Christmas Fairy Tales (ages 5+) by Otfried Preußler

“I want a coffee grinder like that too – one that plays a tune when you wind it up. Hands up!” The robber Hotzenplotz takes whatever takes his fancy. Now he’s stolen Kasperl’s grandmother’s musical coffee grinder, which she’d only just received as a birthday present from her grandson and his friend Seppel. As Sergeant Dimpfelmoser is completely overwhelmed, the two friends decide to catch the robber on their own. Kasperl already has a really good plan, which is put into action in no time at all – but then the two friends find themselves taken prisoner. Whilst Seppel is stuck in the robbers’ lair and has to work hard there, Kasperl is sold by Hotzenplotz to the evil wizard Petrosilius Zwackelmann. The two friends’ situation is almost hopeless. But then Kasperl discovers the fairy Amaryllis, who has been turned into a toad by a spell...

With *The Robber Hotzenplotz*, the world-famous children’s author Otfried Preußler has not only created one of the most popular villains in German-language children’s literature, but also an exciting and humorous adventure story in which, thanks to magical fairy-tale elements and a great friendship, the powerful are ultimately defeated by the weaker ones.