Malene Walter, born in Soltau in 1991, completed her training as a businesswoman for marketing communication and subsequently built up an internet community. She worked as a child minder in a rural family hotel and while doing so opened her online shop for art prints and commissioned works. Eventually, she ventured into self-employment and has…
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Joy Cowley Dunger Dunger is a highly readable novel from New Zealand’s beloved Joy Cowley. William and Melissa have been roped into helping their old hippie grandparents fix up their holiday home in the middle of the Sounds. They’ll have no electricity, no cellphone reception, and only each other for company. As far as they’re…
Will Gmehling The Kiosk on Elser Corner – The Bukowskis Keep Going Here they are again, the Bukowskis: Alf, a real boxer by now and still in love with Joanna. Katinka, his annoying but ingenious sister, always busy with the fashion world. And the dreamy Robbie, who should never be underestimated. Things are going well…
David Acera & Ina Hristova Why Don’t Birds Have a King? Birds are the liveliest and freest animals in the world. But has that always been the case? Many years ago, that was about to change. One fine day, the sun, tired of the merry morning songs, decided that the time had come for the…
Rosa Sardina Collective ON/OFF “We already have a lot of electronic devices at home. There are new ones and older ones, but we are all important, necessary, essential… Or maybe not so much? Another new one has arrived and it has started to ask us questions: Why aren’t we always on? What do the humans…
Brigitte Endres & Mele Brink Dragobert of Crumblestone The poor but brave knight George finds a dragon’s egg and takes it back to his castle of Crumblestone. He names the little dragon that hatches from it Dragobert and brings him up as his son. He is to become a knight one day. On his sixth…
Andrea Behnke & Mele Brink Flower Sisters Lilja’s mother is a flower photographer. Since Lilja’s father moved out, Lilja has the feeling that her mother talks to the flowers. One day Reni moves in with Lilja and her mum for a few weeks during the holidays. Lilja does not know Reni and does not want…
Tàssies Stolen Names Bullying in schools is often a taboo. Stolen Names makes the topic tangible and wants to encourage people to take a stand. In a school, all the people are depicted with apples as heads. There is a lively hustle and bustle in the schoolyard and in the classroom. Only one boy is…
Birge Tetzner & Dirk Uhlenbrock Halloween – Of Ghosts, Vampires and Other Spooky Creatures Halloween has long had a fixed place in our calendar. On the evening of 31 October, little creepy characters go from door to door, shouting “trick or treat” and demanding treats. But why actually? Who started it? When was the first…
Inge Brendler & Stephanie Marian Sound Caper – A Note Steps out of Line An exciting journey through the world of music with numerous audio examples The little note Finn no longer feels comfortable within his birthday song, because the other notes claim that he doesn’t sound nice, not festive enough. He decides to jump…
Michaela Konrad Tomorrow WHAT WILL OUR FUTURE BE LIKE? The current technological, ecological and social processes of change are making it increasingly difficult to answer this question. Because the faster technological disruption progresses, the harder it is for us to keep up with the resulting socio-economic upheavals. This book invites us to pause and take…
Tàssies The Lost Child Children experience flight and new beginnings, migration and integration. This book inspires confidence through children’s eyes and children’s ears. A Christmas story about migration, flight and new beginnings. Sensitive and clear images evoke dialogue in viewers of all ages without being frightening or trivialising. A Christmas story with special potential for…
For 15 years, Edition Bracklo has stood for high-quality children's books with artistically designed covers, fine paper and lovingly realised book themes for bibliophile children's literature and fairy tale lovers. To date, Edition Bracklo has published numerous, often award-winning books and Kamishibai (picture card sets). A speciality of the publishing house are the bilingual Kamishibai...
Nicole Mahne & Caroline Opheys Nelly & Dash – Breakfast with Frog Funny, cheeky and endearing: reading fun with Nelly and her dog Dash Nelly’s sister Sophie has an exchange student from France as her guest. Nelly is determined to make Elisa feel at home, because the guest is king. Luckily, Nelly’s friend Max happens…