★A charming first readers’ novel about wishes and magical animals
★colourful illustrations by Lotte Bäuning, former guest illustrator in the Bologna Children’s Bookfair exhibition

It’s weekend, but Lotti doesn’t want to do anything because her best friend Pia has moved to a different city. She is sitting in the courtyard when a brightly coloured feather sails into her lap. She knows immediately what it is: the feather of the magic bird that grants wishes if you capture it! If she were able to get a hold of it, she could wish Pia back! But just as she decides to go search for it, her neighbour Mika stops her with lots of questions. And whether she likes it or not, Mika is also instantly hooked by the idea of finding the bird - because he wants a bike so badly! So they scour the neighbourhood together - and finally detect the bird: It‘s only a parrot, no magic bird.
With joined forces, Lotti and Mika finally find the owner. Lotti wants to write a letter to Pia about the bird adventure soon - but first she will spend the rest of the day with Mika.

Stephanie Runge was born in Berlin and studied communication design in Potsdam. She is passionate about designing books and has also been writing her own stories for children and young people for several years.

Lotte Bräuning studied illustration in Hamburg with a focus on children‘s books. In addition to drawings for children‘s magazines, she designs picture books with her own and other people‘s texts. She lives on an island in the river Elbe.