Michael Roher On Foot This is Mr Mandelmus. Mr Mandelmus never walks. This is how Michael Roher introduces the protagonist of his new picture book. Mr Mandelmus is a portly and cheerful chap, but he never takes a single step more than he has to. A scooter, a car, a delivery service – these are…
Picture Books
Gundi Herget & Mele Brink How the Huge, Nasty Monster Nightmare Found a Child Who Would Dream It to Its End The huge, nasty monster nightmare has one burning desire: it would love to know how it ends! But it never finds out. Because no child ever dreams it to the end. They all wake…
Andreas Thamm & Melina Lebel This Is Me! “More!” I shout, “more photos!” And I’m a bit annoyed because Mum’s putting her phone away again. But there aren’t any more photos yet – only in my head… A picture of a boy jumping over ramps on his BMX. One where he’s playing on the computer…
Chiara Delle Donne & Luciano Lozano A Boy Like Any Other In Ana’s room there was a trunk full of things to dress up with: hats, glasses, gloves, blouses, dresses, scarves, wands, necklaces, tiaras, furry ears, fabrics of different textures and colors… She dressed up all the time and everywhere, at home, at school or…
Kathrin Schärer The Place of Dear Things The line in front of the ice-cream stand keeps growing. Who takes so long to decide on a flavor while everyone else is waiting? What are the beavers arguing about as soon as they have to line up? And for whom is the queue outside the bathroom simply…
Lorenz Pauli & Nele Palmtag The Unbelievably Old Cat Grandma’s cat is older than any other — it has been by her side since her childhood! Grandma loves to tell the incredible story again and again, and her grandchild adores it. When Grandma was still a child, the cat was in a serious car accident….
Heidemarie Brosche & Kathrin Schärer The Flying Goat “Don’t jump too high!”, “Don’t play so wildly!”, “Beware of the night birds!”, warn the worried goat mothers. Each kid has its own special character. There’s a goat that loves to hug, a goat that loves to lie down and a goat that loves to fly. –…
John Coy & Phung Nguyen Quang The World Game – Soccer Circles the Globe Thwaack! Whummpp! Klangg! From a park in the United States to a pitch in India, from the seaside in Nigeria to a stadium in Uruguay, there’s one game that brings the world together. Whether you call it football, soccer, or any…
Jilanne Hoffmann & Khao Le The Ocean’s Heart – The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life Far below the ocean’s surface live tiny, restless creatures called zooplankton. They are the ocean’s heart. Dive into the incredible undersea lives of zooplankton, miniscule animals that race to the ocean’s surface to feed on plants. It’s the largest migration…
Susanne Straßer Congratulations, Bear! It’s Bear’s birthday and he’s eagerly awaiting his guests, because he desperately wants … Ding-dong! Here they come, one after the other: Crocodile, Goose, Pig, Cat, Dog. And each guest brings a present – but none of them is what he hoped for. Ding-dong! The mouse is late. What will she…
Joy Cowley & David Barrow My Tiger A boy’s pet tiger is apprehensive about his first trip to the dentist—but the twist ending of this funny picture book turns the dentist’s advice satisfyingly on its head (and that’s the end of the dentist). My tiger loved cake, and I went with him to the cake…
Patricia Newman & Becca Hall Sharks Unhooked The Adventures of Cristina Zenato, Underwater Ranger Some people are scared of sharks. Not Cristina Zenato. As a little girl, Cristina dreamed of making friends with the sharks deep in the ocean. When she grew up, she made those dreams come true, becoming a diver, conservationist, and shark…
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…
Lorenz Pauli & Kathrin Schärer Eggs in Daycare! Mouse Helps Out Mouse likes to help. The blackbird brings Mouse her eggs to look after. So do the bluetits, and then the woodpecker. Even the baby squirrels are allowed to come. The result is a colourful daycare centre. There is a lot going on! But it’s…
Lorenz Pauli & Kathrin Schärer The Place of Dear Things The badger cleans up his sett. What to do with the gameboard for which he has lost the instructions? And where to put the beautiful piece of wood that looks like a rabbit? The badger does not want to throw away the beloved things. They…
Lorenz Pauli & Kathrin Schärer There You Are! The Beginning of Love ‘Sometimes I love you so much I wish there were two of you.’ ‘Why?’ ‘So we could hold hands on both sides.’ ‘Oh! But we can do that, even if there’s only one of me.’ Impish, dreamy, rapturous or quiet; surprising themselves and…
Lorenz Pauli & Miriam Zedelius Sorry Yuri runs over Doctor Bitter on his bicycle: “Sorry! I think that was my mistake.” Doctor Bitter brushes himself off, doctors himself up and then goes for a ride on Yuri’s bike. Oops! Now not only Doctor Bitter has a scratch, but also Yuri’s bike and even Mr. Snips…
Maike Siebold & Franziska Detlefsen Elf Magic in the Bottle Garden Elves, wishes and a magical bottle garden Five-year-old Tilda wants nothing more than to spend time with her parents – baking cookies, doing crafts, just being together. But Mummy and Daddy are too busy and Tilda feels alone. One evening, she receives a mysterious…
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…
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…