by Gerald-Knittel | Apr 22, 2021 | books-for-both-old-and-young, Books for the young
Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne of Green Gables Anne of Green Gables is considered a classic children’s novel, but is loved by adults and children alike. Anne Shirley is an orphan who is taken in by two unmarried, childless siblings, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, who run...
by Gerald-Knittel | Apr 3, 2021 | books-for-both-old-and-young
Fred Uhlman Reunion He came into my life in February 1932 and never left it again. With these words begins the novel that describes the friendship of two sixteen-year-old boys who share the same interests and ideals. For the first time, they both find someone of the...
by Gerald-Knittel | Apr 2, 2021 | books-for-both-old-and-young
Richard Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull Flying high can be learned! It’s not easy for Jonathan, because Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight – how to get from shore to food and back again. … For this gull, though, it was...
by Gerald-Knittel | Apr 2, 2021 | books-for-both-old-and-young
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship Original Title: Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre As a boy he is noble-minded and enthusiastic and remains so as a young man: Wilhelm Meister, always seeking and striving to educate himself; always ready to...
by Gerald-Knittel | Apr 2, 2021 | books-for-both-old-and-young, Books for the young
Lorenz Pauli (pictures by Kathrin Schärer) You Call That Brave? Original Title: mutig, mutig This is a story about the meaning of real courage ; it is told so simply and with an unexpected ending. The text works by itself, even without the funny illustrations from...
by Gerald-Knittel | Apr 2, 2021 | books-for-both-old-and-young, Books for the young
Rosemary Sutcliff Dawn Wind A historical novel set in the 6th century that depicts the development of an adolescent boy up through the age of 26. Together with his father and older brother, 14-year-old Owin goes to battle against the Saxons, who are conquering more...
