Lili Flies at the Top

When the little fly Lili tries to get out of the room into the light, she hits the window so hard that she loses her “L”. As “itte fy ii” she finds her way out into the open and sets off on a long journey. For as soon as she hatched, ii knew exactly where she belongs: in the Alps!

On the way, ii meets many animals who laugh at her speech impediment and her foolhardy plan. And they keep confusing her: As a hoverfly, ii has  yellow stripes and no matter how much she claims to be a “fy”, no one wants to eat her. But ii gets into other dangers and goes astray. How she nevertheless comes closer and closer to her longed-for goal and in the end becomes Lili again, Julia Willmann tells in an exciting, emotional and unbelievably funny story that is much more than just made-up:

The author has meticulously researched the nature and life of the hoverfly, which was recently recognised as an important pollinator and the smallest commuter on our planet. A wealth of astonishing facts about the tiny insect has been
incorporated into the book, which, as if in passing, raises awareness of an important  topic of our time: The value of biodiversity and how humans are a threat to it.