Children's Books on Tour - Spring 2021

The Mould-Bedbug family lives in a creepy old house, and they're not alone there. You don't want to look too...

The Mould-Bedbug family lives in a creepy old house, and they're not alone there. You don't want to look too closely at who else is living there: from lice in the wardrobeand worms in the toilet to cockroaches in the kitchen. Not to mention the hair follicle mite and the nocturnal silverfish. In this book children are delightfully acquainted with our top 20 nastiest lodgers, and learn a great deal about these fascinating animals that are less disgusting than they might seem at first glance.

Felix and his sister Nina are excited because today Jule, the new babysitter, is coming to take care of them....

Felix and his sister Nina are excited because today Jule, the new babysitter, is coming to take care of them. It does not take long and both children enjoy being with Jule, who even takes them on a trip to the moon!

"This picture book is the perfect mix of a funny story and comical illustrations“ Lesering.de

In this book, lots of self-confident children meet, discovering similarities and differences. Constanze von Kitzing has received lots of positive...

In this book, lots of self-confident children meet, discovering similarities and differences. Constanze von Kitzing has received lots of positive feedback – from parents, teachers and the press – for her picture books in which she depicts a diverse range of children. The board book edition of "I Am Different From You - I Am Just Like You“ has been reprinted six times (since 08/2019 until 01/2022).

A fantastic, very wise and affectionate book that helps children find their true self. It also encourages tolerance, integration and respectful cooperation.

Temperamental omnivores with a super sense of smell...

Temperamental omnivores with a super sense of smell

Wild boars like living in packs and it is quite chaotic there: the sow just wants to wallow in the mud, but the little newborns keep running through the thicket. Seven pages of warm-hearted illustrations and short, simple texts explain what role these shaggy, grunting heavyweights play in the forest.

Keeping environmental protection and sustainability in mind, this 100% natural book has been printed with soy inks on eco-friendly cardboard.

Discovering nature on your doorstep

Pages and cover 100 % natural

Complex interrelationships are explained in an easily understandable way

What does it feel like to be happy or sad? The heart is far more than just a muscle, and...

What does it feel like to be happy or sad? The heart is far more than just a muscle, and it’s where all your emotions live. Inside it, there are mysterious caves and valves – it’s a place where feelings become real. Sometimes it’s quiet as a mouse, sometimes it pounds so hard that you can feel it right in your throat. It’s like a good friend, who is always by your side and ready to give you advice. And when you place your hand on the left side of your chest, you can feel it: your heart.

Reinhard Friedl is a cardiovascular surgeon who has operated on many thousands of hearts. He explains why joy resides in your heart, and why you should start listening to your heart from a young age. Because when we learn to listen to our heart, it can make us strong and ready to face what life throws at us.

• A moving, philosophical gift book about our most important sensory organ: the heart

• Why joy lives in your heart and why you should start listening to your heart from a young age

• Key message: the sooner you learn to listen to your heart, the richer and more colourful life will be

13-year-old Noël is a magnet for bad luck: not only are lots of things going wrong at home and at...

13-year-old Noël is a magnet for bad luck: not only are lots of things going wrong at home and at school, he also seems to attract everything that scratches and bites. On a school ski trip, a black bear the size of the Hulk tries to eat him. And one day, a rat lures him onto a container ship that takes him to the Boarding School of Evil Animals in the Secret Islands. Only the best of their species are accepted here: regal leopards, poisonous scorpions and savage sharks. However, special boys like Noël are accepted as well, provided they pass the tough entrance exam.

• Winner of the Zurich Children´s Book Prize 2020

• 3 more titles available

Every family knows how stressful mornings can be. This picture book story playfully explores the parallel universes children and their...

Every family knows how stressful mornings can be. This picture book story playfully explores the parallel universes children and their parents get caught up in in the morning, and the ways different ideas and needs clash. To make things less hectic, bestselling author and child psychiatrist Jakob Hein has a simple but extremely helpful practical tip that families can easily recreate themselves: drawing coloured fields on a paper clock, to represent the most important activities – for example, 10 minutes for waking up and cuddling, 15 minutes to get dressed, and so on. The coloured fields on the clock face allow even very young children to see which activity is up next and how much time there is left until then. The funny story appeals to both parents and children and sets them up for a morning routine that is that little bit less stressful.

I am a tomcat – a big, beautiful red tabby. For many years now I’ve been observing humans and their...

I am a tomcat – a big, beautiful red tabby. For many years now I’ve been observing humans and their habits. And let’s face it – they’re rather strange! They give you food that tastes of bird or fish instead of mouse or rat. And they let that horrible wet water run straight down over their heads! Another mystery to cats is why they hold a piece of paper in front of their face instead of scratching it. Or why dark sofas aren’t considered a good place for cats like me to lie on. Really, it’s no wonder that humans think computers and glass tablets are great inventions, but mice and balls of wool aren’t. They simply don’t understand enough about life!

Our children's nature guides with over 15 volumes on subjects like garden birds, flowers, trees, and the stars have sold...

Our children's nature guides with over 15 volumes on subjects like garden birds, flowers, trees, and the stars have sold over 500,000 copies in total. They bring children closer to the natural world and inspire them to discover and learn. You might be surprised how many discoveries await you right on your doorstep, either in your nearest park or in your own garden. This children’s nature guide introduces the 85 most important animals and plants for young readers. Every portrait is easily understandable and contains a multitude of interesting and funny facts as well as tips for observation and identification. The interactive part also features manuals for planting your own fruit and vegetables and attracting bees, hedgehogs and birds into the garden.

• Discovering nature – even in the middle of the city

• With interactive DIYs and tips for identification

Lila's father has some strange ideas: he wants to go on holiday in the wilderness, thinks Lila should learn how...

Lila's father has some strange ideas: he wants to go on holiday in the wilderness, thinks Lila should learn how to drive and has told Mrs Stieger, Lila's teacher, about his holiday plans. This is all rather irritating because he has been absent-minded since Mum's death and has hardly spoken to Lila at all.

In Eastern Europe, in a river valley that leads from a tiny village towards the mountains, Lila and Dad pitch their tent. Things are going well first, but then they change: there are cooked snails to eat and the river carries away the tent and sleeping bags, so Dad asks Mrs Stieger to come and bring a new tent. This doesn’t work for Lila at all: her father and her teacher – doesn't he even think about Mum anymore? She runs away and drives the car into the village. But an unknown girl alone in the sleepy village attracts attention and people start to take an interest. In the end the whole village is involved in getting Dad and Mrs Stieger out of the wilderness.

Aesthetic is a quality that fundamentally influences all human activity, perception and thinking. Aesthetic education expands perception in all areas...

Aesthetic is a quality that fundamentally influences all human activity, perception and thinking. Aesthetic education expands perception in all areas of life and helps children to become close observers and listeners. It stimulates creativity and imagination. The learning cards of LOGICO PRIMO “Aesthetic Education” offer children first aesthetic experiences focused on visual perception. When solving the assignments, children look closely and engage with visual works of art, with color scales and various painting and writing tools. This requires concentration, logical thinking and combining. In this way, thinking skills are also promoted.

LOGICO PRIMO is a learning game with self-checking for children aged 3 to 6 years old. The LOGICO PRIMO board...

LOGICO PRIMO is a learning game with self-checking for children aged 3 to 6 years old. The LOGICO PRIMO board with 6 handy movable buttons is designed for learning at home, at kindergarten and at preschool. Using the LOGICO PRIMO learning cards children practise concentration & perception, logical thinking, colours & shapes, numeracy, Reading Readiness, sequencing, sorting and classifying, and language development.

1994 Worlddidac Award, 2006 Teachers’ Choice Award (USA), 2006 Innovative Product ECWN (Poland).

Art.Nr. 3201

These first stories to read aloud take parents and children on fun trips to the forest and the farm. The...

These first stories to read aloud take parents and children on fun trips to the forest and the farm. The combination of photographs and cheerful colour illustrations makes for a very special picture book experience. Numerous small images hiding in the photographs spark a spirit of discovery and offer many opportunities for conversations, inspiring children to explore nature/farms – both in these books and in real life.

• 2 more titles available

• Lovely series with a new concept.

• The combination of photographs and illustrations offers many details to explore.

• On-trend topic: nature

A real live wish fairy has moved into Paula Goldenberg’s house – complete with glitter dust and magic powers! Brilliant,...

A real live wish fairy has moved into Paula Goldenberg’s house – complete with glitter dust and magic powers! Brilliant, eh? Well, almost… Maximeralda Feodora Dilara Nima of Phlip – Maxi for short – is on probation and has limited magic powers. Only if she can perform good deeds for Paula will she one day become a fully fledged fairy. But Maxi has her own ideas about what might be good for Paula. From now on, dreary old normal days become super stand-on-your-head days. Goodbye to boredom! Hello to fairy chaos!

Viruses, bacteria, causes of illness – we’d all like to avoid them. But how? Matthias von Bornstädt is a doctor...

Viruses, bacteria, causes of illness – we’d all like to avoid them. But how? Matthias von Bornstädt is a doctor of medicine, and he provides specialist information about what happens when our body gets infected, and how we can strengthen our powers of defence. Illness can happen to anybody, and that includes ten-year-old Sam. A virus gang has invaded his body. Just like pirates, they start to do nasty things inside him. Luckily, there are defending heroes who are there to protect him. And in the end, they prove to be stronger than the viruses. Sam tells his flu story in a relaxed and even funny way, at the right level for his young readers. An encouraging book with lots of healthy tips.

Mops and Kat are the best of friends. But while Kat is always looking for the next adventure, Mops prefers...

Mops and Kat are the best of friends. But while Kat is always looking for the next adventure, Mops prefers to lounge around on the sofa. When Kat convinces him to come on a walk in the woods, he’s bored – until the friends meet Rocky. The laid-back roebuck takes them on a thrilling voyage of discovery: he shows them how trees communicate, where you can find the tastiest elf cakes, and how beehives are organised. They venture deeper and deeper into the undergrowth and visit mysterious, magical places – but suddenly Rocky realises he’s lost! The trees are almost impenetrable now, young boars are running through the woods and a river is blocking their way. What now? Luckily, Beaver has a solution. And so, after much sliding about in the mud, the friends finally find their way back home – cheered and fulfilled by their new woodland experiences and friendships.

Don’t you know Pandekraska Pampernella? Anything is possible when this girl wants something!...

Don’t you know Pandekraska Pampernella? Anything is possible when this girl wants something!

Pandekraska Pampernella is eleven years old and a real princess. She has a new hairdo every day, she knows how to fence and ride a horse, and she is a champion in archery. Since her 2nd year of life, has travelled the world together with a chronicler and a bodyguard. She is brave and no risk is too great for her. But there is one thing she is afraid of: that she will never find a best friend. So she goes out in search of one ...

Zoran Drvenkar was born in Croatia in 1967 and moved to Berlin with his parents at the age of three. He has been working as a freelance writer for thirty years, writing novels, poems, plays and screenplays about children, young people and adults. He has won numerous prizes.

They know how to use YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok before they learn how to read. For children, digital media mainly...

They know how to use YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok before they learn how to read. For children, digital media mainly consist of games and videos. The task of education is to teach children how to use digital media creatively and independently. Therefore, the modern curriculum includes teaching a strategic use of digital media. This handy flip-up book helps teachers to start teaching digital media and at the same time serves as a reference book.

It offers a compact, modular pool of ideas for the use of digital media in the classroom, such as getting to grips with tablets, doing research on the internet, working with learning apps, creating a stop-motion film, easy programming with Scratch or Calliope mini and more.

On each of the 27 double pages, teachers will find information on a digital medium or app and an example of its use.

13-year-old Ralf dreams of becoming a famous YouTuber, and is desperate to impress Mia, the prettiest girl in the school,...

13-year-old Ralf dreams of becoming a famous YouTuber, and is desperate to impress Mia, the prettiest girl in the school, with his own videos. Oh, and he wouldn’t mind becoming rich and famous, either - or finally settling the argument with his arch-enemy Julian as to who’s the coolest of them all.

But what makes for a smash hit YouTube channel? Ralf - a creative newbie - makes his tentative entry into the World Wide Web, which is riddled with far more pitfalls than he could ever have imagined.

Silas Matthes’ “RalfTube” is a story of friendship, courage and dreaming big. Packed with boy-friendly comic-style illustrations, it’s designed to get them reading.

Your own YouTube channel: the dream comes true!

Modern, feisty and funny, this comic-style book is perfect for reluctant readers, too

Rosie is pink and very tiny, and her tail is beautifully curly. She has one big dream – she wants...

Rosie is pink and very tiny, and her tail is beautifully curly. She has one big dream – she wants to fly from tree to tree. But how can she do that, without wings? Her friends laugh at her. After all, she is – ahem – a pig, and not a bird. It will never work. But it is Rosie’s biggest wish. She does not give up, and keeps trying–her best friend Bo, the butterfly, firmly believes in her. Together, and with a dash of magic, they finally work a miracle ...