Christmas time is Stutenkerl time! For forty years, Gustav Engel has been baking the best yeast dough men around. But when his wife places the Stutenkerle in the shop window that morning, something incredible happens: "I want a woman!" grumbles the yeast dough man in her hand. Thea Engel understands him. And then she has a great idea on how to get her husband to fulfill the unusual wish of the Stutenkerl. Lovingly told and illustrated! The syllable support reading method makes reading the text easier: By highlighting individual syllables in color, beginner readers can also read longer words correctly at first glance.