Two books have made it onto the 2022 IBBY Honour LIst: THE LIDO by Will Gmehling & THE GREY GIANTS by Raffaela Schöbitz. Click on the covers for more information!
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It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Wolf Erlbruch has passed away. He died on 11 December 2022 at the age of 74. Wolf Erlbruch was the first German author/illustrator to win the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2017 and one of the most renowned picture book artists internationally. The picture book…
Jörg Mühle’s brilliant children’s fiction title WHEN DAD’S HAIR TOOK OFF has won the Luchs Award! “This fast-paced story is told by a child who can only be seen once in the 70-page book – when he and his mother watch his distraught father through the window. The quirky adventure is the brainchild of Jörg…
Bologna Book Fair 2022: Two books published by Maison Eliza were on prominent display as part of the BRAW Amazing Bookshelf by the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2022: Hélène Herry & Yukiko Noritake‘s LA PROMENEUSE (The Walker) and Jennifer Bouron‘s DES CONTRAIRES (Opposites). Congratulations! Click on the covers for more detailed information:
Isabel Pin’s AT THE TIME OF THE DODO has been nominated for this year’s German Children’s Literature Award. This is what the jury had to say: “The bibliophile-looking large format […] invites you on a thematic journey through time. At the centre is the exotic-looking dodo that inspires the imagination. Where exactly did he live?…
The very funny picture book THE SELFIE by Joaquín Camp & Pilar Serrano has been highlighted as a ‚recommendation‘ as part of the Premio Fundación Cuatrogatos. The jury selected 100 books out of a total of 1203 entries. This is a hilarious rendition of a beaver wanting to take the perfect selfie – whilst trying…
I am delighted to share the news that THE VISITOR by Antje Damm can now be enjoyed as a puppet theatre play at the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre!
I am thrilled to report that four books from my portfolio have made it into the 2021 selection of the White Ravens! LITTLE FOX IN A BOX by Antje Damm HEY, HEY, HEY, TAXI by Saša Stanišić & Katja Spitzer THE INKBERG ENIGMA by Jonathan King THE SNOW LEOPARD by Verena Hochleitner Click on the…
Connie Hill-Turner has prepared a fantastic English sample translation of Henning Wagenbreth’s Land in Reverse [Rückwärtsland], which can now be seen on the Translators Aloud YouTube Channel! Click on the cover for more information about this outstanding book:
A New World – Nature, Humans and the Future of Our Planet has been nominated for the 2021 German Children’s Literature Award. The Jury: “There is no doubt about it: the situation of our world, the earth we live on, is in need of improvement. But what exactly can we do? This is exactly where…
3 books have made it into the Summer 2021 selection of the 100 OUTSTANDING PICTURE BOOKS – curated by dPICTUS! – click on the covers for further details –
The Snow Leopard by Verena Hochleitner is one of the Three for our Planet Books chosen by the German Academie for Children’s Literature in June (Nature Book) “The scent of spring – how much people long for the awakening of nature, Hochleitner demonstrates in a special manner in text and images. You can feel the…
Three books have made it onto the Longlist of the Most Beautiful German Books 2021! The list from Stiftung Buchkunst comprises 33 books and I am delighted that these are amongst the chosen ones: – click on the covers to go to the full title description –
FLUFF AND THE BURST OF COURAGE by Malene Walter has won this year’s LovelyBooks Readers’ Prize in the picture book category! Click on the image for more information.
I am thrilled to announce that Heiko Hentschel’s THE HUNGRY GLASS is one of the books recommended by the Rattenfänger Literature Prize 2020 [Pied Piper Literature Prize]. This is prize is awarded once every two years and given to outstanding children’s/young adult books of particular expressiveness in both text and imagery. 2020 saw a total…
The Day Saida Arrived by Susana Gomez Redondo, illustrated by Sonja Wimmer, translated into English by Lawrence Schimel is one of the finalists for the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, which is awarded in January 2021. It is the only book among the 12 finalists that has been translated from another language. The annual Jane Addams…
Absolutely thrilled to announce that two book on my portfolio have won the German Children’s Literature Award 2020! Will Gmehling’s OUTDOOR POOL in the children’s fiction category and David Böhm’s A IS FOR ANTARCTICA in the non-fiction category! Congratulations! Here are the links to the…
Susanne Straßer’s Fox Goes for a Ride is one of the White Ravens 2020! “Thanks to its onomatopoeic text, which lends itself to reading-aloud, and the principle of repetition and variation, “Fuchs fährt Auto” is a picture book that will surely delight little listeners.” https://whiteravens.ijb.de/book/168
David Böhm‘s A IS FOR ANTARCTICA has won the the Magnesia Litera Book Award 2020 – the most prestigious Czech book prize! Rights sold: Chinese (simpl.), Korean, Russian, Slovak. https://youtu.be/QWWlzkgofX8 https://www.magnesia-litera.cz
Antje Damn’s Every Day is Ida-Day is one of the most beautiful German Books 2020, awarded by Stiftung Buchkunst [Foundation for Book Art]! A remarkable mix between a comic and a search-and-find-book in which protagonist Ida draws the reader in by describing her days chronologically throughout the year (birthday, sick day, school day, Easter day,…