The story about Konrad, the fox, and Lorenz, the duckling he finds inside an egg, under its mother’s belly (a duck), in the middle of the forest. Actually, Konrad wants to eat the duck mother, but she flies away leaving her egg behind. It doesn’t matter… Konrad also loves scramble eggs…

However, the little duckling breaks the shell on time, he looks around and, excited, says hello to the fox: “Mommy, mommy!”

- “No, I am your dad!”, Konrad points out. And since a father can’t eat his son, Konrad’s stomach will go on complaining with hunger. The time goes by and Lorenz falls in love with Emma the duck… and then it happens what is obvious… the more ducklings appear around him, the less Konrad thinks about eating roast duck… and finally the numerous group of ducks that he is bringing up will occupy the whole forest.

OBTAINED AWARDS:

- Nominated to Children and Young Adults’ German Award 2009

- Honour list of Catholic Award to Children and Young Adults’ Books

- LUCHS of the month, awarded by Die Zeit and Bremen Radio

- 7 top books for young readers.

"There are very few books like this one. These are works that lack anything and that force anything… Christian Duda creates a text full of tenderness and a sense of humour… Julia Friese’s illustrations accurately complete a perfect picture book” (Beatriz San Juan in Educación y Biblioteca).

“Amusing and Exciting… Really exciting. Really amusing” (Felix Albo in La Biblioteca de los Elefantes).

“What a beautiful, intelligent and amusing book.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

“Rarely you find so much to discover and to explain… this relationship between tragicomedy and picaresque is wonderful.” (Die Zeit).

“In a nutshell : Extraordinary! (Eselsohr, German magazine about Children and Young Adults’ Literature).

“All his ducklings is one of the most extraordinary books of the year” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung).