Marta Azcona was born in Oviedo one day in April last century. She graduated in Philology and moved to Madrid, where she began to work as an editor on various radio and television programmes. After more than two decades writing scripts for fiction series, she worked for five years at Televisa Internacional creating and developing…
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Marta Azcona & Anna Font Misadventures of a Giant Pig at the National Library On a cold and stormy day, Doña Socorro, the librarian, is forced to leave the library because of a headache. She leaves the books in the care of a pig. But, suddenly, a troup of animals coming from a wine tasting…
Will Gmehling & Jens Rassmus The Star Lake When the four friends looked at the lake from the 11th floor of their tower block, they could see that it had jagged edges like a star. The ‘Star Lake’ made them proud of their neighbourhood, which was otherwise rather bleak. In January, the lake froze over…
Ulrike Möltgen I Was the Whole World A girl dreams of her own body as a landscape: the jungle lies in her hand, a lion sits in her hair with a flowing mane. A circus tent stands on her leg. The director is a rough man, greedy for success and sensation, he captures the proud…
Doris Lecher Hocus Pocus Octopus The octopus children Octa, Pi and Puss make a lot of noise when their parents go out and leave them in the care of Klaas, the turtle babysitter. But Klaas immediately has the right idea for a game: they are allowed to hide and Klaas has to find them again….
Yvonne Hergane & Christiane Pieper All Gone Ten wild children and a game that everyone loves: hide and seek! On each colourful page, one more child disappears. In the hay, in the boat, in the flowerbed. In catchy rhymes that children will soon be reciting along with the book, Yvonne Hergane counts forwards and backwards,…
Jörg Bernardy & Katja Spitzer The World’s Longest Picnic Three snails – Otto, Anna and Izzy – are planning a picnic. At a snail’s pace, they pack a thousand delicacies into their baskets and set off. Six months have passed: the three are still on the road, their stomachs growling loudly. But they will only…
Burying Grandma by Birgit Schössow & Leon Hertz and the Thing About Sadness by Volker Surmann have both been shortlisted for the Protestant Book Prize 2025! Click on the covers for more information: The Jury on Burying Grandma: “Three siblings, lots of dying and a spectacular happy ending. First off: there is a lot…
Kathrin Schrocke Freak City Welcome to the world of silence When Mika meets Lea, his life is turned upside down. She is direct, lively – and beautiful. But Lea has been deaf since birth and lives in a world that Mika finds difficult to access. Does their love stand a chance? Kathrin Schrocke’s award-winning and…
Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop Twigs and Stones A funny, warm and wise picture book by world-renowned Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop that captures the essence of friendship and nudges us to notice the power of the words we choose. Snake and Lizard live together in a hole under a rock. They are such good…
Deniz Jaspersen, Rasmus Engler & Mareike Engelke That’s How You Sleep, Little Wombat Wombats can do almost anything – they are masters at climbing, swimming, crawling, burrowing and building dens! And little wombats love to do all of these things at the same time. There’s just one thing they don’t like so much: sleeping ……
Michael Heinze & Katrin Stangl Muscle In! Wild Games for Children Children love to romp and tussle! A book full of opportunities to get to know and accept your own limits and those of others through games. Training dexterity, measuring strength or winning together – all this is best done through play. Games for outdoors…
Lena Hach & Julia Dürr Tomke Digs Digging – what else! Tomke is in the garden. Tomke is digging. The hole gets bigger and deeper. ‘It’s already a real pit!’ exclaims Mum. ‘You must be looking for pirate treasure!’ Tomke doesn’t answer. If you dig, you can’t answer. In her first picture book, bestselling author…
The 2024 White Ravens List includes three books from our portfolio: * Jörg Mühle’s Tomorrow I am the Boss! – Link to White Ravens Review * Jens Rassmus’ Rainy Day – Link to White Ravens Review * Kathrin Schrocke’s White Tears – Link to White Ravens Review [click on the covers for more information] …