Children's Literature - Ravensburger Foreign Rights

Children's Literature
Ingrid Uebe/ Betina Gotzen-Beek
Leserabe: Ole und die Piraten-Bande
OLE AND THE PIRATES, READING RAVEN, LEVEL
ONE
48 pp Hardcover
Format 17.5 x 24 cm
ISBN 978-3-473-36285-1
May 2012 EUR 7.99
Age 6 years and older
Ole wants to become a pirate - and soon he finds himself on
a pirate ship, fighting attacks and hunting for a treasure...
ABOUT THE SERIES
The Reading Raven series is designed to encourage
beginning readers by providing fun and exciting stories at
each ability level, from their first efforts at reading alone to
more advanced chapter books. Each Reading Raven book
includes reading riddles, puzzles to solve using information
in the story. This is a fun way to check how well children
understand what they read.
The first level features short texts with lots of pictures that
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CONTENT
Ole Olsen wants to become a pirate. He dreams of long
journeys and and a treasure island in the middle of the
ocean. While walking on the beach with his dog Wuff, Ole
finds a sailing boat in a secluded cove, the "Bride of the
Wind". The ship seems to be empty and deserted. Ole and
Wuff swim to the boat, climb aboard and look around. They
discover a rolled up flag bearing the skull and crossbones
and are sure: they are on a pirate ship! Just at that moment,
the crew returns. Ole and Wuff hide in the galley, and
without meaning to, become stowaways. They don't leave
their hiding place until the ship is attacked by another band
of pirates. The attackers think Wuff is a monster and flee in
panic. In gratitude for saving them, Ole and Wuff are made
part of the crew. Then the "Bride of the Wind" heads for an
island where the pirates search for treasure. But the
navigator steals away with the map of the island during the
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night, intending to keep the treasure for himself. Wuff takes
up his scent and the runaway navigator is captured. Ole
takes charge of the hunt for treasure, and in the end the
treasure is recovered.
THE AUTHOR
Ingrid Uebe was born and raised in Essen, and now lives in
Cologne, Germany with her husband, daughter and son.
Since 1977 she has written numerous books for children
and adolescents, many of which have won diverse prizes.
She is one of the best-known and most successful authors
of books for beginning readers, including series of books
that have sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
THE ILLUSTRATOR
Betina Gotzen-Beck was born in Mönchengladbach in 1965.
After she completed school, she traveled throughout all of
Europe prior to beginning her studies in painting and
graphic design at Freiburg University. She has worked as a
freelance children's book illustrator since 1996. Betina
Gotzen-Beek lives with her family in Freiburg.