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Ich will Wurst Lecher, Doris (I Want Sausage)
Timmy Tigerchild is one of those children who can provoke chaos because they plonk themselves down in the middle of the street and scream when they do not get what they want. What clamour is ...
Die Geschichte von Wilhelm Tell Schubiger, Jürg (The Story of William Tell)
Why William Tell today, the story of the upright peasant, who became a national hero against his will? Jürg Schubiger has dusted off the Swiss national myth and shows how history can come alive ...
Le Tigre bleu Robel, Nicolas (The Blue Tiger)
The comic «Le Tigre Bleu» won the Swiss Media Award for Young Audiences in 2003. Finally, it is also available in German, published not by a seasoned picture book publisher but as a SJW magazine ...
Liu and the Bird Louis, Catherine (Liu et l’oiseau)
In a dream, Liu is visited by a bird – and she sees her grandfather. The next day, the little Chinese girl decides to look for him, letting herself be guided by signs: down by the river she ...
Alle Jahre wieder saust der Presslufthammer nieder Müller, Jörg (Every Year the Jackhammer We Hear, or: Modified Landscapes)
«When I worked on these pictures over 35 years ago, it was not my intention to indoctrinate children. Much rather, I wanted to make visible for their parents – without judgment – what our ...
Max ist los! Im Affentempo durch Zürich Claudia de Weck (Ill.) , Anita Siegfried (Text), (Max on the Loose! Zurich at Breakneck Speed)
The little monkey Max has been living in a painting in the Zurich art museum for a long time. Which is far too boring, and which is why he seizes the opportunity of a left-behind backpack to leave ...
Tschipo Hohler, Franz
«Tschipo» (1978), «Tschipo and the Penguins» (1985) and «Tschipo in the Stone Age» (1995) are Franz Hohler’s three children’s novels. They share the same main character and also the same ...
mutig, mutig Kathrin Schärer (Ill.), Lorenz Pauli (Text), (brave, brave)
Before the actual adventure even begins, the four protagonists leap out at us from the cover. Soon they reach the pond and have no idea what to get up to – yet. The frog, finally, has the ...
Johanna im Zug Schärer, Kathrin (Johanna by Train)
We are sitting alongside the artist at her worktable. In front of us lie coloured pencils, brushes, scissors, Max Frisch’s «Biography: A Game» and a nearly empty sheet of paper. A railway ...
Einer, der nichts merkte Käthi Bhend (Ill.) , Robert Walser (Text), (One Who Noticed Nothing)
The yarn of Robert Walser’s ultra-short stories is spun from everyday life and woven effortlessly together, as if by a child. The tapestries tell of the fragility of life and yet report on real ...
Children's Literature
Children's Literature
