Uwe Becker & Ina Krabbe Sam Stripe in Search of the Apple Thief Great humour, lovable characters: a very special reading experience – now with colour illustrations! An apple thief is on the loose in Mrs Beehive’s allotment! Only the gnawed-off apple cores are left dangling from the branches. Sam Stripe is outraged! What is…
Children’s Fiction
Andreas Völlinger and Pascal Nöldner Leo’s Wild Adventures – Dinosaur Alarm Leo and his inventor aunt travel to the dinosaurs—unfortunately one of the huge creatures travels back with them and is suddenly standing in Aunt Agnetha’s garden! Leo is to give a presentation about his favourite animal in class. But how is he supposed to…
Lena Hach & Maja Bohn The Christmas Superheroes – Darn! Snowed in! Advent is saved – it has never flown by so quickly Father Christmas has his hands full during Advent. Saving the world, for example. But because that’s practically impossible to achieve on his own, he quickly enlists help and founds “The Christmas Superheroes”….
Andrea Lienesch & Sam Rassy Whoops, Who’s Coming to Visit? A turbulent read-aloud story in 24 chapters Brown bear Malte is just about to snuggle up in his cave to hibernate when he is suddenly startled by a message on his cell phone: His girlfriend, polar bear Irma, wants to visit him to celebrate Christmas…
Kristina Andres Holidays with Hedgehog Poop Two baby hedgehogs are a lot of work Rescuing animals and looking after them well is something that children love. So do Matti and Janne during their holidays on Aunt Olga’s farm. There are two hedgehog cubs there that are still far too small to survive on their own….
Andrea Poßberg & Corinna Böckman The Green Pirates – In the Animal Smugglers’ Web Who stole the Spix’s macaw? Animal lover Jannik is thrilled: the fire brigade brings an escaped Spix’s Macaw to the Bieberheim animal shelter while he is on duty. Shortly afterwards, the animal shelter is burgled and the valuable bird is stolen….
Martin Baltscheit The Little Prince Celebrates Christmas The Little Prince. I wonder how he’s doing? The muzzle had no strap, remember? Did the sheep eat the rose after all and did the planet get blown up by the baobab trees afterwards? What would the prince do without the rose and the planet? What has Antoine…
Martin Baltscheit The Little Prince Gives Presents Even bad people get presents – maybe they’ll be one of the good guys soon Still on earth after his last adventure, the Little Prince helps the Christ Child distribute presents at Christmas. But to those who are usually forgotten: The strange, the lonely, the mean, the lazy,…
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,…
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…
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,…
Will Gmehling & Anna Schilling Molly Blume It buzzes and it beeps and goes pling About parents, mobile phones and a daughter who takes action Molly is really annoyed, her parents are addicted! Addicted to their smartphones. They stare at the screen all the time, never really listen to Molly and even miss the leopard…
Rosemarie Eichinger & Thomas Kriebaum Daredevil Theophil Theophil Ringelblum doesn’t like excitement or adventure. It involves tearing your trousers, scraping your knees, getting bumps, ticks or other unpleasantries. Theophil is neither a lively boy nor a hero. He loves to sit still, read or play on the computer. When his parents tell him that he…
Nicole Mahne & Caroline Opheys Nelly & Dash – A Pig Hits the Road Funny, cheeky and endearing: reading fun with Nelly and her dog Dash Nelly, Max and Berta are thrilled: Lorenzo Spitzo, the world’s best dog trainer with his own TV show, has moved into the neighbourhood! The three of them immediately set…
Andrea Poßberg & Corinna Böckman The Green Pirates – Plastic Plague in Bieber Lake While cleaning out the new clubhouse of the Bieberheim football club, Ben and Lennart find a real treasure map. To recover the treasure in Bieber Lake, the Green Pirates go diving and discover huge amounts of plastic waste floating around in…
Andrea Poßberg & Corinna Böckman The Green Pirates – Perilous Poison Underwater Trouble in cosy Bieberheim! A citizens’ initiative is fighting to return the Els brook, which has been encased in concrete, to its natural course. When the Green Pirates suddenly discover masses of dead fish during a paddling tour, they are unexpectedly drawn into…
Simak Büchel & Larisa Lauber A Heart for Monsters – The Shadow Slayer A very special team gets going: Tabati & daughter – pest controllers and monster hunters extraordinaire 8-year-old Ainu moves from village to village with her mother Tabati and pony Bifi, offering their services as pest controllers and monster hunters in a class…
Andrea Lienesch & Sabine Sauter Henriette Piggyback – Pudding Magic in the Witch’s Garden Chaos in the witch’s garden: Of rebellious witch herbs and nimble speed sponges Great-aunt Martha is on holiday and Henriette has to look after her witch’s garden: The dandelion mustn’t get any cavities, the chives must be combed and the parsley…
Lena Hach & Daniela Kulot The Crazy Inventors’ Hut – The Looping Twirler Admittedly, Tilda, Walter and Fred’s first invention was a proper write-off. But the friends have made an awesome new discovery. They have pimped the boring playground around the corner. The set of swings now includes a loop inverter. No kidding! Unfortunately, the…