Sabine Kranz Everyone’s Been Picked Up! All the children love the ritual at the end of the nursery day: they announce out loud who’s being picked up next. “Fritzi! You’re picked up!” It’s so exciting. Who’ll be next: Rosa, Jojo or Elif? And most of all: who’s coming to pick them up, and in what…
Board Books
Friederike Dammermann Otto Is Not Tired Yet It’s time to go to bed, but Otto the dog isn’t tired at all yet. He looks for his blanket, wants a cuddle and stretches. You have to help him with everything! Otto is finally getting tired and falls asleep alongside you. Edition Pastorplatz Board Book Original title:…
Katrin Dageför & Henrike Lippa Nobody Gets Kissed Unless They Want To The little mouse is constantly being hugged, cuddled and kissed. But the little mouse doesn’t want that at all, because she’ll only stay still when she decides: ‘Yes, I want to!’ Edition Pastorplatz Board Book Original title: Geküsst wird nur, wer will! Age…
Susanne Straßer Atchoo, Says Giraffe Giraffe is ill. Poor Giraffe. Luckily, everyone knows what will help. “Giraffe needs thick socks!” calls Panda. That always helps. And a warm blanket. A long scarf. A clean handkerchief. “I’ll give Giraffe a cuddle!” shouts the child. “Oh yes, a cuddle!” shout the others. That always helps. And it…
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….
Karsten Teich By the Way: I’m Leaving! ‘By the way, I’m leaving!’ says the little frog. ‘Without us?’ his friends ask in amazement. Of course, the little frog is already big and can do everything on his own. He only wants to take Mr Cuckoo, his cuddly toy, with him. But his friends think he…
Gundi Herget & Heike Herold Everyone’s Running, Racing, Whizzing! Attention, the race is about to begin! No one wants to miss out on the fun: bears and rhinos, snails, hedgehogs, elephants and, of course, the fast hares. Everyone starts, runs, races through the summer park, everyone wants to be first. Unless… suddenly soap bubbles dance…
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…
Susanne Straßer Come On and Slide, Badger! Badger wants to slide. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, he’s already at the top. Oh, that’s high! Badger doesn’t slide. How Susanne Straßer puts her anxious badger at the top of the slide, how she makes the animals of all weight classes trudge, tap, tap and wait patiently…
Maria Vohn My Multicoloured Dog Fritz likes to paint colourful pictures. His dog Bert is grey. Fritz has an idea: why not paint Bert colourful? He uses green and blue, yellow and red, purple and orange and now Bert is a colourful dog. Edition Pastorplatz Board Book Original title: Kunterhund Age 2+ 26 pp |…
Heidemarie Brosche & Mele Brink Who Is Hiding Here? A few small animals are hidden in this book. Can you find them? All you have to do is push aside the curtain, blow the feather away, pick the cherries… A hands-on book. Edition Pastorplatz Board Book Original title: Wer hat sich denn hier versteckt? Age…
Yvonne Hergane & Christiane Pieper All Gone Ten wild children and a game that everyone loves: hide and seek! On each colourful page, one more child disappears. In the hay, in the boat, in the flowerbed. In catchy rhymes that children will soon be reciting along with the book, Yvonne Hergane counts forwards and backwards,…
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…
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…
Wolf Erlbruch & Werner Holzwarth The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it was None of His Business “What a nasty thing to do,” the little mole grumbled. “Who did this?” Here the little fans help the mole to find the culprit! The robust board book edition with sliding elements on all pages promotes…
Thomas Müller What’s Sailing Across the Sea? What doesn’t sail across the sea? A board book full of ships of all sizes, designs and speed categories For ten years, Thomas Müller has been letting everything on wheels whizz past us, from pedal cars to tanker lorries. Now it’s the turn of anything that can float:…
Jörg Mühle Let’s Play, Little Rabbit! Little Rabbit wants to play. He hides behind a blanket, then peeks out: Peek-a-boo! He splashes in the bath, swings back and forth, and plays with his own little rabbit too—one, two, three, whee, rabbit flies! Young children will love taking part in these familiar sequences and laugh at…
Jörg Mühle Poor Little Rabbit Oh no, Little Rabbit has hurt his arm. And there’s blood! Can you help him? Blow gently three times, try a band-aid, a rhyme, but he’s still crying… Let’s give his ears a stroke and wipe his tears. There, all better! Off you go, Little Rabbit! This sweet and simple boardbook invites…
Jörg Mühle Bathtime for Little Rabbit Who enjoys having their ears washed? Little Rabbit doesn’t like the idea, but it turns out to be not so bad after all. But he does need your young reader’s help. When the blow-dryer breaks, we must blow his ears dry. Wfffff! Keep blowing! Now wrap him in the…
Jörg Mühle Tickle My Ears The worldwide bestselling interactive bedtime book for toddlers. This sweet and simple boardbook invites children to take part in Little Rabbit’s charming new bedtime ritual by helping to put bunny to bed with a fun activity on each page. It’s getting late and Little Rabbit must go to sleep. Can…