Kathrin Schärer
The Neverending Line
The line in front of the ice-cream stand keeps growing. Who takes so long to decide on a flavor while everyone else is waiting? What are the beavers arguing about as soon as they have to line up? And for whom is the queue outside the bathroom simply too long?
In the chocolate shop, a real snake joins the line. Patience is not its strong suit — but it does have a healthy appetite. It opens its jaws wide and promptly swallows the entire queue. Luckily, a brave mongoose knows exactly what to do next!
Atlantis
Picture Book
Original title: Lange Schlange stehen
Age 4+
36 pp | € 19
hc | 300 x 200 mm
Publication: March 2026
Author & Illustrator: Kathrin Schärer
All rights available
- Queuing together is anything but boring!
- With a fold-out altar fold for an even longer queue
- Waiting becomes a pleasure here – with lots of side stories.
Awards
- White Raven 2026
“Few illustrators are as adept as Swiss artist Kathrin Schärer at drawing animals that are both so naturalistic and so anthropomorphised. In »Lange Schlange stehen«, she has plenty of scope to showcase her talent, as lots of creatures line up, one behind the other, in a long queue, including Fox, Bear, Hare, Hedgehog, Penguin, Walrus, and Rhino. As she has done in previous books, Kathrin Schärer also uses the front and back endpapers for her story – almost a trademark element of hers! Thus the queue stretches seamlessly from the cover, across the front endpaper, right into the main part: There, the animals wait patiently in front of the ice-cream stall, by the slide and diving platform at the outdoor pool, or outside the toilet. In the chocolate shop, however, something happens: A real – and, what’s more, hungry – snake slithers into the shop: Help! Suddenly a big hullabaloo ensues… This picture book does not only test the protagonists’ patience, it also offers a good deal of action (and a happy ending, of course).” – White Raven 2026
“Once again, the artist succeeds in turning everyday situations into little adventures through her characteristic blend of simplicity and lovingly crafted details […] […] a picture book to enjoy time and time again, and a wonderful way to pass the time when you’re stuck waiting for a while.” – Eselsohr, May 2026
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