Hilary Jean Tapper is an illustrator and creative arts therapist. Her picture books include What To Say When You Don’t Know What to Say (by Davina Bell), ABIA Children’s Picture Book of the Year, 2023.
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Finn-Ole Heinrich & Dita Zipfel & Tine Schulz Turnips and Fireworks Of course: When the old year is as worn out as Bosco’s super-wolly pyjamas, a new one is needed. And the Turnip family has a tried and tested ritual for the turn of the year: They saddle up Olga the donkey and wander through the…
Yayo Kawamura & Harriet Grundmann I Have to Go, said the Bear When the bear said goodbye, everyone was at a loss. Do you want to look for sweeter berries? asked the blackbird. Do you have an appointment? the dog wanted to know. Nobody understood why the bear had to leave, not even Bear himself….
Joy Cowley & Hilary Jean Tapper Good Night, Good Beach An evocative bedtime picture book that distils the essence of a family summer at the bach. Summer holidays by the sea have a rhythm all their own. With a few resonant images Cowley takes us straight to the end of a long hot day with…
Ana Popescu & Clemens Bruno Gatzmaga Ellea and the City There are days when you can hear the fish whispering if you put your ear very close to the surface of the great ocean. In the past, the monkeys still lived in tree hollows on the mountain. Then they moved down to the city. Only…
Dr. Johanna Klement & Stephanie Marian Rebel Cells – A wild journey through the body An adventurous journey through the body with three little rebel cells The little body cells Mio, Nea and Fago are desperate to know what the world outside looks like. So they plan a daring journey through the human body to…
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…
LILI FLIES AT THE TOP by Julia Willmann has won the Korbinian Paul Maar Newcomer Award 2023! Congratulations! This prize is awarded by the German Academy for Children’s Literature and the jury said: „Exciting, full of linguistic wit and close to the facts, Julia Willmann succeeds in adapting Nature Writing for a younger audience, sensitizing…
WILD BIKE RIDE WITH VELOCIRAPTOR by Nils Mohl and Halina Kirschner has been selected as the MINT (STEM) Book of the Month by STUBE in April 2023. It was also selected as one of the ‘7 Best Books for Young Readers’ the same month. From the STUBE review: ” … the encounter between author and…
How to Rescue Art has won the Toad of the Month by STUBE in March 2023 and was also selected as one of ‘7 Best Books for Young Readers’ in April. What dangers threaten paintings, how can works of art be restored and what actually happened to Hugo von Rangenstein’s nose? Restorers Fabienne Meyer and…
Guridi & Fran Pintadera Cannibal Child Cannibal child, like the rest of his merry tribe, is always on the lookout to see who he can sink his teeth into. From the outset, no one is safe from these voracious but friendly people, accustomed to solving their problems at the table: not the travelling merchants, nor…
Valeria Docampo & Alexandra Helmig Alva and the Glow of Memories This work of art holds the treasure of us all Alva lives alone on an island. Every day, memories arrive at her house and she takes care of them. She cleans and polishes them so they don’t fade. But suddenly something is different. Have…