A Time for Everything
The verses in Ecclesiastes are among the most beautiful and famous in the Bible: “Everything has its time. For everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven ...” The ...
moreQuint Buchholz
Quint Buchholz, born in 1957 in Stolberg, studied art history and later painting and graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Today he lives in Ottobrunn. With his picture book Schlaf gut, kleiner Bär he achieved his first international success in 1993. For Hanser he has illustrated books by Elke Heidenreich, Jostein Gaarder and Amos Oz as well as numerous texts of his own. 1997 saw the publication of Der Sammler der Augenblicke, which was awarded many national and international prizes. Most recently Hanser published Im Land der Bücher (2013) and the songbook Sonne, Mond und Abendstern by Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob (2017), which he illustrated.
In the Land of Books
Books are trusty companions and friends in times of need. They open our eyes and minds and hold up a mirror, reflecting our inner selves. They make us laugh and cry, they challenge and mesmerise, ...
moreSleep Well, Little Bear
It's evening. Time to go to bed. The little bear has taken off his apple-print trousers and pulled on his star pyjamas. He has had his bedtime story, said a prayer, and hummed along to a lullaby. ...
moreThe Return of Nero Corleone
Proud and beautiful Nero Corleone is probably the most famous tomcat in the history of cat literature. Equally famous is his inventor Elke Heidenreich, and in this book she tells us what became ...
moreMatti and his Grandpa
"This is one of only a handful of books, for children or adults, that shows with such unassuming certainty how when we hold someone in our memory, they are never lost." Siggi Seuß in DIE ZEIT
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The Animals Are Coming Back
The story begins harmlessly enough: "Last year we had a very hot summer." At first, the heat attracts only flies and mosquitoes, and the people in the city react conventionally – with their ...
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Gregory
Gregory loves to dream. Of far-away lands, in colour. One minute he's dreaming of how to become a real crooner, and then he dives into his next dream, surfacing in beautiful Bavaria. Gregory is ...
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