Publication of children's book by author Michaela Hertkorn, titled "Little Cloud Upset"
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 3:24PM "The Little Cloud Upset“ is a children’s picture book that will introduce preschoolers and young children to aspects of international relations and global affairs. Issues, such as human rights, the environment, refugee situations, war and peace are discussed and illustrated in an age-appropriate way. The central character is a little cloud that travels, as a neutral observer, across the globe observing all sorts of global challenges. The cloud flies across melting ice caps in the polar region, watches children play in refugee camps and remembers witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago, an event that fundamentally changed this world and drew millions of people around the globe closer together. And though the book highlights problematic issues, it emphasizes the importance of cooperation and that through individual actions we can change a lot for the better.
Book excerpt:
“…The Little Cloud remembers how twenty years ago, in 1989, she had visited the European city of Berlin. Back then, Berlin was still divided into two parts, West- and East Berlin. Both sides had very different political systems, different leadership, different economies, and they did not like each other. There was much tension, and people in East Berlin could not travel to the West. A huge Wall divided both populations for almost three decades.
After a stormy November night over the Baltic Sea, the Little Cloud had arrived atop Alexanderplatz in East Berlin, holding on to a huge television tower…”
(Michaela C. Hertkorn, Little Cloud Upset)
