Merle Goll, born in 1975 on the Kiel Fjord, went to England as an au pair after her A-levels, studied Graphic Design in Bristol and still lives on the island. In the meantime, the mother of two lives in Twickenham and works there as an illustrator. There are no fish in her bathtub, but her…
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Merle Goll & Beate Teresa Hanika Mr Kleemann and his Fish A fish is a friend Mr Kleemann loves fishing and he loves delicious fish. One day he catches a very special specimen. The fish is silver, has light blue eyes and golden spots on its belly. Mr Kleemann has never seen anything so beautiful!…
Birge Tetzner & Karl Uhlenbrock Fred in the Ice Age Fire Magic Fred has already travelled to many countries and past cultures. He would never have thought that his next adventure would be in Germany of all places. During a cave tour in the Swabian Alb, a spark of fire whisks him through time: to…
Birge Tetzner & Karl Uhlenbrock Fred among the Vikings Jarl Ragnald’s Legacy Somewhere on a fjord in Denmark, many, many years ago, lived the Viking boy Ivar. The day Fred comes to him is a sad day for Ivar: Odin has taken his father to Valhalla – and the village no longer has a leader….
Birgit Schössow Oskar Holidaybear Holiday time! Excited Mimi is expecting guests for the first time at her hotel by the sea. Already the bus arrives with lots of people, suitcases and boxes – and a bear! The big, shaggy guest introduces himself at Mimi’s reception as “Oskar Holidaybear”. The adults anxiously keep their distance from…
Fabienne Meyer, Sibylle Wulff & Martina Leykamm How to Rescue Art? Art is known to save the world. But who saves art? Works of art are unique and irreplaceable. No copy is as good as the original, for it usually remains soulless. Yet works of art are exposed to dangers from all sides: ravenous mites,…
Mele Brink & Thomas Endl Wherever You Want Marie and Gustav really don’t always see eye to eye. When they find a ticket to Whereveryouwant in an old tramcar, however, they do fly to a jousting tournament, to the Emperor of China’s lantern festival and even to the Man in the Moon together. But as…
Katinka Manzau-Feddern Ophelia and the Moon Bumblebees have dreams too. Can you imagine that? Bumblebee Ophelia is very, very fond of dreaming and wonders night after night what it looks like on the moon. Ophelia has heard so many stories about the moon. But none of the meadow dwellers has ever visited the moon. Surely…
Julia Willmann & Alexandra Junge Lili Flies at the Top When the little fly Lili tries to get out of the room into the light, she hits the window so hard that she loses her “L”. As “itte fy ii” she finds her way out into the open and sets off on a long journey….
Andrea Liebers & Susanne Göhlich The Bee Tree Story about a new kid at school that surprises everyone No one wants to have anything to do with Albert, the new boy in Finn’s class. Because he wears shirts with too long sleeves and a funny cap. So it makes sense that no one wants to…
Juan Feliu Sastre The Adventures of Stacey and Pepper: I Don’t Like Dingbats! In these five new adventures, Stacey wants to become a Youtuber, but her sisters, who already are youtubers, laugh at her because she has no followers; Shanon makes fun of her because she hasn’t had Covid and has to do a PCR…
Katja Gehrmann & Constanze Spengler No Further Than the Ice Cream Van Dad and Mika are on a beach holiday: setting up parasols, swimming, reading, playing badminton. Until the ice cream van rings its bell. Mika runs to get the ice cream, but is held up – and the van is already gone again. So…
Antje Damm & Will Gmehling Pizza Cat Here’s comes Pia the pizza cat, nimble and nippy – MAMMA MIA! She whizzes through this picture book on her yellow Vespa, loaded with pizza that is so delicious that you won’t forget it. Will Gmehling gives the pizza cat a boost, in fast-paced verses he lets her…