Bobo dormouse
Bobo Siebenschläfer is the main and title character of a series of children's picture books by Markus Osterwalder , which has been published by Rowohlt-Verlag since 1984 .
Several short picture stories are gathered in each book, some of which were also published individually as Pixi books . At the end of most of the picture stories, Bobo falls asleep. The behavior and level of development of the anthropomorphic figure corresponds roughly to a 2 to 3 year old child. They are therefore deliberately designed as bedtime stories for toddlers . All other characters with human features, mainly his parents, with upright walking dormice shown.
The drawing style has changed noticeably over the years, but with its pastel colors it remains characteristic despite the stronger contour lines. Dorothée Böhlke has been illustrating Bobo Siebenschläfer since 2016.
The distribution of roles in the family is also changing. While in the first volumes the mother is exclusively responsible for the household, shopping and cooking and the father goes to (paid) work, in more recent volumes he is also shown doing housework.
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The subtitles of the bound editions and the paperbacks are stories ... or, since 1997, picture stories for the very young .
- Bobo Siebenschläfer (July 5, 1984), ISBN 978-3-499-20368-8
- Bobo Siebenschläfer carries on happily (December 4, 1986), ISBN 978-3-499-20416-6
- Bobo Siebenschläfer is back (September 1, 1997), ISBN 978-3-499-20847-8
- The Best of Bobo Siebenschläfer (December 1, 2011), ISBN 978-3-499-21629-9
- Bobo Siebenschläfer never gets tired (July 2, 2012), ISBN 978-3-499-21649-7
- Bobo Siebenschläfer's Latest Adventure (October 24, 2014), ISBN 978-3-499-21706-7
- Bobo Siebenschläfer's very latest adventures (February 27, 2015), ISBN 978-3-499-21708-1
- Always happy with Bobo Siebenschläfer (November 27, 2015), ISBN 978-3-499-21722-7
- Merry Christmas, Bobo Siebenschläfer! (October 12, 2016), ISBN 978-3-499-21762-3
- Bobo Siebenschläfer: Have fun in kindergarten! (June 23, 2017), ISBN 978-3-499-21763-0
- Bobo Siebenschläfer has a sibling (October 20, 2017), ISBN 978-3-499-21779-1
- Bobo dormouse. Isn't it bad at all! (March 27, 2018), ISBN 978-3-499-21804-0
- Bobo dormouse. Great Summer Fun (May 15, 2018), ISBN 978-3-499-21808-8
Since 2014, WDR has had individual stories filmed for the show with the elephant , which are also published on DVD. There are also picture books with an accompanying CD .