Kai Schüttler studied Design in Münster, majoring in illustration. He works as a freelance illustrator doing children’s books and various other jobs as well. kaischuettler.com
Jörg Isermeyer & Kai Schüttler Badger and Rocket – The Double Badger When Badger and Rocket visit a museum of modern art, they are faced with a conundrum: What is a work of art and what is not? And is Badger, the passionate craftsman, allowed to repair what is lying broken on the floor? The…
Andrea Hensgen & Hannah Brückner We Children on the Train Jamil, his friend Sergey and many other children have been travelling across the country by train for weeks. The train is their home, where they learn, play and sleep, safe and cared for until their parents have rebuilt their destroyed homes. Every Sunday, the train…
NIkolaus Ober & Nina Ober Tiger Learns to Fly Sometimes, it’s hard to believe, even a tiger is bored. And sometimes, no amount of playing football with the vultures, singing with the wildebeest or acting with the monkeys can help a tiger against this boredom. Learn to fly, that would be it, Tiger thinks one…
NIkolaus Ober & Nina Ober Spectacled Bear’s Inventions ‘I’m going to invent SOMETHING,’ said the spectacled bear. He didn’t know what it would be yet, but it would come. Something USEFUL, he added a little later, something COMPLETELY NEW! ‘Otherwise it wouldn’t be an invention,’ said a baboon nine times wisely, but by then the…
Susanne Straßer Come On and Slide, Badger! Badger wants to slide. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, he’s already at the top. Oh, that’s high! Badger doesn’t slide. How Susanne Straßer puts her anxious badger at the top of the slide, how she makes the animals of all weight classes trudge, tap, tap and wait patiently…
Will Gmehling & Antje Damm At the Very Beginning Was the Ball Kiki, Coco, Klaas and Kalle, every burbot, every jellyfish – they all love football, all of them! As fast-paced and cheeky as a rap song, this picture book celebrates football as a passion that spans the globe: Me near the Rhine and you…
Sabine Kranz That Wasn’t Me! It Was the Pirates! Dad doesn’t realise what Flora has long since discovered: Pirates are in town! On the way home from the nursery, Flora saw the ship dock and when Dad gets down to work at home – tidying up, doing the laundry, cooking dinner – the pirates are…
Jörg Mühle But I Didn’t Mean To! It has snowed heavily during the night, and Bear and Weasel have a lot to do. When Bear accidentally throws snow all over Weasel – on purpose? – and covers him in snow, Weasel demands an apology. But Bear just grumbles: ‘I didn’t mean to.’ Weasel doesn’t accept…
Giselle Clarkson Omnibird – An Avian Investigator’s Handbook This highly illustrated, playful field guide to common international birds brings the art of observology to the science of ornithology, showing the many ways these familiar creatures are remarkable if you take time to look. Have you seen a bird today? Probably, unless you’re reading this in…
Lena Hach’s Sweet-Salty Popcorn has been shortlisted for this year’s German-French Children’s Literature Award! This is what the jury had to say: “Romance is the best-selling young adult genre in Germany – and Lena Hach skilfully plays with a wealth of so-called tropes, which she weaves into a fast-paced game of confusion with surprising twists…
Franziska Höllbacher’s Peggy’s Period Project – Paint It Red! has been shortlisted for the German-French Children’s Literature Award! This is what the jury had to say: “By embedding the topic of periods in an exciting, humorous story, enlivened by chat conversations and funny drawings, Franziska Höllbacher succeeds in breaking the taboo and allowing a relaxed…
Humera Malik & Ravan Sader Saif’s Special Patches Saif is “just shy,” or at least that’s what everyone tells him. When his mom comforts him with a patchwork quilt made of his special memories, he remembers that he’s so much more. He was brave when he went down the biggest slide at the Eid picnic….