Pippa and Pelle

Quick Look

• A delightful summer board book from the illustrator of In the Land of Fairies
• Young children will love spending a day in the countryside with Pippa and Pelle learning about animal homes
• Daniela Drescher’s distinctive style brings life to this colourful board book, which is perfect for little hands

A colourful board book about two charming little folk, illustrated in Daniela Drescher's exquisite style.

Description

Pippa and Pelle wake up on a sunny summer's day looking for an adventure. Exploring the meadow they meet new animal friends and learn about their homes -- the snail in his shell, the frog in his pond and the beetle in his home made of leaves.

But as night falls they are grateful to return to their warm, cosy home in the strawberry patch.

Daniela Drescher's distinctive style brings life to this colourful board book, which is perfect for little hands. Young children will love spending a day in the countryside with Pippa and Pelle.

Reviews

'The story is simple but charming… I'd recommend it to all parents with young kids.'
-- greenkiddie.co.uk

'The story itself is very gentle but young children will love pointing out the birds and insects that the two little woodland characters meet along the way.'
-- Armadillo

Author

Daniela Drescher is an internationally acclaimed author and illustrator from Munich, Germany. Daniela was a children’s painting and drawing therapist for ten years, using her own poetry in her therapeutic work. Now the creator of more than 30 children’s books, Daniela still draws the fairies and elves she imagined as a child. Her work is inspired by nature and her wish to engage children with the natural world. As well as books, Daniela’s artwork appears on stationery, homeware and fabric. Her best-known books available in English include In the Land of Fairies, the Little Fairy stories and the Pippa and Pelle board books.
She is also the illustrator of stunning fairy tale anthologies An Illustrated Treasury of Grimm's Fairy Tales and An Illustrated Treasury of Dwarfs, Gnomes and Fairy Folk.