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…
Picture Books
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…
Andrea Hensgen & Stefanie Kolb Rita is New at the Nursery Sascha loves and spoils his little dog Rita very much. Just like all the customers at his bookshop. Then a pipe bursts behind the shelves, everything is flooded and Sascha has his hands full. Rita has to go to daycare. Now she sits alone…
J.F.W. Zachariä & Alexandra Prischedko The Peacock and the Crane Being one among many who strive for knowledge and freedom makes life colourful and interesting. Vanity and the desire to please make people lonely and rigid. A timely message when expensive clothes and mobile phones sometimes seem more important than shared experiences and adventures with…
Elizabeth Everett & Shelley Hanmo All by Myself (But Sometimes I Need a Little Help!) I can do many things all by myself, but sometimes I need a little help. A young child boasts about all the new things they can do such as stack blocks, connect two puzzle pieces, and put on their shoes….
Danna Zeiger & Josée Bisaillon Rewriting the Rules How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability When Kathleen Friel was young, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and a doctor told her parents all the things she’d never be able to do. They left his office for good and found a…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Truck – A Big Rig’s Epic Trip 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 and…
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,…