Born in Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of France, in 1931, Tomi Ungerer landed in New York in 1956, with only $60 dollars in his pocket and a suitcase full of drawings. He quickly found success as an illustrator and caricaturist, becoming a star almost overnight. He published his first book for children, The Mellops Go Flying, in 1957, and went on to publish 80 books over the next ten years, covering all aspects of his work. An intriguing visual game for children 2-5 to find the simple shape of a snail in Tomi Ungerer's charming and retro illustrations. A visual game to find a snail in Ungerer's illustrationsweiterlesen