Surprise! The picture book "In Here, Out There!" is now available for free online right here as a newly illustrated 🎁 eBook in PDF format (approx. 49MB) with layers for over 5,000 language combinations.
The new illustrations were created with the support of Google Gemini. For the first time since the story "In Here, Out There!" was originally published in 2011, you can now color the illustrations yourself, rethink them, creatively redesign them, and invent and 'paint' new details and plotlines. The coloring templates are on an additional layer in the PDF, allowing children to reinvent the story and color it in their own unique way. In this sense, this newly illustrated edition should be viewed as one of infinitely many creative possibilities to bring the story to life through images.
In combination with English, the eBook is available here as a free PDF download in over 80 languages, for example, in the 🎁 English-French language combination. Simply choose your desired second language below and then click the "Open" button to read the bilingual eBook:
Note: Both languages can be changed within the eBook, which means each PDF contains over 5,000 freely combinable language combinations. For an alternative bilingual view, you can select your desired language combination in a PDF reader that supports layers (e.g., Acrobat Reader on Windows PCs or the Firefox browser for PCs). To do this, simply click the visibility icon in the PDF's layers panel to show or hide the language layers. You can then view the story's text in your desired language combination, such as 🎁 German-Spanish.
We warmly invite you to discover and enjoy the new illustrations right here or later at your leisure in the 🎁 eBook. When you get the chance, use your own creativity to transform the story with your children into new and exciting images again and again!
If you are unable or unwilling to open e-books in PDF format, you can find the new illustrations in the German-English language combination right here:
Please note: This new edition is neither a replacement for the original editions nor should it be seen as an 'update' or similar. The newly illustrated edition is simply an additional perspective that plays and experiments with new contemporary technical possibilities, much like a child first experimenting with golden pens and highlighters when they get their hands on them. A particularly strong source of inspiration for the current re-illustration of "In Here, Out There!" was the 'Claymation' technique, in which scenes are intricately shaped and modeled from modeling clay.
For your own creative experiments, the e-book contains an additional layer with the sketch-like 🎁 coloring page outlines of the book's original illustrations.
If you are unable or unwilling to open e-books in PDF format with layers, you can also find the new sketch-like coloring page illustrations with text in the German-English language combination right here:
Please note: The new, sketch-like coloring pages above were created with the support of Google Gemini. They are based on the original illustrations by illustrator Lena Hesse, who drew the charming, colorful illustrations for the first edition. The original illustrations are also saved on their own layer in the PDF and can be displayed as an alternative or for inspiration.
If you are unable or unwilling to open e-books in PDF format with layers, you can find the original illustrations by Lena Hesse with text in the German-English language combination right here:
Please note: Over 5,000 bilingual editions featuring the colorful original illustrations by illustrator Lena Hesse are also available here directly for 🎁 free as eBooks in PDF format.
A huge thank you to all the translators who contributed to this book project: Mica Allalouf, Sandra Hamer, Emanuela Usai, Francesca Parenti, Joo Yeon Kang, Manian Ramu, Patricia Holikova, Þorsteinn Frimann, Marisa Pereira Paço Pragier, Renate Glas, Renate Superė, Bum-Erdene Otgonbayar, Tshering Tashi, Daniela Whyte, Sader Zogby, Dayang Wong, Erik Underdahl, Tanya Dolly, Marc Gandarillas Cotero, Petr Svoboda, Niniko Abramashvili, Georg Roosi, Medhya Mandal, Lusine Vartanian, Abdessalam Ait Touijar, Nirmal Kumar Bohra, Ruhana Mammadova, Daryna V. Temerbek, Galina Konstantinovna Zakharova, Chi Le, Jahan Kos, Şebnem Karakaş, Lobsang Tsering, Christa Blattmann, Firuz Jumaev, Mai-Le Timonen Wahlström, Steaphan MacRisnidh, Marisa Pereira Paço Pragier, Daryna V. Temerbek, Liliana Ioan, Pola Taisali, Arrah Brown, Elspeth Grace Hall, Dorota Beuker-Herud, Alina Omhandoro, Sabina Hona, Voara Ralaiarijaona, Mialy Razanajatovo, Sanja Bulatović, Yimam Selassie, Bouakeo Sivilay, Zarina Sadyrbek, Tania Hoffmann-Fettes, Kheng Piseth, Rizky Ranny Andayani, Juga Réka, Kristina Mørch Hendriksen, Andreanna Tatsi, Fernando Arnal Vicente, Suko Thai, Lyubomir Tomov, Marie-Claire Piquemal, Kristel Aquino-Estanislao, Heidi Alatalo, Rudolf-Josef Fischer, Alejandro Escobedo, Aminath Mohamed Didi, Sevdali Stojanovski, Jingyi Chen, Tamara Hveisel Hansen, Myat Pyi Phyo, Jingyi Chen, Meliha Fazlic, Sanja Knezevic, Iliriana Bisha Tagani, Abdulvohid Yusupov ...
Sincere thanks to all the readers, young and old, who, by purchasing an edition of "In Here, Out There!" over the past few years, have ensured the book project's continuation and made additional translations and editions in new language combinations possible!
A big thank you to all future readers who support this book project by purchasing a printed edition, thereby supporting the book project's continuation and enabling families and readers around the world to access this story as a free e-book!
A huge thank you to all the bloggers, reviewers, and press representatives who have introduced this book project to new readers internationally:
"Amusing"—Münstersche Zeitung
"poetic and playful illustrations"—Ruhrpottkids
"Sometimes its best to ignore and not listen to insults. [...] a very quick read. The story was charmingly cute that showcased a really good message of the importance to being unapologetically you."—Review from the United States
"great gift for stressed-out colleagues who take too much to heart. There are things that you simply have to ignore: In here, out there!"—Papillionis liest, Blog
"Lovable"—Muensterlandzeitung
