In this resonant story from Joy Cowley, Cam the mountain boy follows the river from its trickling source in the snow all the way to the sea. The river leads him through forest, farms and towns to the salty wind of the sea. The dramatic landscapes are packed with detail to discover in the world…
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Spiders spin spiders’ webs. That is normal. But one little spider in the meadow is different. Arachnida cannot spin webs. The old cross spider urges her to keep practicing and grows increasingly impatient when Arachnida keeps failing to accomplish this task. In the end, all the other insects and animals in the meadow laugh at…
Luna has a special best friend. It is a giant, a real, born-and-bred giant. They spend all their time together, from morning to night. But one day he disappears, where can he possibly have gone? Luna searches for him everywhere, until she receives a letter from her best friend. He is in trouble and only…
When the bear wakes up one day, the forest seems strangely empty to him. Where are the other animals? “They’ve all moved into town”, explains the hawk. “There are heated caves, delicious food and, above all, no hunters!” The bear likes the sound of this and he sets off to roam the streets in town….
Camellias, dandelion, peonies, tulips … A delightful way to discover the flowers and colours of the garden! And there are animals hiding behind the leaves and petals, too! by Agathe Singer “It‘s fresh and colourful: This way of portraying [the flowers] makes it possible to look at the garden both in its detail but also…
Moon lived at the edge of the water, alone in a charming small house surrounded by a pretty garden. Vegetables and frutis, flowers and bushes: It was brimming with colours and flavours throughout the seasons … What Moon loves most of all is making soap bubbles that travel towards the horizon for her. … But…
The Letter (La carta) has been recommended by La Fundación Cuatorgatos. They have chosen 20 winners and 100 recommended titles out of a total of 1,500 books, published by 175 Spanish language publishers from 19 countries. We’re delighted to see The Letter on the list of recommendations! La carta by Rocío Araya and Roser Rimbau…
Blond is for good girls Lu steals a bottle of pink hair dye from the drugstore. Her blond hair must go! Obstinate and gruff as she is, she continuously rubs people up the wrong way. Especially Christopher has it in for her and bullies her at school. Her only support is her invisible friend Rhys….
Camping at Loch Ness?! Scary! Mac Stink is appalled: Finn, his favourite human, wants to go camping and fishing at Loch Ness. When every child knows that a huge monster lives in that lake! Surely, the monster will consider Finn to be a yummy snack. One thing is clear for Mac Stink, he has to…
A child comes home with a fish in water inside a plastic bag, that he just won at the fair. He goes to sleep early to enjoy the calm of his fish. The next day, he is woken by the noise of a cow sailing in the sky. He is surprised to discover that everything…
The Little Mole, created by Wolf Erlbruch and Werner Holzwarth, is celebrating its 30th birthday this year! Not only has this outstanding children's classic been published in 41 languages over the course of time, it continues to win children's hearts in new markets. This year will see its first publication in the Luxembourgish language -...
Blond ist was für brave Mädchen … Lu ist ziemlich angenervt – von ihrer Mutter, von den Jungs in ihrer Klasse, von der Schule. Manchmal reicht selbst das Boxtraining nicht mehr aus, um ihre Wut loszuwerden. Mit ihrer eigensinnigen, ruppigen Art hält Lu alle auf Abstand. Nur mit Rhys versteht sie sich blind – aber…
Weil die Bukowski-Geschwister im Hallenbad ein Kleinkind vorm Ertrinken gerettet haben, sind sie ein paar Tage lang berühmt. Doch toller als der Ruhm ist die Karte fürs Freibad, die sie für ihre Heldentat bekommen: Freier Eintritt in einen langen Sommer, der für alle ein besonderer wird! Alf ist zehn, seine Gedanken kreisen um den Schulwechsel…
Tim is not at a loss for excuses. In fact, he is in desperate need of excuses—every day of the week. On Monday, because he’s late for school. On Tuesday, because he forgets his socks. On Wednesday, because he brings home a dog instead of the shopping. That’s the way it works all through the…
Fairytale, time travel and adventure Harsu has five droplets of god blood and a treasured cloak to remember his father by. Now his father is gone, he lives with his mother, his only friend an old onager donkey. And something is not right with Harsu’s mother. She has started kidnapping children, and sometimes her skin…
A sheet of paper blown about by a sandstorm ends up in the hands of Moussa. He immediately thinks about using it to make a drawing of his village Thille Boubacar for his father, who lives abroad. But the whole village does not fit on one page. Moussa undertakes a tour through different typical scenes…
Wer hat den Smaragdring gestohlen? Zipfelmaus freut sich auf die Ferien: Frau Bienenstich ist verreist und im Schrebergarten herrscht himmlische Ruhe – bis die kleine Victoria auftaucht. Kaum angekommen, wird Zipfelmaus‘ Nichte schon von Schwarzekatze und ihrem Katzen-Kumpel Daddel entführt. Als Lösegeld fordern die beiden Frau Bienenstichs Smaragdring. Doch der ist verschwunden! Zipfelmaus braucht dringend…
A new delightful picture book by Antje Damm The wolf is sooo hungry. And what could be more natural than eating all his toys? Accompanied by Antje Damm’s usual witty and cheeky language, the wolf feasts from one page to the next, grows bigger and bigger and more and more excessive. First the apple disappears…
We are delighted to announce that King Will Join Us Later by Andrea Karimé and Jens Rassmus has won the Children’s Book Prize NRW 2018! From the ministry’s message: “Reading pleasure is a pleasure that should not be withheld from any child. Inspiring stories and attractively designed books that are suitable for reading aloud and…