German
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Little Cloud by Eric Carle
The Story: Little Cloud drifts away from the other clouds and experiments with making different shapes in the sky. At the end he rejoins the other clouds and rains.
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Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas & Korky Paul
The Story: Winnie the Witch lives in a black house with her black cat Wilbur. She can see Wilbur when his eyes are open but when he sleeps she often sits on him or trips over him. Her first spell to solve the problem means that Winnie can’t see Wilbur in the garden and the second…
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Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
Lost and Found is one of our favourite picture books. It’s a beautiful story about the friendship between a boy and a penguin.
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Maisy Goes Camping by Lucy Cousins
The Story: Maisy Mouse and her friends decide to go camping and after several attempts they finally manage to put their tent up. After a sing song around the camp fire they decide to go to bed but it isn’t easy to fit five animals into a small tent, especially if one is an elephant!
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The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle
The Pirates Next Door was one of the very first picture books that we read with our daughter. She loves the Jolley-Rogers’ pirate antics and I often find her poring over the little details in the pictures. We’ve bought this book for several friends and it’s fantastic that it has also been translated into German.
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Pip and Posy: The Super Scooter by Axel Scheffler
The Story: Pip has a super scooter and he can do tricks with it. When Posy takes Pip’s scooter without asking she gets hurt. Pip is upset but he forgives her, helps to sort out her cut knees and they are soon friends again.
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I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
I Want My Hat Back is a simple story about a bear’s search for his lost hat. It took us a few readings before we realised that the ending if the story is very much open to interpretation, one interpretation is quite brutal!
