Axel Scheffler

Mit Nadel und Faden zu Perlenglanz. Grüffelo-Zeichner Axel Scheffler erzählt die abenteuerliche Fabel wie aus dem grauen Hühnchen ein glitzerndes, hübsches Perlhuhn wird. Peacock, der Pfau, ist Besitzer eines Perlenladens. Als er das unscheinbare Huhn bei sich anstellt, ahnt er noch nichts von den verrückten Turbolenzen, die ihm bevorstehen: königlicher Besuch, gemeiner Diebstahl, Räuberjagd und dann ganz plötzlich Glanz und Ruhm am Morgen....

Pip and Posy are decorating their Christmas tree with cookies and candy canes, but the sweets keep disappearing. Then Pip starts to feel sick. Find out what happened to the missing decorations in this holiday story about friendship, counting and telling the truth.

Stick Man ends up far away from his family tree when he is fetched by a dog, thrown by a child, used as a snowman's arm, and even put on a fire, but finally Santa Claus steps in to make sure that Stick Man and his family have a joyous Christmas.

T. S. Eliot's playful cat poems were originally composed for his godchildren, with Eliot posing as Old Possum himself, and later inspired the legendary musical "Cats." Now with vibrant illustrations by the award-winning Axel Scheffler.

A troll, a witch, and a ghost compete to see who can scare the little girl who is new to the their neighborhood, but her courage and kindness defeats them all.

From dragon's flesh, jellied gnats, earwigs cooked in slime, the foods of Roald Dahl stories are full of magic and wonder. From Willy Wonka's scrumptious candy to Matilda's chocolate cake, Roald Dahl has been creating mouth-watering food in his books for decades. Now there is a brand-new cookbook featuring fifty recipes, all referenced in the beloved works of Dahl-- from James and the Giant Peach to The Twits. Adults and children alike will delight...

While dipping into The Children's Encyclopaedia of 1910, Axel Scheffler came across a small but indispensable guide to procuring and caring for your pet squirrel. Intrigued by the unlikely notion of a child attempting to keep so wild an animal, Axel created a series of delightful, beautifully finished illustrations to accompany the text.

Zog the dragon, Princess Pearl, and Sir Gadabout form a team of flying doctors, treating the kingdom's subjects; but Pearl's uncle, the king, disapproves, and locks her in the castle--until he becomes ill and discovers that only Pearl and her companions can cure him.

Superworm's bug friends attempt to free him from the clutches of Wizard Lizard who, having heard of Superworm's wondrous and heroic deeds, captures him and forces him to dig for treasure.

A circular tale in which each new book character is reading about the next, beginning and ending with Charlie Cook.