"Mine's big, yours green as leaves in spring. I can pull mine on a string..." Two friends embark on a fantastical flight of fancy as they compare and contrast their imaginary friends. With wild and wacky illustrations, this surreal picture book is a delightful read in itself and a perfect starting point for all sorts of imaginative discussions, inspiring invaluable communication between parent/carer and child.

 

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2005 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Anthea Bellwas awarded the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize (USA) in 2002 for her translation of W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz . Her many works of translation from French and German (for which she has received several other awards) include the Nicholas books and, with Derek Hockridge, the entire Asterix the Gaul saga by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Peter Geissler, born 1962, studied philosophy in Munich where he lives with his wife and son. He writes poetry for grown-ups and works as a journalist and editor. Meins und Deins was his first book for children. He has since published Ich kenn mich schon gut aus also with Almud Kunert. Almud Kunert was born in Bayreuth in Germany. She studied painting and graphic design in Munich where she now lives, working as a free-lance illustrator. Anthea Bell was born in Suffolk, was educated at Somerville College, Oxford, and has worked as a translator for a number of years, primarily from German and French. Her translations include works of non-fiction, literary and popular fiction, and books for young people. She has been the recipient of a number of translation prizes and awards, among them the 1987 Schlegel-Tieck Award for Hans Berman's The Stone and the Flute (Viking) and the first Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation for Christine Nostlinger's A Dog's Life (Andersen Press). She lives in Cambridge.