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…
Children’s Fiction
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…
Kristina Andres A Winter to Wiggle Your Ears What does a wild boar do in winter? Matti and Janne are spending their winter holidays with Aunt Olga, who still heats her house with wood from the shed. Wampe, an old boar that even she has never seen, lives nearby. Matti and Janne are excited to…
Andreas Völlinger and Pascal Nöldner Leo’s Wild Adventures – Moon Fever Aunt Agneta has come up with something very special for her favourite nephew Leo‘s birthday: They fly to the moon with spaceship Amelia and household robot Albert. There‘s even a fast lunar mobile on board. But it‘s not just eating and drinking that prove…
Jörg Isermeyer & Kai Schüttler Badger and Rocket – The Double Badger When Badger and Rocket visit a museum of modern art, they are faced with a conundrum: What is a work of art and what is not? And is Badger, the passionate craftsman, allowed to repair what is lying broken on the floor? The…
Uwe Becker & Ina Krabbe Sam Stripe and the Magnificent Garden School A for apple – a school in Mrs. Beehive’s garden There is a lot of excitement in Mrs. Beehive’s allotment garden: Mole suggests that everyone should go to school to learn to read and write. The garden dwellers are eager to get down…
Andreas Völlinger and Pascal Nöldner Leo’s Wild Adventures – Beetle Chaos Suddenly as small as a beetle! A wild adventure in the garden jungle Leo and his inventor aunt Agnetha accidentally shrink to the size of beetles. Only the shrink ray can make them grow back to their normal size, but the neighbour’s cat has…
Anna Keller Keith & Jutta Wetzel Lila Flax – Colours are Fun! A turbulent story about school and friendship, diversity and creativity Lila had imagined the change to the comprehensive school differently! She and her best friend Benno are not in the same class, because Benno has to skip a year. And why has he…
Simak Büchel & Larisa Lauber A Heart for Monsters – Turmoil in the Valley of the Trolls No fear of monsters – Ainu tames them with heart and courage The monster hunters and pest controllers Ainu and her mother Tabati, together with apprentice Halti, are on their way to a new assignment. Halti accidentally steers…
Andrea Lienesch & Sabine Sauter Henriette Piggyback – Eeny Meeny Pickledy Peck, Who’s Hatching from the Breakfast Egg? Henriette Piggyback – the cheerful little witch with a great inventive spirit Great-aunt Martha has received a huge egg in the post and is about to crack it when Henriette realises that the parcel has been delivered…
Leslie Niemöller & Liliane Oser The Cucumber Squad Sticks Together There is always something going on in this very special house-sharing community that has come together at Hans’ house: zebra Tayo is often so sad that he needs help from the doctor, bear Ben is finding it difficult to learn to ride a bike, rabbit…
Will Gmehling & Jens Rassmus The Star Lake When the four friends looked at the lake from the 11th floor of their tower block, they could see that it had jagged edges like a star. The ‘Star Lake’ made them proud of their neighbourhood, which was otherwise rather bleak. In January, the lake froze over…
Uwe Becker & Ina Krabbe Sam Stripe in Search of the Apple Thief Great humour, lovable characters: a very special reading experience – now with colour illustrations! An apple thief is on the loose in Mrs Beehive’s allotment! Only the gnawed-off apple cores are left dangling from the branches. Sam Stripe is outraged! What is…
Andreas Völlinger and Pascal Nöldner Leo’s Wild Adventures – Dinosaur Alarm Leo and his inventor aunt travel to the dinosaurs—unfortunately one of the huge creatures travels back with them and is suddenly standing in Aunt Agnetha’s garden! Leo is to give a presentation about his favourite animal in class. But how is he supposed to…
Lena Hach & Maja Bohn The Christmas Superheroes – Darn! Snowed in! Advent is saved – it has never flown by so quickly Father Christmas has his hands full during Advent. Saving the world, for example. But because that’s practically impossible to achieve on his own, he quickly enlists help and founds “The Christmas Superheroes”….
Andrea Lienesch & Sam Rassy Whoops, Who’s Coming to Visit? A turbulent read-aloud story in 24 chapters Brown bear Malte is just about to snuggle up in his cave to hibernate when he is suddenly startled by a message on his cell phone: His girlfriend, polar bear Irma, wants to visit him to celebrate Christmas…
Kristina Andres Holidays with Hedgehog Poop Two baby hedgehogs are a lot of work Rescuing animals and looking after them well is something that children love. So do Matti and Janne during their holidays on Aunt Olga’s farm. There are two hedgehog cubs there that are still far too small to survive on their own….
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….
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,…