Books

Traditional Tales on Paper

At this moment all of my books and Advent calen­dars are in Ger­man. For many years I have drea­med about a coll­ec­tion of the best tales from my eight books published in Eng­lish. If a pas­sio­na­te lover of sto­ries wants to finan­ce this Eng­lish edi­ti­on I would real­ly enjoy trans­la­ting the tales. Plea­se cont­act me, if you want to make this pos­si­ble!
I am pas­sio­na­te about old folk tales and oral­ly trans­mit­ted wis­dom sto­ries. With curio­si­ty and pati­ence I spend many, many hours sear­ching for sto­ries that reso­na­te to some­thing within me.
Each folk­ta­le I tell many times until it shi­nes like a jewel. Only then do I wri­te the sto­ry down. Even peo­p­le who alre­a­dy know a lot of folk­lo­re will find unu­su­al tales from pre­cious sources in my books. Some I find in old edi­ti­ons of coll­ec­tions, others I hear at sto­rytel­ling events.
In Ger­man the distance bet­ween oral lan­guage and writ­ten text is con­sidera­ble.
The sto­ries in my books are clo­ser to spo­ken lan­guage, they are meant to be read aloud; each sen­tence rol­ling off the ton­gue smooth­ly. My love for the spo­ken word can be felt in each tale.
Here are my tre­asu­re chests – 6 books, 4 Advent calen­dars and 1 sto­ry box:

  • Storybox

    Geschichten­-Schachtel

    24 other wis­dom sto­ries for adults, each about 3 minu­tes long. 12 sto­ries writ­ten by me & 12 sto­ries writ­ten by Edith Eck­holt! € 24,– plus post­age, to be orde­red from me or Edith Eck­holt. Read more …


  • Königin Herzenslust

    Königin Herzenslust

    A book of 25 fairy tales about cou­ra­ge and love, 12 of which are also sui­ta­ble for child­ren. Fore­word by Gerald Hüt­her, illus­tra­ti­ons by Almuth Mota. € 23,– plus ship­ping, best orde­red direct­ly from me. Read more …


  • König
    Lichterloh

    KönigLichterloh

    33 fairy tales and sto­ries of war and peace, con­flict and for­gi­ve­ness, anger and ten­der­ness, inclu­ding 15 fairy tales for child­ren. Illus­tra­ti­ons by Almuth Mota. € 23,- plus post­age, also available in book­shops. Read more …


  • Geschichten­advent­kalender 1

    Geschichten­advent­kalender 1

    24 wis­dom sto­ries for adults only, each around 3–4 minu­tes long. All 24 writ­ten down by me. Every other sto­ry is about the wise fool Nasred­din. €24 plus post­age, can be orde­red from me or Edith Eck­holt. Read more …


  • Geschichten­advent­kalender 2

    Geschichten­advent­kalender 2

    24 other wis­dom sto­ries for adults, each about 3 minu­tes long. 12 sto­ries writ­ten by me & 12 sto­ries writ­ten by Edith Eck­holt! € 24,– plus post­age, to be orde­red from me or Edith Eck­holt. Read more …


  • Geschichten­advent­kalender 3

    Geschichten­advent­kalender 3

    Again 24 new, anci­ent wis­dom sto­ries only for adults, each about 3 minu­tes long. 12 sto­ries by Edith Eck­holt & 12 sto­ries by me. € 24,– plus post­age, to be orde­red from me or Edith Eck­holt. Read more …


  • Geschichten­advent­kalender 4

    Geschichten­advent­kalender 4

    Light­ness and joy: 24 sto­ries for adults, each around 3 minu­tes long. 12 sto­ries by Edith Eck­holt & 12 sto­ries by me. € 24,– plus post­age, to be orde­red from me or Edith Eck­holt. Read more …


  • Augenblick und Ohrenglück

    Augenblick und Ohrenglück

    21 fairy tales for adults to read aloud. Fore­word by the Cana­di­an sto­rytel­ler Dan Yas­hin­sky. Illus­tra­ti­ons by Almuth Mota. € 24,– plus post­age, best to order direct­ly from me. Read more …


  • Tiroler
    Märchen

    Tiroler Märchen

    From the Zin­ger­le brot­hers‘ coll­ec­tion (1852) plus 2 “immi­grant” fairy tales. 25 fairy tales, 12 of which are also for child­ren (but not only). Colour illus­tra­ti­ons by Irmin­gard Jes­se­rik. € 23,– plus post­age, also available in book­shops. Read more …


  • Hühnersuppe und Rosenduft

    Hühnersuppe und Rosenduft

    A sto­ry about hos­pi­ta­li­ty. A sin­gle fairy tale in a pic­tu­re book for adults and child­ren aged 9 and over. Illus­tra­ti­ons by Anna Vidyay­ki­na. € 12,– plus post­age, also available in book­shops. Read more …


  • Morgen ist morgen

    Morgen ist morgen

    A fairy tale about cun­ning and trust. A sin­gle fairy tale in a pic­tu­re book for adults (from approx. 13 years). Illus­tra­ti­ons by Anna Vidyay­ki­na. € 12,– plus post­age, also available in book­shops. Read more …


What readers say

„… das ist dei­ne Geschich­te,
erzäh­le sie wei­ter, dann wird sie dir gehö­ren.“

Dan Yas­hin­sky, Erzäh­ler aus Kana­da
Eng­lish