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The Merry Pranks of Till Eulenspiegel by Heinz Janisch , Lisbeth Zwerger (Illustrator) , Anthea Bell (Translator)

I will be honest: I bought this one mostly for the art. I have a growing collection of folk tales and storybooks for children but I am not sure my kids would enjoy this one. It is an interesting reference point for German folkore but it is mostly the art of Zwerger that drew me to the book. Continue reading

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In the Mail: Crime edition

–> David’s Revenge by Hans Werner Kettenbach (Anthea Bell – Translator) Publishers Weekly While writers as far back as Poe have crafted crime stories centered on a narrator with a guilty conscience, few have done so as subtly as Kettenbach … Continue reading

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