John-rayn
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Cornelia Funke:
Hello, my name is Sean, I'm reading Dragon Rider, and loving it. I am seven years old and in second grade. I read The Magic Tree house series before Dragon Rider, like my big brothers. I am waiting for Griffin's Feather. I am excited for this new book of yours. I know I will like it. Why do you feel the story needs to continue? (not that I don't want it to) - Scribed word for word by Sean's older brother
Cornelia Funke
Hi Sean (and thank you, John!:)
I always wanted to write a second adventure about the characters of Dragonrider, but each time I tried it felt like the story was not there yet, or too close to the first one. So I finally gave up!
Then last year I started to work on a Breathing Book, as we call it, for Dragonrider. I have done that before with MirrorWorld, another book of mine (please stay away from that one until you're 14, too grim and dark, including child eating witches) We created that world for the IPad ...with stories and images, short movies, shadow play... ....it was so much fun, that we decided to do the same for Dragonrider. We called it THE VOLCANO ADVENTURE and it will be an adventure with Twigleg, Sorrel, Lola and all the others told like a graphic novel. You'll be able to read it on a phone and on paper. While working on this I once again felt such a strong wish to write another novel about Firedrake and Ben and Twigleg and all the others, that finally I sat down and started sketching ideas and images. And there it was! A GRIFFIN'S FEATHER! I loved to work on it so much - I hope you'll feel the same when you read it! And if you want more there will be the VOLCANO ADVENTURE....and I am thinking of a new story already. I think I got myself into trouble, Sean!
I always wanted to write a second adventure about the characters of Dragonrider, but each time I tried it felt like the story was not there yet, or too close to the first one. So I finally gave up!
Then last year I started to work on a Breathing Book, as we call it, for Dragonrider. I have done that before with MirrorWorld, another book of mine (please stay away from that one until you're 14, too grim and dark, including child eating witches) We created that world for the IPad ...with stories and images, short movies, shadow play... ....it was so much fun, that we decided to do the same for Dragonrider. We called it THE VOLCANO ADVENTURE and it will be an adventure with Twigleg, Sorrel, Lola and all the others told like a graphic novel. You'll be able to read it on a phone and on paper. While working on this I once again felt such a strong wish to write another novel about Firedrake and Ben and Twigleg and all the others, that finally I sat down and started sketching ideas and images. And there it was! A GRIFFIN'S FEATHER! I loved to work on it so much - I hope you'll feel the same when you read it! And if you want more there will be the VOLCANO ADVENTURE....and I am thinking of a new story already. I think I got myself into trouble, Sean!
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Berit
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Cornelia Funke:
Ich wollte erstmal sagen, dass ich deine Bücher liebe. Die Tintenherz Trilogie und die Reckless Bücher gehören zu meinen absoluten Favoriten, welche ich auch gerne öfter lese. Meine Frage war jetzt, ob du schon Ideen für kommende Bücher hast ? Und, ob es generell lange dauert sich die ganzen Details an den Geschichten einzelner Personen auszudenken ? Liebe Grüße Berit :)
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