Foreign Rights Catalogue Obelisk 2018

During class, Wanda needs to go to the loo. To
check out her neighbour, she peaks underneath
the dividing wall: big, black shoes, black
socks, black trousered legs – an outrageous
company! Soon everybody has heard the bad
news: a suit zombie has occupied the school
loo. One has to say that the loo had already
been quite uncomfortable before, but the
school inspector hadn’t answered Wanda’s
complaint letter. After a juice boycott and
other ineffective ways to avoid the loo, Wanda
takes the reins: ideas are being collected, danger
signs put up, study groups established and
the gym occupied. Nobody could have foreseen
that the school inspector is wearing
exactly those big black shoes, or that he has
taken Wanda’s complaint under close consideration
…
Saskia Hula
Occupied !
Illustrations by Maria Stalder
ISBN 978 3 85197 721 9
7 Years | 72 Pages | Euro 11,95
Published: 2014
rights available, rights sold: Korea
3.500 Copies
• Saskia Hula winner of the Austrian
State Prize for Youth Literature
• Going alone the loo - a situation every
child has to cop with
• Clear, linear illustrations
Saskia Hula, born in 1966 in
Vienna, works as grammarschoolteacher.
Her first book was published
in 2003 by Obelisk., as well as
„Romeo and Juliane“, „The Lion
on The Red Sofa“ und „Where is
Santa Clause?“.
Maria Stalde was born in
1986. Today she works as illustrator
and teacher for arts in Luzern,
Switzerland. You find a lots of
other works created by Maria
Stalder on her website: www.mariastalder.ch