The Second Happy Hour Storybook

Why is this book called “The Happy Hour Storybook”?
One: Because there are stories in it.
Two: Because the author hopes they will make you happy.
Three: Because between 5pm and 6pm your mom or dad will read them to you for free. (And it is always between 5pm and 6pm somewhere on this planet.)
Four: Because the author's surname is pronounced more or less like the hour in happy hour.
Now you know.

These are wake-up stories rather than bed-time stories, stories to wake your child's curiosity, creativity and original thinking. They first appeared in English in India's "Parenting" magazine. The author has been awarded the Austrian Children's Book Prize three times and has been nominated for the Hans-Christian-Andersen-Medal.

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The Second Happy Hour Storybook

Why is this book called “The Happy Hour Storybook”?
One: Because there are stories in it.
Two: Because the author hopes they will make you happy.
Three: Because between 5pm and 6pm your mom or dad will read them to you for free. (And it is always between 5pm and 6pm somewhere on this planet.)
Four: Because the author's surname is pronounced more or less like the hour in happy hour.
Now you know.

These are wake-up stories rather than bed-time stories, stories to wake your child's curiosity, creativity and original thinking. They first appeared in English in India's "Parenting" magazine. The author has been awarded the Austrian Children's Book Prize three times and has been nominated for the Hans-Christian-Andersen-Medal.

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The Second Happy Hour Storybook

The Second Happy Hour Storybook

by Martin Auer
The Second Happy Hour Storybook

The Second Happy Hour Storybook

by Martin Auer

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Overview

Why is this book called “The Happy Hour Storybook”?
One: Because there are stories in it.
Two: Because the author hopes they will make you happy.
Three: Because between 5pm and 6pm your mom or dad will read them to you for free. (And it is always between 5pm and 6pm somewhere on this planet.)
Four: Because the author's surname is pronounced more or less like the hour in happy hour.
Now you know.

These are wake-up stories rather than bed-time stories, stories to wake your child's curiosity, creativity and original thinking. They first appeared in English in India's "Parenting" magazine. The author has been awarded the Austrian Children's Book Prize three times and has been nominated for the Hans-Christian-Andersen-Medal.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940011210785
Publisher: Martin Auer
Publication date: 02/16/2011
Series: Happy Hour Storybook
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 238 KB
Age Range: 5 - 11 Years

About the Author

Scroll down for English bio Martin Auer wurde 1951 in Wien geboren. Er hat die Universität besucht und dort ein Jahr lang das Studium von Germanistik und Geschichte und dann ein weiteres Jahr das Dolmetsch-Studium geschwänzt. Stattdessen hat er Theater gespielt. War sieben Jahre lang Schauspieler, Dramaturg und Musiker am „Theater im Künstlerhaus“. Hat dann eine Band gegründet. Ist als Liedermacher aufgetreten. Hat Gitarreunterricht gegeben. Die Weltrevolution vorbereitet (gratis). Als Texter für Werbung und Public Relations Übertriebenes, Unwahres und Einseitiges verbreitet (für Geld). Für Zeitungen gearbeitet. Sich zum Zauberkünstler ausgebildet. Ist bei Betriebsfesten und Kindergeburtstagen aufgetreten. Hat irgendwann einmal auch ein Kinderbuch geschrieben. Das 1986 veröffentlicht wurde. Seither betrachtet er sich als Schriftsteller und hat aus diesem Grund noch über vierzig weitere Bücher geschrieben, davon ca. zwei Drittel für Kinder. Auch einige Preise eingeheimst, z.B. den Kinderbuchpreis des Kultusministers von Nordrhein-Westfalen 1990, den Österreichischen Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis 1994, 1998 und 2000, den Förderpreis des österreichischen Bundesministeriums für Verkehr (das damals auch für Wissenschaft und Kunst zuständig war) 1996 und den Jugendbuchpreis der Stadt Wien 1997 und 2002. Er wurde nominiert für den Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis 1997, und für den internationalen Hans-Christian Andersen-Preis 1997. 2005 wurde ihm für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich der Berufstitel Professor verliehen, was er ehrend, aber auch irgendwie lustig findet. Martin Auer ist Vater einer erwachsenen Tochter, Großvater von zwei etwas jüngeren Enkeln und Vater einer kleinen Tochter. Er lebt in Wien und hat keine Katzen. Martin Auer (pronounce as in “happy hour”)was born in 1951 in Vienna, Austria. He attended university but never really studied anything there. He was an actor, a musician, a singer-songwriter, a teacher, a journalist, a stage magician, a copy-writer for public relations agencies. His first book was published in 1986, and since then he has been a free lance writer. By now he has published over 40 books, among them childrens books which have won various awards and have been translated into several different languages.

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