Since my two daughters heard the stories from Ludwig the elephant, Norbert the rhino and their friends every night in form of a freely told bedtime story, both pachyderms have almost become an integral part of our family. And because these two always took good care not only as "protection animals" in the nocturnal dream adventures of our daughters, but also as good examples of exemplary behaviour and almost always went with best by example, the binding with them grew further. This also drove strange flowers when for example our Great (when she had just turned 3), with full conviction stated that she now no longer needs her pacifiers because her friend Ludwig indeed needed no pacifier, too. The story of how it came about this, perhaps give room for another book. Well, because the relationship with the two grew stronger, the thought of one of their stories just grew until it was times to start painting. This is how it came to this first book of Ludwig.
It is about the epic tales of Ludwig and his pals, about a small elephant named Ludwig and about a small part of his large circle of friends such as "Nuhir" - the jumpy mouse and "Huhu" - the anxious owl. In this story, Ludwig helps Nuhir and Huhu to identify their fears and to finally defeat them. Once on a night around the campfire the owl Huhu , frightened by a thunderstorm disappeared. Ludwig and Nuhir on the search for her, meet a wide variety of "threats" and "fears", which all turn out to be unfounded and help the two to find her friend Huhu in the end. A creepy snake turns out to be just as helpful as friendly same as a scary big spider or the wild horde of monkeys. At the end of the story all these primal fears help the two to find Huhu in an exciting, adventurous way. 
During this adventure, many different friends are following our heroes Nuhir, Huhu and Ludwig through each page. From "Schulz" the colourful butterfly to "Frohdo" the frog or "Fridolin" the tiny spider over many more that are hidden on each side. By searching for these hidden animals throughout each page, the younger readers also have even more fun with this book.
However, the target group remains the same: Basically it is children aged 2-8 years who enjoy being read interesting and funny stories or just like to look at pretty pictures. Searching for hidden small animals within each page is given and thus makes the book even interesting for younger ages. While our big one (5 years) listens to the rhymes and overall story, our little one (3 years) is searching for hiding places of spider "Fridolin", fast snail "Sebastian" or "Schulz" the butterfly. So both girls are somehow caught within the book. For the target group of English-speaking children an update is currently under development and should no later than 06/2014 be available online.
Basically, we can describe this book best as a joint family project. After the story was largely determined by the interests and wishes of our two daughters, the first sketches and drafts, as well as the rough storyline was created by Papa "uTZFu". After this, the technical language skills of my wife made a beautiful rhyming story out of it, and after the rough layout and format was defined, uTZFu started painting. The entire book was built on a Tablet and one finger, and was converted in connection with the simplest of means 
(Meaning PowerPoint, a PDF printer and some other small freeware tools) to the e-pub format and so, the first book of Ludwig was done. For anyone who has deeper interest in the history or tips and tricks needed on generating e-books, please just leave us a short message via the contact form - we would be delighted if we can help.
Well, let's see what time brings. uTZFu is currently working on an English translation which should be available online quite soon. Afterwards either a Spanish, French or Persian version will be prepared, with my language skills and the time available this definitely will take longer. Parallel the first story of Ludwig & Norbert should be available end of 2014. Even if it - so far - only exists in broad terms, the storyline itself is already determined (It will be about how Ludwig and Norbert became best friends). We wonder if we should make it open for public with the help of an "open innovation" approach to all interested readers. Let's see if this can be implemented - so, your proposals and ideas are very welcome. Last but not least, the search for a publisher just started, because the self-produced mini-series simply is too expensive. If there are any news, it will be shown on this page...
If the interest was awakened to get your own version of Ludwig's adventures : Currently, the first adventures of Ludwig are only available as e -book. Either through Amazon's Kindle store or via Google Play as a standard e-book. In addition, there is also a first version as a PDF book on Google Books. For larger quantities, we can also customize a print version (Hardcover either in format DIN A4 or DIN A5). As the cost mainly depend on the amount and the format, please just send us a request directly via the contact form, we will respond as quickly as we can. Currently, there is the book with 36 pages for 2.99 euro for both Amazon and Google - if you are interested in a reading sample: Here you go with an PDF-Sample. If we should find a publisher in the near future, we will let you know here. If you want to do us a favour, we would very much appreciate your recommendations and recessions on the named app stores as well as within your friends and family - thank you so much in advance!
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