The great collector (First Reading with Magic Lantern)

by Christine Nöstlinger, Sabine Kraushaar (Illustrator), David H. Wilson (Translator)

Rudi collects labels. His dad thinks it's great and is very proud of him. And the neighbors also want to help Rudi and now always put empty bottles in front of the door. But once he has removed the labels, Rudi has to take the bottles to the used glass container. And that really gets on his nerves. Includes a complete pull-out vocabulary list and companion CD in English with native speakers.

Deutsche Beschreibung: Rudi sammelt Etiketten. Sein Papa findet das toll und ist ganz stolz auf ihn. Und auch die Nachbarn wollen Rudi helfen und stellen jetzt immer leere Flaschen vor die Tür. Doch wenn er die Etiketten abgelöst hat, muss Rudi die Flaschen zum Altglas-Container bringen. Und das geht ihm ganz schön auf die Nerven. Mit vollständiger Vokabelliste zum Herausnehmen und Begleit-CD in englischer Sprache mit native speaker.

32 pages, Hardcover

Published August 1, 2003

About the author

Christine Nöstlinger was an Austrian writer best known for children's books.

By her own admission, Nöstlinger was a wild and angry child. After finishing high school, she wanted to become an artist, and studied graphic arts at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. She worked as a graphic artist for a few years, before marrying a journalist, Ernst Nöstlinger, with whom she had two daughters.

The majority of Nöstlinger's production is literature for children and for young people, and she also writes for television, radio and newspapers. She centres on the needs of children in her work, with an anti-authoritarian bent. She does not shy away from tackling difficult subjects like racism, discrimination and self-isolation.

Her first book was Die feuerrote Friederike, published in 1970, which she illustrated herself. The book was published in English in 1975 as Fiery Frederica.

Awards and recognition:

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) 1973, 1988
Friedrich Bödecker Prize 1972
Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis der Stadt Wien (Viennese Youth Literature Prize) (five-time winner)
Österreichischer Staatspreis für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (Austrian Youth Literature Prize) 1974, 1979
Hans Christian Andersen Award 1984
Tolereis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln 1998
Zürcher Kinderbuchpreis "La vache qui lit" (Zurich Youth Literature Prize) 1990
Erster Preis der Stiftung Buchkunst 1993
The inaugural Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation for Der Hund kommt! (English: A Dog's Life, translated by Anthea Bell) 1996
Wildweibchenpreis 2002
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2003

Reviews

[Minnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eine schöne Geschichte. Als Englisch-Anfänger lese ich auch mit meinen 40 Jahren solche Bücher ;) Aber es dennoch nicht langweilig :) Es ist gut zu verstehen und mit Hilfe der Vokabelliste sind auch neue Vokabeln kein Problem.