Germany Crate
In this Atlas Crate, you can zoom along the Autobahn, write wacky fairy tales, and explore Germany!
"Did you know that Germany has over 400 zoos? So much to zoo, so little time."
Explore:
- Car & Launcher
- Writing Fairy Tales
- Ludwig van Beethoven
Fun Facts
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- Every September in rural Bavaria, people celebrate the return of the local cows from their months-long trip to the mountains, where all the best summer grass grows. The cows-of-the-hour are dressed up in flowers or polished cowbells. A live orchestra plays. People chow down on cheese (thanks to the very same cows)! Everyone parties until the cows come home — and after, too.
The Viehscheid
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- Germany is the birthplace of about 1,500 types of sausage — and one beloved, sausage-shaped breed of dog. Dachshunds are so popular that they were chosen as the mascot for the 1972 Munich Olympics. There's even a museum in Passau dedicated to the breed, the Dackelmuseum. That's one hot dog.
Animals: Dachshunds
photo by Tracy Rolling via flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- When this cave was first discovered hundreds of years ago, it was thought to be a burial ground for . . . unicorns! But scientists have since discovered that all those giant bones are actually those of prehistoric animals, like bears, lions, and mammoths. Still pretty awesome, just in a different way.
Awesomeness: Unicorn Cave
Your library
This is Munich
written and illustrated by Miroslav Sasek
Explore the ancient Bavarian capital with beloved author and illustrator Miroslav Sasek. See the city's famous landmarks and celebrate its festivals, not to mention its sausages. First published in 1959, this book's text and pictures take you on marvelous mid-century tour of Berlin. And in the back of the book, updated facts bring Berlin into the 21st century.
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An Illustrated Treasury of Grimm's Fairy Tales
illustrated by Daniela Drescher
A collection of thirty of the beloved German tales gathered by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm more than 200 years ago. Clever elves, bewitched toads, helpful fairies, and hungry giants fill these pages, along with spellbinding paintings by Daniela Drescher, one of Germany's best-loved illustrators. Read your way to happily ever after.
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