About: Now, Now, Markus

Now, Now, Markus or, I Need a Bird is a children's novel by Austrian author Martin Auer, first published in 1988 in German as Bimbo und sein Vogel. It is illustrated by German artist . The original was also translated into Japanese, French, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish. An American English translation was published 1989 by Greenwillow Books.