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Awards:  
1966: Hans Christian Andersen Award (Illustrator)
1966: Swiss Youth Book

Alois Carigiet illustrated and wrote several award-winning children's books, some authored by writer Selina Chönz. These books have been translated in many languages.

Here are the original German and English titles, and the official English Translation. English titles are out of print, except for "A Bell for Ursli." Books can be purchased by clicking on the cover.

Carigiet also illustrated a few other less-known books, now out of print.

"We enter again that high, cold beautiful world of the Engadine in Switzerland. Here is a hard-working small boy who wants to lead the Procession of Bells...The verses will appeal widely to the very young, for they have a clever way of pointing to what is in the pictures...welcome to Ursli!" New York Herald Tribune

A Bell for Ursli

1945

The chalet which inspired Ursli's mountain hut

New York Times' Ten Best Children's Books, 1950
Schellen-Ursli

"A companion to A BELL FOR URSLI, this exceptionally lovely Swiss picture book will bring equal joy to small children. They will love the rhyming verses, full of imagination and gaiety, and the large, richly colored pictures showing Florina against the wild beauty of the mountains." - Chicago Tribune

NEW: Florina and the Wild Bird 1952 New York Times' Ten Best Children's Books, 1953
Flurina und das Wildvöglein
"This lovely book somehow has the old-fashioned flavor of the classic picture book....The pictures, with all their fascinating detail, tell the story of Florina, caught by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps and rescued by Ursli in time to win the prize for the best decorated sled in the children's sledding party." - Horn Book NEW: The Snowstorm 1953  
Der Grosse Schnee
Anton the goatherd lives in a little village high up in the Swiss Alps. Every day during the summer, he leads the village's flock of goats up the mountain and watches them while they graze in the meadow. His three favorites are old Stina's goats, Zack, Zick and Zock, and when one day the three disappear, Anton is heartbroken. Bravely he sets out with his dog Fipsi to find Zack, Zick and Zock, as a storm rages and thunder rolls across the mountains. - from the original jacket sleeve Anton the Goatherd - out of print 1965

1966 winner of the "Swiss Youth Book" prize
Zottel, Zick und Zwerg
The Pear Tree, The Birch Tree And The Barberry Bush - out of print 1967  
Birnbaum, Birke, Berberitze

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Anton and Anne -
out of print		 1969  
Maurus und Madleina

These books can be ordered from Amazon.de, the German subsidiary of Amazon.com

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