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Einmal Erde und zurück
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To the Earth and Back

With illustrations by Julian Meyer
Published by Diogenes as Einmal Erde und zurück
Original Title: Einmal Erde und zurück

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.


Books for young readers, Children's books
11.6 × 18.4 cm
192 pages
ab 6 Jahren
2019

978-3-257-01252-1

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»This child is an endearing, anarchic rascal [. . .] who teaches us how to see the familiar in a new way.«

Darmstädter Echo

»The wordplay and practical jokes dance around from the first to the last page.«

Buch und Maus (Magazine of the Swiss Institute of Children’s Media)

»Rare linguistic splendour and striking narrative virtuosity.«

 

Andreas Isenschmid / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich

»This child is an endearing, anarchic rascal [. . .] who teaches us how to see the familiar in a new way.«

Darmstädter Echo

»The wordplay and practical jokes dance around from the first to the last page.«

Buch und Maus (Magazine of the Swiss Institute of Children’s Media)

»Rare linguistic splendour and striking narrative virtuosity.«

 

Andreas Isenschmid / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich
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