Julian Tapprich Tiger Dreams Leo was really no ordinary bird. He found the chirping and trilling and singing of the other birds boring enough to fly away. These same old songs! He preferred to indulge in his daydreams, which unfortunately he couldn’t tell anyone about, especially not the other birds. Because Leo dreamed of a…
Picture Books
Jürg Schubiger & Rotraut Susanne Berner When Death Came Calling Jürg Schubiger and Rotraut Susanne Berner tell us the story about a village somewhere back in time when Death was still completely unknown. Nobody had ever encountered him and everything that existed remained safe and sound. But then one day Death walks into the village…
Wiltrud Wagner Spectacles for Fatouma Fatouma can draw well, but she doesn’t learn how to read and write properly because she doesn’t recognize the letters on the blackboard. Everything that is further away is blurred. Until one day opticians come to her school. They can give all schoolchildren with poor eyesight the right glasses on…
Katinka Manzau-Feddern Moyo and the Glow The little shell Moyo admires the colorful shimmering fish of the sea, the graceful seahorses, the huge whales and the mighty sea turtles. Everyone else is so beautiful and impressive, only Moyo is inconspicuous and small. One day she meets the giant octopus, who cheers her up and tells…
Adrian Draschoff & Natascha Baumgärtner When You Dream A bedtime book that fills the night with colorful pictures This book tells of dreams that open up fantastic worlds in simple words. Together with the large, richly colored pictures by young illustrator Natascha Baumgärtner, Adrian Draschoff defies the laws of gravity and makes the impossible possible….
Mira Schönegge Let’s Go and Hug the Little Star A poetic picture book about the courage to dare to do something that seems impossible at first glance The little star is sad because he feels alone. What he wants most of all is a hug, it would certainly do him good. Will the two friends…
Jutta Degenhardt & Lars Baus The Magical Word Lottery The biggest prize is words Helene’s grandma collects magical words in a little box. Helene is delighted with this treasure and has an idea: what if they raffled off the most beautiful words in a lottery? Grandma and Helene build a street stall and the first…
Nadia Budde The Band Nobody Knows Wrong tones, great atmosphere! Nadia Budde gets young and old on their feet Who are they? Four figures with patent leather ankle boots, rings and chains, hard to understand – never seen here before. Hair like grass, customised suit, fur on their faces – we don’t know them. While…
Sophie Hofmann & Leonard Erlbruch Teddy Goes to Town Hey kiddo, do you need help? A picture book story about dogs travelling on the underground Dogs like Flea and his mum live all over the big city. The little one lives in a building pit on the outskirts of the city and has been waiting…
Saša Stanišić & Katja Spitzer Hey, hey, hey, Taxi! For a child, a taxi is a magic vehicle. A four-wheeled witches’ broom. As you enter it, a taxi can bring you anywhere you want to. But what if it’s magic was even bigger? What if taxis would allure stories, fantastic and absurd stories, funny stories…
Saša Stanišić & Katja Spitzer Hey, hey, hey, Taxi! 2 Every evening, Saša Stanišić and his son Nikolai invent new stories in which you can experience the craziest adventures involving the craziest taxis: Favourite taxi driver Odjo Odjo steps on the gas during a fast-paced chase, after all, a cockatoo has to be saved! The…
Gundi Herget & Katrin Dageför Oh Dear! Camillo Is Gone! The animals in the jungle of Madagascar have lots of fun playing. One day they discover something new: when Camillo the Chameleon gets scared, his colours change! When he gets angry, too! How funny! From then on, the friends can’t get enough of teasing and…
Antje Damm The Nori Says No! The Nori lives underground and loves red berries and life in nature. But one day a giantess throws something into its cave, destroys the table and chair and snatches it away from its world. She sees the Nori as her toy, which is to live in a doll’s house…
Joy Cowley & David Barrow A Lot of Silly World-renowned Joy Cowley brings her silly side to this collection of rhymes and nonsense old and new, illustrated in colour by master of the absurd David Barrow, for families to recite and remember. Joy Cowley knows what makes children laugh. In this book full of absurd…
Irene Penazzi By the Sea The sea, a beach, shells, 3 children… 4 seasons and a multitude of stories to invent. Like “In the garden” and “In the Mountains”, Irene Penazzi’s previous picture books, “By the Sea” is a silent book that can be enjoyed in different ways by different ages A contemporary picture book…
Patricia Thoma & Brothers Grimm The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale deals with the timeless yet very topical subject of the transition from childhood to adulthood. The king’s twelve daughters withdraw from their father into a world of their own and guard this secret closely. Only twelve pairs of completely worn-out shoes…
Margaux Grappe & Maylis Daufresne A Flower What is so beautiful at the top of the mountain? – Trust me, says Zélie to her brother Noé, you won’t be disappointed… This poetic picture-book tells two parallel stories: the story of a flower (the edelweiss) that blossoms and learns about its environment, the fauna, the flora…
Lisa Rammensee & Sandra Grimm Volana’s Madagascar Adventure Where will the little catta family find a home? The courageous female catta Volana takes matters into her own hands and sets off in search of a suitable place to raise her young. She roams Madagascar and gets to know many other animals and regions. But the…
Eilika Mühlenberg Luis’s Plan ‘I can do it all by myself’! Luis has something special planned for today. For the first time, he wants to go to the big scooter park at the other end of the city on his own. He draws a map of the city and bravely sets off. But then one…
Pascale Osterwalder Grigor & Tolya: The Cheese Sandwich A warm, sunny morning dawns in the Gnarled Forest, but Grigor couldn’t be in a worse mood. Tolya’s snoring has kept him awake half the night and, to make matters worse, the cheese has run out at breakfast. But Grigor really needs his cheese sandwich now. To…