NIkolaus Ober & Nina Ober
Spectacled Bear's Inventions
‘I’m going to invent SOMETHING,’ said the spectacled bear. He didn’t know what it would be yet, but it would come. Something USEFUL, he added a little later, something COMPLETELY NEW!
‘Otherwise it wouldn’t be an invention,’ said a baboon nine times wisely, but by then the other animals were already ambushing the spectacled bear with their wishes. And he came up with one invention after another, from the full moon lamp to the curse compensator …
With loving wit and humorous dialogue, Nina and Nikolaus Ober guide us through an abstract, imaginative jungle teeming with surprising details (for young and old) alongside Spectacled Bear’s inventions.
Luftschacht
Picture Book
Original title: Brillenbärs Erfindungen
Age 4+
48 pp | € 24
hc | 205 x 250 mm
Publication: April 2025
Author: Nikolaus Ober
Illustrator: Nina Ober
All rights available
- Humorous dialogues
- Illustrations of an abstract and imaginative jungle
Awards
- Awards
“This picture book invites readers to think, engage in creative play, feel and ask questions: […] What does it mean to invent? What is the point of it? […]
Nikoaus Obers’ text and Nina Obers’ illustrations are so intertwined that they sometimes complement each other perfectly, while at other times seem to clash slightly, prompting readers to ponder the details of the story. In her illustrations, Nina Ober plays with the alienation of familiar things and uses colour fields of various shapes, which create a dynamic effect and are very eye-catching.
All in all, this is a sophisticated yet playful package that adults and children alike can engage with for a long time and in different ways.”- Julia Süßbrich, Eselsohr, August 2025
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