Michaela Beck grew up in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg and has a degree in architecture. She has worked as an architect, publisher’s representative and editor and after the German reunification studied “Scenic Writing” at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Since then she has worked as a freelance author, dramaturge and lecturer – mainly in the…
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Michaela Beck Me, My Awfully Nice Family and Other Disasters Family is really nice and sometimes really exhausting! Once again, 13-year-old Martha has to get used to another one of her mum’s boyfriends. She already has enough on her plate with her stepfathers, her two half-brothers Tobi and Justus and various grandparents. But this time…
Iris Genenz & Corinna Böckmann My Secret Life as a Monster Hunter – Why You Should Never Hang on to a Giant Worm As if it wasn’t bad enough that Charly has to dance with grumpy German teacher Mrs Schmidt-Habicht instead of his flame Dalia at the school party, he suddenly discovers a small hippo-like…
Eirlys Hunter is off to Rome in December 2023 for the awards ceremony of Premio Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi 2023, where The Mapmakers’ Race is one of three finalists in the 11+ category. Alongside the jury, the award involves nearly 4000 school students choosing favourite stories, characters and authors. Full details about the book
Simak Büchel & Larisa Lauber A Heart for Monsters – The Flying Dragon Grotto Light and airy adventure: of flying otters and floating islands Cloud traveller Bella needs help, because the floating islands and her parents’ cloud fortress are constantly being ravaged by swarms of monsters that seem to devastate everything for no reason. Ainu…
Andrea Lienesch & Sabine Sauter Henriette Piggyback – The Darned Witchy Search for the Fungus Muffle Kiss Henriette Piggyback – the cheerful little witch with a great inventive spirit Henriette Piggyback and Great Aunt Martha go on an expedition to the Miefenthal cave, because this is the only place where the fungus Muffel Kiss grows,…
Volker Surmann Leon Hertz and the Thing about Sadness Is this still normal, or already depri light? Leon Hertz is 13 3/4 years old and the third Leon in his class – pretty normal and unremarkable, in his opinion. But Rouven has noticed him, and not only that. He even helps Leon with his ethics…
Judith Kleinschmidt & Michael Mantel A Case for Trunk Dog There’s only one sniffer dog like this! Have you ever tried to teach a goldfish to play ball? Or cuddle a lizard? Exactly! So everything speaks in favour of a dog, says Theo. Whenever his father is on duty, Theo spends time with his neighbour…
Lisa Rammensee & Sandra Grimm Volana’s Madagascar Adventure Where will the little catta family find a home? The courageous female catta Volana takes matters into her own hands and sets off in search of a suitable place to raise her young. She roams Madagascar and gets to know many other animals and regions. But the…
Eilika Mühlenberg Luis’s Plan ‘I can do it all by myself’! Luis has something special planned for today. For the first time, he wants to go to the big scooter park at the other end of the city on his own. He draws a map of the city and bravely sets off. But then one…
Regina Wenig & Liliane Oser Farmer Irrfing and the Congo Beetle The children have to go on holiday— their parents are stressed out On Monday, the Congo beetle is ready for a holiday. His parents have to work, so they send him to Farmer Irrfing: get on the U5, rumble to the Beetle main station,…
Pascale Osterwalder Grigor & Tolya: The Cheese Sandwich A warm, sunny morning dawns in the Gnarled Forest, but Grigor couldn’t be in a worse mood. Tolya’s snoring has kept him awake half the night and, to make matters worse, the cheese has run out at breakfast. But Grigor really needs his cheese sandwich now. To…
Franz Suess In the Pockets of the Handsome Mr Day When handsome Mr Day gets tired, Mrs Night wakes up and it slowly gets dark everywhere. Mr Day quickly pockets various things that are left of him: a fish that didn’t find its way home, the last ray of sunshine that no longer warmed him…
Mele Brink & Melanie Gerber I’ll Do It! The Somewhat Different Daddy-Leon-Day Dad is ill! Who will look after Leon now? Everyone is busy, only Leon has time. So he has to look after himself and Dad too. Of course he does. And so today turns out to be a fun and exciting Daddy-Leon day…