Debbie Loren Dunn is an author of nonfiction books for children and young adults based in Texas. She graduated with a degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin and worked in the computer industry for twenty years specializing in databases and data mining. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of…
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Janet Fox & Debbie Loren Dunn The Real Rosalind The Truth About Rosalind Franklin’s DNA Discovery and How It Was Erased She was called angry, irascible, and combative. But more than anything else? She was correct. Ask most people what they know about DNA and they might be able to tell you some basics: It…
Sibel Susann Teoman & Timo Grubing The Secret School of the Temple Agents – Between Flying Carpets and Glowing Swords Timur Taygan – lovable hero caught between teenage chaos and magic Timur, almost 13 years old and known as Tim (vegetarian and reptile expert), had imagined his summer holidays would be very different: instead of…
Kaja Grimme Miss Renée and the Cartographic Conspiracy A mysterious murder case in the shadow of the venerable Geographical Society – Miss Renée and her chronicler investigate Germany, 1908: Out of sheer desperation, the young poet Caspar Schütze responds to a strange job advertisement – and ends up as a ‘chronicler’ for 17-year-old Renée Graf,…
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…
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…