i really enjoyed "wovon roboter traeumen" (which is this book in german) of mr. petit. but all of his anselm(e)/archibald-books are great. i also recommend to follow the link from ACEJOHNNY (#7)!

but gee, i don't think the description "soviet kids book" is appropriate, since mr. petit is french and many of his books has been translated in many languages.

herzlichen glueckwunsch! i know exacly how you feel. happy hormone-loaded first days (and nights) with your newcomer (and wow, that's a big girl).

@dragonfrog and cory: thanks for pointing out the distinction between germany and bavaria.i'm very sorry to hear from DRAGONFROG's unpleasant experiences with bavarian cops.

bavaria is only one state (so called "free state") of the 16 german states. and it's the most conserative one. every federal state has it's own little gov, but there is always the federal gov above that, legislating for all 16 states (with delegates from all states). but every federal state may determine how to implement some of the bills decided in berlin. nevertheless there is no law in any german ferderal state allowing spying on their citizens by malware.

like said by ZIMMERPFLANZE above there are many plans from mr.schaeuble (minister for the interior) to spy on germans by releasing trojans etc.. that was big news here in germany. fortunately many organisations like the CCC, GI or FIFF made the public aware of the problem (data privacy) and so mr. schaeuble had to put that plan back in his (top) drawer. but it's not over yet: noone knows what happens behind the scenes, as we can see from that bavarian issue.

actually it's not the german gov, but the bavarian (see german article on heise.de:http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/102485)