the scrumptious feasts that she At once the magic of the hat begins to work, prepares transform the ogre’s eating habits taking old Benito through a series of spectac- when the two finally do come face to face. ular rescues. Before long Benito finds himself rich and dressed like a gentleman, and that is »In this picture book [. . .] when he saves the Contessa herself from a Ungerer surpasses himself. His hero runaway horse. True love blossoms, and the is the most horrendous, ugliest – hat, having done its work, flies off . . . Heaven yet most beguiling – ogre imaginable.« knows where. Book World, New York The happy tale will capture the fancy of children and adults alike, and Tomi Ungerer’s illustrations, with their broad humour and 32 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm 36 pages, 23 x 30.3 cm careful attention to detail, make this a picture 1970 1967 book to treasure. The Hat Zeralda’s Ogre has been published in 16 languages. has been published in 13 languages.

42 43 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer I Am Papa Snap and These Are The Beast of Monsieur Racine My Favorite No Such Stories »Tomi Ungerer has never failed the picture book.« Maurice Sendak

Sixteen outlandish, wonderful, truly ›no such‹ This is the story of Monsieur Racine, retired stories about the characters in Tomi Ungerer’s tax-collector and prime pear grower, whose toy collection. contented life is disturbed by a strange beast that comes into his garden to steal his golden »Ungerer’s No Such Stories are so dazzling pears. But Monsieur Racine befriends the precisely because his humorous beast by feeding it all sorts of delicacies, and and macabre creations have no other they enjoy marvellous outings together. At intention than actually to be seen as the same time, Monsieur Racine is deter- humorous and macabre.« mined to discover more about his strange Wolfdietrich Schnurre creature and carries out extensive research – to no avail. He writes to the Academy of »The most imaginative and off-beat Sciences, and when its members invite him to of Tomi Ungerer’s picture books.« bring his bizarre specimen to Paris, Monsieur Christine Lötscher / Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich Racine and his beast are given a rapturous welcome. What the beast turns out to be causes uproar, but leaves Monsieur Racine a happier man. The Beast of Monsieur Racine is a hilarious 36 pages, 23 x 29 cm story which parents will love to share with 1971 their children. 32 pages, 23 x 30 cm 1971 I Am Papa Snap and These Are My Favorite No Such Stories The Beast of Monsieur Racine has been published in 6 languages. has been published in 15 languages.

44 45 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer No Kiss for Mother The Adventures of the Mellops »Tomi Ungerer at the top of his form.« »A brilliant author for children’s books.« Publishers Weekly, New York Libération, Paris

If there’s one thing Piper Paw hates, it’s being Tomi Ungerer’s original picture book family – kissed by his doting mother, Mrs. Velvet Paw. the marvellous Mellops. Tomi Ungerer And one day she does the unforgivable: she kisses Piper in front of his friends! Whether as cave explorers or aircraft builders, DIE ABENTEUER »Kisses, kisses all the time,« howls Piper. when drilling for oil or hunting for treasure – DER FAMILIE »I don’t like it. I don’t want it. Good-morning it is soon apparent that the Mellops family MELLOPS kisses, licky kisses, soggy kisses!« What can is no ordinary family of pigs. The Mellops Fünf Geschichten Mrs. Paw do? She answers her son with a sur- family loves challenges. The result – specta­­- in einem Band prise of her own – and it’s not a kiss. cular last-minute rescues from a rubber Diogenes Piper Paw’s rambunctious story is sure to fas- dinghy punctured by stalagmites, forest fires cinate its readers – kissers and non-kissers alike. Tomi Ungerer and beaches on deserted islands . . . But one Kein Kuss thing is certain: having survived the most »Ungerer’s drawings perilous adventures, the pigs can always are irresistible, as always.« für Mutter look forward to Mrs. Mellops’ wonderful Eine Geschichte Library Journal, New York über zu viel cream cake. oder zu wenig Liebe »In this fierce, funny book the disgraceful, »Anyone who has not met outrageous behaviour of a naughty, Diogenes the Mellops family is missing some sour-pussed kitten named Piper Paw will of the best work being done make toes curl with horrified delight.« for the picture book audience.« The New York Times Story The New York Times Stories 64 pages, 12 x 18.8 cm 176 pages, 14.3 x 21.3 cm 1973 2006

No Kiss for Mother The Adventures of the Mellops has been published in 15 languages. has been published in 12 languages.

46 47 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer Flix Tremolo »An intelligent parabel about tolerance.« »The dramatic pictures are funny and will bring delight and Der Spiegel, Hamburg the joy of discovery to children.« Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin

Can cats give birth to puppies? Can dogs What are notes of music really like, apart from Tomi Ungerer climb trees? Can cats swim? These are but a the fact that they sit motionless on the lines of few of the questions posed by Tomi Ungerer’s the stave? Do they taste sweet or hot? What book, which tells the story of Flix, the little happens if you mix Debussy and Schubert pug, whose parents are the cats Theo and Flora together in a pan? Krall. »A dog?!« – »Oh well!« A modern and yet timeless story about tolerance and mutual Tomi Ungerer tells the adventurous story respect. of Mr. Tremolo who triggers a catastrophe with his music. His nocturnal music-making »A witty and ironical tale on the highest level.« shatters the crystal ball belonging to his Renate Heinrich / Buchjournal, Frankfurt neighbour, a fortune-teller who finally loses her patience and casts a spell on him. From »Tomi Ungerer is a hit with children then on, everything happens in a rush, but all because he is himself a child.« evil has its good side as well, thinks Tremolo, du, Zurich and he manages to find a way out of all his difficulties.

The story of Mr. Tremolo is a very imagin- Diogenes 32 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm ative and amusing description of the small, exciting world that can emerge when things 1997 32 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm are snatched out of their usual context. Gently 1998 Flix and unsentimentally, we are reminded of what we have long since forgotten in our has been published in 8 languages. Tremolo technical age: the ability to listen to one an- has been published in 10 languages. other.

48 49 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer Otto The Blue Cloud »At once sad and tempestuous, moving and humorous.« »A charmingly light picture book.« Berliner Morgenpost Susanne Schübel / Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Essen

Otto the teddy bear tells the story of his un­ Once upon a time there was a small blue usual bear’s life. One day he falls into the cloud. It was happy and did whatever it liked. TOMI UNGERER hands of David, a Jewish boy who lives some- When all the other clouds were raining, it where in a German town. The idyll is rudely simply didn’t rain with them. The little blue interrupted by political changes. cloud bewitched people on earth and cast A journey into the unknown begins for Otto, a spell on their world. But one day it sees a and he passes from hand to hand until, after terrible war on earth and has to make the many years, he lands in loving arms once most difficult decision of its life. more. »All of Tomi Ungerer’s books »Tomi Ungerer has never become stuck with have become classics.« one way of writing and drawing, and he Alexandra Lautenbacher / Focus, Munich rebels tirelessly against conventional ways of seeing and thinking. It is this that makes him Tomi Ungerer so unique as an author of children’s books.« Ute Blaich / Börsenblatt, Frankfurt Otto Autobiographie eines Teddybären DIOGENES Diogenes

40 pages, 22.7 x 28.9 cm 36 pages, 20.8 x 29 cm 2000 1999 The Blue Cloud Otto has been published in 8 languages. has been published in 14 languages.

50 51 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer Making Friends Zloty »There is no end of amazement about ingenuity and pictorial wittiness.« »An illustrative genius. One of the greatest artists of the age.« Andreas Platthaus / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Ute Blaich / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Idi and his parents have moved to a new town. A girl races through the big dark forest on a He does not know anyone there and so scooter to visit her ill grandmother. Sounds nobody comes to his birthday. Thank good- familiar to you? In Tomi Ungerer’s subversive ness that, since he was little, his father has fairytale about the power of relativity, the always given him tools as presents – at least little heroine is called Zloty, and instead of a Idi has something with which to keep himself little red riding hood she wears a red motor- busy. Out of the things that others throw cycle helmet. She not only encounters the bad away, he makes what he does not have: wolf but also small giants and big dwarfs: For friends. When Ki, the girl next door, hears the Zloty, Kopek and Samovar become friends noise coming from Idi’s workshop, she be- for life. The story of a friendship that over- comes curious. What is that boy doing? »I’m comes all obstacles – and all differences in making friends for myself,« he replies. All of a height. sudden Ki wants to help out with her sewing machine. The two of them have a lot of fun: »His books for children are timeless.« while making friends, they become friends. Tomi Ungerer Libération, Paris Idi’s and Ki’s imaginative creations soon fill Tomi Ungerer the whole front garden – the other children Neue Freunde come to marvel and would like nothing better Diogenes Diogenes than for Idi and Ki to show them how to make ›new friends‹ like that. 40 pages, 21 x 29.7 cm 36 pages, 21 x 29.7 cm »More than all of my other books 2007 2009 for children, this story is about friendship and that which constitutes friendship: Making Friends Zloty sharing, respect, fun and mutual creativity.« has been published in 6 languages. has been published in 6 languages. Tomi Ungerer

52 53 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer Fog Man One, Two, where’s my Shoe? »Tomi Ungerer has created another masterpiece.« »Ungerer is one of the most brilliant illustrators at work today.« Eric Carle The New York Times

Finn and Cara are brother and sister and live »One, Two, where’s my Shoe? – Three, Four, on the Irish coast, where sheep graze on the Tomi Ungerer on the Floor!« – These are the only words green cliffs, wind howls in the chimney and Tomi Ungerer needs for a story. The rest is grey fog rises up above the sea. told by his subtle and shrewd pictures, which One day, when the siblings are out rowing seem to take the viewer for a fool – until he their boat in the bay, thick fog suddenly closes can’t help but smile in recognition: Across the

in around them and the current washes them ∙ Der Nebelmann Ungerer Tomi book’s pages, Tomi Ungerer’s pencil conjures upon an unknown beach. Finn and Cara have up dragonflies, soldiers, scarecrows, a pig and landed on the Fog Island, from which no one even an ocean liner. And the line is always: has ever come back alive. One, Two, where’s my Shoe? But they do not lose heart, and end up meet- ing the wondrous master of the island. From »How wonderful that there are still him, they learn where the fog comes from. children’s book authors with such a wealth of imagination.« Hamburger Abendblatt

Diogenes First published in 1964 48 pages, 22.8 x 30.7 cm by Harper & Brothers, New York. 2012 36 pages, 17.5 x 21.5 cm 2013 Fog Man has been published in 9 languages. One, Two, where’s my Shoe? has been published in 10 languages.

54 55 Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer Ask me a Question Snail, Where are You? »An ingenious children’s book author.« »An illustrative genius. One of the greatest artists of the age.« Libération, Paris Ute Blaich / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Why are sea horses always fidgety on Fridays? With his vibrant colours and skilful lines, Tomi And how can you tell when a Rolls-Royce Ungerer sketches the captivating picture story is hungry? You don’t know? Don’t worry, of a snail’s shell – except, where is the snail? because it turns out the whole world is a question mark. Or at least the world created As is always the case when Tomi Ungerer pulls in this book of questions by Tomi Ungerer’s out his pencil, the world looks a little bit ingenious drawings: never before has some- different afterwards: snail shells become wind one created such cryptic but beautiful instruments, a boat rides over the squiggly shenanigans with a punctuation mark. crest of a wave, and not only the jester’s hat is Pictures you will wish to look at again and coiled, but his shoes too! And as so often again, absurd questions with­out answers, when Tomi Ungerer draws, it means the viewer illustrations of unique beauty: this book is is embarking upon a search: sure to leave all questions open! Discover the confusing twists and turns in an inimitable art of drawing; vibrant with colour and rich in detail. This time the question is: Snail, where are you?

First published in 1968 First published in 1962 by Harper & Brothers, New York. by Harper & Brothers, New York. 36 pages, 17.5 x 21.5 cm 36 pages, 17.5 x 21.5 cm 2014 2014

Snail, Where are You? has been published in 5 languages.

56 57 Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Warwick »Truly marvellous.« »A revolutionary in the nursery.« Margarete von Schwarzkopf / Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hanover Andreas Platthaus / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Based on the famous poem by Johann Wolf- The two crocodiles Cromwell and Beowulf gang Goethe about a sorcerer’s apprentice are lonely, because it is not easy for them to who summons spirits and then cannot get rid find friends. of them. And then, just when they need it, they get a letter from Scotland! Their cousin Warwick

Long ago, there lived a sorcerer who could would like to come and visit them. But it does Von André Hodeir zauberlehrling_sc 21.07.2008 17:05 Uhr Seite 40 weave all kinds of spells. This sorcerer had a not take long before their visitor starts to und Tomi Ungerer young and rather lazy apprentice who worked cause problems. And then when Warwick Diogenes for him in return for lessons in magic. One chokes on postman Willi’s blond beard, chaos day, when the sorcerer was away from the reigns. castle, his apprentice unlocked the secret Albicoco, the blue monkey with the cunning magic book and decided to use it to save eyes, has to rush to their aid . . . himself some work: »Sharrrroom ta! »Ungerer has always been a big child, Sharrrroom ta! and has not changed. That is why Old broom perk, everyone loves him, old or young.« bring water and do all my work!« Du, Zurich And with that, the old broom in the corner came to life and began bringing buckets of water up the steep stone steps to the castle Text by Barbara Hazen Story by André Hodeir from the river below. The young apprentice 48 pages, 23 x 30.5 cm 36 pages, 23.5 x 30 cm was delighted – until the water began to flood 1969 2010 the castle and he realized that he didn’t know the magic words to make the broom stop! The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Warwick has been published in 11 languages. has been published in 4 languages.

58 59 Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer Heidi Makes Use of Heidi’s Years of What She Has Learned Learning and Travel

Tomi Ungerer’s wonderful sketches, all the Who does not know them, Alm-Öhi, Peter more realistic and lively for their minimalism, Heidi the goatherd, Aunt Dete and poor Klara in Heidi allow the text to shine, just adding the finishing kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat Frankfurt – Heidi enchants them all. Their Lehr- und Wanderjahre touch here and there – a refreshing addition to Von Johanna Spyri story is as old as it is topical, a parable that has Von Johanna Spyri Mit Zeichnungen von Tomi Ungerer Mit Zeichnungen von Tomi Ungerer one of the most beautiful children’s classics in attained the status of a classic, a tale about the Diogenes Diogenes the world! victory of humaneness and the power of love in a society that has become heartless. The »A touching and colourfully narrated first edition of the children’s book classic children’s classic to (re)discover.« was published in 1880 when the dark side of Hits für Kids, Frankfurt technological progress was beginning to make itself felt. It is no coincidence that love of »Elaborately and persuasively illustrated.« nature prevails over the blessings of modern The New York Times Book Review civilisation.

»The Heidi edition for the next 100 years.« Der Spiegel, Hamburg

Story by Johanna Spyri Story by Johanna Spyri 168 pages, 14.3 x 21.3 cm 224 pages, 14.3 x 21.3 cm 1978 1978

Heidi has been published Heidi has been published in 10 languages. in 10 languages.

60 61 Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer Illustrated by Tomi Ungerer A Storybook The Great Songbook from Tomi Ungerer

Here are classic tales such as The Tinder More than 200 German folk songs and Box by Hans Christian Andersen and The children’s songs from the 14th to the 20th Wishing Table by The Brothers Grimm. And century, compiled by Anne Diekmann with here as well are new stories, including Tomi the help of Willi Gohl. Illustrated with more Ungerer’s own – and very special – version of than 150 pictures by Tomi Ungerer. Little Red Riding Hood.

Tomi Ungerer has illustrated them all in full »Tomi Ungerer has illustrated the most colour in his unique style and with droll wit beautiful German folk tunes with to produce the most delightful and entertain- gentle irony and endearing reminiscence Das große Liederbuch große Das ing children’s book in many a moon. of his childhood.« Stern, Hamburg »A wild and merry romp, Ungerer’s Tomi colourfully animated narrative pictures Ungerers Das große Liederbuch Die schönsten deutschen Volks- und Kinderlieder, brilliantly compliment the burlesque texts.« gesammelt von Anna Keel unter Mitwirkung von Willi Gohl Märchenbuch mit zahlreichen farbigen Illustrationen von Tomi Ungerer Barbara von Wulfen / Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Diogenes 240 pages, 22 x 27 cm 1975

The Great Songbook Fairy Tales has been published in 4 languages. 96 pages, 14.3 x 21.3 cm 1974

62 63 F. K. Waechter We Can Do So Many F. K. Waechter Things Together The Red Wolf German Youth Little fish Harald, piglet Inge and birdie A small dog among wild wolves – can this Literature Philip all are bored to death. Apart from their turn out well? A small dog with a wolf’s habits Prize parents, there is nobody around to play with. among people – can this turn out well? And it is not really fun to play games on your F. K. Waechter provides a possible answer, for own like ›blowing little bubbles‹, ›romping this is the story of a small dog who is swept in the swamp‹ and ›daredevil flying‹. How this way and that by events and who always wonderful then that, one fine day, the three manages to fit in. Since the dog always finds animals meet and become friends. Not only someone to look after him, he takes life as it can they teach each other fantastic things, comes. He surpasses himself as a wild hunter they can also play ›nose-to-nose‹, ›booty- in the Russian forests, he is Olga’s placid to-booty‹ and ›belly-to-belly‹. Harald, Inge companion on her walks in the little town. and Philip are absolutely certain of one thing: And Olga knows that a dog can have a wolf’s »We can do so many things together.« A soul – even if it looks just like a little lap dog. marvellous book about friendship. With card­ This is a book about life, particularly since the board cut-out activities for those tedious little dog knows that everything – even life German hours without your friends – not exclusive for Youth itself – comes to an end one day. only-children! Literature Prize »Yet another masterpiece that, »A beautiful book.« with its unsentimental succinctness, 40 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm 64 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm Berliner Zeitung activates all emotions.« 2006 1998 Comment by the Jury of the Youth Literature Prize 1999 We Can Do So Many Things Together The Red Wolf has been awarded has been awarded the ›German Youth the ›German Youth Literature Prize‹ »Illustrations which leave room for Literature Prize‹ in 1975. in 1999. imagination and emotion. A beautiful, self-assured and melancholy story.« We Can Do So Many Things Together The Red Wolf has been published in 6 languages. Die Welt, Berlin has been published in 8 languages.

Friedrich Karl Waechter was born in Danzig (now Poland) in 1937. From 1962, he lived in Frankfurt am Main, working first as graphic artist and later as freelancer for various newspapers and magazines, including a number of satirical publications. In 1966 he published his first volume of drawings and cartoons. His famous Anti-Shockheaded Peter appeared in 1970. F. K. Waechter died in 2005 in Frankfurt

Photo: Eigen © Horst am Main. 64 65 F. K. Waechter F. K. Waechter »A genius.« Here I Am Die Zeit, Hamburg »A wonderful picture book to keep the cold, and abandonment, at bay.« Ute Blaich / Die Zeit, Hamburg

»There were three of us. We were born in August. Mother had already had four in May. There were too many of us.«

So the little kitten has to look after itself and make its own way in the big wide world. Brothers- A story about coping with life, and about how Grimm- it is possible to find your place in the world Award despite all the adversities, the place where you belong, where there is someone waiting Anti-Shockheaded Peter The Farmers in the Well Kiebich and Dutz The Journey for you, and where it is enough just to say: 32 pages, 15.5 x 19 cm 40 pages, 19.5 x 24.8 cm 232 pages, 15 x 19 cm 32 pages, 15.5 x 19 cm »Here I am!« 1970 1978 1979 1980 DA BIN ICH The classic, already A children’s book all »A story about Three dark men visit a Friedrich Karl Waechter remodelled in a classi- about war and peace, breaking free young boy and take cal way. A delightful castles and their masters. of childhood and him on a journey. Diogenes standard­­ work of the blessing of Their mysterious trav- antiauthoritarian­ edu­ »The congruence of the friendship.« els take them across cation. A riotous nos- images with the written Petra Hallmayer / fields, through woods 40 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm talgic book on the ’68 text is striking.« Süddeutsche Zeitung, and into the moun- 1997 / 2015 Munich movement. Frankfurter Allgemeine tains until they reach Zeitung their destination: the Here I Am »A book that made highest of all summits. has been published in 2 languages. literary history – The story of a toad or, shall we say, illus- who washed her laun- trative history?« dry in the sea, attract- Norddeutscher ing the attention of Rundfunk, Hanover passing ships that were smashed to pieces on the rocks and everyone on board drowned. Until one day a crate, that had been used to The Moon Scarves catch a monkey, 48 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm bobbed up and down 1988 on the waves for a long time . . . 66 67 F. K. Waechter F. K. Waechter The Crown Snatchers Grandpa Hucke’s Join-In Cabinet »Filled to bursting with jokes and curiosities. No dust at all.« »Frequently copied, never equalled.« Verena Hoenig / Buchjournal, Frankfurt Christine Paxmann / Eselsohr, Munich

Easy to become king, being one the hardest Grandpa Hucke is back! thing. After numerous adventures and practical And he has brought along his crazy joining-in tests, this is the insight gained by the children Die cabinet. Picture book, reading book, activity Robert, Moritz and Johanna, king Schwarte Kronenklauer book, comic, games – and puzzle book rolled the pig, Charlie ›Tasso‹ Trunk the mouse and von F.K.Waechter into one – and much more besides. Caro Spannagel the donkey, Miss Bellmouse und Bernd Eilert the cat, and Dr Johannes Loy the owl. Diogenes This book is full of stories and pictures. And F. K. Waechter and Bernd Eilert lure the reader it grows even larger and more beautiful when into a cheerfully upside-down yet fundamen- in the hands of a child (or two children, or tally good world. three, or four). For then it becomes an entirely This rollicking book for children, parents new book with stories and pictures all of its and other demanding readers which was own . . . first published in 1972 crowns it all: apart from reading it, one can join in the fun »His drawings were sometimes provocative, with folding, guessing, rhyming, puzzling, often ›rude‹, but always imbued with painting, singing, and even maltreating it with a sense of tenderness for the follies of human a pair of scissors. existence. His pictures and texts managed to be caustic and warm-hearted at the same time.« Axel Scheffler / New Books in German, London 192 pages, 17 x 24 cm 136 pages, 16.5 x 24 cm first published in 1972 2010 re-editioned in 2008

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