Children's (3-12 years) | Fiction
Dot and Anton

Erich Kästner

English

Dot and Anton
Erich Kästner
Translation: Anthea Bell
London, Pushkin Children's Books 2015
160 pages

German

Pünktchen und Anton
Erich Kästner
Berlin, Williams 1931
223 pages

Pünktchen, whose real name is Louise, is the daughter of a factory director and lives in a large apartment, with servants. Anton comes from a poor background and takes care of his sick mother. Despite their very different circumstances, the two friends stick together. Reading level: age 9-12.

Translation sponsored by the Goethe-Institut

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