Lilys nine Ambassadors are Lucky, Lovely, Lucie, Lemon, Leonardo, Laila, Ludwig, Louise, and Lennon. The adorable story tellers were born during and after the lockdown in 2020 and 2021.

Everything began with Lucky. Meanwhile, eight more enchanting characters are sharing their amusing and inspiring life stories with important messages. Integration, Acceptance, Tolerance as well as anti-discrimination, anti-racism, anti-bullying, friendship, humanity, empathy, and education are the most powerful topics in this entertaining book for children from eight to adult readers.

Age: 8 +
Genre: Fiction / Short Stories / Christmas
Author: Lily & Sima Amis
Bookcover by nasSima-design.com
Available in English and German

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Lennon is a little empathetic dog living in an orphanage in Bavaria, Germany. His owner, Claudia, is a lovely lady in her fifties and has been taking good care of children of all ages for years. In summer 2015 a large number of refugee children, who have lost everything in war, join the already overcrowded house and this brings some difficulties and challenges! Different cultures and languages make living and communication under one roof much harder. Claudia’s best friend, Christina, has a brilliant idea for Christmas which unites the local and refugee children and brings back some peace and harmony and an unexpected and life-changing miracle for little Lennon.

My Voice for the Voiceless: The power of music unites humanity, while politics and religion divide us. Also, if humans would learn to pay more attention to what others feel than to what they say, our world would be a much better and more peaceful place. With a little bit of love, empathy, understanding, and emotional support, we can create miracles!

The smell of snow and Christmas is in the air, and it is the busiest time of year for the exclusive Bavarian bakery and pastry shop in the heart of the village. Everyone is as excited as little Louise, the bakery and pastries dog. Visitors from all over the world come to experience the beauty of the Neuschwanstein Castle in snowy winter, but also to meet the famous bakers and bestselling book authors, Louisa, Suri, and Dunia.

Bonus: Little Louise is spoiling you and sharing two salty and sweety recipes, for you and your loved ones. Enjoy the smell of Italy and the smell of Christmas muffins. Happy Holidays!

My Voice for the Voiceless: Refugees are not your enemies! Change isn’t always easy, but it gives you the opportunity for new beginnings. Letting people from other countries and cultures into your known field can be surprisingly rewarding. Never be afraid of the unknown! Adding a little pinch of salt, sugar, and spice to your daily life is tastier than you might think. The joy goes beyond your wildest imagination and expectations.

Ludwig, a little German dachshund lives with his family in Bavaria, in the small village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen, close to the world-famous Castle of Neuschwanstein above the hills. Because of his short, curved legs and floppy ears, little Ludwig has been underestimated and laughed at all his life. His owner, Peter, is a proud Bavarian businessman and Ludwig is the mascot of his successful souvenir shop and sightseeing bus company. But Ludwig wants to be more than just an adorable mascot for international tourists. Inspired by King Ludwig II, the dachshund wants to be immortal for eternity and beyond. But no one pays attention to his unrealistic wishes. After all, he is just a tiny dog. Until the Covid-19 pandemic hits the world and changes everything in the small touristic village. Ludwig’s family, like all other families in the area, is facing unexpected and serious challenges during Lockdown. But this is the opportunity for Ludwig to finally fulfill his desire and become a useful dog, despite his limited skills.

My Voice for the Voiceless: Ludwig’s inspiring and empowering story shows that even in the most difficult times, there is no excuse for complaining and letting yourself go. If there is a will, there is a way! Don’t ever let discrimination and prejudice stop you from your dreams and desires.

Laila is a young orphan dalmatian living in a refugee camp in Greece. She often feels like an outsider even though she loves being surrounded by humans and playing with children. Laila isolates herself from everyone because of the color of her white fur marked with black and brown-colored spots. She is heartbroken when other dogs and children make fun of her fur color and call her names such as ‘the spotted dog’ or ‘the plum pudding dog’! But everything changes when a foreign lady opens an art workshop for the refugee children. That’s the beginning of a joyful life for little Laila and all the refugees at the camp. All of a sudden their gray and hopeless lives find some color of happiness and life-changing events are around the corner…

My Voice for the Voiceless
This story is dedicated to all the innocent and hopeless refugees stuck for years and decades in overcrowded refugee camps in different locations around the world. No one freely chooses to move into a refugee camp to stay and suffer there for ages. No one chooses to live in misery. My thoughts and prayers are with every single one of you.

This is the story of an unhappy and nameless dog stuck in a smelly and unfriendly animal shelter in Ireland. Just when you think there is absolutely no hope for a better and meaningful future, life surprises you. Lucky shares his incredible and exciting life story and how he became a hero from zero.

My Voice for the Voiceless
This is an educational book for Lily4Refugees project. Lucky’s story will teach young readers about the importance of education, school, and work. It is also an anti-discrimination and anti-racism story. An eye-opening wake-up call for governments, lawmakers, and our selfish and condescending society to include refugees and integrate them in their refugee country, instead of excluding them from education and holding them back from training and work opportunities. Every single refugee deserves an education and the chance to be trained and the chance to work in their field of interest and ability. Every single refugee is gifted and should be supported! Only in this way can our society progress. Only in this way will the next generation be able to become independent, useful, valued, and taxpaying members of our society.

If humans are able to educate animals and give them a useful job, they should be able to educate refugees and give them a meaningful job as well.

The Audiobook / Hörbuch
In January 2023 we have released the audiobook in English and German narrated by Lily Amis.

Lovely, “C’est toujours l’amour”, which means “It’s always love”, is an inspiring story for young and young-at-heart readers.

Lovely is a little spoiled and snobbish Chihuahua living in the heart of Paris close to Musée du Louvre. She is sharing a lovely apartment with her owner. Lovely’s life is perfect until Josephine decides to move permanently to London for love and work. Lovely is devastated and heartbroken. She is desperately unhappy about the upcoming changes. A new country means a new language and a new culture. On her train drive from Paris to London Lovely’s worries vanish unexpectedly. Instead of ending up in London with Josephine and her fiancé, James, the little Chihuahua ends up in a refugee camp in Calais. What happened? Where is Josephine? Will the two ever be reunited?

My Voice for the Voiceless
Anyone can become a refugee! Anyone from any country, level of education and income can become a refugee. This is the message of this educational story for the Lily4Refugees Project. We should never judge people and their life stories. Instead, we should be understanding and compassionate towards innocent people who are forced to leave their homeland for a better life and a hopeful future in dignity. We should never point our fingers at others; instead, we should look at our own actions.

“Lucie, The Smell of Silence” is an inspiring story for young and young at heart readers. Lucie shares her life story while she is stuck in a rescue boat crossing the ocean from the Middle East to Europe after she has lost everything back home because war has destroyed her life overnight.

My Voice for the Voiceless
War does not only destroy humans but also animal’s lives. It also destroys the beauty of nature and sets countries back from improving for decades if not centuries. Unfortunately, anyone can become homeless. Anyone can become stateless. Anyone can become an undocumented refugee. When you lose everything you have and everyone you love, there is only one thing that keeps you moving forward: hope and the belief in a better and safer future. This is the message of this educational story for the Lily4Refugees Project.

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Lemon, “When Later Becomes Never” is inspired by a bittersweet true story. Lemon is a cute little dog living in a refugee house in Zurich city. His owner has taken care of asylum seekers in Switzerland for many years. Almost weekly new families arrive and Lemon is there to welcome the humans. He is also there to cheer everyone up in a difficult time with his cuteness, love and tenderness. Lemon is used to seeing families come and go, but the story of Mansour, a little boy, and his heartbreaking destiny changes Lemon’s life forever.

My Voice for the Voiceless
In loving memory of Mansour M. (1982 – 1992)

Leonardo is a young and hopeless dog with a difficult life journey full of emotional and physical obstacles. After leaving an animal shelter he ends up in an orphanage in the heart of Florence. But the manager and the children treat him so badly that he runs away in the darkness of the night in hope of finding love and kindness. After a stressful journey filled with struggles, he ends up in the capital city of Italy, in Rome, and has only one goal. He wants to meet Pope Francis and ask him why he sees humans but not humanity. Why humans treat each other and him so badly and why they just don’t care!

My Voice for the Voiceless
During our many visits to major cities like Rome in Italy, we have experienced unfortunate people sleeping on the streets, while residents of the cities, national and international tourists walk by daily without taking notice and we’ve been wondering why. It is heartbreaking and shameful to look out of your fancy and warm hotel room with your comfy bed, while helpless humans struggling and surviving on the freezing cold streets just a few footsteps away and are only covered with newspapers. It is a tragedy of humanity how ignoring homeless people has become normality. It is a scandal how we look away and don’t act. Every single human being deserves a life of dignity. Every single soul deserves to be taken care of. Every single human being deserves to experience love and kindness, whether it is a child in an orphanage or homeless people and refugees on our streets. The story of Leonardo is my voice for the forgotten souls!

Dies ist die Geschichte eines unglücklichen und vereinsamten Hundes, der hilflos und verängstigt auf ein Wunder wartet! Hope erzählt ihre spannende Lebensgeschichte und wie sie aus einer hoffnunglosen und schrecklichen Lage gerettet wurde.

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Dies ist ein Lehrbuch für das Lily4Refugees-Projekt. Die Geschichte von Hope soll jungen Lesern die Bedeutung von Hilfsbereitschaft, Liebe, Fürsorge und Freundschaft vermitteln. Es ist auch ein Weckruf an Regierungen, Gesetzgeber und unsere selbstsüchtige und herablassende Gesellschaft, Flüchtlinge einzubeziehen und in ihr Flüchtlingsland zu integrieren, anstatt sie zu ignorieren und auszugrenzen. Jeder einzelne Flüchtling verdient ein Zuhause. Jeder Flüchtling sollte unterstützt werden! Wenn Menschen in der Lage sind, Tiere ein Zuhause zu schenken, sollten sie auch in der Lage sein, Flüchtlingsfamilien eine Heimat und eine Zukunft zu bieten.