Just as there are many children and adults from his books. From "What are the boys?" And "What are the girls?", By Queen Gisela "or his illustrations to fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm ...
books in which love the characters and are not represented cute, but if need be, even nasty, mean and ugly dog. Just like life. Just great.
Heidelbach Nicholas wrote: "A little boy is red. Not that he's excited, not even when he is embarrassed, and even then not if he has perpetrated a difference. But just like that, no reason. And so he is constantly asked why he is red. And he asks himself a lot. At one point he played, therefore, prefer only their own. "I am a red, red plane, ah, makes me happy. "
Then he gets to know a boy who sneezes all the time. Just like that, no reason. And the two become friends for life.
The book from which the question is, does not exist anymore. It was published in 1971 by Diogenes Verlag (the publishing house, which was observed at the time of prospective signatories hot) and was called "Caramel Carlino. Text and images were from the famous Sempé. The format was 27.7 x 25.7 cm, so large and almost square. It then tasted incredible 42-DM and was prohibitively expensive for a sixteen year old young artist and even as an Easter wish plenty immodest. I got it but still, when to leave with the rest items, visit my four siblings as well. Since then, the book belonged to the family and any claims or today, it was his.
Today called the book "Benjamin pebble," which is better, because the boy in the original "Mercellin Caillou" (= pebble) is called, and worse because it is only 19 x 11 cm. (The publisher is still being observed by Diogenes and sharpen.)
And of course, is the book in forty years not a day older. "I rot? Your dreams yes "from
: Sempé Benjamin gravel / Original title:" Marcellin Caillou "
from the French by Anna Kramer Clett
Copyright © 2008 Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich
: Sempé Benjamin gravel / Original title:" Marcellin Caillou "
from the French by Anna Kramer Clett
Copyright © 2008 Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich
