Children's Books on Tour - Spring 2022

A SEASIDE ADVENTURE WITH THE RED THREAD....

A SEASIDE ADVENTURE WITH THE RED THREAD.

Flying kites on the beach! That’s what Ella and Luis like to do best. But then the pesky kite breaks free. Chase it quick! The wild pursuit leads them among sandcastles, across the waves, and underwater! Get the kids to help out and pass the red thread through the punched holes as they pursue the kite.

This funny story lets imagination run wild while taking a playful approach to practising fine motor skills. This creative concept requires children's help: the stories must be completed with a red string. Small holes punched in the pages show the path they must follow – but in which order? They can check at the end whether they found all the holes!

• The child becomes part of the story

• Promotes fine motor skills

• Thread the way through the story

After several successful years as a makeup artist for various television shows, Saskia Gaymann works as a freelance illustrator and cartoonist in Cologne since 2008. She has published twelve books so far. Cheeky, curious, self-confident and with a wide grin on their faces, the big and small heroes in Saskia's work go on a voyage of discovery through life with wit and an unmistakable style.

We all know these common misconceptions: “everyone swallows eight spiders in their sleep per year”, “wasps sting out of pure...

We all know these common misconceptions: “everyone swallows eight spiders in their sleep per year”, “wasps sting out of pure malice”.

Nonsense! This book explains and educates us about common misconceptions involving animals we do not necessarily love.

The concept is funny and entertaining: read about all the bad things said against rats, toads, earwigs and wolves – and if you want to know the truth, flip the book by 180 degrees to discover exciting facts about these allegedly “nasty critters” and their behaviour. You’ll find all (or at least some!) of your prejudices disappear.

50 HILARIOUS PUZZLES....

50 HILARIOUS PUZZLES.

Whether it’s gross ice cream flavours or exploding dog poop, these hilarious tales are full of strange goings-on – mysteries that can only be solved by asking questions, guessing, and puzzling. Astonishment and spontaneous smiles guaranteed.

black stories Junior are suspense-packed riddle card games for ages 8 and up. Players can crack the case together, but only one knows the single, correct answer. Corinna Harder has written over 1,400 puzzles for black stories and black stories Junior for moses. Verlag. Helmut Kollars has been a freelance illustrator for publishers and advertisers for over 20 years. Together, Corinna and Helmut create tricky black stories Junior and a fascinating world full of secrets.

• A bestseller-series – black stories Junior has sold more than 900,000 copies since 2009!

Albert Wendt's stories fascinate with poetry, linguistic precision and wit, quirky, complex characters, hearty punchlines and surprising solutions. He skillfully...

Albert Wendt's stories fascinate with poetry, linguistic precision and wit, quirky, complex characters, hearty punchlines and surprising solutions. He skillfully plays with the contrasts in the world, he lets reality meet the fantastic, the political meet the laws of the universe, the modern meet the archaic, the tender meet the strong, the young meet the old. His heroes and heroines are put to the test, sometimes thoroughly shaken, and have to prove themselves. But underneath all of his stories lies Albert Wendt's great love for the world and for all the beings who live in it – and an unerring sense of how things should be when they are good.

Albert Wendt was born in 1948. He has lived in a village near Leipzig since childhood. After graduating from high school, he worked as a stoker, locksmith, wrestler, tractor operator, cultural scientist, stage worker and poet. He writes aphorisms, one-act plays, poems, radio plays, calendar stories, children's stories and plays.

An enjoyable and clever collection of stories to read aloud and on your own

When Paul stumbles across a glittery crown at playschool, his friend Tarek says that sparkly things are just for girls....

When Paul stumbles across a glittery crown at playschool, his friend Tarek says that sparkly things are just for girls. But what happens when a boy plays with them anyway? Does he turn into a glittering star? Does the world come to an end? Paul and Tarek pluck up their courage and have a go – who cares if the other kids laugh at them! Tilly decides to be brave as well, and stands up for Paul and Tarek. After all, girls are courageous and strong too!

• A picture book that encourages all children – boys AND girls – to be who they are, and to question ‘typical’ gender roles.

• An age-appropriate approach to the subject of gender stereotypes and diversity

• With fun and lively illustrations by the internationally renowned illustrator Eefje Kuijl

Milena Baisch, born in 1967, is a German children’s and YA author who started writing stories while she was still at school. Since graduating from the Berlin Film Academy, she has also written children’s plays for stage, screen and radio. She is the winner of the 2011 German Children’s Book Prize.

Eefje Kuijl, born in 1978, studied illustration at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht. Since then she has worked for many clients on a wide variety of projects. She creates colourful illustrations for books, children's magazines and much more.

A nature series for the very young: ...

A nature series for the very young:

fascinating discoveries await behind each spyhole. From an adventurous journey below the earth to a deep look into the night or the ocean, we offer six titles in this series: Earth, Meadow, Night, Four Seasons, Forest and Ocean.

Lovingly illustrated by Lisa Apfelbacher they all tell very short stories created by Regina Schwarz. Please inquire about co-edition possibilities.

The newt is in a grumpy mood, and the crocodile forgets to smile. All the animals are blue today, full...

The newt is in a grumpy mood, and the crocodile forgets to smile. All the animals are blue today, full of sadness and sorrow. Will it get better? Not today, maybe tomorrow! Before there’s too much drama with the llama, the next adventure for the panda’s animal gang is waiting around the corner. A hilarious and wonderfully illustrated read-aloud book.

Timon Meyer is a freelance author and artist who lives in Queens, New York.

Julian Meyer has worked as a freelance illustrator since 2017. He lives in Hamburg.

“’So maybe tomorrow, then?’ Timon and Julian Meyer keep asking, hitting the nail on the head. Yes, tomorrow the world might look quite different.”

Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau

“But it gives strength, and lends courage to hopeless, lonely days. That’s why this book now belongs – and indeed, always will belong – in every home.”

Maria Riederer, Deutschlandfunk

“Oh, what a book! It seems quite innocuous, but look out: since it’s been here, strange things have happened at...

“Oh, what a book! It seems quite innocuous, but look out: since it’s been here, strange things have happened at school. Somehow it haunts you. At least that’s what we teachers think. So don’t set it free …”

Don’t listen to him! I’m supercool, secretly help children with their lessons, get up to all sorts of nonsense, and there’s virtually nothing I can’t do. For example, I can shoot dotted i’s into teacher’s noses, play football during break, and do more tricks than monkeys in a zoo.

Learning to read is easy peasy.

This book is interactive, hyperactive, and very gifted! As the main character and the hero, it tells its own very funny stories, and makes you hungry – to learn to read.

Katja Frixe has always strolled through life paying careful attention never to miss the chance of a story. She worked for some time as an editor of children’s books before eventually making a career for herself as an author. When she first met “the Book” near Braunschweig in 2019, she decided to write its stories down. Since then, the two have been inseparable.

The Book: In 2019 it began to haunt the head of the author. It pestered her so much that in the end she wrote its stories down. After that,it travelled all over Germany. First, it was put through its paces in Würzburg, then it moved to Rostock to get itself professionally illustrated, and after that the finishing touches were applied in Speyer. It ended up in Zwickau, getting itself printed, and since then it has been waiting with much excitement to have lots of fun with lots of children.

Tine Schulz: even as a child she loved painting faces all over the house, despite the frowning faces of her parents. It was obvious that this would have to be her future profession. And so she studied communications design, and now works as a freelance illustrator. When “the Book” first went on holiday to Rostock, on the Baltic coast, the two took an instant liking to each other and since then they have spent a lot of time together.

Master of camouflage, super sprinter, Mr. Hare....

Master of camouflage, super sprinter, Mr. Hare.

Well hidden in the thicket, the brown hare rarely shows itself – and no sooner have you spotted it than it disappears again. On seven double pages with warm-hearted illustrations and short texts, Katrin Wiehle shows how the speedy hare with the big ears lives, what it likes to eat best and why it doesn't want to be confused with rabbits.

Conscious of environmental protection and sustainability, printed with eco inks on recycled paper: this is our 100 % nature book.

Katrin Wiehle lives in the USA with her family, where she does freelance drawing for all kinds of people. In 2011, she received the Newcomer Award from the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature, and her picture book debut Professor Pfeffer's Animal Adventure and the 100 % nature book My Little Forest also received awards from the Stiftung Buchkunst.

When he was lying in hospital, I promised Grandpa to teach you about Islam once he was no longer with...

When he was lying in hospital, I promised Grandpa to teach you about Islam once he was no longer with us – about our Islam, the Islam I grew up with.” Thus a father begins telling his daughter a story every evening - not just about his own religion, but about the things that unite all people of faith: about God and death, about love and the infinity that surrounds us.

At last! A children’s search-and-find book with Little Charlie – including a game of ‘where is the baby chick?’ Now...

At last! A children’s search-and-find book with Little Charlie – including a game of ‘where is the baby chick?’ Now children can dive into Little Charlie’s world of puzzles, learn all about his friends and where he lives, and help him find the baby chick.

LiLi gets to choose her own carnival costume with her mum. At the carnival procession, LiLi stands at the roadside...

LiLi gets to choose her own carnival costume with her mum. At the carnival procession, LiLi stands at the roadside and has a great adventure. She rides next to the prince on his float. Hunting for brightly painted Easter eggs in the garden is quite exciting for LiLi and is of course part of the Easter celebration. LiLi gets a fantastic present from her grandparents Granny Heidi and Grandad Karl. For the first time, LiLi sleeps somewhere other than her bed at home. LiLi and her friends spend the night at kindergarten. Baking bread on a stick over the campfire, singing songs and playing the guitar – and last but not least, LiLi gets to choose a bedtime story. Mum Fox has baked LiLi a delicious chocolate birthday cake with candles on top. LiLi has invited lots of her friends to her birthday party. LiLi wants a new bike and needs to save up for it: she helps Granny and Grandad in the garden and helps to pick strawberries. Mum has opened a savings account for LiLi at the bank. Picking out a Christmas tree in the winter forest, decorating the tree with golden baubles, candles and tinsel, singing Christmas songs with the family. This is how LiLi celebrates Christmas.

Heike Köppen, born in 1963 in Cologne, studied German and Romance languages at the Sorbonne in Paris. Later on she became a

European journalist and a film director (ARTE, WDR, Pro7). In 2004 she began to write her own children’s books – short stories for her children to fall asleep to. She has been a book publisher since 2018 (LiLi Fuchs ist unterwegs) and lives with her family near Cologne.

Some students employed as illustrators by her film company plenamedia.tv illustrated this children’s book.

LiLi Fuchs is a little red-haired fox cub. She adores dark chocolate....

LiLi Fuchs is a little red-haired fox cub. She adores dark chocolate.

She suffers lots of small mishaps, but these resolve themselves in a positive way for her. In gymnastics, LiLi falls from the rope onto the mat and is then allowed to jump on the trampoline. She travels by train with Mum and Dad Fox to visit her grandparents. The attentive conductor brings LiLi her bear backpack, which she forgot, as well as a little treat. LiLi goes to the circus for the first time. A colourful tent, animals, artists – and the clown Pimpanelli performs magic in the circus ring with LiLi’s help. On a trip to the zoo – visiting the monkeys, hippos, bears and elephants – a bag of nuts bursts, and the big elephant is very happy about it.

A trilingual children’s book with integrated trilingual radio play and audiobook.

New friends from foreign countries, trips all over the world, families with children who come to us for all kinds of reasons, the feeling that the world is moving closer and closer together – these are all reasons for LiLi and her friends to learn foreign languages. Stories translated 1:1 into English and Turkish by professional native speakers. Available as a trilingual, perfectly emphasised and pronounced radio play and audiobook for children to listen to, accessed via a QR code on each page of text. The aim is to give children a feel for the languages and to introduce them to the joy of learning new languages. Reading and listening – and at the same time learning languages visually and/or acoustically in a playful way.

Exciting adventures from children’s everyday life – wonderful stories to fall asleep to. LiLi goes grocery shopping, LiLi takes the train, LiLi at the circus and at the zoo. Short stories illustrated in lots of bright colours. Short stories that are also suitable as reading exercises for people with reading difficulties, as inspiration for creative writing and to help those learning German.

Heike Köppen, born in 1963 in Cologne, studied German and Romance languages at the Sorbonne in Paris.. Later on she became a European journalist and a film director (ARTE, WDR, Pro7). In 2004 she began to write her own children’s books – short stories for her children to fall asleep to. She has been a book publisher since 2018 (LiLi Fuchs ist unterwegs) and lives with her family near Cologne.

Some students employed as illustrators by her film company plenamedia.tv illustrated this children’s book.

LiLi Fuchs is a little red-haired fox cub. She adores dark chocolate....

LiLi Fuchs is a little red-haired fox cub. She adores dark chocolate.

She suffers lots of small mishaps, but these resolve themselves in a positive way for her. In gymnastics, LiLi falls from the rope onto the mat and is then allowed to jump on the trampoline. She travels by train with Mum and Dad Fox to visit her grandparents. The attentive conductor brings LiLi her bear backpack, which she forgot, as well as a little treat. LiLi goes to the circus for the first time. A colourful tent, animals, artists – and the clown Pimpanelli performs magic in the circus ring with LiLi’s help. On a trip to the zoo – visiting the monkeys, hippos, bears and elephants – a bag of nuts bursts, and the big elephant is very happy about it.

A trilingual children’s book with integrated trilingual radio play and audiobook.

New friends from foreign countries, trips all over the world, families with children who come to us for all kinds of reasons, the feeling that the world is moving closer and closer together – these are all reasons for LiLi and her friends to learn foreign languages. Stories translated 1:1 into English and Turkish by professional native speakers. Available as a trilingual, perfectly emphasised and pronounced radio play and audiobook for children to listen to, accessed via a QR code on each page of text. The aim is to give children a feel for the languages and to introduce them to the joy of learning new languages. Reading and listening – and at the same time learning languages visually and/or acoustically in a playful way.

Exciting adventures from children’s everyday life – wonderful stories to fall asleep to. LiLi goes grocery shopping, LiLi takes the train, LiLi at the circus and at the zoo. Short stories illustrated in lots of bright colours. Short stories that are also suitable as reading exercises for people with reading difficulties, as inspiration for creative writing and to help those learning German.

Heike Köppen, born in 1963 in Cologne, studied German and Romance languages at the Sorbonne in Paris.. Later on she became a European journalist and a film director (ARTE, WDR, Pro7). In 2004 she began to write her own children’s books – short stories for her children to fall asleep to. She has been a book publisher since 2018 (LiLi Fuchs ist unterwegs) and lives with her family near Cologne.

Some students employed as illustrators by her film company plenamedia.tv illustrated this children’s book.

LiLi Fuchs is a little red-haired fox cub. She adores dark chocolate....

LiLi Fuchs is a little red-haired fox cub. She adores dark chocolate.

She suffers lots of small mishaps, but these resolve themselves in a positive way for her. In gymnastics, LiLi falls from the rope onto the mat and is then allowed to jump on the trampoline. She travels by train with Mum and Dad Fox to visit her grandparents. The attentive conductor brings LiLi her bear backpack, which she forgot, as well as a little treat. LiLi goes to the circus for the first time. A colourful tent, animals, artists – and the clown Pimpanelli performs magic in the circus ring with LiLi’s help. On a trip to the zoo – visiting the monkeys, hippos, bears and elephants – a bag of nuts bursts, and the big elephant is very happy about it.

A trilingual children’s book with integrated trilingual radio play and audiobook.

New friends from foreign countries, trips all over the world, families with children who come to us for all kinds of reasons, the feeling that the world is moving closer and closer together – these are all reasons for LiLi and her friends to learn foreign languages. Stories translated 1:1 into English and Turkish by professional native speakers. Available as a trilingual, perfectly emphasised and pronounced radio play and audiobook for children to listen to, accessed via a QR code on each page of text. The aim is to give children a feel for the languages and to introduce them to the joy of learning new languages. Reading and listening – and at the same time learning languages visually and/or acoustically in a playful way.

Exciting adventures from children’s everyday life – wonderful stories to fall asleep to. LiLi goes grocery shopping, LiLi takes the train, LiLi at the circus and at the zoo. Short stories illustrated in lots of bright colours. Short stories that are also suitable as reading exercises for people with reading difficulties, as inspiration for creative writing and to help those learning German.

Heike Köppen, born in 1963 in Cologne, studied German and Romance languages at the Sorbonne in Paris.. Later on she became a European journalist and a film director (ARTE, WDR, Pro7). In 2004 she began to write her own children’s books – short stories for her children to fall asleep to. She has been a book publisher since 2018 (LiLi Fuchs ist unterwegs) and lives with her family near Cologne.

Some students employed as illustrators by her film company plenamedia.tv illustrated this children’s book.

With LOGICO PRIMO, children will enjoy learning and practising basic skills. Each LOGICO PRIMO set features 16 cards with  motivational assignments appropriate to the...

With LOGICO PRIMO, children will enjoy learning and practising basic skills. Each LOGICO PRIMO set features 16 cards with  motivational assignments appropriate to the child’s age. Roby, the friendly little robot, accompanies preschool children through the first steps of coding and programming. When solving the tasks, children answer questions such as: what do I have to do so that Roby can complete the tasks? Which steps are necessary? Do I  have to follow a certain order? This enables children to experience the individual steps and aspects of coding in a playful way.

With LOGICO PRIMO, children will enjoy learning and practising basic skills....

With LOGICO PRIMO, children will enjoy learning and practising basic skills.

When solving the assignments, children automatically expand their knowledge of materials, parts and functions of clothes, and practise thinking skills (Sequencing – Dress in the correct order, Matching materials, patterns, and fasteners – Matching clothing of different seasons – Classifying and matching clothes and parts of clothing).

LOGICO PRIMO is an educational game with self-checking for children aged 3 to 6, for learning in kindergarten, at preschool and at home....

LOGICO PRIMO is an educational game with self-checking for children aged 3 to 6, for learning in kindergarten, at preschool and at home. The LOGICO PRIMO board with 6 handy moveable buttons is designed for children aged 3 to 6.

Using LOGICO PRIMO learning cards, children practise concentration & perception, logical thinking, colours & shapes, numeracy, Reading Readiness, sequencing, sorting and classifying, and language development.

Every night, a child dreams about the big wide world and fantastical treasures. And suddenly the big adventure lies just...

Every night, a child dreams about the big wide world and fantastical treasures. And suddenly the big adventure lies just around the corner: RamTamTam. A tousled, scrappy dog who becomes a best friend. For years they go through thick and thin together, until RamTamTam, now old and grey, falls asleep and never wakes up. But their shared adventures are far from over.

An unforgettable story about two friends who can always depend on one another, a heart-warming tale of an immortal bond.

Helme Heine, born in Berlin in 1941, has authored more than thirty children’s books, with millions of copies sold around the world, published in 35 languages. Helme Heine has received numerous awards and honours, including the New York Times "Best Illustrated Children's Books Award" several times.

“Clever and wonderful.”

Katja Kraft, Münchner Merkur

The world is full of colours, and it becomes even more so with this dictionary. You get to know families...

The world is full of colours, and it becomes even more so with this dictionary. You get to know families and friends, and Bruno the dog makes children laugh by misbehaving on every page. You can also sneak secretly through the house or go on a trip to the city or the zoo. A wonderfully colourful, elaborate picture dictionary which should be found in every child's room.

Nastja Holtfreter was born in 1977 in Berlin where she still lives and works. She studied graphic design and worked as an illustrator for children's TV for many years before she started freelancing in 2012.