'I’m all packed, I say.

I’m only taking one thing.

I’m not going anywhere …

NOT WITHOUT MY TRACTOR!'

The family is leaving the farm and moving to the city. But the child doesn't want to go – not without their tractor!

Tractor can do anything – move mountains, dig swimming pools, act as a guard dog, do the school run, squash traffic jams. What’s not to like? Problem is, this family is on the move from the country to the city, and parents don’t seem to ‘get’ tractors the way little boys and girls do.

This hilarious story takes the form of an argument between parent and child about whether or not Tractor can come to the city. The more sensible the parent’s objections, the more imaginative are the child’s counter-arguments.

Playful, very unconventional, and with a mysterious twist, this is a story for kids who love tractors – and that’s all kids, right?

'Playful, unconventional and with a mysterious twist, this is the perfect tale for children who are fascinated with tractors and farm machinery.' – AgriLand

Finn-Ole Heinrich and Dita Zipfel are both experienced writers for adults and for children. Zipfel writes picturebooks, plays, screenplays and novels, while Heinrich has received many awards for his novels and short stories, among these the the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize 2012), the French-German Literature Prize and the LUCHS-Prize.

About the Illustrator

Halina Kirschner lives and works in Leipzig. She studied illustration and graphic design at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig and the École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg. She designs books and posters and also works as an art mediator in a graphic arts printing workshop and the Lindenau Museum in Altenburg.