Letter(s) of the Month

 

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg´s Favorite Quotes From Letters Received From Readers of Her Books.

 
November 2006
 
Hallo Mrs. Angela,
 
I'm 27 years old female in Indonesia. First time I read your book was when I was in elementary school. I was so interested in vampirism, almost similar like Anton :D, my first The Little Vampire ('Drakula Cilik' in Indonesian words) book was the 'in Danger' one. And then I tried to collect the series, althought I couldn't get them all. And right now I only have one left, because my friends borrowed my books and they have never been returned to me again :(
 
It's hard to get the series right now. I don't know, is it because of it's not being published anymore or because they couldn't reach my town. But I really want to re-collect the series and find back my beautiful times when reading them. Those books are so inspiring; and I really love that illustrations also.
 
Keep the good work ;)
 
Aufwiedersehen,
Sitta Basoeki
South sumatra - Indonesia

 

June 2006

Dear Angela,
 
I´am from Shanghai, China, and visiting USA for one month. My girlfriend and I like your book series "The little Vampire" very much. Some of them have been translated to Chinese and more will be published soon.
We are now excited about anything related to the Little Vampire.
Thank you very much!
 
Wang and Lui, Shanghai

 

April 2006

Sehr geehrte Frau Sommer-Bodenburg,

wir, die Klasse 4a, haben gerade Ihr Buch "Der kleine Vampir" gelesen. Es hat uns allen sehr gut gefallen. Es war spannend und witzig zugleich.
Nachdem unsere Lehrerin, ..., uns das Buch kurz vorgestellt hatte (Sie malte einen Fernseher und heftete ihn auf einen großen Karton. Anschließend las sie uns einen Teil des ersten Kapitels vor und wir sollten raten, wie es weitergeht.) kamen einige Schüler gar nicht mehr davon los und lasen das ganze Buch zu Ende.
Sehr viele aus unserer Klasse fanden das Kapitel "Gruft Schlotterstein" am spannendsten. Zu diesem Kapitel nahmen wir sogar ein Hörspiel auf Kassette auf. Sehr gelungen fanden wir auch die Namen, die Sie sich ausgedacht haben, wie zum Beispiel: das Parfüm "Mufti Eleganti", "Anna die Zahnlose", "Seifenschwein" oder "Geiermeier"!
In unserer Stadtbücherei gibt es alle Bände und die ersten Schüler sind bereits dabei sich die nächsten Folgen auszuleihen!

Wie sind Sie auf die Idee gekommen ein Buch über Vampire zu schreiben und was halten Sie von Vampiren? Gehen Ihnen nicht irgendwann einmal die Ideen für Geschichten aus oder hilft Ihnen jemand beim Schreiben?

Viele liebe Grüße
die Klasse 4a

 

March 2006

Hello,
My name is Alexandra ... (28 years old) and I live in France (Lyon).
When I was young, I really enjoyed the adventures of the little vampire.
I would like to read them again, but in France the editor HACHETTE doesn´t want to publish the books any more. What a pity!
Indeed, many people in France would like to read again the little vampire´s adventures.
Excuse me for my very poor English.

Thank you very much.
Alexandra ...

 

February 2006
 

Dear Angela,

Hi! My name is Bárbara, I'm 21 years old, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I´ve started reading "the little vampire" when I was still a little child. I found your web site just some minutes ago because I was searching the web looking for arguments to prove to a friend that "the little vampire" is a lot better than "harry potter".  :)
I was surprised when I discovered that there are 3 books not yet released here in Brazil. I´m looking forward to reading them! Ich lerne Deutsch... if the books are not released in portuguese, I guess I´ll have to finish my course fast to read them in german. I cherish all my 15 little vampire books. They stay in my bookshelf side by side with my boring law books from College.  =) I guess my letter will look like something written by a child not by someone who is 21 years old, but when I think about Rüdiger, Anton and Anna, I remember the joy reading their stories - your stories - brought to me and I feel like that young child again. You gave fantasy to my childhood and, in certain way, I must say that you helped me becoming who I am now, so I must thank you very, very much for that.

Sincerely,
rbara
 
 

January 2006

The last time we corresponded was 1992. I am still teaching Emotionally Disturbed children. Also, I still read your books aloud to my students. Since approx 1985 I have read your books including: My Friend The Vampire, Vampire Moves In, Vampire Takes A Trip, Vampire On The Farm and Vampire In Love.
 
Haven´t found your other books in this series in English, but I do take good care of the ones I have. My retirement is 3-8 years away. Your books will leave with me and hopefully my grandchildren will be hearing them.
 
My emotions were mixed when the movie came out. I took my son to see it and eventually bought a copy of the video.
I was hoping it would be closer to your wonderful book, but still enjoyed it.
 
Bill
Teaching how much fun 2 friends
can have using Rudolph and Tony.

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Dear Angela,

I was in 4th grade when I first came across the first novel in the "Little Vampire Series" at the school library, and from then till I left this school 4 years later I´ve made it a habit to read this novel at least once each year. Although I love reading and have read many books by many writers, this one I really adored, to the extend that I asked the librarian to sell it to me when I was leaving school, but unfortunately, she refused...

Yours Sincerely,

Usef, Alexandria, Egypt
 

Letters of the month 2005