Camila Monasterio & Ignasi Blanch Mrs. Chatarra In Mrs. Chatarra’s world, nothing is thrown away: everything can be transformed. Lili’s favourite toy is an old, battered crocodile. One day, while playing in the park, an older boy snatches it from her, and the poor reptile ends up even more battered than before. At that moment,…
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Ilona Einwohlt & Alexandra Junge Don’t Panic! Let’s Turn the School Upside Down Mika’s primary school is dilapidated: broken windows, dirty toilets, cordoned-off climbing frames – and now the school garden is to be sold too! But it’s the secret hideaway of Mika and her friends Ibo, Lilly and Milan. They have to prevent the…
Michaela Konrad Embrace the Future EMBRACE THE FUTURE is a fictional advertising campaign that celebrates renouncing consumption as a hedonistic, sensual and fulfilling lifestyle. In the style of classic commercial advertising, the artist has created posters that take a tongue-in-cheek look at Western-influenced society and its skillful marketing strategies, which have been persuading us to…
Kathrin Schärer The Neverending Line The line in front of the ice-cream stand keeps growing. Who takes so long to decide on a flavor while everyone else is waiting? What are the beavers arguing about as soon as they have to line up? And for whom is the queue outside the bathroom simply too long?…
Lorenz Pauli & Nele Palmtag The Unbelievably Old Cat Grandma’s cat is older than any other — it has been by her side since her childhood! Grandma loves to tell the incredible story again and again, and her grandchild adores it. When Grandma was still a child, the cat was in a serious car accident….
Heidemarie Brosche & Kathrin Schärer The Flying Goat “Don’t jump too high!”, “Don’t play so wildly!”, “Beware of the night birds!”, warn the worried goat mothers. Each kid has its own special character. There’s a goat that loves to hug, a goat that loves to lie down and a goat that loves to fly. –…
Janet Fox & Debbie Loren Dunn The Real Rosalind The Truth About Rosalind Franklin’s DNA Discovery and How It Was Erased She was called angry, irascible, and combative. But more than anything else? She was correct. Ask most people what they know about DNA and they might be able to tell you some basics: It…
Sibel Susann Teoman & Timo Grubing The Secret School of the Temple Agents – Between Flying Carpets and Glowing Swords Timur Taygan – lovable hero caught between teenage chaos and magic Timur, almost 13 years old and known as Tim (vegetarian and reptile expert), had imagined his summer holidays would be very different: instead of…
Kaja Grimme Miss Renée and the Cartographic Conspiracy A mysterious murder case in the shadow of the venerable Geographical Society – Miss Renée and her chronicler investigate Germany, 1908: Out of sheer desperation, the young poet Caspar Schütze responds to a strange job advertisement – and ends up as a ‘chronicler’ for 17-year-old Renée Graf,…
Nicole Mahne Purple Vibes Real. Intense. Hopeful. Lynn’s journey to self-discovery begins with Purple. Fifteen-year-old Lynn is afraid. Afraid of confined spaces, crowds – and above all, the tram. Her relationship with her boyfriend Leon is also difficult. But then Purple bursts into her life. The girl with purple-dyed hair embodies everything Lynn feels she…
Lorenz Pauli & Miriam Zedelius Look after Me! Here, the adult asks the child how best to look after children. And the child admonishes him when the man’s suggestions lead to dangerous games. But that is not the whole story yet: Why does Mr Snip not fall from his hammock when you turn the book…
Kathrin Schärer What’s Behind? A new boardbook by our most successful and bestselling illustrator. It’s a spontaneous, everyday game: You hide an object behind your back, and your child is supposed to guess what it is. In the book, the artist turns this into an amusing chain reaction: Behind every animal, there’s another, hidden one….