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Goth Moth (Band of Bugs)

Kai Lüftner, Wiebke Rauers (Illustrator), Tim Mohr (Translated by)

$19.95

Publication Date: September 3rd, 2024

Publisher:

NorthSouth Books

ISBN:

9780735845558

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Description

From the world of Jitterbug, a picture book for any child who is afraid to step into the limelight and try something new!

Walter is a shy moth. He prefers to hide out in his quiet attic. But a fiery passion slumbers in him . . . In his heart he is a drummer, a true “Goth Moth.” There’s just one problem: Walter has no drums, let alone a band. The moth adores the music by Jitterbug (also known as Lady B. Marie)—his idol. At one of her concerts, the unimaginable happens: the Goth Moth now finds himself on stage, in the limelight.

Kai Lüftner’s rollicking rhymes tell the story of someone who flies under the radar with daring rhythm. Wiebke Rauers prepares the stage for our shy hero in such a thrilling way that you too will become a Goth Moth fan.

Rock on with Walter the Goth Moth and Lady B. Marie the Jitterbug in these musical refrains about being yourself!

About the Author

Kai Lüftner was born in East Berlin. He is a children’s and youth book author, musician, composer, audio book editor and director. In the meantime he has published more than 20 books, celebrated many successes with his children’s music project “Rotz’N’Roll” and musical concerts. Kai Lüftner lives with his family on the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm.

Wiebke Rauers was born in Düsseldorf. She studied communication design with a focus on illustration in Düsseldorf. After graduating, she moved to Berlin and worked as a character designer in an animation studio. She has been a freelancer since 2015 and illustrates children’s books and films/series. She lives in Berlin with her daughter, her husband and lots of stuffed animals.

Tim Mohr is an award-winning translator of German writers such as Sibylle Berg, Alina Bronsky, and Wolfgang Herrndorf, and the author of Burning Down the Haus, a history of East German punk rock and the role dissident musicians played in bringing down the Berlin Wall. Prior to starting his writing career, he earned his living as a club DJ in Berlin.

Praise for Goth Moth (Band of Bugs)

“. . . this picture book encourages children to dance to the beat of their own drums.”
— –Foreword Reviews on Jitterbug

“Translated adeptly from the original German, the rhyming couplets roll forth like song lyrics, which is unsurprising given that the author runs a children’s music project in his spare time. The artwork, with its dramatic and stunning angles, is done in multimedia collage as boldly colored as the hair of an '80s punk band [...] it remains a sweet and simple message about self-acceptance, individuality, and letting your voice be heard.”
— Booklist on Jitterbug