Jörg Isermeyer, born in Bad Segeberg in 1968, travelled all over Europe as a street musician. After completing his studies, he chose a career as a freelance artist over a university career and now lives in Bremen as an actor, director, theatre teacher, musician and writer. His books and plays have won several awards, including…
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Jörg Isermeyer Never Mind was Yesterday A little hate on the mobile phone every day. A political coming-of-age story Everyone at school knows Finn and Lennard because of the funny videos they post on their social media channel. The two meticulously check the number of clicks, likes, and followers and dream of becoming famous. Everything…
Werner Holzwarth & Roger Olmos Pastor The Little Giant and the Tall Dwarf In Gigantoland, the giants and giantesses are excited to see the birth of a new child, but they are disappointed to see that the new child is a tiny giant. At the same time, a new child is also born in Dwarfland,…
Andrea Poßberg & Corinna Böckman The Green Pirates – In the Animal Smugglers’ Web Who stole the Spix’s macaw? Animal lover Jannik is thrilled: the fire brigade brings an escaped Spix’s Macaw to the Bieberheim animal shelter while he is on duty. Shortly afterwards, the animal shelter is burgled and the valuable bird is stolen….
Sophie Hofmann & Leonard Erlbruch Teddy Goes to Town Hey kiddo, do you need help? A picture book story about dogs travelling on the underground Dogs like Flea and his mum live all over the big city. The little one lives in a building pit on the outskirts of the city and has been waiting…
Saša Stanišić & Katja Spitzer Hey, hey, hey, Taxi! For a child, a taxi is a magic vehicle. A four-wheeled witches’ broom. As you enter it, a taxi can bring you anywhere you want to. But what if it’s magic was even bigger? What if taxis would allure stories, fantastic and absurd stories, funny stories…
Saša Stanišić & Katja Spitzer Hey, hey, hey, Taxi! 2 Every evening, Saša Stanišić and his son Nikolai invent new stories in which you can experience the craziest adventures involving the craziest taxis: Favourite taxi driver Odjo Odjo steps on the gas during a fast-paced chase, after all, a cockatoo has to be saved! The…
Nils Mohl has been awarded the James Krüss Prize for International Children’s and Young Adult Literature for his profound humour and high degree of experimentation. The prize is endowed with 8,000 Euros. The Jury: “Nils Mohl, born in Hamburg in 1971, tells of the difficulties and chaos of growing up ‘in an inimitable way’ in…
The Italian edition of ASK ME! by Antje Damm has won this year’s Premio Andersen – in the category ‘Best Book Ever’! Congratulations! – click on the image for more information –
This wonderful silent book has already won several prizes: Leselotse, March/April 2024 Leipzig Reading Compass 2024 7 Best Books for Young Readers Lektorix of the Month “An absolutely successful, visually enormously powerful work that is suitable for young and old to stimulate their own imagination!” – Jury of the Leipzig Reading Compass 2024 –…
Gundi Herget & Katrin Dageför Oh Dear! Camillo Is Gone! The animals in the jungle of Madagascar have lots of fun playing. One day they discover something new: when Camillo the Chameleon gets scared, his colours change! When he gets angry, too! How funny! From then on, the friends can’t get enough of teasing and…
Antje Damm The Nori Says No! The Nori lives underground and loves red berries and life in nature. But one day a giantess throws something into its cave, destroys the table and chair and snatches it away from its world. She sees the Nori as her toy, which is to live in a doll’s house…
Martin Baltscheit The Little Prince Celebrates Christmas The Little Prince. I wonder how he’s doing? The muzzle had no strap, remember? Did the sheep eat the rose after all and did the planet get blown up by the baobab trees afterwards? What would the prince do without the rose and the planet? What has Antoine…
Martin Baltscheit The Little Prince Gives Presents Even bad people get presents – maybe they’ll be one of the good guys soon Still on earth after his last adventure, the Little Prince helps the Christ Child distribute presents at Christmas. But to those who are usually forgotten: The strange, the lonely, the mean, the lazy,…
Birgit Schössow Burying Grandma Siblings Mina, Paul and Annie now only have their neighbour, Mrs Mattuschke. From one day to the next, they are orphaned and the shock is followed by a wild decision not to go to a home. Fortunately, a grandmother turns up, albeit an unknown one. She had been travelling the world…
Susanne Straßer Stop the Ball! Stop the ball! Duck plays ball. Oops – what’s the ball doing, where is it going? The duck chases after the ball and an animal is added on each double page until a whole menagerie is whizzing through the book. Hold the ball! It bounces – BAMM! – against the…
Life Everywhere – The amazing coexistence of species on our planet by Sascha Mamczak, Martina Vogl & Katrin Stangl has won the EMYS Non-Fiction Prize! The jury’s verdict: “A wonderful book that provides so much information and aha-experiences that you won’t want to put it down. […] After reading it, our view of our surroundings,…
Joy Cowley & David Barrow A Lot of Silly World-renowned Joy Cowley brings her silly side to this collection of rhymes and nonsense old and new, illustrated in colour by master of the absurd David Barrow, for families to recite and remember. Joy Cowley knows what makes children laugh. In this book full of absurd…
Gavin Bishop Miro – Look This arresting board book of first words in both Spanish and English by award-winning Gavin Bishop pairs family faces and toys to show connections while building vocabulary for shapes and colours. A member of the extended family looks directly at the reader alongside a familiar toy. Labels give the Spanish…
Patricia Thoma & Brothers Grimm The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale deals with the timeless yet very topical subject of the transition from childhood to adulthood. The king’s twelve daughters withdraw from their father into a world of their own and guard this secret closely. Only twelve pairs of completely worn-out shoes…