Mia is in 3rd grade and is looking for her first case as a detective when she meets Mr. Rippel. He lives in No. 19, with the ‘odd birds‘. That‘s what everyone calls the crazy old people who live in Mia‘s street, but Mia doesn‘t mind them because she is to-le-rant. She learns from Mr….
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17-year-old Anna leads a sheltered life behind monastery walls, where the only highlight is the daily martial arts training with Master Li. Leo—dark, mysterious, attractive—suddenly appears out of nowhere. Not only does he confuse her feelings, but just like her he seems to be able to look deep into other people. But is there a…
Rinsing pots, cleaning, washing-up, tidying away toys! Mum and dad have had enough of the mess. Kira and Niko don‘t mind the clutter and they think it‘s stupid to tidy up. Then one day Robert turns up. He tidies up the children‘s bedroom, rinses the dishes and cleans the toilet. Mum and dad suddenly have…
Fish Sammy and frog Ogi embark on an adventurous journey from the source of the river to the sea. The two friends experience quite a lot of adventures along the way. They swim past mills, meadows filled with flowers and through a dark tunnel. Sammy and Ogi meet the squirrel, a beaver and the little…
A is for Antarctica by David Böhm has been nominated for the German Children’s Literature Award! This is what the jury had to say: “Antarctica, the southernmost continent on earth, is extraordinary in many ways: As a place of extremes and supposedly the last, untouched wilderness, the eternal ice is invaluable, but also – but…
They are looking for you, they are hunting you, but you will get them … The Great War dates back more than 20 years. Large parts of Berlin are destroyed and radioactively contaminated. 16-year-old Will manages to make a living as an illegal computer player. As one of the “Returns“—genetically optimised and sorted out because…
Agonisingly boring bedtime stories Our everyday life is basically the same as Emmental cheese: a few holes here and there improve the quality considerably. Time to calm down. Time to just be yourself. Great people know how important this is once they have celebrated their birthday about three dozen times; or when they have been…
Have you ever tried to read the Little Prince to little children? You will soon have realized that it doesn‘t work. Just like Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s little hero, you must have learned a fair bit about the world before the fabulous story becomes accessible to you. Children‘s book author Isabel Pin has undertaken to recount…