Seahorses Are Sold Out - C Spengler, K Gehrmann

In this high-spirited story about an enterprising only child and a father’s juggle to work from home, one pet for Mika leads to another and another.

Mika’s father works from home and he’s very busy! He can never find time for the promised swimming trip. So Dad allows Mika to choose a pet from the store while he finishes the project—something quiet like a mouse. And so begins a wonderfully turbulent story in which Mika brings home one animal after another… The mouse gets lost so they need a dog to find it. The dog is followed by a seal, the seal a penguin. How many animals can come to stay before a harassed father notices? This is a high-spirited story about an enterprising only child and a father’s juggle to work from home.

A book many families will relate to with a harassed parent juggling work from home with childcare

Features a single dad family with a child whose gender is deliberately not specified

An absurd story that celebrates initiative

About the author

Constanze Spengler is an author and illustrator living in Hamburg, Germany.

About the illustrator

Katja Gehrmann writes and illustrates children's books. She studied illustration in Mexico, Spain and Hamburg, Germany, where she now lives.