The little man and the little miss
The Little Man and Little Miss is a children's book by Erich Kästner . The work, published in 1967, is the continuation of the children's book The Little Man (1963). Little Man and Little Miss is the author's last children's book.
The Little Man and The Little Man and the Little Miss are based on bedtime stories that Kästner told his son Thomas.
action
The little man and the little miss continue to tell the adventures of Mäxchen Pichelsteiner from The Little Man . After Mäxchen became famous as a five centimeter tall circus artist, his life is to be filmed. The novel tells of the filming in Pichelstein, the birthplace of Mäxchen's parents, and of recordings in the Krone Circus. While the film is being shot, Inspector Steinbeiß is working with the FBI to track down Maxchen's kidnappers in South America. However, the kidnappers and their employer, the multimillionaire Lopez, escape him.
Professor Jokus von Pokus, Mäxchen's foster father, and his fiancee, the artist Rosa Marzipan, are now trying to establish a family life. To do this, they buy a house in Switzerland, in whose garden Mäxchen is given his own house in doll's house format. The happiness of the family is perfect when, after the first broadcast of the television series about the little man, Pichelsteiner Jane Simpson reports, who emigrated to Alaska years ago. Like Mäxchen, their daughter Emily is only five centimeters tall and becomes Mäxchen's playmate. The little man has found his little miss.
Illustrations
The illustrations in the book and on the book cover are by Horst Lemke .
At the beginning of The Little Man and the Little Miss nine drawings are inserted that summarize the content of the prehistory in The Little Man .
literature
Text output
- Erich Kästner: The little man and the little miss. Cecilie Dressler Verlag, Hamburg 1980, ISBN 3-7915-3018-6 .
Secondary literature
- Sven Hanuschek: Erich Kästner. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-50640-8 .
- Ute Harbusch: Father and Son II: The Little Man. In: Marbacher Magazin 86/1999, ISBN 3-933679-18-4 , pp. 84–88.
Web links
- Short summary on "Kästner für Kinder" , accessed on June 18, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sven Hanuschek: Erich Kästner. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-50640-8 , p. 129.
- ^ Sven Hanuschek: Erich Kästner. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-50640-8 , p. 128.