Kronen Zeitung - Children’s book published in new languages – English and Japanese versions already big hits

„Sound of Music“ auf chinesisch

Eigentlich hatte Margret Springl das Kinderbuch für ihre eigene Tochter geschrieben. Doch mittlerweile haben auch zig andere  Knirpse sowie erwachsene Fans darin geschmökert.„Die singende Familie aus Salzburg“, nach der wahren Lebensgeschichte der Familie Trapp, erschien nun als E-book und auf chinesisch.

“I was in a café with some friends and their daughter was reading a children’s story on her iPad. That’s simply the future. That’s why my book is now available as an e-book,” says amateur author Margret Springl happily.
All over the world, Margret Springl is particularly pleased.
Margret Springl is particularly pleased. But it’s not about changing the world; it’s about children. Springl had already begun working on this several years ago, developing the new version of the Trapp family’s life story, which also draws on the film “The Sound of Music”.
It took six years to complete. The story was illustrated by the artist Regine Otrel. The pictures show well-known streets in Salzburg, from the Pferdeschwemme to Hellbrunn Palace.
The Trapp family, including Johannes von Trapp, the youngest Trapp child, in the new edition, is featured with a pen pal. She is delighted that there is now also a children’s book version of the family’s story.
Margret Springl with a preview of the Chinese version.
Photo: Margret Springl / private
Photo: Sepp