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To the Earth and Back
When a child asks: »Why?«, it questions everything we previously thought to be true, turning the world on its head.
A 499 year old child comes from a distant planet, where instead of growing up in the course of their lifetime, the people become children – and therefore sensible beings. The child often finds the inhabitants on earth impossible to understand. Why do they want to disfigure the forest with a road? Why do people have to compete while playing sports, and why do they lock animals up in the zoo? The child tries to put an end to this nonsense.
A book packed with wordplay and practical jokes; subversive, funny and clever, just as readers both young and old enjoy. Suitable for reading out loud with children, and for them to read alone.
11.6 × 18.4 cm
192 pages
ab 6 Jahren
2019
978-3-257-01252-1
»This child is an endearing, anarchic rascal [. . .] who teaches us how to see the familiar in a new way.«
»The wordplay and practical jokes dance around from the first to the last page.«
»Rare linguistic splendour and striking narrative virtuosity.«