Antje Damm Agatha. Dad’s Tortoise and Me Agatha is a Greek tortoise that Antje Damm’s father bought when he was a little boy and it now lives with Antje. She talks about Agatha as a member of the family who hibernates every autumn, likes to pinch her visitors’ toes (that’s the only place she can…
Early Readers
Pablo Albo, Diego Dutra & Christian Inaraja The Penguin Who Flew Who would have thought that penguins are birds? They do have wings, though. Perhaps a long time ago they were used for flying, but no one remembers that now. Now all penguins use them for swimming. Well, not all of them. Diego isn’t very…
Kristina Andres A Winter to Wiggle Your Ears What does a wild boar do in winter? Matti and Janne are spending their winter holidays with Aunt Olga, who still heats her house with wood from the shed. Wampe, an old boar that even she has never seen, lives nearby. Matti and Janne are excited to…
Andreas Völlinger and Pascal Nöldner Leo’s Wild Adventures – Moon Fever Aunt Agneta has come up with something very special for her favourite nephew Leo‘s birthday: They fly to the moon with spaceship Amelia and household robot Albert. There‘s even a fast lunar mobile on board. But it‘s not just eating and drinking that prove…
Uwe Becker & Ina Krabbe Sam Stripe and the Magnificent Garden School A for apple – a school in Mrs. Beehive’s garden There is a lot of excitement in Mrs. Beehive’s allotment garden: Mole suggests that everyone should go to school to learn to read and write. The garden dwellers are eager to get down…
Andreas Völlinger and Pascal Nöldner Leo’s Wild Adventures – Beetle Chaos Suddenly as small as a beetle! A wild adventure in the garden jungle Leo and his inventor aunt Agnetha accidentally shrink to the size of beetles. Only the shrink ray can make them grow back to their normal size, but the neighbour’s cat has…
Andrea Lienesch & Sabine Sauter Henriette Piggyback – Eeny Meeny Pickledy Peck, Who’s Hatching from the Breakfast Egg? Henriette Piggyback – the cheerful little witch with a great inventive spirit Great-aunt Martha has received a huge egg in the post and is about to crack it when Henriette realises that the parcel has been delivered…
Leslie Niemöller & Liliane Oser The Cucumber Squad Sticks Together There is always something going on in this very special house-sharing community that has come together at Hans’ house: zebra Tayo is often so sad that he needs help from the doctor, bear Ben is finding it difficult to learn to ride a bike, rabbit…
Uwe Becker & Ina Krabbe Sam Stripe in Search of the Apple Thief Great humour, lovable characters: a very special reading experience – now with colour illustrations! An apple thief is on the loose in Mrs Beehive’s allotment! Only the gnawed-off apple cores are left dangling from the branches. Sam Stripe is outraged! What is…
Andreas Völlinger and Pascal Nöldner Leo’s Wild Adventures – Dinosaur Alarm Leo and his inventor aunt travel to the dinosaurs—unfortunately one of the huge creatures travels back with them and is suddenly standing in Aunt Agnetha’s garden! Leo is to give a presentation about his favourite animal in class. But how is he supposed to…
Kristina Andres Holidays with Hedgehog Poop Two baby hedgehogs are a lot of work Rescuing animals and looking after them well is something that children love. So do Matti and Janne during their holidays on Aunt Olga’s farm. There are two hedgehog cubs there that are still far too small to survive on their own….
Regina Wenig & Liliane Oser Farmer Irrfing and the Congo Beetle The children have to go on holiday— their parents are stressed out On Monday, the Congo beetle is ready for a holiday. His parents have to work, so they send him to Farmer Irrfing: get on the U5, rumble to the Beetle main station,…
Leslie Niemöller & Liliane Oser The Cucumber Squad Hans the pig lives alone in a pretty little house in the forest. But little by little, one animal flatmate after another joins him. They all have special characteristics: a shy bear who only dares to walk as far as the garden gate. A rabbit with an…
Nicole Mahne & Caroline Opheys Nelly & Dash – A Pig Hits the Road Funny, cheeky and endearing: reading fun with Nelly and her dog Dash Nelly, Max and Berta are thrilled: Lorenzo Spitzo, the world’s best dog trainer with his own TV show, has moved into the neighbourhood! The three of them immediately set…
Jan Kaiser & Maja Bohn For Marylee Mary likes her grandpa very much, especially the funny things he always thinks up for her. His neighbours do say: “The old man has lost his marbles”, but grandpa can reassure Marylee – as he calls Mary: He’s not only not lost his marbles, he’s a poet! And…
Andrea Liebers & Susanne Göhlich The Bee Tree Story about a new kid at school that surprises everyone No one wants to have anything to do with Albert, the new boy in Finn’s class. Because he wears shirts with too long sleeves and a funny cap. So it makes sense that no one wants to…
Nicolas Gorny & David Füleki Detective Agency Creep & Co.: Danger! Space Goo Secret Service … Aliens … Highest Alert Level—This is serious stuff! Rocko Grusel and Luis Zack—experts in spooky matters of all kinds—one evening observe how a large meteorite hurtles down to earth and shortly afterwards a glistening column of fire shoots up….
Nicolas Gorny & David Füleki Detective Agency Creep & Co.: Caution! Ghost Glue Rocko Grusel and Luis Zack are the experts for spooky matters of all kinds. A new case for the two detectives Rocko Grusel and Luis Zack: hotel manager Schnörkel fears that his house is haunted and asks the detective agency Creep &…
Nicole Mahne & Caroline Opheys Nelly & Dash – Breakfast with Frog Funny, cheeky and endearing: reading fun with Nelly and her dog Dash Nelly’s sister Sophie has an exchange student from France as her guest. Nelly is determined to make Elisa feel at home, because the guest is king. Luckily, Nelly’s friend Max happens…
Nicole Mahne & Caroline Opheys Nelly & Dash – Freshly Painted Poodle Funny, funnier, Nelly & Dash—dogs are the greatest of all! Nelly loves dogs more than anything, especially her terrier Dash. It‘s great that her new neighbours Berta and Elmar also have a dog: the candyfloss white poodle lady Cinderella. It‘s just a shame…