"Sams and the heroes of children's books"

Visitors to the exhibition were able to follow in the footsteps of Pippi Longstocking and solve the letter puzzle in her kitchen or lift her horse Little Uncle, lie in the coffin in the little vampire's crypt or listen to the rippling of the water and watch the fish in Little Aquarius' reed house in the mill pond. The worlds of the children's book heroes could be experienced: they could be entered, touched and heard. Around 500 exhibits - including around a hundred graphics and illustrations as well as unique original characters and props from film adaptations and puppet shows - and media stations also offered exciting information about the respective authors and their works and traced the history of children's literature in the 20th and 21st centuries. The accompanying programme included numerous readings and other events such as an Instawalk, a talk and puppet theatre performances.