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Warum Weihnachtswunder manchmal ganz klein sind

Why Christmas Miracles are Sometimes Very Small

Erhard Dietl (Written by), Andrea Stegmaier (Illustrated by)

  • Poetic Christmas story by bestselling author Erhard Dietl.
  • Based on a real-life event.
  • Andrea Stegmaier’s illustrations radiate warmth and Christmassy feelings.

A fir tree is chopped down in the snowy forest. It is supposed to be put up as a splendid Christmas tree at the Christmas market. But in the tree there lives a little screech-owl who now finds itself travelling to the big city along with the tree. When they reach their destination, Mario the forester discovers the little screech-owl hiding in the branches, completely exhausted by its long and scary journey. Happily, Mario’s daughter Emilia lovingly nurses the little Christmas miracle back to full strength, whereupon they release it back into the magical winter forest.

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Age 4+
Family Stories
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Denmark
Romania

Product details

  • ISBN: 978-3-7512-0229-9
  • Published: 11.09.2023
  • Length: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Oetinger

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Written by

Erhard Dietl
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Erhard Dietl

Erhard Dietl was born in Regensburg in 1953 and studied art at the Kunstakademie in Munich. The author and illustrator holds various awards, including the North Rhine-Westphalian Children’s Book Prize and that of the Stiftung Buchkunst.

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Illustrated by

Andrea Stegmaier
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Andrea Stegmaier

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