Since its foundation, the German Academy for Children’s and Youth Literature monthly marks three new publications in the sections young adult, children’s and picture book as the ‘book of the month’. The titles are selected by an honorary jury from all new publications. These well-established ‘book of the month’ selections function as directory and are…
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The EMYS non-fiction book prize has been awarded since 2013 and is the only monthly non-fiction book prize for the best titles in children’s and youth literature. Out of the twelve awarded monthly titles, the winner of the annual prize will be announced. The EMYS honors special, professionally competent and appealing non-fiction books for children…
Johannes Gutenberg & the Printing Press has been awarded the EMYS Non-Fiction Book Prize in July 2018! The EMYS Jury said: “This book belongs into every children’s bedroom” The book has also previously been selected as “Book of the Month” in March 2018.
A teemingly funny picture book about chaos and order What a wonderful mess this is! Dozens of colourful tiny animals are bustling about the white pages. On two, four or more legs, with feathers, fins and tentacles. Scrawly and somehow in a good mood. Then someone calls for a bit of order: Please queue up…
We publish books on subjects that children and adolescents find in their everyday lives, books in which they recognize themselves and their problems, books that help them to work on their issues, books that are fun and full of imagination. worldwide Rights List The Penguin Who Flew Pablo Albo, Diego Dutra & Christian Inaraja The...
Südpol is an independent publisher of children’s books and books for young adults, located in Grevenbroich – in the heart of the Rhineland between Cologne and Duesseldorf. Since 2011 we publish 14-16 novelties every year and offer an animating, exciting and imaginative program. Our focus lies on stories beyond the world of glitter-fairies, topmodels...
Gecko Press is the New Zealand-based, international imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, focused on children’s books in translation. Gecko Press hand-picks books by some of the best writers and illustrators in the world—books of good heart and strong character, excellent in story, illustration and design. Gecko Press publishes stories children and parents will want to...
Most of what is constituent for the publishing house in Wuppertal is implied in the name that was chosen by its founders in 1966. “Peter Hammer” is the literal translation of French “Pierre Marteau”. In the 17th century authors of oppositional works started to use “Pierre Marteau” as a code name to escape the sanctions...
Moritz Verlag was founded as a subsidiary of the Paris-based leading French children's book publisher l'école des loisirs in Frankfurt on the Main in 1994 with Markus Weber as the publishing director. The publishing house quickly made its mark with picture books that had a strong appeal thanks to their unusual...
The artists of this circus share a secret: Despite their triumphs in the arena, everyone dreams of doing other acts. The clown would love to get on the trapeze, the trapeze artist dies for juggling, the juggler dreams of being the human cannonball and the human cannonball would like to walk on a rope several…
TRADUKI supports translations from German into Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Romanian, Serbian and Slovenian, from these languages into German, as well as translations within these languages. You can apply with works from the 20th and 21st century. We support fiction, non-fiction and children’s and youth literature. TRADUKI is covering the costs of the…
This is the Goethe-Institut program aimed at English-language publishers for the translation of German-language literature into English. English-language publishers can apply as of now for grants supporting the translation into English of important works of German-language literature. Eligibility requirements: Grants are available for current German-language literary fiction, poetry, non-fiction books, children’s and young adults’ literature…
Antje Damm has won the 2nd prize in the Troisdorf Picture Book Award, which is the only German prize that specifically honours the illustrations of a picture book. It recognises outstanding achievements in the area of artistic picture book illustration.
The Aldus European Bookfairs’ Network is now offering a directory of translations grants. This global database provides a country by country insight on funding opportunities for literary translation projects. Designed as a tool for professionals in the book sector, the directory is meant to provide comprehensive and updated information on existing initiatives providing financial support…
The Longest Breakfast by Sarah Wilkins & Jenny Bornholdt is amongst the finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. Congratulations!
A story about finding, holding on, and letting go With pictures that are touching and, in a quiet way, funny The moment Mrs. Trueheart, the piano teacher, walks by the poulterer’s store and lays eyes on the white drake, she doesn’t have to think. She just knows: the name of this bird is Ellington. And…
Twenty-seven: that’s the number of letters that the Mumpf sent to his best friend, the snowy owl! For she traveled to the north because there is winter, even in summer. But then one day, the Mumpf discovers that his homemade mailbox in the forest is never emptied. The snowy owl did not receive a single…