Dot and Anton

Erich Kästner

£9.99

Dot and Anton share a secret – every night, when their parents think they are asleep, they sell matches and shoelaces on the streets of Berlin. But why? The answers involve a villain called ‘Robert the Devil’, a club-wielding maid, a wobbly tooth, a pair of silver shoes and a policeman dancing the tango, as the pair get into all sorts of scrapes and even solve a crime in this touching and hilarious adventure story.

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Publish Date: 23/10/2025

Description

‘Matches, buy my matches, ladies and gents!’ calls Luise Pogge, a.k.a. ‘Dot’, evening after evening, standing on Weidendammer Bridge in the middle of Berlin. Of course, her wealthy parents have no idea of her whereabouts, believing her to be in the safe care of her nanny, Miss Andacht. But Miss Andacht is being blackmailed by her shady fiancé, which is where Dot comes in. Anton, on the other hand, has to beg because he and his mother are paupers, and desperate. When the two children make friends on the streets of Berlin, Dot, who is no fool, has a brilliant idea which is sure to solve both their problems, and in the process they even solve a dastardly crime…

Additional information

Weight 369 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

144

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

833.912 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J