Children's Literature - Ravensburger Foreign Rights

Children's Non-Fiction
Constanze Schargan/ Patricia Mennen
Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? junior 47:
Sonne, Wind und Regen
WHY? WHY? WHY? JUNIOR (VOL. 47): SUN, WIND
AND RAIN
16 pp Spiral bound
Format 18 x 19.7 cm
ISBN 978-3-473-32875-8
June 2012 EUR 8.99
Age 2 years and older
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WWW Junior has sold over 6 million copies in Germany
WWW Junior has been translated into 16 languages
With playful elements, flaps to lift and windows to peer
through.
ABOUT THE SERIES
WWW Junior is a unique invitation to discover the world in
a playful way. The junior series features a compact format
with large, movable flaps for kids thirsty for knowledge.
Centered on who-what-how questions, the titles in this
series take on fascinating subjects. The questions of 2- to 4-
year-olds are to a large extent answered by information
contained in the illustrations, complemented by clear,
friendly texts.
CONTENT
Rain, storm or sunshine - young children experience
different weather phenomena wholeheartedly and often
have great fun playing with water and mud, but also
outside when it's very hot. In this book, a different type of
weather is featured on each page and made visible with
vivid flaps. Children also learn which clothes to wear for
what kinds of weather, and the potential dangers of sun
and fog.
The sun is shining and children are splashing in a pool. But
why do the flowers need extra watering when the sun
shines? Why do we have to use sunscreen? And what is
shade? What can we discover in the fascinating clouds?
The idea that weather determines what we can do is
explained: when it is windy you can fly a kite, and when
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there is snow you can romp around and build a snowman.
With the wheel on the back of the book, you can make the
children in the picture slide down a hill of snow. The wheel
is also used on the last page: readers have to match
different kinds of weather to the clothing suitable for it by
turning the wheel. Two lively finger games about weather
round off this volume.
THE AUTHOR
Patricia Mennen was born in 1961 in Augsburg. While she
was studying German, art history and theater, she
completed internships with various daily newspapers. After
working as a children's book editor for six years and having
a daughter, she began writing books. Today she lives with
her family in southern Germany and Provence, France. The
freelance author says that the curiosity of a child has never
left her, and she tries to see the world with the eyes of a
child.
THE ILLUSTRATOR
Constanze Schargan, born in 1963, is a graphic designer and
has already published dozens of children's books, in which
she strives to bring children into contact with the most
interesting things in life.