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Marianne Hofmann | Reinhard Michl
Die kleine Birke
Eine Jahreszeitengeschichte
The Little Birch
A story of the seasons
48 Seiten. Hardcover. Format 21 x 27,7
From age 6 and up
Publication date: September 2011
P I CTU RE B O O KS
A year in the life of the young birch, who grows up protected by the old beech
tree – a lyrical story and an easily accessible up-close nature study.
The little birch doesn’t know much about life yet, about the seasons, the wind and the
weather, the other plants, all the animals, large and small, or about humans. All she sees
is their constant coming and going, but she doesn’t understand what it’s all about. So the
old veteran beech tree explains everything: where the clouds and the rain come from (or
even storms), why the deer step out into the clearing at dawn, where the fox creeps off to
in the twilight, how caterpillars turn into butterflies and what makes crickets chirp so loudly.
The beech knows all this and much much more. Reading this book, the seasons will
seem to fly by in a flash – its story and pictures help you understand what a whole year in
nature means.
Marianne Hofmann
born in 1938, made a name for herself with the book Es glühen die Menschen, die Pferde,
das Heu. The Little Birch is her first children’s book. The author lives in Munich.
Reinhard Michl
born in 1948, studied at the Munich Academy of Fine arts, and started working for
publishers while studying. His work has won him numerous awards, including the Gustav
Heinemann Peace Prize and the Troisdorfer Picture Book Award. He has illustrated many
books published by Hanser, including Das Große Buch der Lieder und Songs (2000) and
the picturebooks Manchmal wär ich lieber Max (2004) and Der Tanz im versunkenen
Dorf (2005, written by Franz Hohler).