Children's Literature

[ book tip by SIKJM ] 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 raised when Mum forgets Timmy’s sausage for the picnic! But the tantrum is to no avail. Neither Mum nor Dad will turn around.  Instead, they hand Timmy the key to the flat and challenge him to get the sausage himself. And because Timmy does not want his siblings to think that he lacks the courage, he sets out for home.
On his way, he meets farmer Minka, policeman Murr and Aunt Flecki – and they all slip him something yummy. Resolutely, Timmy opens the door to his home and fetches the well-deserved sausage from the fridge. As he returns to the picnic spot, it is already dark. Finally, it is time for sausage – and to finish off, desert for the whole family. A desert which Timmy brought with him too.
Doris Lechers detailed and colourful illustrations invite the eye to look very closely – does the family of cats really keep a mouse as a pet? Small and large explorers will enjoy this book and are sure to quite astounded by the fierce determination of the little hero to get his sausage.
(Berenice Geser, translation by Simon Froehling)
 
Winner of the Swiss Picture Book Contest 1997.
Source: SIKJM

[ Favourite quote ] «Und Timmy Tigerkind geht los – ganz allein – durch den Wald… über die Felder… immer geradeaus… am Bauernhof vorbei. ‹Wo willst du hin?› fragt Bäuerin Minka. ‹Wurst holen›, sagt Timmy. ‹Wurst hab ich nicht, aber Sahne›, sagt Bäuerin Minka. Timmy geht weiter mit Sahne – immer geradeaus…»

[ book info ] Lecher, Doris: Ich will Wurst. (original language: Deutsch) I Want Sausage. Atlantis Kinderbücher im Verlag Pro Juventute, Zürich, 1997 . ISBN: 3-7152-0383-8.