Géraldine Elschner

Lena liked to sit in her mother's garden and watch the chickens. But something is missing in this happy group of hens...a sweet little chick! How fortunate that plump little Alma had just laid an egg. But to Lena's surprise, Alma does not seem interested in hatching it. Lena makes a snap decision and attempts to surprise everyone by hatching the chick herself. However, hatching an egg is more difficult than Lena thinks, and the journey from egg to...

Max is bored with school until his uncle gives him a bag of magic seeds for his birthday, which Max spreads around the city, and soon the city is filled with wildflowers. When his class gets to go on field trips to pick, draw, and study the flowers, Max becomes the most popular boy in the school.

"A dog, feared and mistreated by everyone, is rescued and cared for by a man who needs and appreciates him. Pointed ears, sharp teeth, and a back slightly bent under dark fur: a lonely dog gets mistaken for a wolf. No one came close--no one dared--so the sad dog howled. Until one day, someone reached out a hand to him."--Amazon

Fritz, who longs to have a pet, captures a fish after the river floods his neighborhood, but must decide how long he can keep him in the apartment bathtub.

Little Hippo, the blue hippo, lived in Ancient Egypt. He had been sleeping below the ground for days, months, centuries ... But one day he woke up in a panic. Everything around him had changed. Only the pyramids remained. "I need to go find my family, my brothers, my friends," thought Little Hippo. And so his journey began.