Fennymore's trip
Fennymore's Journey or How to Make a Dachshund in a Salt Coat is a children's book by Kirsten Reinhardt .
content
It tells the story of the ten year old Fennymore. Since his parents disappeared a few years ago, he has lived alone. His only friend is the Monbijoux bicycle, who thinks it is a horse. Fennymore strictly adheres to a regular and somewhat strange rhythm of life that leaves little time for school attendance. Every Sunday at three minutes past three his aunt Else visits him with her favorite dish: a dachshund in a salt coat. When Aunt Else dies at the beginning of the book, Fennymore's well-ordered life falls apart. Together with his classmate Fizzy Kobaldini - the rebellious youngest member of a family of nine - Fennymore goes on an adventurous journey. The two children come to the evil machinations of Dr. Watch out for the tricks and reveal the secret of the silver-gray gentleman. In addition to the subject of death, the book is also about friendship and overcoming prejudice.
Illustrations
The book contains pen drawings by the British children's book illustrator David Roberts , who illustrated works by Philip Ardagh and Julia Donaldson , among others . His black and white drawings often take up a whole page. They are characterized by distorted relations and an overemphasized vertical, which underlines the bizarre nature of the plot. The figures wear tubular clothing, they appear stiff and grotesque.
criticism
Fennymore's Journey or How to Make a Dachshund in a Salt Coat was well received by the press . The FAZ wrote: "A magical example of how subtle but sophisticated fantasy in German can escape the condescending cuteness sound that still prevails in such things in this country. (...) Kirsten Reinhardt does not squeak anywhere. She sings, whistles, hums and speaks along Voices that you want to hear more often ". The Kieler Nachrichten judged: "A really nice and weird self-discovery novel"; With "Roald Dahl" lets greet " Focus-Schule made one of the numerous Roald Dahl comparisons in the book.
Awards
- In 2009 the as yet unpublished manuscript with the title "Fennymore's Journey or Why Smelly Socks Can Sometimes Be Useful" was awarded the Oldenburg Children's and Young People's Book Prize.
- In 2012 the book was nominated for the Hansjörg Martin Prize in the children's and youth crime category.
- The radio play has been nominated for the German Audio Book Prize 2013 in the category Best Children's Audio Book .
expenditure
- Kirsten Reinhardt: Fennymore's journey or how to make a dachshund in a salt coat. Carlsen Verlag , Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-551-55582-3 .
Translations
- Nelly Ganancia (French): La folle Ballade de Fennymore Coupure . Albin Michel publishing house, Paris 2013 ISBN 978-2-2262-4947-0
- Siobhán Parkinson (English): Fennymore and the Brumella or How to salt-bake a dachshund . Little Island Publisher, Dublin 2014, ISBN 978-1-908195-85-2
radio play
- Fennymore's Journey or How to Make a Dachshund in a Salt Coat . Read by Matthias Brandt . CD . WDR / Der Audio Verlag , 2012 ISBN 978-3-8623-1138-5
Web links
- Review in Neues Deutschland from April 14, 2012
- Criticism at kinderbuch-couch.de
- Nominated for the German Audio Book Prize 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carina Röhrborn: Schnurztagsunterrealungen, dining dachshunds and other oddities. ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. lesebar.uni-koeln.de, accessed on December 23, 2012.
- ↑ Dietmar Dath: Dachshund in a salt coat. FAZ of February 23, 2012.
- ↑ Winners of the Oldenburg Children's and Young People's Book Prize since 1977 ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
