If Harvey wakes up on Christmas morning and doesn’t see his Christmas present, he might be wondering why. I guess the good boy Harvey will of course understand that Father Christmas can be forgetful, the reindeers could be exhausted and not feeling well. And many reasonable reasons why the present is not in the stocking. …
light on/upon somethingUK /laɪt/ US /laɪt/to find or think of something unexpectedly:We lighted upon the solution entirely by accident.From https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ Finally, my kitchen lamp is lighting again since months. In summer, the sun was still shining at 9pm. But recently, I used torchlight when I am in the kitchen. I thought I can fix it …
Two weeks after reading “Krabat” by Otfried Preußler, I was and still am completely immersed in the magical world of the story. So I went on to read two other books by the same author, they are “The Little Witch” and “The Wise Men of Schilda” . These books are inspiring in many ways, instead …
The big Ravensburger songbook by Cornelia HaasDas große Ravensburger Liederbuch von Cornelia Haas This book belongs to my 10 months old friend, I have a look into the book during a visit. The first page is inviting us to guess a song from the illustration. Dear German friends, do you know which song could it …
One day, I found this crystal in my handbag. No clue at all where it came from. This riddle has been puzzling me all morning. Somehow, I think of the chandelier in my friend’s dining room, the shape of the crystal looks similar to the crystal of her chandelier. I texted her with this picture …
Not so long ago, I helped my sick friend to teach her piano students for one afternoon. A boy played the simplified piano version of Dvorak’s New World Symphony 2nd movement. I asked him, if he ever heard the original orchestra version? He replied, he knew that it is originally for orchestra, but he hasn’t …
Who has the most beautiful little sheep? Wer hat die schönsten Schäfchen? Do you know who?I did not know who until I read the poem written by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798-1874). The answer is the moon. The moon has the most beautiful little sheep. The dark blue sky is his meadow, and the …
Christian Morgenstern (1871 – 1914) was telling us a story where ducks were skating on a frozen pond. He also asked us a question: “Where did the ducks got their ice skate? The ducks are not rich at all!” Do you have a clue? I guess little children are going to love the poem selection …
So klingt Schubert (DE) Author: Emilie ColletIllustrator: Severine CordierThis book is my prize at a lucky draw activity on 11.12.2021 The structure of the book is based on the most famous six melodies of Schubert. To each melody, there is one lovely picture, 1-2 little sentences and a button to click on for music. That’s …
I always like the stories of Pettson and Findus. In this book “Our Most Beautiful Adventure” is a collection of their 5 stories (spoiler: a recipe of pancake cake is included)! Actually the adventures they had was only around Pettson’s farm, not further. Anyway, alone by reading the book title, it makes me feel like …