Die Ente schießt mit etwas Schrot den Entenjäger etwas tot.
(The duck shoots with a bit of lead the duck hunter a bit dead.)
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 waterfowl with a tiger's stripes
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Janosch's books, beloved by children and adults alike, may sometimes invoke What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?; for the illustrations are not limited to the children's books and may turn out to be quite graphic.
Several of the stories have been adapted for a tv-series called Janoschs Traumstunde ("Janosch's Dream Hour").
Tropes in his works:
- Hard Truth Aesop: While there is usually some kind of moral to the stories, they may not always be congruent to the expectations of an ordinary audience.
- Ingesting Knowledge: One story is about a family of mice whose son becomes smart by eating books.
