Gallina is only colourful chicken among all the white laying hens. But instead of being a good hen and laying her eggs, Gallina asks un-comfortable questions like: What is the world beyond the walls of the stable like? Although the others are convinced that there is nothing outside of the chicken farm, Gallina will not…
Picture Books
Zebras have stripes. All zebras have stripes. Zebras are beautiful. All day long they take pictures of each other. The zebras. Because they find themselves so beautiful. Their stripes in particular. And they show the photographs around. “Just look at those wondful stripes! My wonderful stripes!“, they say. And they really find themselves beautiful. Only…
Esteisi has to face the ridicule of her sisters and the mean girls in class. The author is carried away by the overflowing imagination of Esteisi, a six-year-old girl who, with her fantastic ideas and the support of her faithful friend Pimiento, a talking pony, pushes the idiom “drastic times call for drastic measures” to…
Joy Cowley & Giselle Clarkson The Gobbledegook Book – A Joy Cowley Anthology Joy Cowley’s wordplay and humour shine in this landmark collection of stories, rhymes, nonsense and poems. The Gobbledegook Book collects favourites like ‘Faster Faster’ and less-known treasures alongside the much-loved classics ‘Greedy Cat’ and ‘Nicketty-Nacketty Noo-Noo-Noo’. The Gobbledegook Book is a perfect…
It’s bath time, a daily routine that can become a real adventure when we put our imagination into it. If the packaging of the soap reminds us of a UFO, the sponge transports us to the car wash tunnel and the foam of the shampoo looks a lot like an iceberg. Is there anything better…
What is the opposite of populated? Of icy? Dressed? Discover a range of opposites proposed by illustrator Jennifer Bouron. A book full of mischief, perfect for humorously expanding the vocabulary of children! This picture book illustrates opposites with a dynamic and original colour palette. Whether you are tall or short, bald or hairy, skillful or…
A large format pop-up book about a tiny little bump that grows into a huge mountain. To the natural question of where mountains actually come from, this book provides the right answer for the whole family: they have grown over an incredible number of years. When this particular mountain in the story is very small,…
Sergio the lion has been invited for Sunday lunch by Mia, his loved-one! Of course, he wants to look his best and most beautiful on that occasion and goes to the hairdresser to get his mane sorted out. But the new hairstyle is a disaster. The next day, he tries another hairdresser, but the result…
Together, Pit and Pelle are big enough to do the shopping for dinner by themselves this time. They set off with dad‘s shopping list. Pit pushes his little brother through the supermarket in the shopping trolley and Pelle manages to reach everything. When they are done with the list, they add all those things that…
Poodle Hugo loves tidying-up, sorting, putting away and cleaning until everything shines. Cat Kalina, on the other hand, cannot imagine anything more awful, because what could be more boring than cleaning-up! But on cleaning-up day, Kalina must also help—a deal is a deal! Fortunately she knows a few tricks that make the room look tidy…
Rinsing pots, cleaning, washing-up, tidying away toys! Mum and dad have had enough of the mess. Kira and Niko don‘t mind the clutter and they think it‘s stupid to tidy up. Then one day Robert turns up. He tidies up the children‘s bedroom, rinses the dishes and cleans the toilet. Mum and dad suddenly have…
Fish Sammy and frog Ogi embark on an adventurous journey from the source of the river to the sea. The two friends experience quite a lot of adventures along the way. They swim past mills, meadows filled with flowers and through a dark tunnel. Sammy and Ogi meet the squirrel, a beaver and the little…
Agonisingly boring bedtime stories Our everyday life is basically the same as Emmental cheese: a few holes here and there improve the quality considerably. Time to calm down. Time to just be yourself. Great people know how important this is once they have celebrated their birthday about three dozen times; or when they have been…
Have you ever tried to read the Little Prince to little children? You will soon have realized that it doesn‘t work. Just like Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s little hero, you must have learned a fair bit about the world before the fabulous story becomes accessible to you. Children‘s book author Isabel Pin has undertaken to recount…
It only takes a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, shouting out “Hello world! Here I am!“ to trigger a chain of small pleasures … A feel-good-book that reminds us that kindness is contagious and that happiness can easily be found in the smallest of things. by Margaux Grappe & Clémence Sabbagh Maison Eliza | hc…
Whenever Line can‘t fall asleep at night, she needs her cuddly toys. But they are scattered all over her bedroom. So Line has to get out of bed and collect them one by one. Every animal she finds tells her a story or an adventure experienced in a distant land. Bob the bear takes her…
Mika’s dad works at home, but he’s very busy with work. The promised visit to the quarry pond seems to be a long way off! To get Mika off his back, he allows Mika to buy a pet… This is the beginning of a wonderfully turbulent story in which one animal after another populates the…
It’s hard to believe, but sometimes even tigers get bored. Neither playing soccer with vultures, singing with the wildebeest, nor acting with the monkeys can help the tiger get rid of his boredom. The tiger comes up with a great idea one day: he’ll learn to fly! But this proves to be more difficult than…
Frida, it has to be said, is rather small. But so are Flii and Mo. Flii is a little gnome and Mo is a whale, but he never really seemed to be able to grow much. The three are best friends and live together in their city. This city isn‘t really big either, but what…
Oscar is Dad’s brother. He wants to move into the house where the whole family already lives. “Is he like you?”, asks Mum. “No, different”, says Dad. “Then he can start by trimming the hedge”, says Mum. “He won’t do that”, says Dad. Then Oscar arrives and only does what he wants. He does not…