Ingo Siegner

Ingo Siegner (2011)

Ingo Siegner (* 1965 in Hanover ) is a German writer and illustrator. Siegner mainly publishes children's literature. The little dragon Coconut, created by him, developed into a serial hero. More than five million books have been sold, plus a million audio books and more than two million merchandising items.

Life

Ingo Siegner was born in Hanover in 1965 and grew up in the nearby small town of Großburgwedel with his younger siblings, a half-brother and a half-sister. After graduating from school, he moved to the capital of Lower Saxony, completed his community service and trained as a savings bank clerk. He then studied history and French in Hanover and Mulhouse in Alsace. When he no longer received BAFöG, he started working as a childcare worker for a Hanoverian travel company. His studies remained without a degree. However, he practiced the profession of travel companion for twelve years. During this time he began to write and also to illustrate his stories.

Today Siegner lives as a freelance author and illustrator in Hanover. Especially the figure of the dragon coconut created by him made him famous. The Little Dragon offers a wide range of products for ages from 0 to 10 years. Children can read, hear, keep busy, learn and play with this character. In 2015, the first major exhibition with original drawings by the artist took place at Wilhelm Busch - German Museum for Caricature and the Art of Drawing in Hanover.

Create

The artist's work is particularly characterized by the fact that he constantly links his three professions: children's book author, draftsman and reader. This connection came about through his career. Ingo Siegner's career began at the age of ten reading to a neighbor child with disguised voices. He told his younger siblings fantasy stories and later the activities mentioned were practiced and deepened with his employment with the organizer of family trips. Here he discovered his joy in playing with the little guests and reading to them. The invented adventures of funny characters that had a happy ending met with a great response from parents and children. That encouraged him to write it down.

The author has been drawing on Romans from Asterix notebooks since he was a child. As a narrator for his younger half-siblings or then as a child carer, stories supported by drawings were more popular and he therefore began to supplement his stories with suitable illustrations. In addition, he could not find a draftsman who portrayed his ideas as he imagined them.

The basis of Siegner's career was made up of ten copies that the author himself had made. He gave these stories away to relatives and friends on special occasions. This also included "The Little Dragon Coconut".

The wife of Siegner's cousin made contact with a publisher through a literary agent with “Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss” and in 2002 this story was the first coconut book to appear. Today's multi-volume book series with the little dragon took the stage in 2012. The first coconut adventure was premiered at the Junge Theater Bonn. In 2015 Lajos Wenzel again created a play with a lot of music for "The little dragon coconut saves the world". In December 2014, more than 700,000 viewers also saw the movie “The Little Dragon Coconut”. Furthermore, “The Little Dragon Coconut” will find its way into ZDF's KiKA in autumn 2015.

Sources for Siegner's books are ideas and encounters in everyday life as well as an animal lexicon. Here he is looking for distinctive features for his fantasy animal figures. The animals should always be recognizable and also suitable for his illustrations. The encounter with a rat z. B. and extensive research on these animals amazed the author at their cleverness. This is how the experiences of the rat boy Eliot and the courageous rat girl Isabella came about.

Ingo Siegner is committed to promoting language and reading. For this he received the Bad Iburg Children's Literature Prize Castle Stories in 2003. In 2009 he was one of the founding members of Lesestart Hannover. In addition, he tries to make reading fun with a mammoth program of around 130 readings per year. Irmgard Clausen describes his appearances as "living cinema" when he was awarded the title of Reading Artist of the Year 2012. Furthermore, the author participates in the tandem first reading series of the cbj publishing house “First I a piece, then you”.

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• The HokusPokus. Fjord & Baeltcentret, Kerteminde 2001, ISBN 87-988466-0-4 .
• Christmas at Paulchen Bär. cbj, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-570-13101-7 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-8371-2686-0 .
• Oskar and Sophie discover Hanover: a Hanover Wimmelbuch. Leuenhagen & Paris, Hannover 2013, ISBN 978-3-923976-92-8 .

1st row: Look who's talking - the little dragon coconut

• and the castle ghost. cbj, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-15653-7 .
• Funny jokes for first-time readers. cbj, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-15654-4 .
• New jokes for first-time readers. cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15820-3 .
• Great jokes for first-time readers. cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-17122-6 .
• Great jokes for first-time readers. cbj, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-17085-4 .
• My very funniest kid jokes. cbj, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-17231-5 .

1st row: first me a bit, then you

• The little dragon coconut comes to school. cbj, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-570-15420-5 .
• The little dragon coconut and the secret of the mummy. cbj, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-570-15426-7 .
• The little dragon coconut: school festival on the fire rock. cbj, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-17225-4 .
• The little dragon coconut among the Indians. cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15816-6 .
• The little dragon coconut in search of Atlantis. cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15921-7 .
• The little dragon coconut and the black knight. cbj, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-17082-3 .

1st row: The little dragon coconut

• The Little Dragon Coconut (Volume 1). Omnibus, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-570-12683-8 / CD part 1, Steinbach, Schwäbisch Hall 2003, ISBN 3-88698-659-4 / CD part 2, Steinbach, Schwäbisch Hall 2004, ISBN 3-88698-679- 9 / E-Book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04764-1 .
• celebrates Christmas (Volume 2). Omnibus, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-570-12765-6 / CD, Steinbach, Schwäbisch Hall 2004, ISBN 3-88698-697-7 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04765 -8 .
• comes to school (Volume 3). cbj, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-570-12716-8 / CD, Steinbach, Schwäbisch Hall 2005, ISBN 3-88698-745-0 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04766 -5 .
• - have no fear! (Volume 4). cbj, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-570-12806-7 / CD, Steinbach, Schwäbisch Hall 2005, ISBN 3-88698-766-3 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04767 -2 .
• and the great magician (Volume 5). cbj, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-570-12807-5 / CD, Steinbach, Schwäbisch Hall 2005, ISBN 3-88698-774-4 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04768 -9 .
• and the black knight (Volume 6). cbj, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-570-12808-3 / CD, Steinbach, Schwäbisch Hall 2006, ISBN 3-88698-847-3 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04770 -2 .
• and his adventures. cbj, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-570-13075-4 / E-Book, Random House, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04910-2 .
• visit Santa Claus. cbj, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-570-13202-1 / E-Book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04981-2 .
• School festival on the fire rock (Volume 7). cbj, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-570-12941-1 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-86604-305-8 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641- 04769-6 .
• and the weather witch (Volume 8). cbj, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-570-12942-5 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-86604-527-9 / e-book, Random House, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3 -641-04771-9 .
• travels around the world (Volume 9). cbj, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-570-13038-4 / CDs, Random House Audio, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-8371-1097-5 / e-book, cbj, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3- 641-17730-0 .
• and the wild pirates (Volume 10). cbj, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-570-13437-5 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-86604-812-6 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2009, ISBN 978- 3-641-02013-2 .
• in the haunted castle (Volume 11). cbj, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-570-13039-1 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-86604-897-3 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978- 3-641-04773-3 .
• and the treasure in the jungle (Volume 12). cbj, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-13645-4 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-86604-968-0 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978- 3-641-04774-0 .
• and the vampire adventure (Volume 13). cbj, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-13702-4 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-8371-0115-7 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2009, ISBN 978- 3-641-04775-7 .
• and the secret of the mummy (Volume 14). cbj, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-13703-1 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-8371-0298-7 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978- 3-641-04776-4 .
• and the strong Vikings (Volume 15). cbj, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-13704-8 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8371-2211-4 / E-Book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2010, ISBN 978- 3-570-13704-8 .
• in search of Atlantis (Volume 16). cbj, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-15280-5 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-8371-0782-1 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2011, ISBN 978- 3-641-05584-4 .
• among the Indians (Volume 17). cbj, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-15281-2 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-8371-0897-2 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2011, ISBN 978- 3-641-05644-5 .
• in space (Volume 18). cbj, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-570-15283-6 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-8371-1288-7 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2012, ISBN 978- 3-641-07271-1 .
• travels to the Stone Age (Volume 19). cbj, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-570-15282-9 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-8371-1538-3 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2012, ISBN 978- 3-641-06857-8 .
• first open, then close, it works in no time !, cbj, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-570-15423-6 .
• Do you know what time it is cbj, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-15741-1 .
• Safe in traffic. cbj, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-13912-7 .
• Magnet. cbj, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-03975-5 .
• The little multiplication table. cbj, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-15697-1 .
• School trip into adventure (Volume 20). cbj, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-15637-7 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8371-1953-4 / e-book by the Random House GmbH publishing group, Munich 2013, ISBN 978 -3-641-10455-9 .
• among the dinosaurs (Volume 21). cbj, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-15660-5 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8371-2180-3 / e-book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2013, ISBN 978- 3-641-10456-6 .
• and the mysterious temple (Volume 22). cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15829-6 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-8371-2484-2 / E-Book, Random House GmbH, Munich 2014, ISBN 978- 3-641-13767-0 .
• and the trip to the North Pole (Volume 23). cbj, Munich, 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15863-0 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-8371-2642-6 / E-Book, cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3 -641-13768-7 .
• fireproof friends: the picture book for the film. cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-17119-6 / E-Book, cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-15100-3 .
• and the most beautiful school stories, cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15865-4 .
• The big puzzle preschool fun, cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15835-7 .
• the great hidden object puzzle book. cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15980-4 .
• the big songbook with CD. cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15661-2 .
• the big ABC book. cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15830-2 .
• what is rustling and crawling there? cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15831-9 .
• Jokes from Dragon Island: Volume 1. cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-22519-6 / CD, Random House Audio, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-8371-2924-3 .
• Expedition on the Nile (Volume 24), cbj, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-15978-1 / CD, Random House Audio, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8371-3040-9 / e-book, cbj , Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-641-16007-4 .
• comes to kindergarten. cbj, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-17096-0 .
• Volcano alarm on Dragon Island (Volume 24). cvj, Munich 2016; ISBN 978-3-570-17303-9 / CD, cbj audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-3327-1 .
• in the wild animals volume 25). cbj, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-570-17422-7 / CD, cbj audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-3837-5 .
• and the student of magic (Volume 26). cbj, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-570-17569-9 / CD, cbj audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-4126-9 .
• among the Romans (Volume 27). cbj, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-570-17656-6 / CD, cbj audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-4579-3 .
• and the Chinese dragon (Volume 28). cbj, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-570-17734-1 / CD, cbj audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-5053-7 .

Row: meerkats

• At night on the Zambezi - Meerkat Gustav's adventure in the Hanover Zoo. Leuenhagen and Paris, Hannover 2003, ISBN 3-923976-44-5 / CD, Leuenhagen and Paris, Hannover 2005, ISBN 3-88698-679-9 .
• Gustav disappeared without a trace. Leuenhagen and Paris, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-923976-48-8 / CD, Leuenhagen and Paris, Hannover 2006, ISBN 3-923976-00-3 .
• Gustav forward, another goal !. Leuenhagen and Paris, Hannover 2007, ISBN 978-3-923976-59-1 / CD + booklet, Leuenhagen & Paris, Hannover 2008, ISBN 978-3-923976-61-4 .
• Gustav, Rocky and Pauline, mouse nonsense and penguins. Leuenhagen & Paris, Hannover 2010, ISBN 978-3-923976-77-5 .

Row: Eliot and Isabella

• Eliot and Isabella and the adventures on the river. Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 3-407-79915-2 / CD, Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-407-80998-8 .
• Eliot and Isabella and the hunt for the sparkling stone. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-407-79938-8 / CD, Argon, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8398-4022-1 .
• Eliot and Isabella and the secret of the lighthouse. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-407-79982-1 / CD, Argon, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8398-4023-8 .
• Eliot and Isabella in the Dark Forest. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-407-82161-4 / CD, Argon, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-8398-4133-4 .

Exhibitions

Ingo Siegner: Children's book illustrations. In: Wilhelm Busch - German Museum for Caricature and Drawing, Hanover, Sun 31 May 2015 - Sun 11 October 2015

Awards

• 2003 Bad Iburg Children's Literature Prize Castle Stories for "The Little Dragon Coconut"
• Reading Artist of the Year 2012
• Paderborn Hare 2012 with "The little dragon coconut in search of Atlantis"

literature

Birte Vogel: Hanover personally: portraits . Seewind, Wennigsen 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 .

Web links

Commons : Ingo Siegner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website ingosiegner.de
• drache-kokosnuss.de
• Literature by and about Ingo Siegner in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Birte Vogel: Hanover personally: portraits . Seewind, Wennigsen 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 (item 1886).
2. ↑ Dragon coconut becomes a movie star . In: RP. Online, December 6, 2014, accessed October 30, 2015.
3. ↑ Siegner, Ingo . In: German National Library, accessed on May 7, 2015.
4. ↑ Birte Vogel: Hanover personally: portraits . Seewind, Wennigsen 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 (item 1901).
5. ↑ Kai Mühleck: Ingo Siegner is Reading Artist of the Year 2012 . In: Börsenblatt, March 16, 2012, accessed on May 7, 2015.
6. ↑ Birte Vogel: Hanover personally: portraits . Seewind, Wennigsen 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 (item 1913).
7. ↑ There is no end to the hype about the little dragon . In: Nordkurier. March 2, 2014, accessed May 7, 2015.
8. ↑ Kai Mühleck: Ingo Siegner is Reading Artist of the Year 2012 . In: Börsenblatt, March 16, 2012, accessed on May 7, 2015.
9. ↑ Lukas Neumann: Neue Presse and Ingo Siegner . In: Neue Presse, March 14, 2014, accessed on May 20, 2015.
10. ↑ Sylvia Schwab: The man with three professions . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine, January 21, 2015, accessed on May 7, 2015.
11. ↑ Birte Vogel: Hanover personally: portraits . Seewind, Wennigsen 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 (items 1922-1931).
12. ↑ All coconut products . Retrieved October 30, 2015.
13. ↑ Ingo Siegner: Children's book illustrations ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Wilhelm Busch - German Museum for Caricature and the Art of Drawing, accessed on May 7, 2015. 
14. ↑ Sylvia Schwab: The man with three professions . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine, January 21, 2015, accessed on May 7, 2015.
15. ↑ Frauke Krug: Ingo Siegner, the inventor of the little dragon coconut - a portrait . Retrieved May 7, 2015.
16. ↑ Sylvia Schwab: The man with three professions . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine, January 21, 2015, accessed on May 7, 2015.
17. ↑ Kathrin Tegtmeier: "Writing is something very rich and beautiful" . May 28, 2007, accessed May 8, 2015.
18. ↑ Frauke Krug: Interview with Ingo Siegner . Retrieved May 7, 2015.
19. ↑ Kai Mühleck: Ingo Siegner is Reading Artist of the Year 2012 . In: Börsenblatt, March 16, 2012, accessed on May 7, 2015.
20. ↑ Frauke Krug: Interview with Ingo Siegner . Retrieved May 7, 2015.
21. ↑ Birte Vogel: Hanover personally: portraits . Seewind, Wennigsen 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 (items 1922-1931).
22. ↑ A dragon conquers the stage. In: Bonner General-Anzeiger, March 19, 2015, p. 21.
23. ↑ Strong as a dragon & all round successful! ( Memento of the original from July 7th, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Caligari News, January 16, 2015, accessed May 16, 2015. 
24. ↑ Birte Vogel: Hanover personally: portraits . Seewind, Wennigsen 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 (item 2060).
25. ↑ Birte Vogel: Hanover personally: portraits . Seewind, Wennigsen 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 (item 1939).
26. ↑ Bad Iburger Schlossgeschichten, Prize Winner 2003–2011 ( Memento from March 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved October 29, 2015.
27. ↑ Who we are . In: Lesestart Hannover eV, accessed on May 8, 2015.
28. ↑ Birte Vogel: Hanover personally: portraits . Seewind, Wennigsen 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814559-0-8 (item 1968).
29. ↑ Kai Mühleck: Ingo Siegner is Reading Artist of the Year 2012 . In: Börsenblatt, March 16, 2012, accessed on May 7, 2015.
30. ↑ Tandem reading: It's better together . In: Reading Foundation, accessed on May 11, 2015.
31. ↑ Ingo Siegner: Children's book illustrations ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Wilhelm Busch - German Museum for Caricature and the Art of Drawing, accessed on May 19, 2015. 
32. ↑ Kathrin Tegtmeier: "Writing is something very rich and beautiful" . May 28, 2007, accessed May 8, 2015.
33. ↑ Kai Mühleck: Ingo Siegner is Reading Artist of the Year 2012 . In: Börsenblatt, March 16, 2012, accessed on May 7, 2015.
34. ↑ Ricarda Huyeng: Now the little dragon has a rabbit . In: Neue Westfälische, March 8, 2012, accessed on March 17, 2015.