... before spawning

The long way from the first idea to the finished book explained in a clear, competent and child-friendly way. Book knowledge at its finest!

Behind closed publishers' doors, books lead a secret life for a long time before you hold them in your hands for the first time in the bookstore. Ron Heussen, Anne Mikus and Farid Rivas Michel invite bookworms from the age of 8 to a journey in book form. You get to know the many people involved in the creation of a book, their jobs and the challenges they master.

You experience how this interplay becomes a book and what has to be decided and considered. Along the way, bookworms big and small learn specialist knowledge of books and the terminology of the industries involved.