John Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and nonfiction and fiction picture books including Hoop Genius, Game Changer, Their Great Gift, Dads, If We Were Gone, and Where We Come From. He has received numerous awards for his work including a Marion Vannett Ridgway Award, a Charlotte…
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John Coy & Phung Nguyen Quang The World Game – Soccer Circles the Globe Thwaack! Whummpp! Klangg! From a park in the United States to a pitch in India, from the seaside in Nigeria to a stadium in Uruguay, there’s one game that brings the world together. Whether you call it football, soccer, or any…
Jilanne Hoffmann & Khao Le The Ocean’s Heart – The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life Far below the ocean’s surface live tiny, restless creatures called zooplankton. They are the ocean’s heart. Dive into the incredible undersea lives of zooplankton, miniscule animals that race to the ocean’s surface to feed on plants. It’s the largest migration…
Special Price for Lifetime Achievement in Illustration Picture book artist Antje Damm was awarded the Special Prize at the German Children’s Literature Award 2025 for her lifetime achievement. Jury statement: “Antje Damm’s extensive work is permeated by a great joy in design, curiosity and a desire to engage creatively with the world. With inimitable openness,…
Antje Damm Agatha. Dad’s Tortoise and Me Agatha is a Greek tortoise that Antje Damm’s father bought when he was a little boy and it now lives with Antje. She talks about Agatha as a member of the family who hibernates every autumn, likes to pinch her visitors’ toes (that’s the only place she can…
Karsten Teich By the Way: I’m Leaving! ‘By the way, I’m leaving!’ says the little frog. ‘Without us?’ his friends ask in amazement. Of course, the little frog is already big and can do everything on his own. He only wants to take Mr Cuckoo, his cuddly toy, with him. But his friends think he…
Gundi Herget & Heike Herold Everyone’s Running, Racing, Whizzing! Attention, the race is about to begin! No one wants to miss out on the fun: bears and rhinos, snails, hedgehogs, elephants and, of course, the fast hares. Everyone starts, runs, races through the summer park, everyone wants to be first. Unless… suddenly soap bubbles dance…
Jörg Isermeyer & Kai Schüttler Badger and Rocket – A Seaside Vacation Mr Badger and his girlfriend Rocket have won in a competition: they are going to the seaside for the first time! The whole house community gives them important tips for their trip. What they mustn’t miss and what they must avoid at all…
Birgit Schössow Zoë. A Summer Full of Lies/Life The parents of 12-year-old Zoë are currently having bad luck with their jobs, so they don’t hesitate when they inherit the Silver Lake Campsite from their late great-uncle Karl: they move from Hamburg to the countryside, renovate the old site with enthusiasm and discover whole new skills…
Will Gmehling STUXX Stefan Uwe Max – she had turned it into “Stuxx”, ‘the woman who was his mother’. She ran away four years ago, and Stuxx has no idea why and no longer wants to know. Since then, his father has been taking care of him and his little sister on his own. Without…
Susanne Straßer Congratulations, Bear! It’s Bear’s birthday and he’s eagerly awaiting his guests, because he desperately wants … Ding-dong! Here they come, one after the other: Crocodile, Goose, Pig, Cat, Dog. And each guest brings a present – but none of them is what he hoped for. Ding-dong! The mouse is late. What will she…
Joy Cowley & David Barrow My Tiger A boy’s pet tiger is apprehensive about his first trip to the dentist—but the twist ending of this funny picture book turns the dentist’s advice satisfyingly on its head (and that’s the end of the dentist). My tiger loved cake, and I went with him to the cake…
Six of our titles are in the White Ravens selection 2025 We Children on the Train by Andrea Hensgen & Hannah Brückner Tomke Digs by Lena Hach & Julia Dürr Misadventures of a Giant Pig at the National Library by Marta Azcona & Anna Font On Yer Bike by Ondřej Buddeus and Jindřich Janíče Three…