DER WUNDERKNAUL: THE WONDROUS BALL OF YARN PICTURES AND VERSES by KALLMEYER-MEHLHORN ISBN 13: 9780974516820

Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2008. cloth, dust jacket. 12.4 x 15.1 inches. cloth, dust jacket. 40 pages. Der Wunderknaul is the beautifully illustrated tale of Inge's adventures with a ball of yarn. This innovative picture book with verses by Margarete Kallmeyer-Melhorn reflects an interesting transitional period in German society from a nursery perspective: the change from traditional German society to the modern world. The book contains a biographical note with family photographs by Kallmeyer-Melhorn's great nephew, Thomas Langensiepen, an introduction by Ivy Trent, a facsimile of the original illustration with parallel text and translation and a facsimile of the original typescript.