Between March 17 and March 20, 2016 the literary festival Leipzig Liest and the annual Book Fair were held in Leipzig (Germany). Das Mädchen und der Soldat (The Girl and the Soldier) was presented to th German public with an interview with the author and the illustrator at the Fair, a lecture in Kinderbuchladen Serifee and ‘speed dating’ at the literary programm in the Schauspielhaus. In the Haus des Buches there was an exhibition of the illustrations from the book.