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        1. By Sibylle von Olfers, Sibylle Olfers.
        2. Sibylle von Olfers, writer ().
        3. Sibylle von Olfers (–) – The Root Children, Little Princess in the Wood; Carola Oman (–) – Ferry the Fearless; Kenneth Oppel (born ).
        4. "Under the ground, deep in the earth among the roots of the trees, the little root children were fast asleep all winter long.

          5. Sibylle von Olfers, writer ().!

          Sibylle von Olfers

          German art teacher, nun, author and illustrator

          Sibylle von Olfers (8 May 1881, Königsberg – 29 January 1916) was a German art teacher and a nun who worked as an author and illustrator of children's books.

          In 1906 she published her best-known work, The Root Children (original title: Etwas von den Wurzelkindern, "Something about the children from the roots").

          Life

          Childhood

          Born Maria Regina Angela Hedwig Sibylla von Olfers, into the noble Olfers family, in the Castle of Metgethen (Schloss Metgethen) on 8 May 1881.

          Fairy Tales Collected by Laura Gonzenbach.

          The castle was the mansion of Metgethen estate, near Königsberg. At that time the estate lay within the administration district of Samland, but was incorporated by Königsberg in 1939. She was the third oldest of the five children of Ernst Friedrich Franz Gustav Werner Marie von Olfers and his second wife Olga Maria Bertha Freiin Behr.

          Her father was a Health Counsellor, natural scientist and writer. His first marriage was with the old