The Division of the Earth Series: Poetry for Children Title: The Division of the Earth Author: Friedrich Schiller Artist: Kateryna Yerokhina Extent: 24 pp, 4/c throughout Format: 210 x 280 mm Pub. price: EUR 14,50 Pub. date: Spring 2011 German ISBN: 978-3-934029-44-6 Ages: 7 and up

Material available: German review copy

THE STORY:

One day, Zeus, the no. 1 God in the Greek mythology, had a generous idea: He put up the Earth for being divided among humans. Everybody rushed to take a piece of the Earth until nothing was left.

At that point the poet showed up only to find out that he had come too late – everything had already been divided, leaving the dreamy poet empty-handed.

Even Zeus was at a loss: „What shall we do?“, he asked, „the whole world has been given away“. But, of course, Zeus was a god and came up with another great idea ...

THE AUTHOR:

Friedrich Schiller (*1759 in Marbach, + 1805 in Weimar), is next to Goethe the most important German poet. His life as a free author was full of depriviations, causing him serious health problems. During the last years of his life he was greatly inspired by his friendship with Goethe.

THE ILLUSTRATOR:

Kateryna Yerokhina was born in Kiew 1969. She studied at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts in Kiew and took part in various international art exhibitions. Since 1997, she has been illustrating children´s books for Ukrainian and German book publishers. Kateryna Yerokhina lives in Berlin.