Post on 09-Dec-2021
With texts byTheo van HoijtemaUrsula PiattiAurel von JüchenMax BolligerHans Schumacher
Translations by Alistair Beaton and Jon Reid
Illustrations by Celestino Piatti
Piatti for Children
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Content Celestino Piatti’s Animal ABCBarbara and the DormouseThe Happy OwlsThe Little CrayfishCircus NockThe Golden AppleHoly Night
AfterwordBiographyBibliography
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BThe bees sting bearsWith quite a buzzBut nothing’s leftWhere honey was
CChameleons Wait in disguiseThen tongues fly outAt tasty flies
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DThe dolphin playsAll day at seaHow nice to whirlIn sea-foam glee E
Wise elephant, Who has no hands,Will use his trunkTo meet demands
FDown to waterFrog will jump—Then there he is Upon a stump
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Longer than giants, oh taller than tall,Giraffes munch on treetops and gaze over allG
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HHares in dangerRun and hide,Which shows great senseBut little pride
IStrange ibis fliesBut when at restHe likes a marshWith fishes best
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KTall kangaroo,Who roams the wild,Gives high-jump ridesTo her small child
JWho left the trackWhile others slept?Across the pageA jaguar crept
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L NMThe lion hearsThe mouse’s pleaAnd since he’s smallLets him go free
Sweet flutelike notesIn the spring night’Tis nightingaleMakes such delight
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PDressed for dinnerMinding mannersPenguins flaunt theirCoattail banners
OWho’s this who hangsYet takes no chances?Orangutan!He hides in branches
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Rhinoceros,Old blunderbuss,Your nose-horn scaresThe best of us
To buy a quetzal birdIn a brilliant feather gownJust spend a quetzal coinIn a Guatemalan town
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When tiger growlsTo be caressedJust ask what heThinks tastiest
Poor snail can’t runAway from homeBecause she hasHer house in tow
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28UThe Ural owl His hoots adviseIs wise to thoseIn night’s disguise
VVicuña has no humpAs cousin camels doBut shares with cousin llamaA mountain rendezvous
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32XXopiattiMonster X—Bird-fish-leopard—How complex!
“You can draw an owl a thousand times, and never find out its secret.” CELESTINO PIATTI
Beloved Swiss designer Celestino Piatti’s fun and retro children’s picture books—all seven combined in one volume for the first time: Animal ABC, Barbara and the Dormouse, The Happy Owls, The Little Crayfish, Circus Nock (The Circus Family), The Golden Apple, and Holy Night—make this collection a visual treat for the whole family!
Celestino Piatti is one of Switzerland’s most famous artists. The design of thousands of posters and book covers made Piatti an icon and with the worldwide success of his picture book The Happy Owls, the owl his trademark.
Piatti for Children
Piatti for Children
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