White Ravens: marcks
2 books
Special Mention - Germany (German) - 1999 - 95
Mebs, Gudrun (text)
Marcks, Marie (illus.)
Ohne Suse ist das nix! Geschichten von Opa Hans und Suse
(It's no fun without Suzy! Stories about Grandpa Hans and Suzy)
Hamburg: Carlsen, 1998. 83 p.
(Inhauser)
ISBN 3-551-59801-0
Young girl/Old man - Assistance - Everyday life
Suzy doesn't have a grandfather and her mother is away from home all day. So she adopts Hans, a man in her neighborhood, as her grandfather. First they have to clean up his apartment, and then they can start fooling around. Suzy is happy, and so is Grandpa Hans. Often a not-so-good day turns out to be quite a nice one with Suzy's help. The author convincingly depicts the pleasures of a relationship between young and old made possible by mutual affection. The caricaturist Marcks does a superb job of showing this visually. (6+)
Germany (German) - 1998 - 88
Lind, Hera (text)
Marcks, Marie (illus.)
Der Tag, an dem ich Papa war
(The day I was Papa)
Frankfurt (Main): Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, 1997. 131 p.
(Fischer-Schatzinsel)
ISBN 3-596-85020-7
Father/Son - Role reversal
Fridolin and Papa change places for one day and manage to steer their respective worlds pretty far off course. Fridolin, in the shape of Papa, takes business partners to the playground and to McDonald's, while Papa, with Fridolin's appearance, goes to a café instead of to school. But the magic only lasts one day. Unconcerned with logic or realism, the author allows the reader to take subversive pleasure in the improbable father-and-son conspiracy. (8+) ☼