Book Title: "Pünktchen und Anton"
Author: Erich Kästner
Page Count: 206
First Published: 1931
Rating: superfunk - golden - sweet - blah - superblah- blergh -goatfood

Just like last time, I felt that the movies get something right that the book doesn't.

Book Title: " The Wolves of Willoughby Chase"
Author: Joan Aiken
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Book Title: "Das doppelte Lottchen"
Author: Erich Kästner
Page Count:
First Published:
Rating: superfunk - golden - sweet - blah - superblah- blergh - goatfood

Ah, the annual re-read. It's been a few days, actually, I was too busy or tired to post. I watched the movie on the very same day, too. But that's not what I was ( Read more... )

Book Title: "Der kleine Grenzverkehr"
Author: Erich Kästner
Page Count: 170ish
First Published: 1938
Rating: superfunk - golden - sweet - blah - superblah - blergh - goatfood

A lovely little lovestory and a tour of Salzburg all in one beatifully illustrated, lightly told novel.

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Book Title: "Pünktchen und Anton"
Author: Erich Kästner
Page Count: 206
First Published: 1931
Summary: Pünktchen, actually called Louise, meets a new friend, Anton, when she is out begging with her Nanny. The two come from vastly different backgrounds - Pünktchens parents are very rich, but hardly ever there, Antons mother is sick and can't earn any ( Read more... )

Book Title: "Emil und die Detektive"
Author: Erich Kästner
Page Count:
First Published:  1929
Summary: About a boy whose money is stolen on a train, and how he gets it back with the help of new friends.
Rating: superfunk - golden - sweet - blah - superblah - blergh

As I said, Christmas present. I loved it. Today, my parents went for a walk, and I ( Read more... )

Book Title: "Das fliegende Klassenzimmer"
Author: Erich Kästner
Page Count:
First Published:  1933
Summary: About a group of boys at a boarding school.
Rating: superfunk - golden - sweet - blah - superblah - blergh

My parents, superb persons that they are, gave me three used Kästners from the 1950s for Christmas. This is one of them. I never read it as ( Read more... )

Book Title: "Das doppelte Lottchen"
Author: Erich Kästner
Page Count: 176
First Published: 1949
Summary: The Story of Luise and Lotte, twins who have been separated from early childhood and meet again during the summer holidays. Without telling anyone, they switch places - Luise goes to their mother in Munich, and Lotte to their father in Vienna - to ( Read more... )