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Here are eight of the Brothers Grimm’s tales, retold in comic strip fashion by Rotraut Susanne Berner. As it turns out this clever transformation into a contemporary art form provides an effective way of introducing children to these fairy tales, which are as lively and engrossing today as they were two hundred years ago. Mother Hulda, Jorinda and Jorindel, Hans in Luck, Little Red Riding Hood, Tom Thump, Rapunzel, Hans-my-Hedghog and The Frog King or Iron Henry – once the short texts have been read to them, small children will be able to "read“ and retell these classic tales time and again, with a little help from the illustrations. Here’s a fairy tale bonanza to please adults and children alike. And to top things off, there’s a big surprise at the end! Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Fairy Tale Comics The artist Rotraut Susanne Berner’s reputation as one of the best contemporary illustrators and as an imaginative deviser of ingenious hybrid "book-oids" has spread well beyond the German-speaking countries. Besides creating wonderful picture books and illustrating novels for children, she has also designed a number of beautiful book covers. In recent years a growing number of books have been published with her own texts and stories. In 2006 she was awarded the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for her œuvre. She lives and works in Munich. Rotraut Susanne Berner goes Comic Foreign Rights & Licenses Ina Feist phone: +49 (0)30 47 37 47 920 e-mail: [email protected] Verlagshaus Jacoby & Stuart Straßburger Straße 11 10405 Berlin Germany ROTRAUT SUSANNE BERNERS MÄRCHEN- COMICS / FAIRY TALE COMICS By Rotraut Susanne Berner 48 pages, hardcover Colour throughout 8.2 x 11 ins. / 21 x 28 cm 14.95 Euros From 4 years onwards Sold to the USA and Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, China and Hong Kong, Slovenia and the Faroe Islands By the same artist For children: Dogs and Hares For adults: The poetic Cat, The prosaic Dog, Book Diary
