★ Once in my life, I would like to … see the Northern Lights, be Spiderman, ride naked through the village on a white horse – this colourfully illustrated book shows life dreams great and small.
★ Profound, humorous, unexpected or thoughtful – a colourful kaleidoscope of the things people wish for in life.
★ A book which readers of all ages can dip into and immerse themselves in.

Life‘s dreams great and small

How would you complete the sentence 'Once in my life, I would like to ...'? Barbara Zoschke put this question to a wide variety of people between the ages of 6 and 100. The answers they gave paint a landscape of goals and dreams which amuse and amaze or give pause for thought – but always confront readers with their own desires. Very special illustrations by Katrin Stangl provide the artistic frame for this archive of wishes.

Barbara Zoschke
lives and works in Cologne. She worked as an editor (e.g. for taz, KunstKöln, Börsenblatt) and, since 1995, has written books for children and young people and stories for radio. More than 50 books have been published, some in several languages. In addition, the author and literacy educationist teaches creative writing. It was the wishes and yearnings expressed in the writers‘ texts which gave her the idea for Once in my Life.

Katrin Stangl
works as an illustrator in Cologne, using a wide range of techniques to illustrate her own texts and those of others. Her books and art prints have won numerous awards. She teaches drawing at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen and gives workshops in Germany and abroad. In 2009, she became a member of the female artists group SPRING.