Bob Raczka & Simone Shin Niko Draws a Feeling Niko loves to draw his world: the ring-a-ling of the ice cream truck, the warmth of sun on his face. But no one appreciates his art. Until one day, Niko meets Iris . . . This imaginative and tender story explores the creative process, abstract art,…
Picture Books
Laura Purdie Salas & Jaime Kim If You Were the Moon What would you do if you were the moon?Do you think you would rest quietly in the night sky? Oh, no. The moon does so much more than you might imagine! It spins like a twilight ballerina, plays tug-of-war with the ocean, and lights a…
Laura Purdie Salas & Violeta Dabija Water Can Be … Water is water, puddle, pond, sea. But now can you guess what else it can be? Water can be a . . .thirst quencher, kid drencher, cloud fluffer, fire snuffer. Find out about the many roles water plays in this poetic exploration of water throughout…
Chris Monroe Monkey with a Tool Belt Inspiration for the Netflix series Chico Bon Bon! Whether you need a beebersaw or a chisel, Chico Bon Bon’s your monkey. He can build or fix just about anything—from a dock for the ducks to a clock for the Clucks, even a small roller coaster for local chipmunks….
Rebecca Mönch Mina Plans to Find a Friend A sun shines in everyone Mina is 5 years old and new to kindergarten because her family has moved house. Now she has her own room, but no one to play with. So Mina comes up with a plan: she wants to meet up with a different…
Joy Cowley & Miho Satake The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate This enduring tale of independence and family is an unconventional love story with a strong female lead and a pirate with a sensitive side, written by New Zealand’s leading children’s writer and illustrated by one of Japan’s foremost children’s illustrators. The fierce…
Clara Thomasset Dream Days Self-empowerment between time and dreams The picture book Dream Days was created in collaboration with the young Belgian artist Clara Thomasset – an artistic and philosophical, yet wonderfully light and luminous story for children about time as an inner space and wealth and the great power of dreams. Little Milla glides…
Marta Azcona & Anna Font Misadventures of a Giant Pig at the National Library On a cold and stormy day, Doña Socorro, the librarian, is forced to leave the library because of a headache. She leaves the books in the care of a pig. But, suddenly, a troup of animals coming from a wine tasting…
Ulrike Möltgen I Was the Whole World A girl dreams of her own body as a landscape: the jungle lies in her hand, a lion sits in her hair with a flowing mane. A circus tent stands on her leg. The director is a rough man, greedy for success and sensation, he captures the proud…
Doris Lecher Hocus Pocus Octopus The octopus children Octa, Pi and Puss make a lot of noise when their parents go out and leave them in the care of Klaas, the turtle babysitter. But Klaas immediately has the right idea for a game: they are allowed to hide and Klaas has to find them again….
Jörg Bernardy & Katja Spitzer The World’s Longest Picnic Three snails – Otto, Anna and Izzy – are planning a picnic. At a snail’s pace, they pack a thousand delicacies into their baskets and set off. Six months have passed: the three are still on the road, their stomachs growling loudly. But they will only…
Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop Twigs and Stones A funny, warm and wise picture book by world-renowned Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop that captures the essence of friendship and nudges us to notice the power of the words we choose. Snake and Lizard live together in a hole under a rock. They are such good…
Deniz Jaspersen, Rasmus Engler & Mareike Engelke That’s How You Sleep, Little Wombat Wombats can do almost anything – they are masters at climbing, swimming, crawling, burrowing and building dens! And little wombats love to do all of these things at the same time. There’s just one thing they don’t like so much: sleeping ……
Michael Heinze & Katrin Stangl Muscle In! Wild Games for Children Children love to romp and tussle! A book full of opportunities to get to know and accept your own limits and those of others through games. Training dexterity, measuring strength or winning together – all this is best done through play. Games for outdoors…
Lena Schall When the Waves Took Root Look at pictures, strike up a conversation, discover exciting details and spin tales together: twelve imaginative illustrations invite children and parents to immerse themselves in different worlds and invent new stories again and again. Looking at images, beginning conversations, picking out a thought and spinning it further together:…
Laura Purdie Salas & Violeta Dabija A Rock Can Be … A rock is a rock, part of cliff, road or sea. But now can you guess what else it can be? A rock can be a…dinosaur bone, stepping-stone, hopscotch marker, fire sparker. Find out about the many roles a rock can play in this…
Lena Hach & Julia Dürr Tomke Digs Digging – what else! Tomke is in the garden. Tomke is digging. The hole gets bigger and deeper. ‘It’s already a real pit!’ exclaims Mum. ‘You must be looking for pirate treasure!’ Tomke doesn’t answer. If you dig, you can’t answer. In her first picture book, bestselling author…
Laura Purdie Salas & Violeta Dabija Water Can Be … A leaf is a leaf, a bit of a tree. But just try to guess what else it can be! A leaf can be a…shade spiller, mouth filler, tree topper, rain stopper. Find out about the many roles leaves play in this poetic exploration of…
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…
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…