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Die Knickerbocker-Bande #1
Rätsel um das Schneemonster
Im Wintersportort Kitzbühel versetzt ein Schneemonster die Urlauber in Angst und Schrecken. Als Lilo und Axel ihm auf die Spur kommen wollen, wird ein Mitglied der Bande entführt. Doch die vier Knickerbocker lassen niemals locker ...
160 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1990
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Thomas C. Brezina
668 books289 followersThomas Brezina is an Austrian writer of children's books. He is famous for his series The Knickerbocker Gang and his stories about the talking bike Tom Turbo.
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August 28, 2022I read the first three books in this series but this first one was my favorite. The rest were probably unavailable in Turkey. Whatever. The whole vibe in general is very similar to Scooby Doo by the way.
April 11, 2018
Nostalgie pur
January 13, 2018
Ha, what a plast from the past.
Ich habe die Knickerbocker Bande als Kind ja voll geliebt und den ersten Band eigentlich nur zum Einstieg in Brezina's allerneuestes Werk "Alte Geister ruhen unsanft" nochmal gelesen.
Das war seit langem wieder ein deutschsprachiges Buch, der Umstieg war nicht ganz so leicht. Am meisten haben mich die kurzen Sätze aus dem konzept gebracht. lach.
Es war ganz ok, aber die meiste Zeit hab ich mir nur gedacht, wo sind eigentlich die Eltern der Kinder?
Ich habe die Knickerbocker Bande als Kind ja voll geliebt und den ersten Band eigentlich nur zum Einstieg in Brezina's allerneuestes Werk "Alte Geister ruhen unsanft" nochmal gelesen.
Das war seit langem wieder ein deutschsprachiges Buch, der Umstieg war nicht ganz so leicht. Am meisten haben mich die kurzen Sätze aus dem konzept gebracht. lach.
Es war ganz ok, aber die meiste Zeit hab ich mir nur gedacht, wo sind eigentlich die Eltern der Kinder?
March 22, 2015
One of my favorite series as a child.
September 27, 2023
Thomas Brezina's 'Rätsel um das Schneemonster' is my next German read of the year.
My friend Bernie found out I was reading children's books in German to improve my language skills. The kind soul he is, he donated a small library's worth of kids' books to me in my quest to speak the language. My first pick from these stacks of books was Brezina's first Kinckerbocker-Bande book.
People have told me that these books mix Scooby-Doo with Austrian culture. And, what's more, Brezina wrote these books in German. R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books need translation, which sometimes makes for odd wording.
'Rätsel um das Schneemonster' follows the kids as they meet for the first time. Each child has won a drawing contest, drawing them together for the awards ceremony. But the man running the competition seems odd. And there are reports of a monster on the ski slopes of Tirol. The children investigate, like Mystery Inc in Scooby Doo. The plot is more complex, and the peril is sometimes more significant.
I found the German in Brezina's book a bit trickier than in the Goosebumps books, but still manageable. Plus, increasing the difficulty to aid the learning process is good practice. Yet, that doesn't mean I've moved on from Goosebumps. One thing I missed about Stine's work was his monsters were real and not a man in a mask.
I can say that I enjoyed 'Rätsel um das Schneemonster' and look forward to reading more of Brezina's work.
My friend Bernie found out I was reading children's books in German to improve my language skills. The kind soul he is, he donated a small library's worth of kids' books to me in my quest to speak the language. My first pick from these stacks of books was Brezina's first Kinckerbocker-Bande book.
People have told me that these books mix Scooby-Doo with Austrian culture. And, what's more, Brezina wrote these books in German. R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books need translation, which sometimes makes for odd wording.
'Rätsel um das Schneemonster' follows the kids as they meet for the first time. Each child has won a drawing contest, drawing them together for the awards ceremony. But the man running the competition seems odd. And there are reports of a monster on the ski slopes of Tirol. The children investigate, like Mystery Inc in Scooby Doo. The plot is more complex, and the peril is sometimes more significant.
I found the German in Brezina's book a bit trickier than in the Goosebumps books, but still manageable. Plus, increasing the difficulty to aid the learning process is good practice. Yet, that doesn't mean I've moved on from Goosebumps. One thing I missed about Stine's work was his monsters were real and not a man in a mask.
I can say that I enjoyed 'Rätsel um das Schneemonster' and look forward to reading more of Brezina's work.
November 5, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
Was für ein toller Start der Buchreihe! In meiner Kindheit war es eines der letzten Knickerbocker die ich gelesen habe, da es lange in meiner Bibliothek vergriffen war. Darum habe ich es auch nur einmal gelesen und der Inhalt war mir nicht mehr in Erinnerung.
Ich liebe die verschiedenen Orte, die besucht werden, es liest sich teilweise wie ein Reiseführer von Tirol, man hat richtig Lust dort hinzufahren.
Lol die 1990er 🤣:
Der Wind pfiff um die eiserne Wetterfahne auf der Bergstation der Hahnenkammbahn...
- Rätsel um das Schneemonster, S. 1
Was für ein toller Start der Buchreihe! In meiner Kindheit war es eines der letzten Knickerbocker die ich gelesen habe, da es lange in meiner Bibliothek vergriffen war. Darum habe ich es auch nur einmal gelesen und der Inhalt war mir nicht mehr in Erinnerung.
Ich liebe die verschiedenen Orte, die besucht werden, es liest sich teilweise wie ein Reiseführer von Tirol, man hat richtig Lust dort hinzufahren.
Lol die 1990er 🤣:
... ,,Prosit Neujahr!“ riefen einander die Kinder zu. Tilly zog eine kleine Flasche Sekt aus der Manteltasche und öffnete sie mit einem zischenden Knall. Alle nahmen einen tüchtigen Schluck.
,,Das kitzelt am Gaumen“, kicherte Poppi...
- Rätsel um das Schneemonster, 70%
January 8, 2018
Čítala som pred spaním synovi, on dáva 5, ja len 4 hviezdičky. Príbeh fajn, aj vystupňovanie a vylúštenie záhady, ale štýl sa mi moc nepáčil, bolo tam veľa skokov z jedného miesta na iné, ktoré mi prišli nelogické a nasilu. Čítali sme v češtine a zistila som, že v slovenčine sa hlavní hrdinovia volajú úplne inak. Ale 8r synovi sa páčila, to je dôležité.
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