Board Books
Maria Vohn My Multicoloured Dog Fritz likes to paint colourful pictures. His dog Bert is grey. Fritz has an idea: why not paint Bert colourful? He uses green and blue, yellow and red, purple and orange and now Bert is a colourful dog. Edition Pastorplatz Board Book Original title: Kunterhund Age 2+ 26 pp |…
Heidemarie Brosche & Mele Brink Who Is Hiding Here? A few small animals are hidden in this book. Can you find them? All you have to do is push aside the curtain, blow the feather away, pick the cherries… A hands-on book. Edition Pastorplatz Board Book Original title: Wer hat sich denn hier versteckt? Age…
Yvonne Hergane & Christiane Pieper All Gone Ten wild children and a game that everyone loves: hide and seek! On each colourful page, one more child disappears. In the hay, in the boat, in the flowerbed. In catchy rhymes that children will soon be reciting along with the book, Yvonne Hergane counts forwards and backwards,…
Susanne Straßer Stop the Ball! Stop the ball! Duck plays ball. Oops – what’s the ball doing, where is it going? The duck chases after the ball and an animal is added on each double page until a whole menagerie is whizzing through the book. Hold the ball! It bounces – BAMM! – against the…
Gavin Bishop Miro – Look This arresting board book of first words in both Spanish and English by award-winning Gavin Bishop pairs family faces and toys to show connections while building vocabulary for shapes and colours. A member of the extended family looks directly at the reader alongside a familiar toy. Labels give the Spanish…
Wolf Erlbruch & Werner Holzwarth The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it was None of His Business “What a nasty thing to do,” the little mole grumbled. “Who did this?” Here the little fans help the mole to find the culprit! The robust board book edition with sliding elements on all pages promotes…
Thomas Müller What’s Sailing Across the Sea? What doesn’t sail across the sea? A board book full of ships of all sizes, designs and speed categories For ten years, Thomas Müller has been letting everything on wheels whizz past us, from pedal cars to tanker lorries. Now it’s the turn of anything that can float:…
Jörg Mühle Let’s Play, Little Rabbit! Little Rabbit wants to play. He hides behind a blanket, then peeks out: Peek-a-boo! He splashes in the bath, swings back and forth, and plays with his own little rabbit too—one, two, three, whee, rabbit flies! Young children will love taking part in these familiar sequences and laugh at…
Jörg Mühle Poor Little Rabbit Oh no, Little Rabbit has hurt his arm. And there’s blood! Can you help him? Blow gently three times, try a band-aid, a rhyme, but he’s still crying… Let’s give his ears a stroke and wipe his tears. There, all better! Off you go, Little Rabbit! This sweet and simple boardbook invites…
Jörg Mühle Bathtime for Little Rabbit Who enjoys having their ears washed? Little Rabbit doesn’t like the idea, but it turns out to be not so bad after all. But he does need your young reader’s help. When the blow-dryer breaks, we must blow his ears dry. Wfffff! Keep blowing! Now wrap him in the…
Jörg Mühle Tickle My Ears The worldwide bestselling interactive bedtime book for toddlers. This sweet and simple boardbook invites children to take part in Little Rabbit’s charming new bedtime ritual by helping to put bunny to bed with a fun activity on each page. It’s getting late and Little Rabbit must go to sleep. Can…
Susanne Straßer So Light So Heavy 12 o’clock – time for soup! Everyone can swing and slide, but seesawing is the ultimate discipline at the playground, because there are only two options: utter frustration or huge fun! Susanne Straßer puts an elephant onto the seesaw and it is immediately clear that an entire menagerie of…
Susanne Straßer Raccoon Does the Laundry There’s nothing Raccoon likes better than washing dirty things clean again. Scrub, scrub, wipe, wipe. The frog brings his green socks, the tiger his yellow skirt, the sheep his white jumper. Scrub, scrub, wipe, wipe. The line on which everything hangs to dry in the sun gets longer and…
Susanne Straßer The Whale Takes a Bath Today is bath day. The whale takes a bath. Lovely! But what the whale enjoys is also craved by the others—as is to be expected. Here they are already and keen to join the whale amidst the bubbles: The tortoise, because her back hurts, the beaver, because he…
Susanne Straßer Fox Goes For A Ride Fox drives a car. Tap tap, with his feet. Slow at first, then faster and faster. Over gravel – helter-skelter! Through puddles – splash! The fox whizzes through the pictures so fast that he doesn’t even notice others hopping on on every double page: mouse and mole, beetle…
Susanne Straßer Can I Sit in the Middle? “Come on, let‘s read a book!“ calls the child and right away everyone sits on the sofa: the zebra, the cat, the child, the hamster, the lion. They are ready to go. “Wait!“ whinnies the zebra, “the stork isn‘t here yet!“ Here he comes. So they can…
Susanne Straßer So Tired and Wide Awake Tired, yet wide awake; the eternal bedtime issue! And there are many characters in this perky board book who cannot with all the will in the world fall asleep. Hedgehog, Fox, Donkey, Pelican and Crocodile are so tired. Only Seal is wide awake. He skips out of bed—he…
Gavin Bishop Look – A Tummy Time Book A concertina board book of big bright faces to place around the baby on the floor at tummy time – family faces on one side and toys on the other – by multi-awardwinning author/illustrator Gavin Bishop. Babies will love tummy time or learning to sit up surrounded…
Philipp Stampe & Dörte Horn Who’s Yawning Here? “Hello, I’m Digger Dan. Do you want to know how my friends from the construction site kindergarten and I fall asleep every night? Then take a look at this book. Maybe you and I like exactly the same things!?” Find out how digger Dan and his friends…
Susanne Straßer Soup’s Ready! 12 o’clock – time for soup! Everyone knows what goes in: the horse brings a red turnip. Lid open – lid closed. The goat brings tender twigs, the dog a crunchy bone, the squirrel fresh spruce cones. Lid open – lid closed. Finally ready: Bon appétit! But what if the soup…
If grandma knew “If you could wish for something, what would it be?“, Grandma wants to know from Fips as they are taking a walk. After various suggestions, Fips finally comes clean: no kite, no bicycle, no dog—no: a trip is Fips‘ greatest wish—and together with Grandma! “Sometimes wishes come true,“ says Grandma and smiles….
Good night, little Mia Frog, hedgehog, cat and mouse rustle, mew and snort through the garden in the evening. The sounds of the animals lull little Mia to sleep. The scene is probably familiar to all parents: It‘s bedtime, but the child is jumping around on the bed, happy as a lark. There is no…
Playful animals get up to toddler mischief in this boardbook built on word play, with each page twisting animal names into funny new words to share. In this delightful boardbook built on word play, toddlers will recognise each activity—getting dressed, playing, painting (including themselves), having a bath—and see how the animal makes the mischievous most…
A day with grandad showing in simple, beautiful images the bond between grandfather and child: a small hand in a big one, big gumboots and little, some food, stories and a snooze to finish. Pops is a warm and universal board book about a day with grandad. The bond between grandfather and child is shown…
Mihi / mihimihi / pepeha: introducing yourself and making connections to other people and places. Mihi is a simple book to share with babies and talk about their whānau and place in the world. Repeating colours and shapes show the connections between waka, mountain, iwi through to mama, papa and the baby reader. This book…
“Hurry up,“ says mum. “I‘ll be right there,“ says Peter. With a glance at her watch, the mother urges him to be quick. But Peter is detained by major sensations that demand his full attention: The beetle on the stairs, a thousand flying umbrellas in the summer air and the very friendly dog next door….
At night, everyone stops what they’re doing and the silence becomes omnipresent. The pirate, the dog, and the girl with the basket; they’re all asleep, except the owl, who stays watch. Estela Antín was born in Buenos Aires 45 years ago. At 22, she came to live in Spain to work as a publicity writer….
The friends of our heroine warn her not to open this book, not to turn another page. But she ignores this wise advice and decides to face the dangers that lie in wait for her on each new page: disgusting aliens, bloodthirsty pirates, hungry crocodiles, mutant snails… A book full of adventures and incredible situations…
A new delightful picture book by Antje Damm The wolf is sooo hungry. And what could be more natural than eating all his toys? Accompanied by Antje Damm’s usual witty and cheeky language, the wolf feasts from one page to the next, grows bigger and bigger and more and more excessive. First the apple disappears…
Long overdue: The sequel to One Two Three Me New unexpected rhymes for the youngest In 1999, Nadia Budde’s first picture book was published: One Two Three Me – it was hailed as a stroke of genius, won the most prestigious awards, and has long since become a classic. The author and the publisher agreed:…
From early on, children wonder what they could or might be doing when they grow up: Fix cars, fly to the moon, care for tiger babies, chase criminals. And yet the possibilities are endless! Thomas Müller presents some of these options and gives us a taste of the joys and difficulties in the lives of…
Ten tykes – full of beans Finger rhymes are meant to introduce some form of order within the bustle of seemingly endless shorter and longer tiny fingers. There is not one child that doesn’t love finger rhymes! Rhyming and playing is an excellent combination. The gang of five sets out as is customary in finger…
The more colorful, the better! A cardboard picture book about the fun of being different Even the youngest kids will understand it right away: This story is about two individuals, who couldn’t be more different if they tried. Anotherway is tall, Different is short. She is made of cotton wool and he is made of…
As soon as Lena opens her shop, all the animals and toys gather round to do their shopping: little horse comes rolling up first, it orders a bowl of porridge. The pig chooses marzipan, the rabbit leek. And right at the end, bear decides on honey waffles—and shares them with all the others! Susanne Göhlich…
Lena’s bear is feeling ill. Everyone chips in to help make him feel better. The horse brings its blanket, the duck warm milk with honey, the polar bear lends bear his scarf and so on. Until, at the end, and thanks to the help of his friends, bear is already feeling a lot better. by…
No less than 33 different vehicles are racing past the reader in this funny board book. A bicycle, a fire engine, a taxi, a digger, a snowplow, a coach, a police car, a limousine, a gangster car, a delivery van, a motorbike with a side car, a fuel tanker … you name it! – they…
The tractor and the donkey are having a contest: which of them is the fastest and will be the first to reach the seaside? They set off; each determined to win the race. Both encounter various delays and obstacles along the way. Whilst the donkey has to hide and run from the wolf, the tractor…
Jutta Bauer has transformed the well-known children’s rhyme that can also be enacted as a pantomime into a wonderful warm-hearted story about trust and (unlikely) friendships. Expect the unexpected! Marvellous illustrations, this is a true gem! by Jutta Bauer Bücherbüffet Prize 2012 “In her very simple illustrations, Jutta Bauer captures every emotion wonderfully…
Eye-catching, funky art and unexpected rhymes come together in this little book to show just how silly everyday words can be. Kids will crack up at the outrageous cartoon illustrations. by Nadia Budde “Ingeniously simple, but yet with a striking impact. […] a piece of art, derived from utter intellectual independence and the sheer delight…
Little Gwendolin is ill, she is running a temperature. And her tongue is bright red – children know what that’s like. Also dad saying “I will give you a cuddle. Drink your tea and sleep a little” will be familiar to children. With the tabs they can help Gwendolin to get well again: they can…
In this funny picture book we come across many little boys, there is one more on every new page. Accompanied by amusing and simple rhymes the tots do what little boys always do: they are running and shouting, laughing and teasing each other, playing and eating – to cut it short: they are having a…