Now, Now, Markus is a Children's novel

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 by Martin Auer

Martin Auer

Martin Auer is an Austrian writer.He was born in Vienna in 1951. After finishing school he started but never finished the study of German and History. He was an actor, a singer-songwriter, a journalist and a magician before he published his first book in 1986. Since then he has published more than...

, first published in 1988

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 in German as "Bimbo und sein Vogel", illustrated by Simone Klages.

The original was also translated into Japanese, French, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish. An American English translation was published 1988 by Greenwillow Books.

Plot summary

Markus's parent's never really listen to what Markus has to say and instead often react with standard phrases ("Oh my goodness!" said his mother. "Now now now" said his father). So Markus has to attract their attention by dropping dead. When he finally gets them to agree that he can have a bird he comes home with a swan. Of course he is not allowed to keep it, so he decides to live in the woods. There he is eaten by a giant, but his swan saves him. When Markus comes back home and his parents, as usual, don't believe his story, all the beings that have been saved from the giant's stomach march into the house.

External links

• New York Times Bookshelf
• The Happy Hour Storybook