Susanne Straßer Atchoo, Says Giraffe Giraffe is ill. Poor Giraffe. Luckily, everyone knows what will help. “Giraffe needs thick socks!” calls Panda. That always helps. And a warm blanket. A long scarf. A clean handkerchief. “I’ll give Giraffe a cuddle!” shouts the child. “Oh yes, a cuddle!” shout the others. That always helps. And it…
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Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic & Chris Park Touch the Sky Old cat Hunca Munca thinks his family’s baby is a new cat (with hardly any fur!). As the baby grows, he teaches it all the things a growing cat needs to know: how to clean himself, how to share food, and the best way to…
Rebecca E. Hirsch & Mia Posada Plants Can’t Sit Still Do plants really move? Absolutely! You might be surprised by all ways plants can move. Plants might not pick up their roots and walk away, but they definitely don’t sit still! Discover the many ways plants (and their seeds) move. Whether it’s a sunflower, a…
Marilyn Singer & Julian Plum Wose Tree Is This? Poems About the Mighty Oak and Its Companions Whose tree is this? Reaching high, spreading wide, this oak, so gracious, so spacious, giving gifts throughout the year. Acorns for eating, tree crooks for nests, leaves that shelter many guests. Explore an oak tree through poems written…
Calvin Alexander Ramsey & R. Gregory Christie The Library in the Woods After a storm devastates the farm his parents have been renting, Junior moves with his family to Roxboro, North Carolina. The year is 1959, and the nine-year-old boy has to navigate the realities of the segregated South while adjusting to life in town….
Kao Kalia Yang & Seo Kim A Home on the Page Nou loves her family, and she likes the brown house where they live, surrounded by trees with sheltering branches. But the young Hmong American girl’s sense of safety and belonging is shattered after she wakes one day to find a hateful message spray-painted on…
Claire Mabey & Jill Calder Cass and the Beast A sweeping and original picture book about a girl who chooses not to be afraid When a fearful beast arrives in the township, Cass finds her courage and is rewarded with a wild and magical journey. The creature takes her on a thundering ride through a…
Leslie Niemöller & Liliane Oser Welcome to the Cucumber Squad There’s always something going on in shared flats; things are constantly changing, and it just goes on and on. Luckily, that’s the case with the ‘Cucumber Squad’ too! In this new volume, no one’s moving out just yet, but someone’s moving in. Even though there…
Maria Parrott-Ryan An Astonishing Circle The Discovery and Denial of the Circulatory System In 1628, physician William Harvey made a controversial claim: that blood circulated continuously through the body, pumping from the heart through the blood vessels into the tissues and returning to the heart. His research contradicted many anatomy “experts” who believed blood was…
Birge Tetzner & Karl Uhlenbrock Fred in Ancient Rome In the shadow of the Colosseum Off to Rome on the night train! As soon as they arrive, Fred and Grandad Alfred set off to follow in the footsteps of the ancient Romans. The tour begins at the Roman Forum. For centuries, the Roman Forum was…
Michael Roher On Foot This is Mr Mandelmus. Mr Mandelmus never walks. This is how Michael Roher introduces the protagonist of his new picture book. Mr Mandelmus is a portly and cheerful chap, but he never takes a single step more than he has to. A scooter, a car, a delivery service – these are…
Andrea Poßberg & Corinna Böckman The Green Pirates – Attack on the Giant Trees Excavators are rolling into Lime Street: the beautiful trees lining the avenue are set to be felled! The Green Pirates are horrified and, without a moment’s hesitation, climb the trees to stop the felling. But who wants these healthy trees cut…
Andrea Lienesch & Sabine Sauter Henriette Piggyback – Hocus Pocus Celium, What’s Going On At the Museum? When technology meets magic – Henriette Piggyback’s got what it takes! Young witch Henriette Piggyback had actually just wanted to spend an exciting day at the museum. But then her great-aunt Martha reads a mysterious inscription aloud there…
Gundi Herget & Mele Brink How the Huge, Nasty Monster Nightmare Found a Child Who Would Dream It to Its End The huge, nasty monster nightmare has one burning desire: it would love to know how it ends! But it never finds out. Because no child ever dreams it to the end. They all wake…
Andreas Thamm & Melina Lebel This Is Me! “More!” I shout, “more photos!” And I’m a bit annoyed because Mum’s putting her phone away again. But there aren’t any more photos yet – only in my head… A picture of a boy jumping over ramps on his BMX. One where he’s playing on the computer…
Ashley Granillo Choir Grrrl Thirteen-year-old Alondra was born into a musical family. Her dad, the former frontman of a famous alt-rock band, expects her and her sisters to follow in his footsteps. The girls have formed their own band, which will open for their dad during his comeback tour. Despite secretly liking quieter music, Alondra…
Florence Migga The Summer Scrap Book Ava, Becca, and Cat have always been inseparable. But the summer after eighth grade, they’re forced to spend two months apart. Outgoing Ava is dragged to London by her family. Anxious Becca is sent to summer camp. Quiet Cat is left at home. Phones aren’t allowed at Becca’s camp,…