Nadia Budde All Eels The life of eels is crazy, and that’s exactly how it ends: with a wild party in the depths of the Sargasso Sea. Foam, chaos and mayhem! In the morning, little eels lie slumbering in their ‘baby seats’. The young eels don’t have much time to play; they have to make…
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Katherine Speller The Beasts in Your Brain Understanding and Living with Anxiety and Depression It can be hard to find the words to describe the icky feelings that seem to come from nowhere and sap all your joy and energy. You can tell that your brain just isn’t pulling off the same tasks as others,…
Rebecca E. Hirsch & Mia Posada Plants Can’t Sit Still Do plants really move? Absolutely! You might be surprised by all ways plants can move. Plants might not pick up their roots and walk away, but they definitely don’t sit still! Discover the many ways plants (and their seeds) move. Whether it’s a sunflower, a…
Calvin Alexander Ramsey & R. Gregory Christie The Library in the Woods After a storm devastates the farm his parents have been renting, Junior moves with his family to Roxboro, North Carolina. The year is 1959, and the nine-year-old boy has to navigate the realities of the segregated South while adjusting to life in town….
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 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….
Sandra Markle Call the Bee Doctor! How Science is Saving Honey Bees From the Series Sandra Markle’s Science Discoveries Honey bees are among the world’s most important insects. They help pollinate many of the crops we depend on for food. Without them, the global food supply would be in great danger. In 1998, beekeepers in…
Anna Gusella The Magic Glasses On a journey of discovery with Lotta and Ella Propella Lotta and her dog Ella Propella are inseparable and love going for walks together. One day, they find a pair of magic glasses. They are thrilled to discover that when they put the glasses on, they can see the world…
Cornelia Boese & Stefanie Jeschke Boa’s Ark Loud fanfare for all animals In times of climate change and species extinction, thousands of animals compete in a spectacular show. The prize: a ticket aboard the luxury liner “Boa’s Ark”. Twelve animals appear in the grand finale and explain why their habitat and thus their existence is…
Dita Zipfel, Finn-Ole Heinrich & Nele Brönner Eely Has to Go Eely has spent almost his entire life in a very beautiful canal, happily doing his laps with his friend Frank. But suddenly Eely realises that he is changing, that he has to say goodbye and take the plunge into new waters: A long, exciting…
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…
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…
Jona Manow Spy No. 9 and the Art of Not Being Noticed The adventure of being different Estrick is different. He counts things in steps of nine, often doesn’t understand his fellow human beings and has countless questions: Why are there zebra crossings but no zebra stripes on the road? Why are some people nice…
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…
Lorenz Pauli & Kathrin Schärer Fur and Feather The dog is all agog, and the hen is suffering from stage fright, too. The performance is about to start. They’re acting in their own story! It goes like this: The hen dreams of pirate treasure and the dog of a strong friend. They meet by chance,…
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…
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…
Will Gmehling & Antje Damm At the Very Beginning Was the Ball Kiki, Coco, Klaas and Kalle, every burbot, every jellyfish – they all love football, all of them! As fast-paced and cheeky as a rap song, this picture book celebrates football as a passion that spans the globe: Me near the Rhine and you…
Jennie Liu The Red Car to Hollywood Los Angeles, 1924 Sixteen-year-old Ruby Chan considers herself a modern, independent American girl. But when her secret relationship with a white boy implodes—and then is revealed to her very traditional Chinese parents—she’s in a tough spot. Horrified that Ruby’s reputation is at risk, her parents hire a matchmaker…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Ship – A Container Ship’s Colossal Journey From the Series On the Move Cast off on a journey across the ocean with a container ship as a guide in the delightful picture book I Ship. Come aboard a massive container ship as it pulls into port, loads up…