Finn and the Monstrous Backwards Machine

  • A tumultuous adventure full of imaginative ideas
  • Family story
  • With b/w illustrations by Tine Schulz

To Finn’s big amazement, a brightly green fluffy monster suddenly appears in his room. It is called Anton, always very hungry, and answers any questions with words like argh!, away! or alright! The next day, however, he uses boring!, bold!, or bother ... Finn slowly realizes that Anton used to be an ordinary toy, and that he has run away from the wicked toy seller Willecke, who, with the help of a machine, brings dolls  and action figures to life and trains them to become thieves. Clearly, Willecke has to be stopped. But for that, Finn and Anton also need the help of Finn’s father, a very eager but slightly chaotic inventor, whose head seems to be in the clouds all day long.  Will the unlikely trio manage to outsmart Willecke and his monstrous machine?

A tumultuous adventure full of imaginative ideas, with funny and cheeky illustrations by Tine Schulz.

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  • Publisher: Fischer Sauerländer
  • Release: 09.03.2022
  • ISBN: 978-3-7373-5880-4
  • 160 Pages
  • Authors: Luise Holthausen
  • Illustrated by: Tine Schulz
Finn and the Monstrous Backwards Machine
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Luise Holthausen

Luise Holthausen, born in 1959 in Nuremberg, worked at a bank before she discovered the world of children’s books for herself. Today, she lives and works as a freelance author near Frankfurt.

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Tine Schulz

Tine Schulz first trained as a media designer and then studied communication design and illustration at the University of Wismar. Since then she has been working as freelance graphic designer and illustrator. She lives in Rostock, Germany.