Surprise! The picture book "In Here, Out There!" is now available for free online right here as a newly illustrated e-book in PDF format (approx. 49MB) with layers for over 5,000 language combinations.
Using a PDF reader that supports layers (e.g., Acrobat Reader on PCs running Windows 11 or the Firefox browser for PCs), simply select your desired language combination and click the visibility icon to display the language layers.
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.
We warmly invite you to discover and enjoy the new illustrations right here or later at your leisure in the e-book. 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.
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 have also recently become available here directly for free as e-books in PDF format.