Wieke is angry. She likes neither Xandra, her dad‘s new girlfriend, nor her annoying little daughter. And now she is supposed to spend her holiday in an Italian mountain village with them! When Ken comes along, the refugee boy from Nigeria for whom Xandra has taken over guardianship, Wieke has had enough. As it happens,…
Children’s Fiction
Lua feels so alone since her father‘s heart has stopped beating. One day she finds a magic marble that shows her the way to a circus. When she enters this magical world and looks behind the life of the circus’ artists, she finds a way to get closer to her father‘s memory. He had given…
Lena Hach & Daniela Kulot The Crazy Inventors’ Hut – The Soda Bubbler All huts fly … high! Tilda, Walter and I are now inventors! Walter had the idea. He always has all the ideas. The super ideas and the shit ideas. The lemonade bubbler was one of the super ideas. At least we thought…
The cat (Sir Arthur, as he likes to call himself), spends the winter months in the south. In the spring, however, he is drawn back home. But when he arrives, it is no longer old Luise who lives there, but Mrs. Federschuh, who took over the house from the late Luise. Arthur now has to…
goldkind Eva Rottmann & Eleanor Sommer | Mixtvision, Germany | 8 + | 64 pages | colour illustrated Emma is a well-behaved, intelligent child – the apple of her parents’ eyes. They have enough money to fulfill her every wish. But still, Emma is not happy, because they are constantly working and when they are at home, they are fighting….
Summer holidays – time for Hollercamp! Each year, Leon, Emily and Jakub meet at the camping site. The prospect of heavenly weeks full of sun, swimming and icecream are spreading before them. But this time, the idyllic holidays are overshadowed by mysterious events. Who is the strange man sneaking around the campground? And what’s the…
The land holds the truth … the maps will reveal it. Sal, Joe, Francie and Humphrey Santander are mapmakers looking for their father, a famous explorer who disappeared on his last expedition. Their search leads them to a curious new land and a township under siege. The all-powerful Grania Trading Company plans to uproot the…
On the edge of a small town, at the end of the very last street, there is a creepy house. No one knows anything about the resident. Mr. Pasternak is nothing more than a shadow behind tattered curtains. A little girl named Anabel lives just across the street. Of course, she would never dream of…
Jacob is really cheesed off that Mum has moved to the country with him, just because she wants to live with her boyfriend Hannes. And yet they had a nice time together in their small apartment under the roof. Jacob is disgruntled as he roams through the fields. He feels left out and dwells on…
Don‘t be afraid of the school essay! Lola is nervous. She has to write a story for school, her very first school essay! How lucky she is to have a dad who is an author and can give her tips on writing. And so an evening conversation develops between Lola and her dad about everything…
Following their adventures in the city, town bear and his friends return to the forest. “This peace and quiet is blissful! And our caves are so comfortable!“, Bear, Fox and Badger sigh contentedly. But the beaver has plans of an entirely different kind. The city gave him crazy ideas: He plans to rebuild his lodge…
The Bukowskis fight their way through The Bukowski siblings have had a long summer at the lido. The days are getting shorter – but no less exciting! For Alf, the narrator, who finally takes up boxing and still thinks about the beautiful Johanna. (So often that he drops his guard while boxing and that hurts!)…
Aunt Agneta has come up with something very special for her favourite nephew Leo‘s birthday: They fly to the moon with spaceship Amelia and household robot Albert. There‘s even a fast lunar mobile on board. But it‘s not just eating and drinking that prove to be a real challenge in space—what do you do if…
For Ida, every single day is like no other. If she wants to find out if earthworms have a bum, then that would be an explorer-day, for example. On a decision-making-day Ida will ponder the question of who she likes the most. On illness-day, Bunny receives an injection and he has a birthday, too, of…
Helge is horrified: A flying robot suddenly turns up wherever danger threatens and steals the show from him and Super Pug. Three heroes in one city are clearly too many! Helge and Super Pug urgently need a new, bombastic heroic adventure to outdo the robo hero. And that comes up faster than expected when Eel…
When Alice Littlebird, a girl from the people of the Cree, is separated from her family and taken to the Black Lake Residential School, she loses everything. The nuns take away her clothes and shave off her hair. She is not allowed to speak her language and is forced to pray to a God she…
Karl-Heinz is the worst pirate in the world. He doesn’t know how to use a compass, gets seasick easily and sometimes accidentally rams a fellow pirate’s ship because he can’t find reverse gear. To make matters worse, his best sailor is a crazy goat. No wonder Karl-Heinz would like to sell his pirate ship, the…
Villains beware: Super Pug is back! A new neighbour moves into the house next to the home of Helge and his pug. And they both know immediately: Madame Magenta and her cat, Marylin, are super villains! When Helge’s unsuspecting Dad walks right into Madame Magenta’s nasty cell phone-hypnosis-trap, Super Pug and Helge act like true…
The family of ten-year-old Justin inherits a petrol station with car wash and workshop on England’s south coast from a late uncle. As Justin’s father has just lost his job, the family decides to continue the petrol station and moves to the steep coast. It turns out that the petrol station is located in the…
From a plague to the best confectioner’s assistant Once a year, high up on his mountain the giant Karak cooks a mushroom soup which he devours. And once a year he attacks the village and robs the people of all their cakes, cookies and pies. Confectioner Tschaggomo no longer wants to put up with this….