The author and illustrator Wolf Erlbruch has received the e.o. plauen-Award 2014. The jury describes Wolf Erlbruch as “a marvel of illustration”. His style is “distinctive, despite him using diverse techniques such as drawing, collage, painting and assemblage”. But it is thanks to his abundance of expression and ideas, from which he has developed a…
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When Death Came Calling by Rotraut Susanne Berner and Jürg Schubiger received the German Design Award 2014 in the category Special Mention. An unusual award for an exceptional picture book! It has also previously been awarded as One of the Most Beautiful German Books, has received a White Raven and a LesePeter in 2011. Click…
Every day, the strongest man in the world has to face limitations imposed by his age and height. People confuse him with his aunt on the telephone, he has to take the stairs to his apartment, because he can’t reach the button for the elevator. He gets sick in the car, broccoli terrorizes him, and…
Quima goes for a walk and discovers that something is following her everywhere, even if she tries to get rid of it: it’s her shadow. This discovery leads her to wonder about the origin and essence of shadows: what are they? What are they made of? Where do they come from? To find out, Quima…
Quima is unable to go to sleep. No matter how often her parents ask her to try. She has lost Sleep. Her parents help her look for it and in the end, they find it hidden in the duvet. Sleep is trying to flee, but they have to catch it if they want Quima to…
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Hot on the trappers’ trail—the fourth case for the Green Pirates Such cruelty to animals! In the forest, the Green Pirates Ben, Flora, Jannik, Lennart and Pauline come across a trapped bird of prey. They take it to a nearby bird rescue station, where the injured raptor is looked after. The rescue team has found…
The family on the 3rd floor, staircase H, apartment 1, have won the lottery. How lucky they are! Now they will never have to worry about anything ever again. Or will they? Suddenly they discover that money can make you happy – or not, but it certainly does make life more difficult. An amusing story,…
In Pursuit of the Numbers through the Labyrinth All numbers have disappeared from the wizard’s school Abracadabra! From everywhere! From the classrooms, from the books and even out of the pupils’ heads. Teaching is impossible: the magic spells no longer work, the cook cannot read her recipes, no pupil can find the right classroom and…
With the Mutton Carrot in the Stone Age On their way home from school, Mette and her cousin Theo discover a secret garden. This is where Alma lives, an old woman who cultivates the archetypal plants of many different vegetables. But a burglar has vandalized the garden. Now her archetypal plants are lost forever! Mette…
Science fiction nerds Max, Willi and Ben discover a light inside the ruinous mansion. Over night, a strange elderly lady seems to have moved in with her daughter Penelope. Penelope, a striking appearance with platinum blonde hair, rouses unknown feelings in Max. But then the boys discover that the girl has triangular hairs with serial…
Danny besucht den Zoo und stellt fest, dass sich die verschiedenen Tiere auf unterschiedliche Art und Weise bewegen – sie springen, gleiten, fliegen, hüpfen und schaukeln! von Steve Simpson & Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin Futa Fata | Pappbilderbuch | 14 Seiten | 16 x 16 cm Lizenzen: Dänisch
Auf seinem Weg durch das Haus hört Danny verschiedene Geräusche. Hilf Danny herauszufinden, was hinter den einzelnen Geräuschen steckt. von Steve Simpson & Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin Futa Fata | Pappbilderbuch | 14 Seiten | 16 x 16 cm Lizenzen: Dänisch
Danny sucht seinen Teddybär – wo kann er bloß sein? Hund Lilo möchte gerne helfen, aber es ist alles andere als einfach, den Teddy wiederzufinden. von Steve Simpson & Tadhg Mac Dhonnagháin Futa Fata | Pappbilderbuch | 14 Seiten | 16 x 16 cm Lizenzen: Dänisch
Verbringe einen Tag mit Danny und finde heraus, was er in diesem wunderbar gestalteten Fühlbuch alles anstellt. von Steve Simpson & Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin Futa Fata | Pappbilderbuch | 14 Seiten | 16 x 16 cm Lizenzen: Dänisch
You don’t have to be big and fat in order to know what it would feel like. Not to fit into your clothes and not to fit in anywhere. This is what Jelena suffered. Jelena was so fat and so tall that she didn’t fit into her mother’s small shooting gallery. And as the funfair…
Tilda’s nose tells her what she likes or doesn’t like. Tilda loves the smell of her dad. He smells of wood and soil and a little like nutmeg. Since their father doesn’t live with them any longer, Tilda and her younger brother Hans can only visit him from time to time. Tilda always immediately opens…
No less than 33 different vehicles are racing past the reader in this funny board book. A bicycle, a fire engine, a taxi, a digger, a snowplow, a coach, a police car, a limousine, a gangster car, a delivery van, a motorbike with a side car, a fuel tanker … you name it! – they…