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august 23, 2009
das ist aber total mein buch
I'm trying to get the kids a slew of German books on this trip, so we can come home and be German readers. There's a Charlie & Lola book for wee one and a couple of cool non-fiction books for the boys, like this one that explains how all kinds of things (like bubble gum) are made.
For fun, the boys and I are reading some vampire books.
The boys are big fans of Joann Sfar. They love the Sardine in Outer Space Wee one got the best book of all though, which she will now share with you....
Here comes Anton.
Anton is cool.
Anton has a giant car. But the girls don't look.
Anton can jump high. Anton is strong.
But the girls still don't look. Anton tries a couple more things, then when they don't work out, he starts to cry.
Now the girls look. Anton gets a cookie.
Anton can play with them. Anton is happy.
Here comes Lukas. Just look at Anton's face!! Perfect. Says everything about boys and girls. All in a child's book. And all in German. posted by alison at 10:44 am | in
vacation 2009
Comments
Have you been to the bookstore in Harvard Sq that sells all sorts of different language books? Posted by: Michelle at August 23, 2009 11:05 AMMy favourite children's book is Die Kleine Hexe. That's about where the standard of my German is at these days... Posted by: Sarah at August 23, 2009 12:23 PMThat is a great kid's book. It's hard to find good books for little kids - not as many as when my girls were little back in the 70's. I have noticed recently that they are reissuing some of the books that my girls loved so much. Last time we were at Borders, they asked if I wanted to buy a children's book to donate to some literacy program. When I saw the Sesame Street book "The Monster at the End of the Book" I couldn't resist - my girls loved that as preschoolers. I tried to find 2 of their special favorites, Little Fox Goes to the End of the World & Where's My Hippopotamus for the grands but both are now out of print. Posted by: Donna at August 23, 2009 3:37 PMI like Bruno Der Eisbar by Daniel Becker. Absolutely charming illustrations and a cute story! (course, I'm a sucker for bears and ice cream!) Posted by: Lisa at August 23, 2009 4:42 PMCool, Sarah and Lisa, thanks for the German book suggestions!! Posted by: ALISON at August 23, 2009 4:50 PMDeutsch its toll. Ich wünsche ich mehr errineren könte. Uh, yeah. Sorry to slaughter such a beautiful language. It's been 20 years since I had high school German. Posted by: sara at August 23, 2009 6:27 PMThanks for sharing the German language books! We love Charlie and Lola in our house, and I want my little guy to learn some German for a trip to Germany next year when we visit my old host family, so thanks! Posted by: Craft Chick at August 23, 2009 8:43 PMHi, have a look for the Kasimir books in the picture book section, too. A bit more advanced than Anton, but the kids I have given them to, all loved them. And Konrad in der Konservendose might be fun for the boys. Any Christine Nöstlinger book from Franz, too. Posted by: Karin at August 24, 2009 1:45 AMThat's a great book. I know that books like these can be picked up at Schlessingers, but they are probably cheaper to get in Germany. I don't want to think about how much some of my Japanese children's books cost. Posted by: Seanna Lea at August 24, 2009 12:00 PMI saw the Anton book in a small, eclectic store in Freiburg when I was visiting relatives in January. I was so totally tempted to buy it even though I don't have children...it's adorable and I'm glad you picked up a copy! Posted by: pam at August 24, 2009 2:21 PMI like the little fingers and ladies holding down the pages, too! Posted by: Dava at August 25, 2009 8:37 AMThat is so cute! And that's about the level I could read in German;) Posted by: beth at August 25, 2009 1:55 PMThe other "Anton" books are great, too. Also nice is the "Bobo Siebenschlaefer" series. As an adult you think the language is a little simple, but it is a great hit with my son. Posted by: Annika at August 25, 2009 4:47 PMI love Charlie & Lola (and I don't have kida), they are so cute. The German books look like fun! Posted by: Jaime at August 26, 2009 2:29 AMHi there. :) great post :D Well, i found your blog "The blue blog" on google. Great blog! :) But i have something to ask you! plz contact me on twitter, with a direct message. Or just follow me and i will contact you there :) My twitter is http://twitter.com/psduck By the way, i have followed you on twitter :D I will look forward to hear from you! Greetings from Jim :) Posted by: Jim at August 26, 2009 4:55 PMWaehrend ich eigentlich hauptsaechlich Deinen Blog fuer Anregung zum Stricken lese -- hier einen Tip fuer deutsche Buecher im Ausland: Es gibt eine Buchhandlung in Deutschland, die versandkostenfrei ueberallhin in die Welt verschickt. Gerbers. Ist nicht das Gleiche wie Buecher anschauen vor Ort (weshalb ich auch von jedem Deutschlandbesuch mit einem halben Koffer voller Kinderbuecher wiederkomme), aber besser als auf das lokale Angebot angewiesen zu sein. Mein Fuenfjaehriger steht gerade auf die Ottfried Preussler Buecher: die kleine hexe, der kleine Wassermann, Raeuber Hotzenplotz. Klassiker, aber immer noch gut. Und kennt Ihr Petterson und Findus? Auch klasse. Posted by: Lara at August 28, 2009 7:02 AMThanks everyone for all the suggestions! I picked up a Bobo Siebenschlaefer book, Annika - so cute! And I've put some of the other Anton books in my Amazon wunschliste for Oma to send us sometime. Lara, I love the Petterson & Findus books, but there's still a lot of text there for my kids. We'll get there soon, I hope! Those and the Mamma Muh books are on my list for next year. Posted by: ALISON at August 31, 2009 5:20 PMDo not miss Käpt'n Blaubär for the kids - You probably made a mistake? Posted by: openminded8 at September 2, 2009 10:18 PMOh I love it!!!! I need that book! Isn't it a true commentary on men and women, sigh. Posted by: Amy Caroline at September 15, 2009 12:29 PM |
series and had just started reading the 
series this summer. I was psyched to find the first of the vampire books in German (with the cool name Desmodus). And I picked up the first of the Twilight series for me. The series is known here as the "Bite" series and the titles are all something like Until Dawn or Until Sunset, but the word for "bite" is the same as the word for "until", just with one more "s". Clever Germans.
