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Otfried Preussler

Otfired Preussler is a well-recognized German author of many children books and he was born in 1923. He came from a family who worked in glass refinery. Soon after his graduation he was called to join the army. He was held captive by the Russians.

After he lived in captivity with his family for 5 years they ran away. He finished school and started working as a school principle.

He spent so much time with kids so it’s no wonder he decided to write for them. His literary work began with radioplays and then he started writing novels.

He spent most of his life texting with kids across the world. He wrote 25 books translated to about 40 languages and sold in over 50 million copies.

He wrote: The little water sprite, The little witch, The little ghost. He died in 2013.

The Little Water Sprite

Summary  Otfried Preussler

''The little water sprite'' is an interesting story where we have a description of the habitants of a fishpond. A little water sprite's growing up and the first year of his life is described in the book. The life of the water sprite family is similar to human life because they live in houses, raise […]

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