Literature for the little ones: Grandpa Paul and farmer Judith: Celebrities write children’s books

Many celebrities write children’s stories. Musicians, moderators, actors, including world stars, have come up with stories for small children, and some of them relieved their personal experiences. A few reading ideas for parents:

Paul McCartney travels in the green Wal-submarine

With a huge portion of lively creativity, the “Beatle” Paul McCartney created two volumes over the “Opapi-Opapa” and its grandson gang, the “Krawaffels”. With these, the grandpa conjures up an adventure trip on a gray and boring day with the help of a compass. In volume two, “Omama” is searched for, which is even more adventurous than the grandpa and traces around with a deep-sea and air-compatible drawing harmonious ship (Annette Betz Verlag, from four years).

Diana Amft writes the fear of spiders

Eleven children’s books have already written actress Diana Amft, the next volume in the series “The Little Spider Disgust” comes out on April 25th (Baumhaus Verlag, recommended from the age of three). “The story of the little spider and its world originally emerged from a fear of spiders,” says Amft of the German Press Agency. “I always imagined that the spiders also have a family, a little brother or a cousin, and that they may be on their way to them.”

In the course of time, so many stories have been created that the spiders experience – in the latest volume Mini -spinn comes to kindergarten. Amft also writes her books because of her special audience: “Nothing is more beautiful than laughing children’s eyes when, for example, she enjoys yourself on Niesi when he has his spider thread salad again with excitement.”

Simone Sommerland lets stage fright forgotten

Why Simone Stiers wrote a story for children of all people, this question does not actually arise. The singer with artist name Simone Sommerland has recorded over 60 albums with children’s songs, one has been in the German charts continued continues continues continuously for years.

At the end of February she took “Mausi Maus!” A book for children about stage fright and making music together published (Schneiderbuch publisher, recommended from the age of three). “As in most children’s songs, small stories that can be experienced together, of course, also offer a picture book a special and fascinating world of experience for children,” explains Sommerland.

“The common reading hours with my children are still very present and are among the particularly beautiful memory treasures,” said the singer. “It was obvious to connect both worlds and so the idea for Mausi Maus, this children’s picture book and also the associated song came about.”

Natalie Portman wants to protect the planet

Hollywood actress and Oscar winner Natalie Portman (“Black Swan”) has rewritten three well-known fables: “The turtle and the rabbit”, “The three little pigs” and “The city mouse and the land mouse” can be found in the “Fables” collection in a contemporary variant (Mentor Verlag, from five years).

According to the publisher, the actress wants to convey three messages: there is no one way to live, it is important to protect the planet and a victory is not necessarily what makes a winner.

You too? Of course: “The English Roses” of the US superstar Madonna quickly reached high sales figures in 2003, according to Carl Hanser Verlag, 30,000 copies went across the counter in Germany alone within two weeks.

The focus of the book for children from six to eight years is a girl clique, the English roses, and the beautiful and excluded Binah. A good fairy helps the group to understand their envy and open up. According to the publisher, it is about “a changed image of women where women are not just princesses”. A drop of bitterness: You can only buy the book used – just like four other children’s stories from Madonna.

Max Mutzke’s adventure in the land of dreams

“Sometimes you are forced to be forced or brought to your ideas,” says singer Max Mutzke when asked why he actually wrote a children’s book. A friend of your own psychologist encouraged him to bring out the stories that he tells his four children as a book in the evening.

Many parents feel the background of this self-made zu-bed stories: Mutzke was traveling a lot and often only came home in the evening. “This is such a life in which one wonders: What did I get children for if I am not there for them for them?”

In the evening, Mutzke often only had time for bringing the children into bed-which hurt him and did not want them. “It was totally stuck, because of course the children now want to stay awake when I’m there,” says the singer.

So he thought stories and played for the children to fall asleep. For example with the “ear bus” – sitting on Papa’s shoulders and guiding him on the ears – to go to bed or to meet him in a dream. The result was the reading book “Come to the paradise of the Dreamer” (Fischer Sauerländer Verlag, from five years) – and a song to fall asleep.

Judith Rakers: This is how your cat lives on the farm

You learn a lot of personal people from the celebrities in their stories: Moderator Judith Rakers tells her story from moving from the city to the country and the start of the vegetable cultivation and corn maintenance in “Judith’s little farm – cat Jack is looking for a friend” (Kosmos Verlag, for four to ten years).

The second volume with the title “Little Farm in great danger” is to be released on June 24th, the third book has already written Rakers. “And I already collect ideas for the fourth. The stories just have to get out of me, otherwise I will burst,” explains Rakers, who emphasizes not to work with ghostwriters, co-authors or editors. “It wouldn’t go well either, I would defend every single word with my life.”

The Judith in the book is only a secondary figure. The story is told from the perspective of the hangover Jack. “I find it much more charming because it also makes more eye level to the children. Adults who tell them how it works is already in the life of a child.”

Paul McCartney: “Opapi-Opapa” Diana Amft: Book series “The little spider disgusting” Simone Sommerland: “Take part, Mausi Maus!” Judith Rakers: “Judith’s little farm – cat Jack is looking for a friend” Natalie Portman: “Fables” song “take part, Mausi Maus!” by Simone Sommerland Max Mutzke: “Come along to the dream of the dreamer” Song “, we dream together” by Max Mutzke