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2	[[caption-width-right:337:'''Come on, laugh!''']]
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4	[-''Die Ente schießt mit etwas Schrot den Entenjäger etwas tot.''-]\
5	([-The duck shoots with a bit of lead the duck hunter a bit dead.-])
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7	Janosch (a.k.a. Horst Eckert, born March 11, 1931) is a German writer and illustrator, who became famous for his children's books (the little bear and little tiger stories, for example). While his work includes a few novels for adults, it is a certain [[https://img.abendblatt.de/img/vermischtes/crop207160207/1146773523-w640-cv3_2-q70/janosch-03-86deff6e-166c-4d81-8b1b-1b2cfb097461-4852-16974.jpg waterfowl with a tiger's stripes]] that has become iconic and is intrinsically tied to his name. One [[CreatorBacklash shouldn't remind the creator of it]], though.
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9	Janosch's books, beloved by children and adults alike, may sometimes invoke WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids; for the illustrations are not limited to the children's books and may turn out to be quite graphic.
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11	Several of the stories have been adapted for a tv-series called ''Janoschs Traumstunde'' ("Janosch's Dream Hour").
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14	!!Tropes in his works:
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16	%% * AllTakeAndNoGive: In one lesser-known story about a donkey falling in love with an owl, With the donkey being the giver, and the owl being the taker.
17	%% * ArcWords: "Und jetzt kommt der große, dicke Waldbär." Which is to say, ''"And now comes the big, fat Forest Bear."''
18	%% * GermanHumor
19	* HardTruthAesop: While there is usually some kind of moral to the stories, they may not always be congruent to the expectations of an ordinary audience.
20	%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: Little Tiger and little Bear.
21	* IngestingKnowledge: One story is about a family of mice whose son becomes smart by eating books.
22	%% * NonIronicClown
23	%% * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The tiger duck.

Context Creator / Janosch