The Piano

The Piano begins with a loud BANG: piano keys fly around and become the start of something entirely new. Sven Völker views the keys as play materials and continually transforms them into—sometimes very loud and sometimes very quiet—animals.

The Piano playfully encourages children’s creativity and demonstrates how much can come from very little. The style of drawing here reveals the construction of the illustration. The onomatopoeia also creates spaces that can be wonderfully played. Does a dog go “Woof Woof” or “Wau Wau” or ... ?

The picture book includes a dictionary that translates English onomatopoeia into German. The funny new vocabulary provides plenty of inspiration to create new sound words.