Cornelia Boese was born in Würzburg, studied at the University of Music, and worked for many years as an opera prompter. As a freelance poet, she has published numerous books and poetry collections for children and adults. www.boesesouffleuse.de
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Cornelia Boese & Stefanie Jeschke Boa’s Ark Loud fanfare for all animals In times of climate change and species extinction, thousands of animals compete in a spectacular show. The prize: a ticket aboard the luxury liner “Boa’s Ark”. Twelve animals appear in the grand finale and explain why their habitat and thus their existence is…
Lorenz Pauli & Kathrin Schärer Eggs in Daycare! Mouse Helps Out Mouse likes to help. The blackbird brings Mouse her eggs to look after. So do the bluetits, and then the woodpecker. Even the baby squirrels are allowed to come. The result is a colourful daycare centre. There is a lot going on! But it’s…
Lorenz Pauli & Kathrin Schärer The Place of Dear Things The badger cleans up his sett. What to do with the gameboard for which he has lost the instructions? And where to put the beautiful piece of wood that looks like a rabbit? The badger does not want to throw away the beloved things. They…
Lorenz Pauli & Kathrin Schärer There You Are! The Beginning of Love ‘Sometimes I love you so much I wish there were two of you.’ ‘Why?’ ‘So we could hold hands on both sides.’ ‘Oh! But we can do that, even if there’s only one of me.’ Impish, dreamy, rapturous or quiet; surprising themselves and…
Lorenz Pauli & Miriam Zedelius Sorry Yuri runs over Doctor Bitter on his bicycle: “Sorry! I think that was my mistake.” Doctor Bitter brushes himself off, doctors himself up and then goes for a ride on Yuri’s bike. Oops! Now not only Doctor Bitter has a scratch, but also Yuri’s bike and even Mr. Snips…
Ariana Zustra & Susanna Harrison Don’t Stop the Music Immortal Pop Stars and What They Have in Common Curtains up for the greats of music, icons and idols as you’ve never seen them before: in 53 double portraits, pop stars from eighty years of music history face each other – each a classic and a…
Dita Zipfel, Finn-Ole Heinrich & Nele Brönner Eely Has to Go Eely has spent almost his entire life in a very beautiful canal, happily doing his laps with his friend Frank. But suddenly Eely realises that he is changing, that he has to say goodbye and take the plunge into new waters: A long, exciting…
Maike Siebold & Franziska Detlefsen Elf Magic in the Bottle Garden Elves, wishes and a magical bottle garden Five-year-old Tilda wants nothing more than to spend time with her parents – baking cookies, doing crafts, just being together. But Mummy and Daddy are too busy and Tilda feels alone. One evening, she receives a mysterious…
Michaela Schwamberger Coco Raccoon In the middle of the forest sits a small grey bear. His name is Coco. He has black fur around his eyes like a mask, small, sharp claws and a soft, cuddly tail. He sets off into the bear forest to find bear friends. But he can’t stay with the big…
Pablo Albo, Diego Dutra & Christian Inaraja The Penguin Who Flew Who would have thought that penguins are birds? They do have wings, though. Perhaps a long time ago they were used for flying, but no one remembers that now. Now all penguins use them for swimming. Well, not all of them. Diego isn’t very…
Congratulations author Joy Cowley and illustrator David Barrow! A LOT OF SILLY has been selected for the 2025 PANZ Book Design Award shortlist in the Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book category.
Stefanie Kolb A Tortoise for Evelyn Evelyn’s turtle is called Shelby and has to join in everything: playing the piano, painting, skateboarding, swimming, sliding, and jumping rope. Shelby puts up with everything, and Evelyn doesn’t worry about whether Shelby is having fun or not. Poor Shelby. But one day, everything changes for Evelyn. Edition Pastorplatz…