Grimm and Carotto Learn to Swim

Grimm and Carotto dive deep

It’s really hot in the house with the crooked seven. That’s why Grimm and Möhrchen are off to the beach! There, they meet some children from the village who have just learned to swim and earned their early swimmer badges. Now, of course, Carotto wants to earn a badge, too! But can zonkeys even swim? A lively outdoor pool story with suspense, striped heroes and ice cream!

  • Learning to swim and earning the early swimmer badge, a popular topic in elementary school
  • Grimm and Carotto for early readers: Now little fans can discover the zonkey’s adventures for themselves
  • Total print-run of ‘Grimm’s Zonkey Tales’: over 370,000 copies
Genre: Children's Books / YA, Family / Friends, Early Reading
Stephanie Schneider

Stephanie Schneider, born in 1972, studied Education and Art at the Fine Arts Academy in Braunschweig. Since 2004 she has been pursuing her childhood dream to work primarily as an author. She lives in Hanover with her husband and two daughters.

Stefanie Scharnberg

Stefanie Scharnberg was born in Hamburg in 1967 and completed a bookseller’s apprenticeship in her home town. She then traveled to Florence to study Painting. On her return to Germany in 1992, she resumed her work as a bookseller and illustrator. She now lives in Freiburg with her family.

64 pages, ISBN: 978-3-423-76619-7
First published 2026