About the little mole who wanted to know who hit his head

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About the little mole who wanted to know who hit his head is the title of a picture book that Werner Holzwarth (idea, text) and Wolf Erlbruch (illustrations) published in 1989 and which became an international bestseller.

The classic children's book has now been translated into 27 different languages ​​and had a worldwide circulation of 3 million by 2018. The story is also available as a pop-up and sound book, in Braille and as a puppet theater.

Children who have little to do with animals learn how the droppings of the individual animals differ (or differ from their own droppings). At the same time, the taboo topic of excreting feces is discussed, which is why the picture book is also used in toilet training .

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A heap falls on the mole's head. To find out who it came from, he asked a pigeon , a horse , a rabbit , a goat , a cow and a pig one after the other . All of them deny his question whether they hit him on the head and prove this with the words (and deeds): “I, no, why? I do like that ”.

From flies , the specialists in faeces, the mole finally learns who the culprit was and can take revenge on the butcher's dog called "Hans-Heinerich".

A continuation of the story is available as an audio book Die Rache des Hans-Heinerich or: How the story of the little mole who wanted to know who hit his head continues , published by Patmos Verlag (contributors including Ben Becker , Ingo Insterburg , Dirk Bach ), Mannheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-7941-8578-8 (CD).

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  1. ↑ op-online.de: Children's book translated into Hessian
  2. ↑ Krokodiltheater.de
  3. ↑ About the little mole who wanted to know who hit his head at Laufstall.de "The portal for day care for children"
  4. ↑ Review at biblio.at