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Alison Green Books will publish Axel Scheffler’s "witty and enchanting" German titles for the first time in the UK.
Picture book Happy Bunnies is billed as a "celebration of spending time together with friends and family in the great outdoors", featuring "bright and cheering" artwork by Scheffler. The text was written by Frantz Wittkamp and will be translated by Alison Green, to be published in February 2022. A second picture book, The Dog and the Chicken Thief, will follow in August 2022, written by Chantal de Marolles.
The first of two Axel Scheffler Fairy Tales, "The Three Little Pigs" and "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", will be published in April 2022. The classic tales will be told with Scheffler’s artwork and text by Alison Green.
Commissioning editor Sophie Cashell secured world English rights for all books from Kerstin Michaelis at Beltz & Gelberg.
Cashell said: "Axel’s artwork is beloved by children across the world, so Scholastic and Alison Green Books are delighted to be bringing these previously undiscovered treasures to a UK audience for the first time."
Scheffler said: "Germany has a great tradition of fairytales and I always enjoy illustrating fantastical worlds and curious characters. I look forward to children in the UK discovering these books."