Spring 2011 - Aufbau Verlag

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Picture Book Rights Guide
Spring 2011
Illustration taken from »Potatoes in Pyjamas« by Antonie Schneider.
Illustrated by Isabel Pin. (see page 3 of this catalogue)
Content:
New Titles
Antonie Schneider
»Kartoffeln in Pantoffeln«
Christian Berg
»Kleines Monster Monstantin«
Mario Giordano
»Ab morgen bin ich ein Löwe«
Miriam Pressler
»Mucksmäuschenstill«
Kilian Leypold
»Der Tiger unter der Stadt«
3
Wolfdietrich Schnurre
»Die Maus im Porzellanladen«
10
4
»Die Prinzessin kommt um vier«
10
5
Heinz Janisch
»Eine Wolke in meinem Bett«
6
Antonie Schneider
»Kleiner König, wer bist du?«
6
Melanie Kemmler
»Der hölzerne Mann«
Alexandra Junge
»Im Dunkeln«
Fairy tales
Willi Glasauer
»Als die Tiger noch Pfeife rauchten«
Gebrüder Grimm
»Vom Fischer und seiner Frau«
7
7
Backlist
Christmas Books
11
16
11
Erwin Strittmatter
»Der Weihnachtsmann
16
12
Ludvik Askenazy
»Der lebendige Weihnachtsbaum
17
12
Friedrich Wolf
»Die Weihnachtsgans Auguste«
17
Classics
Biographies
Michael Sowa
»Prinz Tamino. Märchen nach
Mozarts Zauberflöte «
Biographies A - H
18
Biographies J - R
19
Biographies S - Z
20
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13
8
Christian Morgenstern
»Der Schnupfen«
14
8
Heinz Janisch
»Rote Wangen«
Peter Hacks
»Prospers Telephon«
14
9
Heinz Janisch
»Der Ritt auf dem Seepferd«
9
Theodor Fontane
»Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck
im Havelland«
Martin Karau
»Wenn die Katzen älter werden«
15
»Die Leihgabe«
Theodor Storm
»Der kleine Häwelmann«
Martin Karau
»Der Panther im Paradies«
Hans Fallada
»Fridolin der freche Dachs«
15
for further information
please contact:
Inka Ihmels
Foreign Rights Manager
Tel: +49-30-28394-123
ihmels@aufbau-verlag.de
New Titles
Tasty vegetables!
14 vegetables from artichoke to zucchini are brought to life by Antonie Schneider’s
language games and the tasty illustrations by Isabel Pin. Lost carrots, asparagus-kids
in cotton sheets, paddling tomatoes, dancing chick peas and cheeky green bounders
are composed to a veggie potpourri of the special kind. The funny verses encourage
children to convey their playful meanings with words and sounds. Isabel Pin has
created intense full-pages collages – a colourful garden party for the eyes.
Antonie Schneider
Kartoffeln in Pantoffeln
Potatoes in Pyjamas
Illustrated by Isabel Pin
Aufbau
2011, April
Hardcover, half linen
32 pp., 19 x 29 cm
Antonie Schneider, born in 1954, worked as a teacher and has published numerous
children’s books, which have been translated into many different languages. She was
awarded the Prix Chronos in France in 1999 and the American National Parenting
Publications Award in 1999 and 2000.
Isabel Pin was born in Versailles in 1975. She studied illustration in Strasbourg and
has held several exhibitions. She has been awarded several prizes, including the Prix
Enfantasie in 2001 and the Austrian Children’s Picture Book Award 2008.
Tasty vegetables! Veggies as children love them:
Served as beloved nonsense rhymes from A to Z
s e l e c t e d p r e v i o u s p u b l i c at i o n s :
Bananen sind krumm, aber nicht dumm
Going Bananas
Aufbau
2008, February
32 pp., 19 x 29 cm
More hilarious word games and pictures out of the
fruit basket
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New Titles
Everyone is different
and everyone is special.
Monstantin is a special monster: not only does he look admirably ugly, but he also
can sing. Every Monsday he holds a concert for his friends, Manni the rat who’s
never where it’s at, Ulf the frog without a croak, Gulp the hiccup dragon, and the
little witch Eenie-Meanie-Jeannie. One day the king organizes a singing contest.
Monstantin excitedly joins in. However, when the king gets a glimpse of the little
singer, he starts to laugh so hard that his crown shakes. The king has never seen
such an incredibly ugly monster…
Christian Berg
Kleines Monster Monstantin
Little Monster Monstantin
Illustrated by Jan Radermacher
Aufbau
2010, July
Hardcover
64 pp., 23 x 24 cm
Sample translation available
English synopsis available
Musical Rights Sold!
Christian Berg, born 1966, went to school then to the circus. He attended drama
school from 1984–1987 and is Germany’s most successful creator of children’s theater, with an audience of more than 350,000 for his musical Jim Button. Berg is also
the author of the »Tamino Penguin« series.
Jan Radermacher, born 1983, attended drama school in Hamburg and now works
as an illustrator and cartoonist. More about this talented artist at:
www.janradermacher.com
A beautiful tale about friendship, the magic of music
and about having the courage to be different.
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New Titles
As exciting as a day in the zoo!
For this book Mario Giordano collected thrilling, touching, cheerful and funny animal stories. The result is this absolutely fascinating and lovely illustrated animal
story book to cause shining children’s eyes. There are hens which lay golden and
silver eggs, snakes that eat their own tails and we are told how the baby elephant
got his trunk. Authors like Paul Maar, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Josef Guggenmos,
Frederik Vahle, Franz Fühmann, Friedrich Wolf, Bernhard Lassahn, Elke Heidenreich, Sabine Ludwig, Franz Hohler, Hans Christian Andersen, Waldemar Bonsels,
James Krüss, Ernst Jandl, Benno Pludra, Christian Morgenstern, Cornelia Funke,
Kirsten Boie, Rudyard Kipling, A. A. Milne, Roald Dahl, Joachim Ringelnatz and
many more turn this book into a great adventure for the young and the young at
heart.
Mario Giordano, born in 1963, has written novels, short stories, radio plays, screenplays and children’s books. He lives and works in Cologne.
Mario Giordano (Editor)
Ab morgen bin ich ein Löwe
And tomorrow I’ll be a lion
Illustrated by Katja Wehner
Stories. Aufbau
2011, April
Hardcover
336 pp., 16,5 x 23 cm
Own selection possible
Katja Wehner, born in 1976 in Dessau, studied book art and illustration in Leipzig
and Prague. She has shown outstanding skills with her illustrations for »Elli’s Beast«,
»Prosper’s Telephone« and »Fridolin the cheeky badger«, among others.
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New Titles
Miriam Pressler (Editor)
Mucksmäuschenstill
Quiet as a Mouse
Illustrated by Thomas M. Müller
Stories, Aufbau
2010, October
Hardcover
286 pp., 16,5 x 23 cm
Four years and up
Own selection possible
The most beautiful bedtime stories
Fanciful, enchanting and funny tales are the stuff pleasant dreams are made of.
»Quiet as a mouse« is a very special collection of one-of-a-kind bedtime stories and
poems by famous authors such as H.C. Andersen, Michael Ende and Heinz Janisch
as well as newly-discovered classics and refreshing tales by young authors.
Not only children are fascinated by this lovingly storybook edited by Miriam Pressler
but also their parents: Every child will listen »Quiet as a Mouse« to the reader of this
most beautiful bedtime stories!
Mirjam Pressler’s Biography: Page 19
Thomas M. Müller’s Biography: Page 19
Kilian Leypold
Der Tiger unter der Stadt
The Tiger underneath the City
Novel. Aufbau
2010, September
Hardcover
272 pp., 13,5 x 21,5 cm
Ten years and up
»One of the most touching and innovative
children books of the last years.« die welt
Jonas and Philip go for treasure hunting in the drains of their district and make an
amazing finding: A living Siberian tiger is caught in the labyrinth of the sewerage
system! It is a very uncommon animal. The tiger speaks and declares she’s Mrs.
Ohm, an old woman from the neighbourhood. She badly wants to have a shower
and take her sciatica tablets! After a first panic attack, the two boys decide to rescue
and look after their new Aunt Tiger and try to find out how Mrs.Ohm has been reincarnated as a cat of prey. Meanwhile, Aunt Tiger becomes less and less auntlike, but
more and more like a wild and dangerous animal...
Kilian Leypold’s Biography: Page 19
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Fairy tales
Willi Glasauer
Als die Tiger noch Pfeife rauchten
When Tigers Still Smoked Pipes
Illustrated by Willi Glasauer
Aufbau
2009, August
32 pp., 24,2 x 30,3 cm
Gebrüder Grimm
Vom Fischer und seiner Frau
About the Fisherman and his Wife
Illustrated by Sabine Wilharm
Aufbau
2010, March
32 pp., 24,2 x 30,3 cm
Rights Sold :
Korea (Glenndoman)
Rights Sold :
Denmark (Thorup)
Four years and up
English sample translation available
Good triumphs over evil
English sample translation available
A timeless story about
greed and grandeur
An evil dragon reigns in the Land of the Yaddayadda. Severe punishment is the common practice for everything that displeases him. No wonder then, that the penguin
is imprisoned when he shamelessly taunts the evil dragon in his songs. But the dragon has a daughter who doesn’t resemble him at all. To help the penguin, she contacts
her Aunt Wendeleid, a witch and computer specialist. In a flash, they paralyze the
prison security system and free the penguin. A special cake ends the reign of the evil
dragon. When, in his greed, the evil dragon devours his plate along with the cake,
he suddenly begins to shrink…
A fisherman and his wife live in an old chamber pot by the sea. One special day the
fisherman catches a talking flounder. The flounder says that he is a cursed prince
and the fisherman lets him live. However, his wife Ilsebill wants to make a wish in
exchange for the flounder’s freedom. As soon as the wish comes true, his wife demands even more from the flounder. First it’s a better fishing cottage, then a castle,
then being the queen and later even pope. When she finally comes out with the
wish to be God almighty, the flounder sends the fisherman home: there stands the
meager chamber pot again.
Willi Glasauer’s Biography: Page 18
Sabine Wilharm’s Biography: Page 20
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Backlist
Martin Karau
Wenn die Katzen älter werden
When Cats Grow Old
Aufbau
2006, February
24 pp., 25,2 x 18 cm
Martin Karau
Der Panther im Paradies
The Panther in Paradise
Aufbau
2008, September
32 pp., 30,5 x 24 cm
Rights Sold :
Korea (Treefrog)
China / Chinese Simplex
(Jiangsu Juvenile)
France (Gautier-Languereau)
Russia (Melik-Pashaev)
Korea (Sejong)
English sample translation
available
available
Rights Sold :
A zany tale about the
true nature of animals
A racy cat-and-mouse story
lovingly illustrated by Isabel Pin
A panther arrives at a paradise for animals: a zoo with no fences or cages. All of the
animals in the zoo respect each other and live happily together – they don’t eat each
other. But the panther is hungry and antelope made out of tofu is not to his taste.
Little by little some animals start to disappear. It is obvious who is behind all this
because the panther carries a special mark from his prey after each feast. One day
he has the bushy tail of the squirrel; another day he has the long ears of the rabbit.
After showing up wearing the suit of the missing director he is challenged to manage the zoo.
When cats grow old, the mice have fun. Instead of escaping into their mouse holes
they take pleasure in eating a piece of cake, sitting casually in a chair and watching
TV, or cheekily daring the old cat. Goodbye mouse holes? That would be too good
to be true, since old cats have kittens. But in the end, a pleasant surprise is waiting
for all of them.
Martin Karau’s Biography: Page 19
Katja Wehner’s Biography: Page 20
Illustrator Isabel Pin has translated the playfulness and wit of Karau’s story into sensitive
and cheerful images.
Martin Karau’s Biography: Page 19
Isabel Pin’s Biography: Page 19
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Backlist
Heinz Janisch
Rote Wangen
Red Cheeks
Illustrated by Aljoscha Blau
Aufbau
2005, September
32 pp., 24,4 x 26,3 cm
Heinz Janisch
Der Ritt auf dem Seepferd
Neues von Münchhausen
The Ride on the Seahorse
News from Munchhausen
Aufbau
2007, March
32 pp., 29,5 x 24,5 cm
Rights Sold :
China/Chinese simplex
(King-in Culture)
French World (Notari)
Korea (Woongjin Thinkbig)
Spain/Spanish World (Lóguez)
Taiwan/Chinese complex (Grimm Press)
Rights Sold :
Korea (Noran Sangsang)
USA & Canada
(Enchanted Lion Books)
Winner of the Bologna
Ragazzi Award 2006
New Adventures of Baron Munchausen
visionary illustrated by Aljoscha Blau
Grandfather sits in his chair and tells his grandson about all the great and small
miracles that have happened to him. Once grandfather built a bridge across a river
to bring a girl some candy, this girl is his grandmother now. Another time, he found
a pair of wings in the woods and flew for a while. Because grandfather is very old, he
is becoming more and more see-through. Sometimes, his grandson can only see his
red cheeks. Grandfather has died, the adults tell the boy. But to the young boy, his
grandfather remains alive and keeps telling him all kinds of stories.
With short, funny, and comprehensible texts, Janisch retells some of the surreal tall
tales of Munchausen – such as the journey to the island of cheese, the bareback
ride on the cannonball, or the horse lodged high up in the church steeple. But most
remarkably, these old tales are complemented by new, hitherto unknown adventures of the notorious lying Baron. How exactly these marvelous gems came into the
possession of Heinz Janisch, the reader can find out in this picture book, for which
Aljoscha Blau has found a beautiful and humorous visual language.
Heinz Janisch’s Biography: Page 19
Aljoscha Blau’s Biography: Page 18
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Backlist
Die Maus im Porzellanladen
The Mouse in the China Shop
Aufbau
2003, October
32 pp., 16,5 x 24 cm
Die Prinzessin kommt um vier
The Princess Will Arrive at Four
Illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner
Aufbau
2010, January
32 pp., 16,5 x 24,5 cm
Rights Sold :
Korea (Marubol)
China/Chinese simplex (King-in Culture)
French world (La Joie de lire)
Korea (Froebel Media)
Spanish world (Lóguez)
Taiwan/Chinese complex
(3&3 International Education Institute)
Rights Sold :
A tale about the beginning
of an unique friendship
A brazen, small, and cheeky mouse enters the china shop of the good-natured elephant and goes on a rampage. When the shocked elephant stands before the shards
of his precious china, he faints. Schnurre reverses an old German proverb in wily
fashion, turning traditional views of punishment and justice on their heads and
pleading for lenience instead of revenge, for understanding instead of retaliation.
Aljoscha Blau captures these episodes in comical sequences, and in precise detail
touchingly portrays the protagonists of this story about a little loudmouth and a big,
wide heart.
Wolfdietrich Schnurre’s Biography: Page 20
»The little book is a jewel«
elke heidenreich
Wolfdietrich Schnurre acquaints his readers with a strange creature with striped
fur, imprisoned in a zoo and pining away for love and understanding. It is the hyena,
who somehow succeeds in getting a nice little fellow with a funny hat to invite her to
his home. Schnurre, a most prolific narrator of the late twentieth century, leads this
gentle love story to a surprising and touching end. Rotraut Susanne Berner, one of
the most talented contemporary illustrators, has enhanced the tale with her endearingly humorous pictures.
Susanne Berner’s Biography: Page 18
10
Backlist
Antonie Schneider
Kleiner König, wer bist du?
Little King, Who Are You?
Aufbau
2004, September
32 pp., 26,5 x 21,5 cm
Heinz Janisch
Eine Wolke in meinem Bett
A Cloud in my Bed
Aufbau
2007, September
32 pp., 25 x 25 cm
Rights Sold :
Spanish world (Lóguez)
Korea (Gitan)
Spanish world (Adriana Hidalgo)
Rights Sold :
Winner of the Austrian Children’s
Picture Book Award 2008
A tender, miraculous story with
graceful and humorous illustrations
A little girl tells her friend about the strange incidents which have happened to her.
The friend, filled with curiosity, asks for the details. With the lively imagination of
children, a wonderful question and answer game develops. What would you do if
you found a cloud which is soft as cotton in your bed or if you were sitting in a tree
with a gorilla? Why has the colour of the sea turned orange? Why is an elephant sitting in front of your door? All these little stunning stories describe a child’s genuine
view on the world.
On a peaceful and friendly island a little king sits in a house and waits. What is he
waiting for? Maybe he is waiting for a horse or a lion? Naturally, everything around
him is able to speak – the table, the chair, and even the books that keep the little
king from running away without skimming through them first. A bird flutters out of
the book and wants to discover the world with the little king. Together they travel to
Africa and Alaska and back home. The moon looks through the window and wishes
the king a good night.
Antonie Schneider’s Biography: Page 20
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Backlist
Melanie Kemmler
Der hölzerne Mann
The Wooden Man
Aufbau
2003, February
24 pp., 29,2 x 21,5 cm
Alexandra Junge
Im Dunkeln
Eine Gutenachtgeschichte
In the Dark
A Night-Time Tale
Aufbau
2005, February
32 pp., 24,7 x 26,2 cm
Rights Sold :
Rights Sold :
Korea (Foreverbooks)
UK & Commonwealth
(WingedChariot)
Korea (Foreverbooks)
UK & Commonwealth
(WingedChariot)
This book convinces through simplicity
and age-based illustrations
Who does not love the delightful games from the repertoire of childlike everyday
poetry? Like the house that Jack built or the old lady who swallowed a fly, little children love linguistic juggling games and counting out rhymes, street poetry and competitions in speed-speaking, reciting and memorizing. The story about the wooden
man features man and mouse, key and castle, cat and dog which can be recited in a
singsong of repetition. Kemmler places humans, trees, animals and things in wideopen, light spaces and creates little dream worlds that children can walk right into,
where even cat and mouse are friends. They are pictures for seeking and finding.
Alexandra Junge tells how to deal
with the fear of darkness
At night when everyone is asleep and all the lights are out, fantasy takes over. We
hear spooky noises. Little monsters show up blocking the way to the light switch,
scurrying through the dark and making us scared. But little Laura asks herself,
what if it were always light? What would happen to the lanterns? Would hens still
lay eggs? Where would the stargazers look for stars? And last but not least, no one
would come at night and bring Laura good dreams. She can only have great adventures with all the beautiful fabulous creatures in the dark.
Alexandra Junge’s Biography: Page 19
Melanie Kemmler’s Biography: Page 19
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Classics
Michael Sowa
Prinz Tamino. Märchen nach
Mozarts Zauberflöte
Prince Tamino. Mozart’s Magic
Flute as a Fairytale
Aufbau
2010, January
32 pp., 29,7 x 23,3 cm
Theodor Storm
Der kleine Häwelmann
Little Mister
Whippersnapper
Illustrated by Henriette Sauvant
Aufbau
2006, September
32 pp., 29,7 x 25 cm
Rights Sold :
France (La Mercurie)
Japan (Kodansha)
Korea (Marubol)
»Magic to the max«
klein&groß
Aufbau Picture Books presents a version of the opera which is freed of its original
mysticism. Retold for children as a suspenseful fairytale featuring lovers and demons, thunder and lightning, heaven and hell, the opera loses, however, none of its
breath-taking effects and magic. Last but not least the book invites its little readers
to re-enact the fairy-tale of Pamina and Tamino with an imaginative cutout theatre.
»An opera that’s been turned into a big picture book« die zeit
»A charming production.« frankfurter rundschau
Michael Sowa’s Biography: Page 20
A book like a showbag.
It’s full of surprises!
Little Mister Whippersnapper is a fearless, demanding young boy who never lets
his mother stop wheeling him around in his crib. One night his mother is worn out
by her son’s constant cries to roll him around and she falls asleep. But Little Mister
Whippersnapper devises a way to keep his crib rolling by making a sail out of his
nightshirt, and he joyfully rolls up the walls and over the ceiling. In the company
of the kind old moon, he sets out on a nocturnal journey. He leaves the house on
a moonbeam and flits through town, forest, and sky. But he doesn’t know when
enough is enough – and his fun is brought to an unexpected and sudden end when
the sun comes out.
Theodor Storm’s Biography: Page 20
Henriette Sauvant’s Biography: Page 20
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Classics
Peter Hack
Prospers Telephon
Prosper‘s Telephone
Aufbau
2006, February
Hardcover, half linen-bound
32 pp., 25,2 x 24,0 cm
Christian Morgenstern
Der Schnupfen
The Cold
Illustrated by Norman Junge
Aufbau
2002, October
24 pp., 28,7 x 22,5 cm
Rights Sold :
China/Chinese simplex
(Dolphin Media)
Rights Sold :
Spain (Loguez Ediciones)
Taiwan (Jia-xi Books)
A great combination of
poetry and illustration
The magic of books for
children cheerfully illustrated
Having a cold is an everyday situation which everyone knows. Paul Schrimm is the
victim this time. Streets, alleys and terraces are the scenes of the crime and the
perpetrator is always ready to pounce. Norman Junge’s illustrations are full of movement, wit and suspense. »I don’t think about children while I’m doing the book illustration,« Junge says. »What I mean is, I think I’m silly and strange enough anyway
for children to understand me.« This unpretentious attitude has a lot to do with why
Junge’s illustrations are so convincing. His subject matter is often absurd, his figures
are a little lost and melancholy. That all goes to make him the perfect illustrator for
Morgenstern whose grotesquely comic ideas he translates into astounding pictures.
Little Prosper only wants one thing: to study his father’s bookshelf without any disturbances. But that’s not so easy because his aunt believes he is too small for his father’s books. Since Prosper is of a different opinion, the two fight all the time. Then
Prosper is given a toy phone for his birthday. It is a very special telephone, because
Prosper can get in touch with a magician. The magician promises to help Prosper,
and sends his assistant to get rid of his aunt. But the assistant’s magic tricks are
constantly going wrong. Prosper calls the magician again on his toy phone and complains about the cuckoo clock that lays eggs now and the scolding parrot his aunt
has been turned into. The magician promises to come again and solve the problem.
Christian Morgenstern’s Biography: Page 19
Norman Junge’s Biography: Page 19
Peter Hack’s Biography: Page 18
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Classics
Theodor Fontane
Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck
im Havelland
Mr. Ribbeck of Ribbeck
in Havelland
Illustrated by Bernd Streiter
Aufbau
2002, February
Hardcover half linen
24 pp., 26 x 22,5 cm
Hans Fallada
Fridolin der freche Dachs
Fridolin the Cheeky Badger
Aufbau
2003, February
32 pp., 29,7 x 21 cm
Rights Sold :
Rights Sold :
Korea (Glenndoman)
Korea (Marubol)
A timeless classic
with idyllic illustrations
Join Fridolin and his two- and four-legged
friends in his adventures
Each autumn, the old Mr. Ribbeck, a noble man with a good heart, gives the village
children the delicious fruits of his magnificent pear tree. After his death, his selfish, stingy son controls the pear tree, and the poor children go away empty-handed.
Years later, however, a pear tree with golden yellow fruit grows over the grave of the
elder Ribbeck providing the village children with a yearly harvest after all.
Rosa the cow accidentally frightens Fridolin the badger awake. The furious badger
bites the cow – who by this time is scared to death herself –in the jaw. They both
race through the village in a wild gallop: the badger with teeth sunk into Rosa’s jaw;
the poor cow in dreadful panic. The excited villagers gossip and puzzle over the bold
hunt.
Theodor Fontane’s Biography: Page 18
Bernd Streiter’s Biography: Page 20
Hans Fallada’s Biography: Page 18
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Christmas Books
Erwin Strittmatter
Der Weihnachtsmann
in der Lumpenkiste
Santa Claus in the Rag Box
Illustrated by Klaus Ensikat
Aufbau
2001, September
32 pp., 26,5 x 21 cm
Die Leihgabe
The Loan
Illustrated by Klaus Ensikat
Aufbau
2010, October
32 pp., 30,5 x 24 cm
»The best father-and-son-story
in the world« elle
Christmas time is moving closer, but father and son haven’t got a Christmas tree yet.
How could they without any money? It’s not even enough to heat their apartment.
Day by day they keep an eye on the sale of Christmas trees and occasionally they
limber up next to the dinosaur skeleton in the Museum of Natural Science. The day
even Jimmy with his peaky-looking pines sold his last Christmas tree, it seems like
the two won’t have an illuminated tree this year. But all of a sudden, the father has
a great idea: »To steal a tree is mean, but to borrow one that’s all right.«
Klaus Ensikat’s Biography: Page 18
Rights Sold :
Korea (Marubol)
The mystery of Christmas
In front of the children, in the small home of the village seamstress, appears the
Christ Child complete with piping voice, the white shoes of a bride, and a gauze veil.
The crafty little ones recognise Bulik’s Alma beneath the disguise. After the botched
visitation of the Christ Child, their sweet mother creates a new Christmas mystery:
the Father Christmas with the workshop in the attic, where you can hear him banging and clattering, a curious kind of a saint who loves the children’s secret gifts.
Christmas without the glitz and fancy trimmings, with a wondrous Father Christmas with unusual predilections: he actually devours mice and the heads of herrings.
The great mystery behind the pious man is not discovered until spring comes along.
Erwin Strittmatter’s Biography: Page 20
Klaus Ensikat’s Biography: Page 18
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Christmas Books
Friedrich Wolf
Die Weihnachtsgans Auguste
Augusta the Christmas Goose
Illustrated by Willi Glasauer
Aufbau
2001, October
32 pp., 18,5 x 23,5 cm
Ludvik Askenazy
Der lebendige Weihnachtsbaum
The Living Christmas Tree
Aufbau
2007, September
32 pp., 18,5 x 23,5 cm
A fondly told christmas story
about dreams and desires
Rights Sold :
Korea (Marubol)
More than 160.000 copies sold!
»A classic – fanciful and lovely«
zeitpunkt kulturmagazin leipzig
It’s just before Christmas and a father cannot find a Christmas tree in the woods.
What’s to be done now? Well, he brings home a deer whose antlers are overgrown
with moss. The deer has always dreamt of being a Christmas tree and now is his big
chance. But he has to promise not to bellow otherwise their trick will be discovered.
Once they get home, they are welcomed with great joy. No one suspects anything
and the children decorate the tree. But then a good friend of the deer bellows right
in front of the house and the deer cannot help himself and bellows back. At first
the children are stunned, but then they accompany the deer into the woods and
celebrate Christmas together with the animals.
The goose that Mr. Loewenhaupt has bought for the holiday feast is supposed to live
in a wooden crate in the potato cellar until Christmas. His three children look after
the goose and christen it »Gusty.« Things are actually quite comfortable for Gusty
in the cellar. But little Peter does not think so. He stubbornly insists that Gusty be
allowed to sleep in the children’s room, and even smuggles her upstairs into bed.
Boy and goose have grown inseparable by Christmas time, when Mr. Loewenhaupt,
despite his wife’s merciful protests, prepares to send Gusty to goose heaven. Gusty
screams blue murder, mother cries, father resorts to a mean trick. And who wins?
The goose, naturally – for otherwise this would be no merry Christmas story.
Ludvik Askenazy’s Biography: Page 18
Friedrich Wolf’s Biography: Page 20
Willi Glasauer’s Biography: Page 18
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Biographies A - H
Askenazy, Ludwig
Ludvik Askenazy, 1921-1986, was a novelist, scriptwriter, and journalist. Aside from
literature for adults he also wrote many successful children’s books. In 1976 he received the German Youth Book Award.
Berg, Christian
Christian Berg, born 1966, went to school then to the circus. He attended drama
school from 1984–1987. Berg is also the author of the »Tamino Penguin« series.
Berner, Rotraut Susanne
Rotraut Susanne Berner, born in Stuttgart in 1948, works as a successful illustrator
for children’s and adult fiction books. She was nominated for the most renowned
children’s book award, the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000.
Blau, Aljoscha
Aljoscha Blau was born in 1972 in St. Petersburg and has been living in Germany
since 1990. He studied art in Hamburg, has received several awards, and has exhibited his works in Paris, New York, Hamburg, and Bologna. He lives in Berlin with
his wife and two children. Aljoscha Blau was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren
Memorial Award 2009 for children’s literature.
Ensikat, Klaus
Klaus Ensikat, born in 1937, is a book illustrator, cartoonist, and one of the most
brilliant contemporary book artists. He has received numerous awards and prizes,
including the most prestigious international Hans Christian Andersen gold medal
for his life-work.
Fallada, Hans
Hans Fallada, 1893-1947, worked as an editor, reporter, accountant, grain dealer,
mayor, and author. His worldwide known novel »Alone in Berlin« is considered as
one of the most important novels about World War II. He wrote great critical social novels and stories, and also humorous surreal everyday fairy tales for children.
Fridolin, a present for his daughter Mücke, was published by the author – bound
through great effort with my own two hands – in the »Green Pickle Publishing House,
Carwitz.«
Fontane, Theodor
Theodor Fontane, 1819-1898, is one of the greatest German writers and poets. His
tale of the clever Baron Ribbeck is one of his best-known poems for children.
Giordano, Mario
Mario Giordano was born in 1963. He has written novels, short stories and children’s books, and screen plays. He was awarded the Bavarian Film Prize in 2000
for his screenplay to the movie »The Experiment«. He has also received numerous
prizes and sensational praise for his picture books.
Glasauer, Willi
Willi Glasauer was born in Bohemia in 1938. He went to art school in Mainz and
works as a freelance artist for major magazines, TV stations, and publishing houses. Today he is an internationally highly acclaimed book illustrator and his picture
books are masterpieces of his drawing skills. Willi Glasauer lives and works in Berlin and France.
Hacks, Peter
Peter Hacks, 1928-2003, was a poet, dramatist, and children’s book author. His play
Gespräch im Hause Stein über den abwesenden Herrn Goethe is one of the most successful plays performed on German stage.
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Biographies J - R
Janisch, Heinz
Heinz Janisch was born in Austria in 1960. He studied German literature in Vienna
and has been working for Austrian broadcasting since 1982. Janisch has published
numerous books, including many children’s books that have been translated into
more than twelve languages. He won the Austrian Children’s Picture Book Award
2008, and has been nominated for the renowned international Hans Christian Andersen Award 2010. He lives in Vienna.
Junge, Alexandra
Alexandra Junge, born in 1976, studied in Hamburg and Straßburg. She has participated in exhibitions in Bologna and several Italian cities. Alexandra Junge works
and lives in Freiburg.
Junge, Norman
Norman Junge, born in 1938, is a freelance painter, sculptor, animator, and book illustrator who has been heaped with prizes such as the Troisdorf Picture Book Prize,
LUCHS of the Year, and German Children’s Literature Prize. He is the winner of the
Children’s Book Award for Illustrations 2008.
Leypold, Kilian
Kilian Leypold works as a reporter for the Bavarian children radio station. He also
writes short stories, plays and poems for children. He has been awarded with several
literature prices.
Morgenstern, Christian
Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914) is a classic of nonsense-poetry. He worked as an
editor, journalist, translator, and writer. His humorous poetry, his ingenious wordplays and his eccentric ideas are timeless.
Müller, Thomas M.
Thomas M. Müller, born in 1966, is a well-known German illustrator. He studied
typography in Leipzig where he is a professor at the Academy of Visual Arts since
2007. He illustrated plenty of books, posters and graphics.
Pin, Isabel
Isabel Pin was born in Versailles in 1975. She studied illustration in Strasbourg and
has held several exhibitions. She has been awarded several prizes, including the Prix
Enfantasie in 2001 and the Austrian Children’s Picture Book Award 2008.
Karau, Martin
Martin Karau was born in 1955 in Berlin. He studied history in Halle and has published numerous children’s books. He lives in Berlin and works as a writer and translator.
Pressler, Miriam
Mirjam Pressler, born in 1940, works as an author and translator near Munich.
Amongst others she achieved the German Book Prize for her life’s work.
Kemmler, Melanie
Melanie Kemmler, born in 1972, studied at the College of Design in Hamburg and
has participated in exhibitions in Paris and Bologna. She has also designed stage sets
and works as a freelance illustrator for various publishing houses.
Rademacher, Jan
Jan Radermacher, born 1983, attended drama school in Hamburg and now works
as an illustrator and cartoonist. More about this talented artist at www.janradermacher.com
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Biographies S - Z
Sauvant, Henriette
Henriette Sauvant, born in Bonn in 1967, studied illustration in Hamburg. She has
received several awards and has exhibited in Paris, Bologna, Bratislava and Munich.
She lives and works in Hamburg.
Streiter, Bernd
Kilian Leypold works as a reporter for the Bavarian children radio station. He also
writes short stories, plays and poems for children. He has been awarded with several
literature prices.
Schneider, Antonie
Antonie Schneider, born in 1954, worked as a teacher and has published numerous
children’s books, which have been translated into many different languages. She
was awarded the Prix Chronos in France in 1999 and the American National Parenting Publications Award in 1999 and 2000.
Strittmatter, Erwin
Erwin Strittmatter (1912-1994) worked as a baker, chauffeur, laborer, animalkeeper,
correspondent, editor, and author. He knew like no other did the life of ordinary
people and farmers, and could evoke it brilliantly in novels, short stories, and children’s books. His story of the coarse Christmas customs in his home region is a
declaration of love for a childhood spent in the countryside, a story full of comedy,
warmth and humor.
Schnurre, Wolfdietrich
Wolfdietrich Schnurre, 1920-1989, wrote numerous children’s stories in addition to
novels, short stories, and poetry. The parable of »The Mouse in the China Shop« was
found in the literary estate of this superb story-teller.
Sowa, Michael
Michael Sowa was born in Berlin in 1945. He has been working as a freelance artist since 1975. His children’s books »Esterhazy« and »Little King December« are
among the most original of picture books.
Storm, Theodor
Theodor Storm, 1817-1888, was a poet and prose writer, renowned primarily for his
evocative representations of the bleak atmosphere of the Northern German coastline and the sombre mentality of its people. Among his best-known novellas are
»Immensee« and »The White Horse Rider«.
Wehner, Katja
Katja Wehner, born in 1976 in Dessau, studied book art and illustration in Leipzig
and Prague. She has shown outstanding skills with her illustrations for »Elli’s Beast«,
»Prosper’s Telephone« and »Fridolin the cheeky badger«, among others.
Wilharm, Sabine
Sabine Wilharm, born in 1954, became famous for her illustrations of the German
edition of »Harry Potter«. Sabine Wilharm works and lives in Hamburg where she
also studied book illustration.
Wolf, Friedrich
Friedrich Wolf was born in 1888 in Neuwied. The doctor and author immigrated to
the Soviet Union and returned to East Germany in 1945 to aid in the rebuilding. He
died in 1953 near Berlin.
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