Jutta Bauer

The Christmas Child

We are all familiar with this story: the occupied hostel in Bethlehem, the angel, the shepherds in the fields, King Herod, the infanticide. But here, we don’t read the story in Luther’s words, but retold in such a way that the people’s longing for peace is at the heart of it. And we read it…

on 21 July 2015

Jutta Bauer

was born in Volksdorf, a suburb of Hamburg, in 1955. She studied illustration at the Hamburg University for Applied Sciences from 1975 until 1981. In 1980 she became a member of a group of illustrators in Hamburg, the “Hamburger Illustratorengruppe”. She published her first picture books in 1981, worked for various publishing houses and magazines,…

on 21 July 2014

A Little House in the Woods

Jutta Bauer has transformed the well-known children’s rhyme that can also be enacted as a pantomime into a wonderful warm-hearted story about trust and (unlikely) friendships. Expect the unexpected! Marvellous illustrations, this is a true gem! by Jutta Bauer   Bücherbüffet Prize 2012   “In her very simple illustrations, Jutta Bauer captures every emotion wonderfully…

on 17 July 2014