Jeremias Punktum, the town chronicler of Schilda, has written down everything that he and his fellow citizens have experienced. He reports about the mishap which occurred to the citizens of Schilda when they built the townhall, when they sowed salt, and how they lost their townhall bell.

Otfried Preußler
BEI UND IN SCHILDA

The wise men of Schilda
128 pages with illustrations

of Erich Hölle

Thienemann Verlag, 1958

Translated into 11 languages