Author(s): Spang, Monika

Picture Books

It’s night-time in the zoo and all the animals are getting sleepy. First to yawn is the tiger. Then the swans start, then the crocs, the giraffes and so on. Soon the whole zoo is ready for sleep. We all know how contagious yawning can be and that’s why this is the perfect book for bedtime–kids won’t be able to resist the joyful illustrations of these yawning animals. Monika Spang, born in Karlsruhe in 1970, studied agricultural biology and journalism. Her first nephews and nieces made her realize there weren’t nearly enough good stories. Her brother is an illustrator, so she began to contribute ideas and texts for picture books. Sonja Bougaeva was born in 1975 in St Petersburg. She studied book art and painting at the Academy of Arts. Subsequently, she trained as a cartoon animator and worked in a film studio. She has lived in Hamburg since 1998.