Michaela Schwamberger, born in Upper Austria in 1996, knew from an early age that she wanted to tell stories. As a child, she wrote her first texts and illustrated them herself – and nothing has changed since then. She brings her creativity to her everyday work as a kindergarten teacher, surrounded by children’s books, colours…
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Michaela Schwamberger Coco Raccoon In the middle of the forest sits a small grey bear. His name is Coco. He has black fur around his eyes like a mask, small, sharp claws and a soft, cuddly tail. He sets off into the bear forest to find bear friends. But he can’t stay with the big…
Pablo Albo, Diego Dutra & Christian Inaraja The Penguin Who Flew Who would have thought that penguins are birds? They do have wings, though. Perhaps a long time ago they were used for flying, but no one remembers that now. Now all penguins use them for swimming. Well, not all of them. Diego isn’t very…
Congratulations author Joy Cowley and illustrator David Barrow! A LOT OF SILLY has been selected for the 2025 PANZ Book Design Award shortlist in the Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book category.
Stefanie Kolb A Tortoise for Evelyn Evelyn’s turtle is called Shelby and has to join in everything: playing the piano, painting, skateboarding, swimming, sliding, and jumping rope. Shelby puts up with everything, and Evelyn doesn’t worry about whether Shelby is having fun or not. Poor Shelby. But one day, everything changes for Evelyn. Edition Pastorplatz…
Andrea Hensgen & Stefanie Kolb Rita is New at the Nursery Sascha loves and spoils his little dog Rita very much. Just like all the customers at his bookshop. Then a pipe bursts behind the shelves, everything is flooded and Sascha has his hands full. Rita has to go to daycare. Now she sits alone…
Friederike Dammermann Mouse Goes on a Big Journey Mouse is already big and can go on a journey all by herself. At least, that’s what Mouse thinks, so she packs her bag with everything she feels is needed for her adventure. Outside the cave, she meets Squirrel and they set off together after a picnic. Luckily…
Ella Grace Foutz Lullabies for the Insomniacs A teen with bipolar disorder fights for survival in Ella Grace Foutz’s memoir in verse. Foutz weaves an intimate and gripping chronicle of her experience with mental illness. Amidst the turbulence of manic and depressive episodes, often accompanied by insomnia, Foutz relentlessly pursues stability and self-understanding. She examines…
NoNieqa Ramos They Thought They Buried Us Horror fan and aspiring film director Yuiza gets a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. As one of the few students of color at Our Lady of Perpetual Mercy, Yuiza immediately feels out of place. A brutal work-study schedule makes…
J.F.W. Zachariä & Alexandra Prischedko The Peacock and the Crane Being one among many who strive for knowledge and freedom makes life colourful and interesting. Vanity and the desire to please make people lonely and rigid. A timely message when expensive clothes and mobile phones sometimes seem more important than shared experiences and adventures with…
Marcia Argueta Mickelson The Writing Room A slice-of-life coming-of-age story that gracefully addresses larger themes of immigration, economic disparity, and emotional abuse. Immediately after high school graduation, eighteen-year-old Maya is kicked out of her wealthy dad’s NYC home; he prides himself on forcing his kids to “make their own way in the world.” Maya’s mom…
Lupe Ruiz-Flores The Pecan Sheller In 1930s San Antonio, thirteen-year-old Petra dreams of going to college and becoming a writer. But with her beloved father dead, two younger siblings to care for, and with a stepmother struggling to make ends meet, Petra has to drop out of school to shell pecans at a factory. Hoping…