In Christian Morgenstern's children's poems, the world is still as it should be: Ducks can go ice skating, an apple turns into a small house with five little rooms, each inhabited by a brown man. We hear what the sparrows feel in winter and what secrets the catkins hold within. These poetic gems have been brilliantly illustrated for children by the popular illustrator Ute Gerstenmaier, who has delighted countless young readers and their parents with her Gnome Day.