21 short stories that could have happened to the Little Prince. Short episodes with a second reading, drawn by Wolf Erlbruch, who again proves his great skill in transferring the high questions of life to his drawings, in a way which is easily to understand both by children and adults.

Children and Young Adults Literature Autrian Award, 2009

“A beautiful and minimalistic picture book with short stories in a Koan zen way, starred by a king and full of metaphors and thoughts about human nature: power, man-nature relationship, Pride, Beauty…” (Babar Magazine).

“A small, wise book” (Die Zeit).

“The easy language depicted in drawings and texts allows both young and adult readers to think and reflect”. (Süddeutsche Zeitung).

A bear, who is sit under the sun, resting and recovering from the last long winter, thinks about what a good father he would be. However, although he thinks and thinks over it, he can’t figure out how to do it. In a given morning, he gathers strength and shouts out in the woods: “can anybody tell me how to get a son?” Since that moment, he will receive lots of funny suggestions, until…

Awards:

- German Award to Children’s Books (picture book)

- Wolf Erlbruch’s work has been awarded with Hans Christian Andersen Illustration Award in 2006 Literature

“… a bear that will steal our hearts with his innocence… The brilliant pages layout allows us to enjoy both the intelligent and humoristic text and the pictures”. (CLIJ, Children and Young Adult’s Literature Notebooks).

Al gran oso le gustaría jugar en el parque. Pero no con los niños. Quiere todo el parque para él solo: el columpio, el laberinto, todo. Y como es mucho más fuerte que los niños, puede, naturalmente, impedirles jugar. Sin embargo, cuando está sentado en el balancín, necesita a alguien en el otro extremo.

Recomendado por Canal Lector.

"El autor, Dolf Verroen, construye un personaje caricaturesco que rompe las expectativas: sitúa en esta escena a un corpulento oso, que no es precisamente muy avispado y que, además, es bastante egoísta (...).  Las fantásticas ilustraciones de Erlbruch acompañan esta historia. El ilustrador, como ya hizo en su álbum ilustrado El milagro del oso, construye un oso muy peculiar, marcado con su propio y característico estilo" (Boolino).

"... Mención aparte merecen las ilustraciones de Wolf Erlbruch, tan limpias, tan ricas, tan cálidas, tan delicadas...queda uno mirándolas sin prisa, disfrutándolas largo rato. Un regalo. Un libro estupendo que os recomiendo" (Pep Bruno, Por los caminos de la Tierra Oral).