piatti for children

With texts byTheo van HoijtemaUrsula PiattiAurel von JüchenMax BolligerHans Schumacher

Translations by Alistair Beaton and Jon Reid

Illustrations by Celestino Piatti

Piatti for Children

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Content Celestino Piatti’s Animal ABCBarbara and the DormouseThe Happy OwlsThe Little CrayfishCircus NockThe Golden AppleHoly Night

AfterwordBiographyBibliography


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Animal ABC


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AThe alligator’s Tears will endHis toothache eased By his good friend


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BThe bees sting bearsWith quite a buzzBut nothing’s leftWhere honey was

CChameleons Wait in disguiseThen tongues fly outAt tasty flies


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DThe dolphin playsAll day at seaHow nice to whirlIn sea-foam glee E

Wise elephant, Who has no hands,Will use his trunkTo meet demands

FDown to waterFrog will jump—Then there he is Upon a stump


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Longer than giants, oh taller than tall,Giraffes munch on treetops and gaze over allG


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HHares in dangerRun and hide,Which shows great senseBut little pride

IStrange ibis fliesBut when at restHe likes a marshWith fishes best


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KTall kangaroo,Who roams the wild,Gives high-jump ridesTo her small child

JWho left the trackWhile others slept?Across the pageA jaguar crept


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L NMThe lion hearsThe mouse’s pleaAnd since he’s smallLets him go free

Sweet flutelike notesIn the spring night’Tis nightingaleMakes such delight


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PDressed for dinnerMinding mannersPenguins flaunt theirCoattail banners

OWho’s this who hangsYet takes no chances?Orangutan!He hides in branches


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Rhinoceros,Old blunderbuss,Your nose-horn scaresThe best of us

To buy a quetzal birdIn a brilliant feather gownJust spend a quetzal coinIn a Guatemalan town


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When tiger growlsTo be caressedJust ask what heThinks tastiest

Poor snail can’t runAway from homeBecause she hasHer house in tow


28UThe Ural owl His hoots adviseIs wise to thoseIn night’s disguise

VVicuña has no humpAs cousin camels doBut shares with cousin llamaA mountain rendezvous


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WWhale grins and floatsAnd churns the seaThen spouts a cupOf salty tea


32XXopiattiMonster X—Bird-fish-leopard—How complex!

“You can draw an owl a thousand times, and never find out its secret.” CELESTINO PIATTI

Beloved Swiss designer Celestino Piatti’s fun and retro children’s picture books—all seven combined in one volume for the first time: Animal ABC, Barbara and the Dormouse, The Happy Owls, The Little Crayfish, Circus Nock (The Circus Family), The Golden Apple, and Holy Night—make this collection a visual treat for the whole family!

Celestino Piatti is one of Switzerland’s most famous artists. The design of thousands of posters and book covers made Piatti an icon and with the worldwide success of his picture book The Happy Owls, the owl his trademark.

Piatti for Children

Piatti for Children


piatti for children

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