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My Donkey Benjamin

Hans Limmer, Lennart Osbeck (trans. Elke Wakefield)

‘Pick of the retro revival … my 16-month-old was utterly entranced.’

Ellen E Jones, Evening Standard

‘Heart-warming tales aimed at 5-7-year-olds who share the little girls’ love for animals.’

The Weekend West

‘I am fond of this…[My Donkey Benjamin and My Pig Paulina] are simple stories, told in words and mono snaps, of two little girls, Susi and Angelika, who live on an island in the Med with their parents…Gerald Durrell for the hippy generation.’

Alex O'Connell, The Times

This is Susi and Benjamin

Susi and her family used to live in a big city full of cars, highways, and buildings. Now they live on a small island in the Mediterranean, which is full of much more interesting things: butterflies, snakes, fishing boats, and … Benjamin the donkey.

Benjamin and Susi are best friends. She washes his face each morning, they play wonderful games all day, and they sleep next to each other every night.

Until one day, Benjamin disappears ...

‘Pick of the retro revival … my 16-month-old was utterly entranced.’

Ellen E Jones, Evening Standard

‘Heart-warming tales aimed at 5-7-year-olds who share the little girls’ love for animals.’

The Weekend West

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Format:Hardback

Size:

Extent:48pp

ISBN (13):9781925228489

RRP:£

Pub date:8 Dec 2016

Rights Held: World English

Rights Sold: North America (Greystone Books)

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Picture books JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship Picture storybooks Animal stories (Children’s / Teenage)Adventure stories (Children’s / Teenage) JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / Country Life

AUTHORS

Hans Limmer

Hans Limmer was born in 1926. In the 1960s, he emigrated with his family to Greece. He lived on the island of Rhodes, where My Donkey Benjamin and My Pig Paulina are set. Hans Limmer passed away in 2015 in Greece.

Lennart Osbeck

TRANSLATOR

Elke Wakefield

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