Peter Holle

I am Peter Holle, illustrator and children's book author from Hanover, Germany. I was already enthusiastic about graphic design and drawing as a child and spent a lot of my free time with paper and colors. But first it was to be a commercial profession, which took me through several banks in various demanding positions. After a pilgrimage that changed my life from the ground up, an inner wake-up call in 2017 led me back to my artistic roots and my true talents and enthusiasms. I kept taking a closer look at the children's books I read to my daughter every evening and realized that I too wanted to design and write books like these.

After training in the use of modern graphic design applications at the online school for graphic design, I now work internationally as a freelance illustrator and author, mainly writing and illustrating children's books and designing book covers under the brand BARFUSS-JUNGE (english: BAREFOOT-BOY). But I also do a lot of books for adults.

The children's book "PURZEL DER KLEINE SCHNEEHASE - GLÜCK IST, WENN DAS HERZ IM TURBO-GANG SCHLÄGT" by author Susanna Sedlmeier, which I was allowed to illustrate, received a lot of attention on the German-speaking book market in 2021.

I have been working with PiGu-Publishing since 2024 to realize high-quality book projects together via Amazon by joining forces and sharing experiences. The result is books for children and adults to design themselves and books that serve as aids for everyday life.

You can find more information about my illustrations and me at:

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Why the brand name "BARFUSS-JUNGE" (BAREFOOT-BOY)? Because as children we loved to go out without shoes and had lots of adventures. After that, I always had to wear tight shoes at the bank and was happy when I could take them off after work. Today, I regularly walk without shoes again for most of the year and feel closely connected to Mama Earth. To tie in with my magical childhood memories of walking barefoot, I came up with this brand name on a hike through the mountains of the Alps.