Angela Sommer-Bodenburg

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 18 December 1948 in Reinbek, Schleswig -Holstein ) is a German children's book author, painter and former elementary school teacher. She was known for her books about the little vampire.

Life

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg studied pedagogy, psychology and sociology, and then worked for 12 years as an elementary school teacher in Hamburg. Besides her work as a teacher, she had her first two books published in 1979: A published by Suhrkamp of poems titled Sarah with the wolves and Rowohlt The Little Vampire

According to her own statement drew and painted Angela Sommer - floor castle as a little child very much and regularly borrowed books from the town library. Accordingly, they also began very early to write her own books that she illustrated herself and sewed together with twine. The father, who himself wrote poems, dramas and novels, but was the only one in her family who want to meet their career aspirations, writer, supported. The beginning of the Little Vampire, says the author, the children have put on their school, which sought to motivate them with their desired readings ( " fun, exciting and a bit scary "). For her career as a writer estimated Angela Sommer-Bodenburg the " Little Vampire " but then as a " mixed blessing " one, that is, she found herself stuck with the success of this series into a drawer that her other publications for adults and their work could fade into the background as a painter.

The Little Vampire became the first volume of a series - each provided with illustrations by Amelie Glienke - that with the 20th band The Little Vampire and the final transformation came to an end only in 2008. The story of the Little Vampire was among others in two television series ( The Little Vampire The Little Vampire - New Adventure) implemented and a children's film ( The Little Vampire ).

Angela Sommer - floor Petersburg books have been translated into over 30 languages ​​. Along with her second husband, she lives as a writer and painter in Silver City ( New Mexico).

Works

The Little Vampire

Note: Volumes 9-16 originally appeared under the name of Anton and the little vampire. As part of the new releases in the Random House book titles were changed slightly and came The Little Vampire under the name out.

More Releases

  • Sarah with the wolves, poems, 1979
  • The beast that came out in the rain, 1981
  • I still love you anyway, poems, 1982.
  • If you shudder you want a picture book with illustrations by Helga spit, Otto Maier, Ravensburg in 1984 and Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 1987, ISBN 3-499-20459-2.
  • The Moor Ghost, 1986
  • Coco goes for a birthday, a picture book with illustrations by Agnes Mathieu, 1986
  • Do not rejoice too soon, I will never leave thee, poems, with illustrations by Anne Wilsdorf, 1987
  • Gulls and wolves, poems, 1987
  • The Underground - One Love Fairy Tales with illustrations by Magdalene Hanke - Basfeld, 1988
  • Julia in the living lights, picture book with illustrations by Thé Tjong Khing - 1989
  • Florian collected horror stories with illustrations by Helga Spiess, 1990
  • Gladly Small, picture book with illustrations by Imke Korth Sander, 1990
  • My dearest teddy bear poems with illustrations by Brigitte Werner & Joachim Lange, 1991
  • Schokolowski - The Birthday truffle dog (Vol. 1 ), 1991
  • Schokolowski - Funny is the dog's life (Vol. 2 ), 1992
  • Schokolowski - beware, dog catcher (Vol. 3 ), 1992
  • Schokolowski - King Leckermaul (Vol. 4 ), 1992
  • Schokolowski - Help a baby! (Vol. 5 ), 1993
  • If the foxes making coffee, picture book with illustrations by Helga Spiess, 1993
  • From beyond the great forest with illustrations by Helga Spiess, 1994
  • Benjamin Beaver, picture book with illustrations by Imke Korth Sander, 1994
  • Hanna, God's smallest angels, 1995
  • Curse of the Vampire, 1998
  • The hair of Berenice, 1998
  • The great Angela Sommer-Bodenburg reading book, with illustrations by Amelie Glienke, 2002
  • Casimir of cheese bleach (Bd 1), with illustrations by Kathrin Treuber, 2002
  • Casimir of cheese bleach comes to school (Vol. 2) with illustrations by Kathrin Treuber, 2002
  • Casimir of cheese bleaching and the satchel man (Vol. 3) with illustrations by Kathrin Treuber, 2003
  • Jeremy Golden and the Master of Shadows, 2005
  • Anne of Hallow stone Nights Book, 2012
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