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About Dino Fino Verlag ...

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Our principles:

Here is some useful information about our principles and goals for our dinosaur books:

📚 Goal 1–3:
We want to entertain, encourage and build bridges between children.

❌ Goal 4:
No playing with primal fears! No one dies with us. To be honest: does children's entertainment really always have to involve tragedies in which parents die? We say NO and find that extremely tasteless.

📖 Goal 5:
Inspire children about the importance of knowledge and books.

🦋 Goal 6:
Raise awareness of the value of every living creature – even the smallest insects.

🌊 Goal 7:
Addressing and overcoming fears: Feodora is afraid of water, Gino gets dizzy when someone runs towards him. Both learn to deal with their fears - an important topic for children.

💭 Goal 8:
Encourage children to listen to their gut feelings.

✨ Goal 9:
Always continue to provide good and valuable children's entertainment.

With these goals in mind, we create stories that take children seriously, empower them and at the same time bring joy.

self-publishing

Why we are convinced lone fighters

We write, publish and sell our books ourselves – with passion and determination at Dino-Fino-Verlag. Why? It's simple:

Rebels with a mission: We want to keep the reins in our hands and implement our ideas without compromise.

Why we don’t need a traditional publisher:

1️⃣ Editing: Our Petie is an editor himself – checked off.
2️⃣ Illustration: We illustrate our books ourselves – checked.
3️⃣ Printing: Want to have something printed cheaply? No problem these days – checked off.
4️⃣ Marketing & Sales: Social media, Web 4.0 and direct sales make it possible – checked off.

And what do publishers then make the majority of their revenue from? For us, that's a clear no-go.

Freedom for our characters: Our characters can remain as they are - politically incorrect, funny and distinctive. No editor would give Ricky Rexkowski the green light these days. And gender? Only when it fits!

Self-publishing out of conviction: That is exactly why we do it our way – and it will stay that way.

The authors

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Meggie Berns

Managing Director of Dino Fino Verlag
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About Meggie – Creative Power behind Dino Fino Publishing

After training as an office clerk, Meggie worked for a charity from 1998 to 2019. But her creative passion wanted more space. Since the birth of her daughter Jana in 2003 (who lends her voice to Feodora in the films and radio plays) and her son Aaron in 2010 (our Dino himself), her interest in high-quality children's entertainment has grown steadily. A happy coincidence brought her together with Petie in 2017, who had already written books. Together with him and Aaron, the actual idea generator, the Dino Fino universe was created. Courage for the big dream: Meggie and Petie decided to put everything on the line. Meggie worked her way into book typesetting and graphic design and has since illustrated and designed the books for Dino Fino Verlag independently. New stories, new ideas: In addition to the first book series Dino + Ricky, Dino's little sister Feodora demanded her own stage. The adventures of Feodora and Gino were created together - and that was just the beginning. Creative eruption: In a brilliant creative feat, Meggie wrote and designed the first six picture books on her own within a few weeks. Found her Ikigai: Today Meggie lives her passion as a mother of two wonderful children and as a creative publisher with heart and dedication.
The image shows a caricature of a man with distinctive facial features and a humorous depiction. He has a round face shape, bushy eyebrows and a thick moustache. The figure wears glasses and appears friendly and dynamic. The man is dressed in a brown blazer with a green shirt and blue trousers. His chest hair peeks out slightly through the open shirt, which adds a humorous touch.In his hands he holds several colorful children's books, which show different colorful covers with drawings. With one hand he proudly presents a book, while the background is in soft pastel colors, creating a playful atmosphere. The depiction conveys joy and commitment to children's literature.

Dr. Peter Kruck

Managing Director of Dino Fino Verlag
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About Petie – From Banker to Children's Book Author with Heart

Petie's career path began in the classic way: after training in a bank, he realized that life as a banker did not really match his expectations. So he decided to study economics and media sciences and worked in market research on the side. Entrepreneurial spirit: In 1994, he and a colleague founded a survey service agency. Four years later, he founded BIFAK at the University of Bochum, a full-service institute for media and communication research - together with his professor. From researcher to storyteller: In 2006, Petie pulled the ripcord and devoted himself to his real passion: writing. Numerous book publications and a job as a freelance academic editor followed - he has now earned a doctorate in philosophy. The dream of his own publishing house: Petie quickly realized that being dependent on publishers did not match his expectations. His desire to publish books independently grew steadily. The turning point: But it was only when he met Meggie that the story took its course. Together they created the Dino-Fino universe and made Petie's long-held dream come true: their own publishing house with books that make children's hearts beat faster.
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