Jungbrunnen
World ex. Brasilien
Through their rhythm and their musical component, poems activate several areas in the brain – the texts are remembered more easily and often accompany children for many years.Michael Hammerschmid presents a particularly fine selection of his poems in this book: Playful with language, associative and with unexpected twists, he opens up worlds that make children marvel and invite them to fabulate.
The Argentinian illustrator María José de Tellería is unknown in the German-speaking world so far. With her complex and poetic illustrations, she succeeds in capturing and intensifying the moods of the poems. Her cheerful pictures tell their own stories and develop a magic that is impossible to resist.
