More than 200 German folk songs and children's songs from the 14th to the 20th century, compiled by Anne Diekmann with the help of Willi Gohl. Illustrated with more than 150 pictures by Tomi Ungerer.

The artist Tatjana Hauptmann, recipient of many international awards, spent several years working on her meticulous illustrations of ›The Great Book of Legends‹. The Best Medieval Legends of Gods, Heroes and Knights, edited by Johannes Carstensen. The result is two beautiful volumes, the first of which has now been issued. The unique drawings and colour plates breathe life into the world of the Nibelungen, King Arthur, Robin Hood, Tristan and Isolde and many others, and take us to a land of fantasy which it is always a joy to visit.

As Novalis said, »Everything is a fairy tale.« But not all fairy tale anthologies are like The Giant Book of Fairy Tales by Tatjana Hauptmann – a true classic for the entire family, a book of magical beauty. This collection of the 100 best fairy tales from Europe is magnificently adorned with a colourful and enchanting palette of 600 drawings and watercolours.

The most beautiful German ballads – with fairy-tale illustrations by Tatjana Hauptmann. Let us tell of beckoning mermaids and of men up to their necks in water, of friends who will never be separated, of mourning husbands and fathers, of human anger and divine revenge, but also of fools who appease the gods and dogs who still know the meaning of good manners. As varied as the ballad’s themes, so diverse are its forms: broadside ballads and folk songs alongside lyrical ballads, farces and parodies. The ballad can do anything, but there is one thing it always has to be: ›dramatic‹ – according to Goethe, at least. And so this collection brings together a selection of the most exciting, the saddest and funniest German ballads, starting with the unhappy prince and princess, moving on to the lyrical ballads of Burger, Goethe, Schiller and Meyer, up to the humorous work of Morgenstern – delightfully illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann.