Jam Dong was born in Shanghai, China. She has an MA degree of moving image at University of Arts London and graduated from MFA Illustration Practice of Maryland Institute College of Art in 2021. She likes to use bright colors and simple shapes to build the imaginary world inside her mind. The beauty of nature…
Anja
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Truck – A Big Rig’s Epic Trip From the Series On the Move Honk! Honk! Follow along as a semitruck travels cross country with a load of toys. Turbo-powered text and illustrations will appeal to truck-loving kids everywhere! Climb on up into the cab of a semitruck and…
Anastasia Braun & Sophia Moog Fay Melody – The Magical Music Academy In this magical school, music is more than just sound—it’s the language of magic! Thirteen-year-old Fay suffers from “music intolerance”: as soon as she hears music, she faints. As a result, she never leaves the house without earplugs, which makes her the target…
Lars Meyer The Legend of the Shadow Guardians – Batte for the Magic Keys Three keys. Three tests. And a gate that must never be opened. Hamburg, 1897: Fifteen-year-old Armin Sturm ekes out a living doing odd jobs until an unexpected inheritance turns his life upside down. In the mysterious estate in Greifheim, Armin discovers…
Kinderkunsthaus Let’s Make Art! 30 Creative Ideas for Designing with Children Discover your creative potential! Art is everywhere – you just have to get creative! This book brings together 30 exciting art projects to do at home. Whether it’s bubble pictures, palette knife art or painting with magnets – all the ideas can be realised…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Fuel – How Energy Powers Our Busy World From the Series On the Move We’re mighty fuel—ready to power the world! From lightbulbs and stoves to cars and planes, many things around us need fuel to work. Where does that fuel come from? Follow oil on its journey…
Ada Limón & Gaby D’Alessandro And, Too, the Fox Comes with its streak of red / flashing across the lawn, squirrel / bound and bouncing . . . U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón has a keen eye for the natural world. This poem pulses with the joyful energy of a fox bounding through backyards, piecing…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Fuel – How Energy Powers Our Busy World From the Series On the Move Honk! Honk! Follow along as a semitruck travels cross country with a load of toys. Turbo-powered text and illustrations will appeal to truck-loving kids everywhere! Climb on up into the cab of a semitruck…
Christine Ziegler & Stephanie Marian Art Eater – From the Life of a Museum Moth Makes you want to go to the museum—an exciting mixture of narrative text and non-fiction picture book Museum moth Heribert is a great lover of art. After a visit to his family in the countryside, he takes his niece Jolinde…
Kristina Scharmacher-Schreiber & Stephanie Marian All Dance! – A Mouse Whirls Through Tap Dance and Ballet Exciting mix of history, factual information and hands-on tips Little mouse Marie loves to dance. When she wins dance lessons from the famous dancer Momo Mouse at a competition, she quickly realises that she wants to take part with…
Volker Surmann’s young adult novel Leon Hertz and the Thing About Sadness has won this year’s Protestant Book Prize. This is a wonderful and certainly most deserved honour for this outstanding book, which had already received several other accolades and nominations. More information can be found here. The jury’s verdict: “His school presentation in the…
Jörg Isermeyer & Kai Schüttler Badger and Rocket – The Double Badger When Badger and Rocket visit a museum of modern art, they are faced with a conundrum: What is a work of art and what is not? And is Badger, the passionate craftsman, allowed to repair what is lying broken on the floor? The…
Andrea Hensgen & Hannah Brückner We Children on the Train Jamil, his friend Sergey and many other children have been travelling across the country by train for weeks. The train is their home, where they learn, play and sleep, safe and cared for until their parents have rebuilt their destroyed homes. Every Sunday, the train…
NIkolaus Ober & Nina Ober Tiger Learns to Fly Sometimes, it’s hard to believe, even a tiger is bored. And sometimes, no amount of playing football with the vultures, singing with the wildebeest or acting with the monkeys can help a tiger against this boredom. Learn to fly, that would be it, Tiger thinks one…