Juli, der Finder

Juli #2

by Jutta Bauer, Kirsten Boie

Juli darf endlich alleine vom Kindergarten nach Hause gehen. Aber gleich am ersten Tag muss er den Umweg über die Polizeistation gehen, weil er einen Schuh gefunden hat. Juli darf endlich alleine vom Kindergarten nach Hause gehen. (Martin holt nämlich schon seit tausend Jahren keiner mehr ab!) Aber gleich am ersten Tag muss er den Umweg über die Polizeistation gehen, weil er einen Schuh gefunden hat. Er soll zwar nicht trödeln, aber wenn man etwas gefunden hat, muß man es zur Polizei bringen. Unterschreiben kann er noch nicht, aber das macht nichts. Und dann ist er stolz, mit dem Polizeiwagen nach Hause gebracht zu werden, wo seine Mutter schon auf ihn wartet... (Amazon.de)

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

As a child
Jutta was born in 1955, in Hamburg. She went to school for ten years and describes it as “a necessary evil”.

As an adult
Jutta is one of the best-known picture-book artists and cartoonists in Europe. She currently lives in Germany.

As an artist
When asked where the idea for Opas Engel (the original German title of Grandpa’s Angel) Jutta commented, “At the time I had my drawing table at the film studio of a friend and was actually looking for a funny story for a film. My friend’s studio had a big window looking onto the street and we would watch how the school children plodded along – sometimes deep in thought. Watching this, I couldn’t help thinking that all these children usually do arrive safely. Then I had the idea for the guardian angel.” Grandpa’s Angel however, was not conceived as a story for children from the beginning. Jutta added, “I don’t like that; I believe that stories are like vessels. They offer a form, but every reader – no matter whether young or old – fills it anew with their experiences and their individual stories.”