Adelaide's parents are surprised when they notice that their baby kangaroo has wings. Adelaide herself takes them quite for granted. One day she kisses her family good-bye and flies away, following the first airplane she encounters, finding fame, fortune, adventure, and a handsome kangaroo named Leon.

Benny discovers the world of plants, where everything grows and shoots and sprouts. What does a bean turn into? And an orange pip? And what is a pistill, anyway? A book that invites you to playfully discover nature, and to be curious.

Tomi Ungerer takes one final bow to the children.

The last book from the creator of The Three Robbers and Moon Man is enchantingly playful and kind.

Big and small, smiling and crying, dancing and singing, reading and writing: Tomi Ungerer has sketched and painted sixteen word pairs with love and mischievousness: with both opposites and complementing terms. A game of contrasts and surprising perspectives, a wonderfully inspiring picture- and wordbook for young children. 

With his vibrant colours and skilful lines, Tomi Ungerer sketches the captivating picture story of a snail’s shell – except, where is the snail? As is always the case when Tomi Ungerer pulls out his pencil, the world looks a little bit different afterwards: snail shells become wind instruments, a boat rides over the squiggly crest of a wave, and not only the jester’s hat is coiled, but his shoes too! And as so often when Tomi Ungerer draws, it means the viewer is embarking upon a search: Discover the confusing twists and turns in an inimitable art of drawing; vibrant with colour and rich in detail. This time the question is: »Snail, where are you?«

Why are sea horses always fidgety on Fridays? And how can you tell when a Rolls-Royce is hungry? You don’t know? Don’t worry, because it turns out the whole world is a question mark. Or at least the world created in this book of questions by Tomi Ungerer’s ingenious drawings: never before has someone created such cryptic but beautiful shenanigans with a punctuation mark. Pictures you will wish to look at again and again, absurd questions without answers, illustrations of unique beauty: this book is sure to leave all questions open!

Tomi Ungerer has created many unforgettable, much-loved animal characters in his picture books: from the flying kangaroo Adelaide to the Mellops family of pigs, Piper Paw the cat from No Kiss for Mother to Emile, the helpful octopus. All of them feature in this fun and lively colouring book for children aged four years and up. 

»One, Two, where's my Shoe? – Three, Four, on the Floor!« – These are the only words Tomi Ungerer needs for a story. The rest is told by his subtle and shrewd pictures, which seem to take the viewer for a fool – until he can't help but smile in recognition: Across the book's pages, Tomi Ungerer's pencil conjures up dragonflies, soldiers, scarecrows, a pig and even an ocean liner. And the line is always: ›One, Two, where's my Shoe?‹

This extravagantly designed, exclusive art volume presents approx. 330 illustrations, paintings and collages, many of them previously unpublished. 

Angry and ironic, tender and wonderful: Tomi Ungerer’s America in pictures and texts.

When Tomi Ungerer moved from the Alsace to New York in the mid-1950s and began to work as a graphic designer and illustrator, a crazy new world opened itself up to him, which the talented artist transformed into what are perhaps the most remarkable and powerful works of his career. Expressive and universal pictures which present the land of opportunities in a unique manner.

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 first Diogenes Hausbuch appeared over 20 years ago: Das große Liederbuch, regarded by many as Tomi Ungerer's masterpiece. Now, at last, Diogenes has published another genuine house-book, with numerous illustrations by Tomi Ungerer. Das große Katzenbuch with the best stories, poems and aphorisms about cats from world literature, chosen by Anne Schmucke with approximately 100 beautiful illustrations by Tomi Ungerer.

Apart from ideas, sketches and drawings, Tomi Ungerer's notebooks show his predilection for aphorisms, puns and little stories. Out of this reservoir, a book has emerged for the first time which shows Tomi Ungerer's unusual side, which, however, is perhaps not that unusual after all: »I am a note-taker. I draw what I write down and I write down what I draw in order to express my thoughts clearly and succinctly«, as Ungerer himself puts it.

The Warsaw ghetto is in flames, only a few Jews are still alive. One of the last insurgents, Yosl Rakover, remains hidden in a burning house. With his fallen companions at his side and death swiftly approaching, he writes down the feelings of one of a million Jews whose family has been murdered in the Holocaust, whose people have been annihilated. Alongside all of the pain that he has suffered, he describes his longing for revenge and the sweet gratification at the sight of the dying enemy. In harsh words, Yosl Rakover takes to task his God, who has turned His back on the world; but despite all of these tests and punishments, he holds fast to his faith: In the final analysis, Rakover addresses God as a faithful believer but not an indebted petitioner, a lover of God but not a blind Amen-sayer. Originally a work commissioned by the Jewish Newspaper in Buenos Aires, 'Yosl Rakover Talks to God' established itself in its own right in remarkable fashion following its initial publication in the year 1946. For many years, the text, translated into countless languages, was purported to be an authentic document from the Holocaust – in anthologies, newspapers and radio broadcasts. In 1962, Emmanuel Levinas devoted an entire study to it, while the text was included in the Jewish prayer book in America and found its way into schoolbooks in Germany. The myth concerning the origin of the text continues to blossom. One hears that the manuscript was written by an anonymous author, or that the text is a work of fiction but that Yosl Rakover did indeed exist. Kolitz' attempts to remind the world of his authorship, which he had never denied, were mostly in vain – the myth is seemingly written in stone. After the library in Buenos Aires, where the original manuscript was rediscovered, was destroyed by fire as a result of a bomb attack, the fictitious history of Yosl Rakover's testament appeared to have found its analogy in reality.

The Party is an ingeniously drawn satire which is every bit as evil as the most vitriolic works of the likes of Hogarth, Goya or Grosz. What a resemblance between the pictures and the times. Tomi Ungerer's early satirical master works – now as topical as ever: The Party is over – once again...

A Unique Christmas Book – Typical Tomi Ungerer Whoever wants to celebrate Christmas with Tomi Ungerer has something to look forward to: Tomi Ungerer is always good for a surprise. Christmas with him is guaranteed not to be the bleak, cloying, sugary festival of commerce and boredom. Nevertheless, Tomi Ungerer's ›Beware of Christmas‹ is a splendid house book completely stuffed like a stocking with both deceptive and surprising yet still contemplative stories and poems by authors from around the world: from Charles Dickens and Martin Suter to Doris Dörrie and Urs Widmer. And as a very special gift: the more than 70 colored drawings by Tomi Ungerer, who interprets Christmas dreamily, romantically, jokingly, cheekily, frivolously and subversively.

Even before the volume ›Useless Thoughts‹, word got around that Tomi Ungerer was just as virtuous with a pen as with a pencil. He coaxes the deeper meaning from language, makes ludicrous connections, and twists and turns words come hell or high water. Wise jokes, revealing wordplay, pointed paradoxes – there is nothing more thoughtprovoking than reading these Tom-isms.