Nathalie Seïdou is a graduate of the Institut Saint Luc in Brussels. She has worked in the fashion industry and at the Brussels Opera, and has taught art at all educational levels, including art colleges and vocational schools. Today, she works full-time as an illustrator. Her colorful and poetic style gives her drawings a surrealistic…
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Nathalie Seïdou Let Your Dreams Take Flight “What are you dreaming of?” – A poetic journey through dreamlike images Little witch Kamille is filled with a deep curiosity about the world and life. She dreams of finally being able to fly—all the way up to the stars that watch over the Earth alongside the Blue Fairy….
Anastasia Braun & Sophia Moog Fay Melody – The Enchanted Fire Boy Let the magic into your heart—because anyone can be magical Fay and her friend Jazz are alarmed: More and more music magicians are disappearing! Only a mysterious red feather is left behind. When Jazz’s Granny goes missing too, the two of them know…
Iris Genenz & Corinna Böckmann My Secret Life as a Monster Hunter – Why You Should Never Provoke a Goddess What’s the Sphinx doing in Darknest? As an unofficial monster hunter, I, Charly Hartnuss, am already used to the most incredible monsters showing up at the strangest times. But today, I really just wanted to…
Henriette Piggyback – Hocus Pocus Celium, What’s Going On At the Museum? written by Andrea Lienesch (pictured below) and illustrated by Sabine Sauter has been nominated for the 2026 German Children’s Book Prize. We are delighted and keep our fingers crossed that the loveable and crafty little witch will win this year’s prize! Link: Full…
Lena Hach Cleo, Chaos, and Confetti Lena Hach’s distinctive tone, somewhere between humour and depth “Hi, I’m Cleo. And this mindfulness journal here? Let’s just say: it wasn’t my idea. Actually, I wanted to get rid of this thing straight away. But now I’m writing in it after all. And it turns out: there’s quite…
Lupe Ruiz-Flores Paloma Joins the Circus A story of following your dreams and growing into new ones, of finding home in the people around you, and of creating something beautiful through hard work and perseverance. Twelve-year-old Paloma comes from “circus people”―a family of performers traveling around Texas with la carpa, a Mexican American tent show….
Katey Howes & Elizabet Vuković Take It Apart Breaking things down is a science. An art. / Need solutions? Need answers? Just . . . take it apart! This rhyming picture book joyfully celebrates the many benefits of breaking big things down into smaller pieces. From gathering spare parts for fixing things to learning math…
Katey Howes & Elizabet Vuković Be A Maker How many things can you make in a day? A tower, a friend, a change? Rhyme, repetition, and a few seemingly straightforward questions engage young readers in a discussion about the many things we make—and the ways we can make a difference in the world. This simple,…
Jörg Mühle That’s Pretty Brave! Fear and courage are siblings – and Nini, Goldi and Klaus are best friends. They’re desperate to find out what it means to be brave. It certainly isn’t being afraid of something that isn’t dangerous at all! Being brave means breaking new ground and saying ‘No!’ every now and then….
Sabine Kranz Everyone’s Been Picked Up! All the children love the ritual at the end of the nursery day: they announce out loud who’s being picked up next. “Fritzi! You’re picked up!” It’s so exciting. Who’ll be next: Rosa, Jojo or Elif? And most of all: who’s coming to pick them up, and in what…
Julia Willmann & Jens Rassmus Summer at the Edge of the World On the outskirts of a seaside resort, where chic hotels line the seafront, ‘Beach Hotel Pia’ lies hidden behind a grove of pine trees. Its glory days are long gone, and this rainy summer it hasn’t had a single booking. Of the staff,…
Ulrich Fasshauer Behind the Fence Lies Dad’s Land Heinrich and Jonathan are friends and will soon even be brothers, as Jonathan’s mum and Heinrich’s dad are a couple and plan to move in together. When Jonathan’s mum has to have knee surgery during the holidays and Heinrich’s dad has to travel to Nigeria for work,…
Nadia Budde All Eels The life of eels is crazy, and that’s exactly how it ends: with a wild party in the depths of the Sargasso Sea. Foam, chaos and mayhem! In the morning, little eels lie slumbering in their ‘baby seats’. The young eels don’t have much time to play; they have to make…
Jens Rassmus The Ram-Bam-Beast The Ram-Tam-Beast wanders through the world. Just like that? Just like that! A penguin watches in amazement: the Ram-Tam-Beast is big, hairy and blue. Very silly and very cheerful. It sings, grunts, quacks and barks. At night it sleeps beneath the starry sky. Just like that? Just like that! With the…
The German Children’s Book Prize was established to awaken and nurture a love of reading in children. The German Children’s Book Prize is one of the most generously endowed book prizes both nationally and internationally. What makes it special is that it is a prize awarded by children, for children: a jury of children selects…
Marie Miranda Cruz A Boy Called Hero Twelve-year-old Hero Del Rosario isn’t happy about staying with his grandfather in the Philippines while the rest of his family takes a trip back to the States. He’s always been the overlooked one, the one who gets left behind, the one who—despite his name—is nothing special. But when…