Two tiny Wumpels have wandered out of the forest. Their first book is now available in English & German.

A little forest world for curious hearts

Meet the tiny creature who thinks dandelions taste like sunshine.

Tiny Kakawumpel is small enough to hide beneath a leaf — and curious enough to turn an ordinary walk through the forest into the loveliest adventure.

A warm, beautifully illustrated story about nature, wonder and the treasures grown-ups sometimes forget to see.

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Made for reading aloud, wandering outside and looking twice

Tiny swings from a dandelion in the golden Wumpel Forest

Please approach quietly

Careful. They are very easy to love.

Meet Tiny Kakawumpel

The little question asker

Tiny has a blue cap, a very serious dummy and approximately seventeen questions before breakfast.

Why do nettles sting?

What are stars doing in the grass?

Could a dandelion be a tiny piece of fallen sunshine?

If there is a puddle, Tiny will find it. If there is a beetle, he will need to know where it is going.

Meet his big sister Milli

The quiet wonder finder

Milli notices what the forest almost whispered too quietly.

The smallest daisy.

The quietest butterfly.

The warmest patch of sunshine beneath a leaf.

While Tiny has already hurried around the next bend, Milli is still looking at the flower he nearly stepped over.

Milli and Tiny making tiny leaf boats in the Wumpel Forest

He finds the adventure.She finds the wonder.Together, they find the treasure.

Meet Them in Their First Book

The first Wumpelworld adventure

A little book that follows children outside.

Tiny Kakawumpel and the Forest Treasures is not a loud adventure. It is the kind of story that makes children look more closely.

For curious little hearts
Questions, discoveries and tiny surprises.

For slower family moments
Made for cuddling close and reading aloud.

For adventures beyond the book
Because the loveliest stories continue outside.

Choose Your Edition

Tiny Kakawumpel and the Forest Treasures book cover

English
edition

A tiny peek is allowed

Would you like to look between the pages?

Tiny says looking is allowed. Milli says clean fingers would be appreciated.

Tiny and Milli discover dandelions in the sunlit forest

The matching English story page about tasting sunshine

Tiny and Milli discover golden forest honey

The illustrated recipe page showing Tiny and Milli making dandelion honey

Tiny and Milli make a magical leaf rubbing

The matching English Leaf Magic story page

Tiny and Milli discover a mysterious glowing tree

The matching English story page about the mysterious tree

I Want to Read the Rest

The path divides here

Which forest path would you like to take?

The English forest path

Tiny Kakawumpel and the Forest Treasures

A magical story for little explorers, treasure collectors and children who still believe forests might be listening.

Get the English Book

Der deutsche Waldweg

Tiny Kakawumpel und die Schätze des Waldes

Eine zauberhafte Geschichte für kleine Entdecker, Schatzsammler und Kinder, die im Wald noch Wunder finden.

Zum deutschen Buch

There is mail beneath the old oak

The forest has a post office.
It is extremely small.

Every now and then, a tiny letter leaves the Wumpel Forest. It may contain a miniature story, something lovely to discover outside—or a message Tiny was probably supposed to keep to himself.

Rebecca Schätzmüller, author and creator of Wumpelworld

The heart behind Wumpelworld

I didn’t really invent Tiny. I called him by his name.

Tiny Kakawumpel began as a funny little name for my youngest son. Then he grew a blue cap, a wonderfully curious mind and an entire forest around him.

I am Rebecca—mother of four, storyteller and the person who writes down the things the Wumpels whisper when everyone else is asleep.

After our family lost almost everything in the Cyprus wildfire, Wumpelworld became my way of beginning again—and of creating something no fire could take away: imagination, closeness and the ability to find treasure in the smallest things.

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One last thought before you go

Perhaps childhood was never supposed to be rushed through.

Perhaps it was meant to stop for beetles, collect crooked sticks and wonder whether dandelions taste like sunshine.

Tiny would like to show you.

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