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Blue blue blue (or: there’s a Pixi in my pocket)
Even with my iPhone full of apps in my pocket, on journeys i always bring a pile of pixi books. Pixi books are small size picture books for kids. They have been around since 1954 – longer than me and...
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Paper Picture Book: Sardines don’t grow on trees (do they?)
One of the first paper picture book for kids i ever bought for myself was “Sardinen wachsen nicht auf Bäumen”. It was drawn in my hometown Luzern by Vera Eggermann. In the book the cats Uli und Emile...
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Paper Picture Book: Snow at 360 degrees
Bananas, shoes, hedgehogs, telephones, even toasters can become a car in ‘Otto in de sneeuw’ a beautifully illustrated book by Tom Schamp. What i particulary like on this book is that it is readable...
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Fascinating holes (or why Swiss cheese is inspiring)
This beautifully illustrated book by Isabel Pin is made for little explorers with nosy fingers… Was Isabel Pin inspired by swiss cheese? About Isabel Pin Isabel Pin is a...
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Paper Picture Books: Kapitän Bernd (& the Hungry Maw)
Containerships, their harbour and the organisation around it truly fascinates me. The dimensions are incomprehensible – it makes me feel like an ant. In this little pixi-booklet “Ich hab einen Freund,...
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Paper Picture Book: Marching in springtime (with a singing blackbird)
Welcome blackbird, stonechat, song thrush, skylark, yellow hammer, white stork and all your friends. We are happy, days become longer, pants shorter and voices higher. Did I mention we love Pixi...
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Paper Picture Book: Olifantensoep
Did you ever see one teeny tiny mouse catch an enormous elephant? Well, in ‘Olifantensoep’ you will! ‘Olifantensoep’ is a story about a tiny mouse who doesn’t feel too good. But she’s not sulking. On...
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Paper Picture Book: Helping hands 44 years ago
Our 115 x 59 mm sized smartphones include 5 heavy and big devices mentioned in this book from 1968: The telephone, the camera, the typewriter, the clock and the television. Wow. Was there anyone, back...
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A never-going-bad sandwich (great kid’s book!)
Thank heavens it’s summer! If you’re a little like me, you have no idea what to put on the school-bring-a-long-lunch-sandwich of your kid… So, why not sit with your little one and browse pages of...
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Puppet play: manually and digitally
In this spectacular imaginary theater, nearly 100 characters emerge from page to page and come to life through the magic of cut paper. Manual paper puppet playing – we love! C’est MAGNIFIQUE! It’s...
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