User blog comment:LordTBT/News:Redwall Collectors Community: The German Redwall Saga/@comment-31822237-20170502190143

I apologize for pointing this out, but... the books are illustrated by MichaelA Helms - a woman. So it's "Frau Helms".

As a German Reader I also own Mossflower and Mattimeo (as well as Mariel and Salamandastron) in the bulky hardcover-versions - but I guess I will get me the English books; not because the translation is bad (actually Bettina Lifke does a really good job, though I will never get why Tsamirna is called Zarina), but I am not a big fan of the illustrations. The map is nice, but the artwork per se... I consider too blunt for my taste. Also Slagar's mask has the wrong colors - I am quite a nitpicker there. Though the cover-art is taken from other issues: "Mariel - Das Geheimnis der Glocke", "Salamandastron - Die Jagd nach dem Schatz" and "Martin der Krieger - Ruf nach Freiheit" do have Michaela Helms' illustrations inside the books as well. I don't know if that is of any interest. The "upside down"thing you mention is quite a common thing in Germany; about 50% of my books in the shelves have it. Those which don't are either English issues anyways - or roleplaying-supplements (of either language).