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…
Picture Books
Franz Suess In the Pockets of the Handsome Mr Day When handsome Mr Day gets tired, Mrs Night wakes up and it slowly gets dark everywhere. Mr Day quickly pockets various things that are left of him: a fish that didn’t find its way home, the last ray of sunshine that no longer warmed him…
Mele Brink & Melanie Gerber I’ll Do It! The Somewhat Different Daddy-Leon-Day Dad is ill! Who will look after Leon now? Everyone is busy, only Leon has time. So he has to look after himself and Dad too. Of course he does. And so today turns out to be a fun and exciting Daddy-Leon day…
Katrin Dageför & Anna Schindler Is That True? 42 Curious Claims and Answers Is there a magic cure that makes you immortal? Does an octopus really have three hearts? Does the rabbit lay Easter eggs? And can a snake swallow a whole crocodile? What is true and what is not? Children have lots of questions….
Rebecca Mönch Yuna and the Thing About Being Liked Important message wrapped up in a sugar-sweet package: Not everyone has to like you – be yourself! Yuna is still quite new to the human world. As a little dog, there are lots of exciting things to discover. But some things are not so easy to…
Lutz van Dijk/Rozette Kats & Francis Kaiser My Name was Rita Back Then Trust in a world of horror The story of a Jewish girl, told for children If little Rozette had not found protection as a baby with a couple she did not know, she would have been murdered in Auschwitz like her Jewish…
Andrea Hensgen & Hannah Brückner I Wish I Were a Tree Tomorrow we will move on A picture book about the longing to stay A child dreams itself into the desire to be a tree. A large tree that is firmly rooted in the earth, that is alive and so strong that it provides shelter…
Jens Rassmus Rainy Day Heavy rain outside the window, the whole world black and white. Two children sit helplessly in the room, but then they push open other, fantastic windows! “Imagine…” is the magic formula they use to transform the world and themselves. Jens Rassmus swaps ink for acrylic colours and creates wide, bright spaces…
Jörg Mühle Tomorrow, I am the Boss! When the weasel comes home, he can hardly believe his eyes: Bear and Badger are playing with each other. The weasel is furious. Because Badger is his friend! “Why don’t you play with us?” suggests the badger, but Bear and Weasel can’t agree, not on football, not on…
Jörg Mühle Two for Me, One for You Bear finds three tasty mushrooms on her way home through the woods. Her friend Weasel cooks them up in the frying pan. But the friends have a problem: how to share three between two? Bear and Weasel come up with one argument after another for why they…
Dörte Horn & Philipp Stampe Football Mania for Digger Dan Where did those guys suddenly come from? Mucky and the other road vehicles challenge digger Dan and his friends! They claim to be the better football players. Can the team from the construction site kindergarten hold their own against the fast speedsters, or will they…
Werner Holzwarth & Emilio Urberuaga Croak, the Happiest Frog in the World Croac was the happiest frog in the world. He laughed when he dived and reached the bottom of the lake. He smiled when he landed on his legs after a somersault. And he shouted “Yippee!” every time he succeeded in jumping from one…
Hardy Hinrichs The Giant Next Door Theodor has moved into a new home and feels quite alone. When he watches the neighbours through his window in the evening, he is surprised to discover that there is a giant sitting in the neighbours’ living room. But isn’t it impractical for a giant to live in a…
Rolf Barth & Mele Brink Darya and the Doll Doctor Darya had to flee from her home country. To her despair, she lost her beloved doll. All that she has left of her doll is one of the blue shoes, which she wears on a chain around her neck. In a nearby park, her place…
Alexandra Prischedko One Way and Another In this special picture book on diversity and open-mindedness in one’s own experience and actions we encounter fantastic animal images from the underwater world. Masterly precision characterises the splendid and poetic pictures. They offer everything that illustration has over a photograph. A single clownfish in the multitude of male…
Arne Rautenberg & Wolf Erlbruch Courage is a Good Thing For those who take their courage in both hands and overcome procrastination, real elation awaits! Wolf Erlbruch has captured this special moment in ravishing images. Arne Rautenberg has been inspired by them to write enjoyable poems. Peter Hammer Verlag Poems | Picture Book Original title:…
Heike Brandt & Giulia Orecchia Kaya Knows What She Wants Children’s everyday life can be this exciting! This is a book with nine stories about Kaya. And Kaya knows what she wants. A loaf of bread with plum jam, for example. A fried egg. Or a ride on her bike to the park, where you…
Finn-Ole Heinrich & Dita Zipfel & Tine Schulz Turnips and Fireworks Of course: When the old year is as worn out as Bosco’s super-wolly pyjamas, a new one is needed. And the Turnip family has a tried and tested ritual for the turn of the year: They saddle up Olga the donkey and wander through the…
Yayo Kawamura & Harriet Grundmann I Have to Go, said the Bear When the bear said goodbye, everyone was at a loss. Do you want to look for sweeter berries? asked the blackbird. Do you have an appointment? the dog wanted to know. Nobody understood why the bear had to leave, not even Bear himself….
Joy Cowley & Hilary Jean Tapper Good Night, Good Beach An evocative bedtime picture book that distils the essence of a family summer at the bach. Summer holidays by the sea have a rhythm all their own. With a few resonant images Cowley takes us straight to the end of a long hot day with…