Children's Books on Tour - Spring 2024

Ben is stunned when he’s invited to join a taster training week at the soccer school Tannwald. As he enters...

Ben is stunned when he’s invited to join a taster training week at the soccer school Tannwald. As he enters the school, his courage fades. How is he supposed to show his talents here? Only a miracle can help him now – a magic miracle in form of a talking mascot …

In this book, readers go on exciting research trips: they sail across the sea and take part in excavations, they...

In this book, readers go on exciting research trips: they sail across the sea and take part in excavations, they explore the “mini-world” of the smallest particles and the question of how the universe came into being. On some pages, real criminal cases and their connection to science are explained! In addition to many exciting stories about research and invention, each chapter contains a research assignment: checking fingerprints, carrying out experiments, deciphering secret messages and solving tricky puzzles.

Watch out: this book buzzes and whirs and whistles! This book is full of research projects about sounds and hearing....

Watch out: this book buzzes and whirs and whistles! This book is full of research projects about sounds and hearing. Through exciting experiments, kids can explore how something sounds and learn why it sounds that way. Step-by-step instructions and vivid pictures lead the way as children build their own instruments, which they can use to make music and explore scientific connections at the same time. But animal and human sounds are not forgotten: you can also make your own handmade cats purr, chickens cluck and balloons shriek. You can even craft your own fart cushion. Lots of fun guaranteed!

A non-fiction and hands-on activity book for young scientists and philosophers alike. Time – what is it really? Is it...

A non-fiction and hands-on activity book for young scientists and philosophers alike. Time – what is it really? Is it what clocks measure? The passing of hours, days and years? Or a feeling? This book gets to the bottom of the phenomenon of time. In addition to clear explanations, this book features numerous experiments and crafting instructions: the perpetual calendar shows the basis of our calendar system. With the help of the sundial, children learn how the length of the day was measured and how clocks as we know them today came into being. A water clock or an ancestor chart can also be built with the help of this book. The phenomenon of time can be demystified and felt, no longer intangible.

It is Philine’s 11th birthday, and she’s about to learn what kind of oracle she is going to become. But...

It is Philine’s 11th birthday, and she’s about to learn what kind of oracle she is going to become. But why is everyone behaving so strangely after the Grand Oracle Show? And is anyone going to tell Philine the meaning of her own personal oracle motto? How on earth is she supposed to learn how to see into the future?

Spy alarm! A tiny drone is following Robert, Isabella and Lorenzo. Was it sent by AI Medusa to spy on...

Spy alarm! A tiny drone is following Robert, Isabella and Lorenzo. Was it sent by AI Medusa to spy on Robert’s ghostly family? And as if that’s not unsettling enough – now there’s a small robot standing at the door with a message from Robert’s missing parents! Robert is completely unnerved. What if it’s a trap? Ghosts + artificial intelligence = high addictive potential! The five-book series will be completed in October 2025.

There’s lots to discover at the building site – there are diggers and bulldozers at work, and people drilling and...

There’s lots to discover at the building site – there are diggers and bulldozers at work, and people drilling and hammering and painting. But what does it look like once everything is built? In this book, children can discover building sites in the city and in the countryside: here a big residential and office building, there a motorway. Meanwhile, in the countryside, Beaver is building his lodge … And once everything is finished, people (and animals) can live, work and play in the new structures!

It is the day of the big magic exam. At last, Sina and her friends will be told their fairy...

It is the day of the big magic exam. At last, Sina and her friends will be told their fairy titles. Only Sina has a nasty lump in her throat. There’s nothing she’s particularly good at. But then she gets her big chance. The magic Fairy Tree is in danger. And only Sina knows how to cure it …

What a boring day! Even in Aquamaris, the legendary city at the bottom of the sea, there’s not much going...

What a boring day! Even in Aquamaris, the legendary city at the bottom of the sea, there’s not much going on today. But then Snorri, the six-armed octopus, and his friend, the sea girl Aquina, find out about a real gold treasure. It is said to be hidden in the wreck of the Black Crow. Snorri knows exactly where to find the old pirate ship: in the ship graveyard. And it’s pretty dangerous! Fortunately, Aquarian offers to help them. But is the little sea boy really their friend? Or is he just after the treasure …?

Several children share a cake. Is it fair if everyone gets the same-sized portion? What about the person who baked...

Several children share a cake. Is it fair if everyone gets the same-sized portion? What about the person who baked the cake or the one who is especially hungry? The deeper you get into the topic of justice, the trickier it gets! In this book, Assata Frauhammer explains to children what justice is and how difficult it can be to always act fairly. In an easy-to-understand way, she describes what justice has to do with democracy, what communism is, why generational justice is important, and why there is so much inequality in the world.

Belle, Oni and Oliver are in training to become real-life adventurers! The timetable includes travelling the world, discovering magic objects...

Belle, Oni and Oliver are in training to become real-life adventurers! The timetable includes travelling the world, discovering magic objects and researching mysterious creatures. The adventure begins on their very first day of school, when a famous magic dagger called the Fire Tiger is stolen. The young thief, Connor Blaze, is a real artful dodger and therefore a perfect candidate for the school of adventurers! With him, the first excursion soon becomes a hellish trip into the fantastical world of pirates.

Aquina is a mermaid. She has always felt different from the other merpeople. One day she finds out that she...

Aquina is a mermaid. She has always felt different from the other merpeople. One day she finds out that she has a twin brother: Mats, a human boy! And he is in danger. Ever since he was found on the beach as a baby, Mats has been brought up in a children’s home. He has always been afraid of the sea. By coming together, Aquina and Mats are fulfilling a centuries-old prophecy made by the Nordic gods – and it’s up to them to save the island world of Rulantica.

For Theo, Tom and Lotti, every day is an adventure. In their imaginations they are desperadoes, explorers, knights and superheroines....

For Theo, Tom and Lotti, every day is an adventure. In their imaginations they are desperadoes, explorers, knights and superheroines. A cat becomes a dangerous tiger and the neighbour’s garden a jungle. Which, as it so happens, belongs to an elderly lady – the fearless Frederike, who is not afraid of bees or chickens. But one day a man in shiny black shoes shows up – and he’s got Frederike’s house in his sights. The three siblings can’t let him get away with this, of course. In other words: there’s adventure everywhere. You just have to look carefully. And always carry a water pistol … just in case!

Tree bark, leaves, hair, insects – everything can be magnified with a microscope. No other device allows children to immerse...

Tree bark, leaves, hair, insects – everything can be magnified with a microscope. No other device allows children to immerse themselves in science so quickly and experience nature in such a completely new way. From magnifying cups to handheld microscopes and much larger microscopes, kids can explore everything about microscopy. Over 96 pages, author and biologist Bärbel Oftring answers all the important questions such as: What are the different microscopes best used for and how? How do you prepare specimens? What is particularly good to look at under a microscope? Numerous suggestions can be noted down in the book, and initial discoveries can be recorded on graph paper. 

What awaits curious readers in this book:

• Lots of interesting and exciting facts about microscopy 

• Experiments and observation tips 

• Glossary of difficult words at the end of the book 

• Photos and natural illustrations

When Louisa wins one of the rare scholarships to Highclare Academy, she hopes her life will have a new beginning....

When Louisa wins one of the rare scholarships to Highclare Academy, she hopes her life will have a new beginning. Not only because she’s a member of the Ruby Circle – an elite group of students in which every wish is granted before you even say it – but also because she believes that at last she will be protected against the lies that have turned her life into a nightmare. But all the luxury is merely a façade, because behind its walls the Academy is seething with unrest.

By day, Fill lives a perfectly ordinary Dayling life. He goes to school, plays sunball with his friends, and helps...

By day, Fill lives a perfectly ordinary Dayling life. He goes to school, plays sunball with his friends, and helps his dad in the quash garden. But then Fill’s magic pancake explodes, his cat runs off – and all at once Fill is traipsing through Nox, the Land of Night. Here, there are bloodthirsty flying rats and many other legendary creatures. Together with Issa, a Nightling girl, Fill experiences adventures that the daytime world can only dream of.

Tinka and her friends Adam and Niko are looking for Tinka’s father. He should have been back from his expedition...

Tinka and her friends Adam and Niko are looking for Tinka’s father. He should have been back from his expedition in Egypt ages ago. In his study, the friends come across a secret time window. To their astonishment, they end up in a mud hole in the middle of ancient Egypt. They meet Juja, who shows them his world, experience the hustle and bustle of a market, have to deal with the pharaoh’s guards and finally attend the pharaoh’s coronation. But where is Tinka’s father? With the first volume of the new The Time Travel Gang series, children aged 8 and above experience an exciting adventure set against a historical backdrop!

Lili is 10 years old and has the most brilliant home: a hotel in the mountains. But her parents have...

Lili is 10 years old and has the most brilliant home: a hotel in the mountains. But her parents have financial problems, and only the secret heirlooms of her great-great-grandfather can save the hotel from having to be sold. Together with her friends Sia and Oskar, Lili begins searching for the lost heirlooms. Clues can be hidden anywhere in the book; you have to find creative solutions. Cutting out, drawing, folding – anything is permitted.

Summer holidays! Everyone is outside. Only fourteen-year-old Yuri stays at home, because Yuri’s favourite place is his room – it’s...

Summer holidays! Everyone is outside. Only fourteen-year-old Yuri stays at home, because Yuri’s favourite place is his room – it’s where he feels safe. Just two weeks before school starts, he receives a message from Ava. The two know each other from primary school and haven’t heard from each other in years. Ava would love to be at the outdoor pool with everyone else. But Ava is grounded. “Because of this thing,” she says. They start up a conversation and bit by bit they open up to each other. Light topics like their favourite ice cream or their worst birthdays are soon followed by their first confessions about little secrets and big fears. Until Ava’s wild stories begin to shake the trust they have just started to build.

Nino and Pia are friends. They often play together or with other children. Sometimes they disagree and sometimes they argue:...

Nino and Pia are friends. They often play together or with other children. Sometimes they disagree and sometimes they argue: should they play with the train or the zoo? Other children also have conflicts – who is allowed to press the pump in the water playground and who gets to sail the toy boats? But after every argument, they manage to make up again: playing together is much more fun! Sometimes something happens: a toy lands in the bushes or a model someone has built gets knocked down. But when everyone helps, even these problems are quickly solved. Sharing, helping and making up makes people happy! A funny flap book for boys and girls from the age of 2.