Valeria Docampo & Alexandra Helmig Alva and the Glow of Memories This work of art holds the treasure of us all Alva lives alone on an island. Every day, memories arrive at her house and she takes care of them. She cleans and polishes them so they don’t fade. But suddenly something is different. Have…
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PIZZA CAT by Will Gmehling and illustrated by Antje Damm has already been selected and awarded as One of the 7 Best Books for Young Readers, May 2023 (Deutschlandfunk Leselotse, March 2023 Poetry Tipp, STUBE, March 2023 This funny rhyming story about Pia the Pizza cat, who delivers the most delicious pizza to everyone…
After having received a number of awards already – including Book of the Month (Akademie KJL), with the Toad of the Month (STUBE) or the LesePeter (AJuM of the GEW) – Nils Mohl’s YA novel “Henny & Ponger” has now been nominated for the German Children’s Literature Award 2023. This is what the jury had…
SUPER GLITTER by Nele Brönner and Melanie Laibl has won the Austrian Children‘s Book Award 2023! It has also previously been selected as one of the Seven Best Books for Young Readers and received the Lektorix in November 2022. Click here for more information
Iván F. & Ramón D. Veiga Earthworm and Hedgehog The Earthworm has met a hedgehog who says that he is a fakir, a worm-charmer and a spike-thrower, but…. Could that be true? To make sure, the Hedgehog has a plan: to hypnotize the Earthworm – as the fakirs do with their snakes – and to…
Lars Meyer After Dawn – The Wandering City “How are we going to free them? How are we even supposed to get into the city? And how can a whole city wander?” A major earthquake in the Grounders’ underground realm allows Ember and Devan to escape to the surface. At last, Ember is getting closer…
Nicole Mahne Forget Forever! Being in love is terribly beautiful – and terribly awful! 14-year-old Flora finds her puberty-induced physical changes creepy. She wraps herself in baggy jumpers and wears a cap to hide the pimples on her forehead. But that’s not Flora’s only problem: her mother is currently trying out a course in positive…
Andrea Poßberg & Corinna Böckman The Green Pirates – Plastic Plague in Bieber Lake While cleaning out the new clubhouse of the Bieberheim football club, Ben and Lennart find a real treasure map. To recover the treasure in Bieber Lake, the Green Pirates go diving and discover huge amounts of plastic waste floating around in…
Andrea Poßberg & Corinna Böckman The Green Pirates – Perilous Poison Underwater Trouble in cosy Bieberheim! A citizens’ initiative is fighting to return the Els brook, which has been encased in concrete, to its natural course. When the Green Pirates suddenly discover masses of dead fish during a paddling tour, they are unexpectedly drawn into…
Tessa Sima If Responsibility Were a Hat What if responsibility were a hat, which one(s) would suit me best? One suits you particularly well, but for me it is unbearable. And for others it’s probably the other way round. How much responsibility does a crown bear, and what if I don’t want to wear responsibility?…
Simak Büchel & Larisa Lauber A Heart for Monsters – The Shadow Slayer A very special team gets going: Tabati & daughter – pest controllers and monster hunters extraordinaire 8-year-old Ainu moves from village to village with her mother Tabati and pony Bifi, offering their services as pest controllers and monster hunters in a class…
Andrea Lienesch & Sabine Sauter Henriette Piggyback – Pudding Magic in the Witch’s Garden Chaos in the witch’s garden: Of rebellious witch herbs and nimble speed sponges Great-aunt Martha is on holiday and Henriette has to look after her witch’s garden: The dandelion mustn’t get any cavities, the chives must be combed and the parsley…
Katrin Dageför & Henrike Lippa In the Deep Wide Sea In the deep, wide sea, … a bag fish swims around. Have you ever heard of the bag fish? What is a can crab or a bottle fish? The sea creatures have a huge problem. The sea is full of things that don’t belong there….
David Barrow Have You Seen Dinosaur? In this follow-up to the bestselling picture book Have You Seen Elephant?, boy, dog and elephant search in a dramatic cityscape for a dinosaur that’s surprisingly good at hiding. Best friends boy, dog and elephant are VERY good at hide-and-seek. There’s a missing dinosaur in the city – who…
Arne Rautenberg & Nadia Budde This Day is My Friend Poems for the good minutes Arne Rautenberg puts all senses on reception, touches the long ears of rabbit and dog with nose and mouth. Inhale someone’s scent deeply: half of sleep, half of sand and full of the scent of the land of milk and…
Jan Kaiser & Maja Bohn For Marylee Mary likes her grandpa very much, especially the funny things he always thinks up for her. His neighbours do say: “The old man has lost his marbles”, but grandpa can reassure Marylee – as he calls Mary: He’s not only not lost his marbles, he’s a poet! And…
Philipp Stampe & Dörte Horn Happy Birthday, Digger Dan! Let’s have a party, Digger Dan! As Dan rolls into the construction site nursery this morning, his friends are already eagerly awaiting him. Because it is a very special day today: It is Digger Dan’s birthday! The mice have come up with a great idea on how…
Giselle Clarkson The Observologist: A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions A highly illustrated creative guide to the small creatures and the natural wonders we find when we take time to open our eyes to the world around us—and ode to the power of quiet observation. Try to imagine the weirdest and most impossibly…