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…
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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….
Kathrin Schärer Death in the Apple Tree An old fox catches a magical weasel. He lets the weasel go when it promises that from now on, any apple thief will get stuck to the tree – for evermore. Now the fox can enjoy his apples in peace … until his Death comes to claim him….
Tessa Sima One-Page Stories “Popcorn is corn* after a nervous breakdown.” “The spoon firmly believed that the fork could change. Well.” These and many more flashes of inspiration were scattered across numerous individual sheets of paper until now. Now, for the first time, they are collected in a very enjoyable book: One-Page Stories. As a…
Ina Krabbe The Magical Multiplication – Chaos at the School of Magic Clarissa and her twin brother Marlon attend the Abracadabra School of Magic. The lessons there are exciting enough as it is – until one day they discover a mysterious stone tablet in the library: the magic mark. Curious, they solve the tablet’s exciting…
THE STAR LAKE wins Luchs Award of the Year 2025 The LUCHS Award for 2025 goes to Will Gmehling and Jens Rassmus for their book THE STAR LAKE. The story of a high-rise housing estate, four children and a mysterious little lake was already honoured with the LUCHS Award of the Month in April. It…
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 Prize 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…