Martina Leykamm studied communication design in Nuremberg and London. She has lived in Berlin since 2000 and works as a freelance illustrator for book publishers, newspapers, magazines and companies. martinaleykamm.de
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Fabienne Meyer, Sibylle Wulff & Martina Leykamm How to Rescue Art? Art is known to save the world. But who saves art? Works of art are unique and irreplaceable. No copy is as good as the original, for it usually remains soulless. Yet works of art are exposed to dangers from all sides: ravenous mites,…
Mele Brink & Thomas Endl Wherever You Want Marie and Gustav really don’t always see eye to eye. When they find a ticket to Whereveryouwant in an old tramcar, however, they do fly to a jousting tournament, to the Emperor of China’s lantern festival and even to the Man in the Moon together. But as…
Katinka Manzau-Feddern Ophelia and the Moon Bumblebees have dreams too. Can you imagine that? Bumblebee Ophelia is very, very fond of dreaming and wonders night after night what it looks like on the moon. Ophelia has heard so many stories about the moon. But none of the meadow dwellers has ever visited the moon. Surely…
Julia Willmann & Alexandra Junge Lili Flies at the Top When the little fly Lili tries to get out of the room into the light, she hits the window so hard that she loses her “L”. As “itte fy ii” she finds her way out into the open and sets off on a long journey….
Andrea Liebers & Susanne Göhlich The Bee Tree Story about a new kid at school that surprises everyone No one wants to have anything to do with Albert, the new boy in Finn’s class. Because he wears shirts with too long sleeves and a funny cap. So it makes sense that no one wants to…
Juan Feliu Sastre The Adventures of Stacey and Pepper: I Don’t Like Dingbats! In these five new adventures, Stacey wants to become a Youtuber, but her sisters, who already are youtubers, laugh at her because she has no followers; Shanon makes fun of her because she hasn’t had Covid and has to do a PCR…
Katja Gehrmann & Constanze Spengler No Further Than the Ice Cream Van Dad and Mika are on a beach holiday: setting up parasols, swimming, reading, playing badminton. Until the ice cream van rings its bell. Mika runs to get the ice cream, but is held up – and the van is already gone again. So…
Antje Damm & Will Gmehling Pizza Cat Here’s comes Pia the pizza cat, nimble and nippy – MAMMA MIA! She whizzes through this picture book on her yellow Vespa, loaded with pizza that is so delicious that you won’t forget it. Will Gmehling gives the pizza cat a boost, in fast-paced verses he lets her…
Nils Mohl & Halina Kirschner Wild Bike Ride with Velociraptor Wait a minute – velociraptors? Those were very fast dinos, weren’t they? The narrator, a writer with a rusty talent for storytelling and a great passion for bicycles, is astonished when suddenly such a feathered prehistoric reptile stands in front of him. The quick-witted and…
Katharina Naimer Hans in Luck The fairy tale Hans in Luck deserves to be looked at afresh and attentively through the images created by the artist Katharina Naimer. At the beginning of the fairy tale, Hans receives the gold nugget as a reward for seven years‘ work, then he exchanges the gold nugget for a…
Susanne Straßer Zebra, Bear, and Pelican A birthday calendar by Susanne Straßer When is grandpa‘s birthday? Susanne Straßer‘s everlasting calendar not only reliably reminds children (and parents!) of the birthdays of the most important people. Zebra, bear and pelican and all the other funny characters from much-loved picture books ensure a good mood in children‘s…
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Wolf Erlbruch has passed away. He died on 11 December 2022 at the age of 74. Wolf Erlbruch was the first German author/illustrator to win the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2017 and one of the most renowned picture book artists internationally. The picture book…
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…