Children's Books on Tour 2022 - Autumn Collection

Eddie’s family is moving, and he already misses his friends and the local woods. When he goes to hang out in his...

Eddie’s family is moving, and he already misses his friends and the local woods. When he goes to hang out in his beloved tree house one last time, he’s in for a surprise: the tree starts talking to him, and, with Eddie’s help, even learns to walk! The tree really wants to know what the world is like outside the forest – and over the hill – and beyond that distant mountain … A story about how curiosity can help us overcome our fear of change. 

In 1996 Stephan Lomp started working as a freelance writer for various agencies and publishers. In 2011, he published his first children’s book, and he has dedicated himself to writing and illustrating his own stories for children ever since. His books have appeared in the US, UK and elsewhere around the world.

EXIT Books are ESCAPE ROOM Books: a series of unrelated standalone stories that all follow the same principle: the reader...

EXIT Books are ESCAPE ROOM Books: a series of unrelated standalone stories that all follow the same principle: the reader has “to find the exit” within the story.

We offer titles for three target age groups: 8+, 12+ and all ages/14+, and at four different levels of difficulty: Kids, Beginners, Advanced and Professionals

This title is aimed at kids aged 8+: a bank robbery, a circus in need and three kid detectives who want to solve the riddle of a stolen family treasure. Top-class reading fun and real-life escape feeling for children.

• Over 250,000 copies sold in the series. Internationally successful.

Fanny spends a summer week with Grandpa, although everything in his old house is strange to her. Suddenly there is a hole in...

Fanny spends a summer week with Grandpa, although everything in his old house is strange to her. Suddenly there is a hole in the hall outside her room and she descends a long flight of stairs into the cellar. There she meets the “cellarlings”: a toad, a swan, a potato man and twenty-nine woodlice. They all are very agitated: The toad Lelalulah, who is the only one who goes outside and provides the others with stories from upstairs, has disappeared! Now they want Fanny to help them all by telling stories. Although the world outside seems dangerous, the cellarlings come to trust Fanny and let her lead them out into the open. Eva Roth, born in 1974, grew up in a small village in Switzerland. She taught children for fifteen years, then became an editor at a children’s book publishing house. She writes plays and prose texts for children and adults and lives with her family in Zurich.

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.

Frieda is a hippo and actually quite a nice one. However, she always wants to be in control. She wants to decide...

Frieda is a hippo and actually quite a nice one. However, she always wants to be in control. She wants to decide what is played and for how long, who can play and so on. This annoys all her friends, and one day nobody wants to play with Frieda anymore. At first Frieda thinks that’s a good thing, but soon she realises that life without friends is only half as nice and that it’s fun when everyone has a say. Christian Dreller studied Slavic Languages. He’s been translating and writing children’s books since 2005. Igor Lange was already drawing on tables and walls as a child: his own stories, superheroes and adventures. Today it’s books and no longer walls. The dream turned into a job, but he’s still a child at heart.

In the year 2020, a historian finds contemporary documents from the future that resemble a cry for help from the young generation of...

In the year 2020, a historian finds contemporary documents from the future that resemble a cry for help from the young generation of 2050. In notebooks, 15-year-old Billy records her grandmother Nancy’s accounts of the past 30 years, reporting on technological and medical achievements, climatic and political quakes, extreme population density and police states. Billy must hurry to change the past to save the future … Thomas Harding is a journalist and author and writes for newspapers such as the Guardian, the Independent and the Financial Times.

His books, including "Hanns and Rudolf" and "House By the Lake", have been translated into more than 16 languages and have won  several prizes. “Thomas Harding’s science fiction could hardly be more topical.” Hans von Trotha, Deutschlandfunk Kultur – LESART Shortlisted for the German Youth Literature Prize and for the Prix des Incorruptibles (France).

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

Hello, I am the hedgehog. Take a look! This is what I look like! Using a conversational tone, the shy spiny animal tells...

Hello, I am the hedgehog. Take a look! This is what I look like! Using a conversational tone, the shy spiny animal tells us about its secret hiding places and favourite treats, how it raises its offspring and why it hibernates in the cold season. In clear and warm-hearted pictures, the hedgehog can be closely observed and reveals many details that will amaze even adult readers. Printed with eco inks on recycled paper, this is our 100% nature book.  Katrin Wiehle lives in the USA with her husband, two great kids and two red tomcats, where she works as a freelance illustrator for all kinds of clients. 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 won awards from the Stiftung Buchkunst.

When the little hedgehog wakes up early in the morning, the big hedgehog is not there. He knows that he has to...

When the little hedgehog wakes up early in the morning, the big hedgehog is not there. He knows that he has to wait until the big hedgehog is back, but the curious little guy sneaks out of the door and starts searching. “I’m not scared at all!” he reassures himself. This lovely picture book about the big and the little hedgehog is about the universal theme of fear, and how children and adults deal with it in different ways.  Britta Teckentrup, born in 1969 in Hamburg, studied Visual Arts in London. She is the author and illustrator of many picture books and non-fiction picture books, and has won numerous awards. Her books have been translated into many different languages.

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.

Kolosso the dangerous crocodile lives in the savannah. One day the meerkat Lima finds an egg. The other meerkats want to share, but...

Kolosso the dangerous crocodile lives in the savannah. One day the meerkat Lima finds an egg. The other meerkats want to share, but she wants it for herself and runs away. In the savannah it is not good to be alone. Only with the help of her friends she can rescue the egg from dangerous situations. Who the egg belongs to becomes clear when the little animal hatches: it is Kolosso’s baby! Jens Jörg Rieck was born in 1963 in Eberswalde, near Berlin. After studying journalism, he began a career as a sports reporter. No wonder that his first children’s book was about football. Jens Jörg Rieck lives with his family in Baden-Baden and Berlin. Agi Ofner, born in 1989, works as a freelance author and illustrator. After graduating from high school, she studied Finnish and Dutch and then trained as a graphic designer in Vienna. In 2020 she was awarded the Austrian Children’s and Young People’s Literature Prize.

“Let’s start Deutsch!” is a book series designed especially for children starting school in a foreign country....

“Let’s start Deutsch!” is a book series designed especially for children starting school in a foreign country.

The picture book is the “heart” of each volume. Colourful illustrations suitable for the age group help even those children with no knowledge of the new language to learn the vocabulary needed for everyday life. There is plenty of audio material to help children learn to understand first German words and sentences.

The picture book comes to life with the Bookii talking pen. It is the perfect tool to train vocabulary, correct pronunciation and support oral fluency.  It is successfully applied in German schools for the German language and in schools in the Netherlands for the Dutch language.

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Educational like a non-fiction book and touching like a Disney classic! In this realistic fiction series, children are immersed in the exciting world...

Educational like a non-fiction book and touching like a Disney classic! In this realistic fiction series, children are immersed in the exciting world of animals and discover both the beauty of nature and its many dangers, as well as the impacts of climate change.

The little grizzly bear cub Scout is separated from her mum and has to fend for herself. She has to grow up and become a real grizzly by winter! She follows in the footsteps of a gigantic old man and secretly learns from him: which plants have healing powers, how to steal from squirrels, and where the wild waters are waiting. It is the beginning of an adventurous and dangerous journey - and an  unlikely friendship. But soon the leaves change colour and the moment of truth approaches … • Over 25,000 copies of this new series sold since 02/2022! • English sample translations by the author available!

This book provides bright moments of discovery! The hidden items in the search-and-find images only become visible once you switch on the...

This book provides bright moments of discovery! The hidden items in the search-and-find images only become visible once you switch on the torch. Some of the vignettes at the edges of the pages can only be found in the search-and-find images with the help of the torch. The light needs to be on target for the motifs to become visible. 

A fascinating play book with short texts to read aloud – absolutely  enchanting!

Iggy Iguanodon is stuck in a swamp. Can his friend Steffi Stegosaurus help him before it’s too late? Mama Brontosaurus needs help as...

Iggy Iguanodon is stuck in a swamp. Can his friend Steffi Stegosaurus help him before it’s too late? Mama Brontosaurus needs help as well: one of her eggs is missing! And the triceratopses need to fend off a T-Rex. THiLO is a successful screenwriter and has a wide range of German favourites to his name. During the past few years, he has gained recognition as a children’s book author and has been published by several well-known publishing houses. THiLO currently lives in Mainz with his wife and four children.

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.