Who is Rotmütz?
A small gnome, a red cap, a woven basket, and a forest that knows his quiet step — the character the whole series stands on.
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Notes from around the series: who Rotmütz is, how the books are made, and how to read a year aloud. Where a story mentions a book, it references the live shelf — nothing here copies a price or a stock line.
How the Rotmütz books are made
Thick paper, sewn bindings, covers drawn as one family — the handmade posture of the series, from sketch to shelf.
Read the storyReading the year with Rotmütz
The four books follow one another like the seasons do. Notes on reading them aloud — in order, out of order, and again.
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