Spike & Stink Vol.1

  • Staged with subtle humour
  • Weird characters can be cool friends

There are two new additions to the playgroup: Spike, who always puts his spines up when he's scared – which is all the time - and Stink, who is so smelly that he makes Mrs Bear faint.

Yuck, nobody at the daycare wants to be friends with these two! But then Spike realises that he's not afraid at all when Stunk is around, and Stink finds out (thanks to Spike) that he doesn't smell all the time. Being together is actually really fun! And the others discover how cool Spike and Stink actually are…

Two new picture book heroes who show that there can be a good friend in every weird guy!

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  • Publisher: Fischer Sauerländer
  • Release: 27.08.2025
  • ISBN: 978-3-7373-7440-8
  • 32 Pages
  • Series: Stachel und Stunk
  • Authors: Juli Wind
  • Illustrated by: Ulrike König
Buchcover von Spike & Stink Vol.1: Voll komisch!
Juli Wind Ulrike König Spike & Stink Vol.1
Portrait von Juli Wind
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Juli Wind

Juli Wind is the pseudonym of the author duo Angelika Niestrath and Andreas Hüging. Andreas is also a musician and composer, while Angelika has been working in the book industry all her life. The couple live in the county of Bentheim close to the Dutch border and in Berlin.

Portrait von Ulrike König
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Ulrike König

Ulrike König, born in Dresden, has studied both theatre painting and illustration. She has worked as a theatre painter in Spain, Tunisia, Greece, Egypt and Turkey and is also a freelance illustrator. She lives in Flensburg.