Kirsten Reinhardt

Karl og Knæk vil være de vildeste tyve i byen, men maveonde og en hullet elefanthue forhindrer altid ethvert vildt tyvetogt.”Tja, i virkeligheden er vi jo ikke rigtige tyveknægte … Vi har jo aldrig stjålet noget,” siger Karl. Der er kun ét at gøre, og de to tyveknægte lister med skælvende ben af sted gennem natten. Men i varmemester Uffe Krogs bolig, dirigent Dimitra Dimitrovas taglejlighed, bankdirektør Ulrik Gribsens villa og i bagermesterens konditori kan man lave dejlig mad, og Karl og Knæk glemmer alt om at stjæle. Måske er det slet ikke tyveknægte, de skal være? Karl og Knæk lærer at stjæle er en fin og finurlig fortælling af tyske Kirsten Reinhardt, der med vittig tone indbyder de små læsere til at følge Karl og Knæks farefulde færd til fremmede folks køkkener.

Eleven-year-old Fennymore lives with his strange great-aunt in an old house with only a magical bike for company. After she dies, Fennymore sets off with his new friend Fizzy to find his parents, who mysteriously disappeared. They fall foul of a silvery grey gentleman and an evil doctor who wants to get his hands on his father’s mysterious invention. A brilliant and hilarious adventure from award-winning author Kirsten Reinhardt with black-and-white line drawings by David Roberts Translated from the German by former Irish Children’s Laureate, Siobhán Parkinson.

Imagine a boy living all alone in a large old house with only a sky-blue bike (who thinks he's a horse) for company. After his great-aunt dies (of dachshund poisoning - what else?) Fennymore sets off with his new friend Fizzy to find his parents, who have disappeared. They fall foul of a silvery grey gentleman and an evil doctor who wants to get his hands on a mysterious invention, but Fennymoire finds a maybe-dad. And a brumella. Whatever that is. A zany adventure story with a touch of fantasy. Great fun and superb black and white illustrations by David Roberts of Dirty Bertie fame.