Dot and Anton
Erich Kästner author Anthea Bell translator Walter Trier illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Children's Books
Publishing:23rd Oct '25
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 23rd October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Dot loves play-acting, dressing up her pet dachshund Piefke and making up words like 'splentastic'. Her best friend is Anton, who lives in a little apartment and looks after his mother. They share a secret - every night, when their parents think they are asleep, they sell matches and shoelaces on the streets of Berlin with Dot's grumpy governess. But why? The answers involve a villain called 'Robert the Devil', a club-wielding maid, a wobbly tooth, a pair of silver shoes and a policeman dancing the tango, as Dot and Anton get into all sorts of scrapes and even solve a crime in this delightful, touching and hilarious adventure story.
"An unlikely secret friendship leads to a scotched burglary and generous quantities of just deserts in this freshly translated caper from the author of Emil and the Detectives. . . First published in 1931 and last available in English in 1973, the tale is presented here in handsome packaging with its original fluent line drawings, and it wears its age reasonably well. . . A minor classic featuring a pair of intrepid protagonists, a comically suspenseful climax, and a mildly caricatured adult cast." — Kirkus Reviews
"Walter Trier's deceptively innocent drawings are as classic as Kästner's words; I never tire of them." —Quentin Blake
"Groundbreaking... quite remarkable. . . My favourite book as a child... funny, exciting and very atmospheric." — Michael Rosen on Emil
"A little masterpiece... Read it and you will be happy." — Maurice Sendak on Emil
"Marvellous'; 'A great political story: democracy in action." — Philip Pullman on Emil (in the Independent's 'The 50 books every child should read')
ISBN: 9781782694649
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
144 pages