Stories for Children and Young Adults - Right List Spring 2025

Smile please! You can see lots of teeth in this family photo. Baby Lia’s are growing. Till has a wobbly...

Smile please! You can see lots of teeth in this family photo. Baby Lia’s are growing. Till has a wobbly tooth, a gold tooth glistens in Grandpa’s mouth and the family dog has really sharp teeth. Siblings Ada and Till want to know all about different teeth and find out what happens at the dentist. 

The two main characters learn how to brush their teeth and how to look after them properly. An exciting and enter taining flap book. Suitable for children aged 2 and up. 

Matthias Maurer spent 175 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Every single day was an adventure! ...

Matthias Maurer spent 175 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Every single day was an adventure! 

In this book the ESA astronaut talks more personally than ever before about his experiences during this incredible time: what it feels like to be shot into space in a rocket, and how to wash your hands without a sink. He also talks about dangerous space junk, and a very exciting spacewalk where not everything went according to plan. 

A story of courage, friendship and true teamwork – with comic-style illustrations from another planet! Matthias Maurer always saw astronauts as superheroes. He later realised that space travel combines all his interests. As a result, he applied to the European Space Agency (ESA) and completed his astronaut training.

Without IT there would be no apps, no online games, no streaming services. Our daily lives are shaped by it....

Without IT there would be no apps, no online games, no streaming services. Our daily lives are shaped by it. But how do hardware and software work together? What is an algorithm? What programming languages are there and how do you learn them? 

Dr Julia Freudenberg and Matthias Feldmann are involved in the Hacker School and now share their knowledge in this book. They guide you through the world of computer science from its beginnings to the present day, and even take a look at the future. How will AI and robots develop? 

An exciting non-fiction book for young people aged 11 and up. 

Is infinity a number, a formula, an idea … or just nonsense? Infinity is a bit like time: if nobody...

Is infinity a number, a formula, an idea … or just nonsense? Infinity is a bit like time: if nobody asks what it is, you know what it is. If you have to explain it, you can’t really put it into words. However, this book does a pretty good job. Which is lucky, because after all, we have to deal with infinity everywhere! We encounter it not only when we look at the stars in the night sky, but also when we look at time, number sequences, sourdough, quantities, the immortality of the soul, snowflakes… and cheese! 

A book with lots of answers and new questions for further reflection.

Jörg Bernardy, born in 1982, has a doctorate in philosophy and is now a freelance author. 

Andrea Stegmaier is an illustrator and architect with a great love of children’s and picture books. She is passionate about drawing. The rest of the time, you’ll find her conquering the world with her family or enjoying the garden. 

Emma wants to wear her new yellow raincoat all the time – even though it’s stopped raining. At the playground...

Emma wants to wear her new yellow raincoat all the time – even though it’s stopped raining. At the playground in the afternoon,  the parents of the other children give her funny looks. But Emma persists, and when the rain comes pelting down, the big drops simply trickle off her yellow raincoat. She laughs and dances, while all the other kids hurry home …Kashi Grobe was born in Jamaica and studied theatre production and playwriting at the Los Angeles Film School. Today she lives in Berlin with her husband and two children.Andrea Stegmaier lives and works in Stuttgart. Her favourite occupation is illustrating picture books and children’s books. She finds new inspiration wherever she is – together with her family, or outside in her garden.

About open ears and new friends. ...

About open ears and new friends. 

One day an old bear sits on the hill. He is peculiar and doesn’t react when you talk to him. “Perhaps he has difficulty hearing?” Without further ado, a girl makes a mouthpiece to give her own voice more power. It works – and that’s not all. Because the speaking tube also works in reverse: as a hearing tube. And now we’re off on an exciting journey of discovery together into the world of sounds and all their stories. 

Sonja Stangl, born in 1989, lives in Vienna. Since studying multimedia art, she has worked in various fields in the creative industry, bringing her own visual language to children’s books, advertising, animation and packaging. 

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A man wants to go to Africa. How nice! say his eyes, ears, nose, neck, tummy, head, heart – and his...

A man wants to go to Africa. How nice! say his eyes, ears, nose, neck, tummy, head, heart – and his right hand. But his left hand wants to stay at home and holds on tight to the radiator. A madcap, poetic and very funny story about the love of staying at home and the love of travelling, the contradictions in us all and the mystery of being human. 

Navid Kermani has won multiple awards for his work. His first children’s book to be published by Hanser was Ayda, Bär und Hase (2017) followed in 2022 by Jeder soll von da, wo er ist, einen Schritt näher kommen. 

Mehrdad Zaeri was born in 1970 in Iran. When he was 14 he fled with his family to Germany. Since 2006 he has worked as a book illustrator, live performance illustrator and storyteller in German-Speaking countries. 

Will the firefly find me? Maximiliane, the brightest glowing firefly, flies through the night in search of a friend. Thousands...

Will the firefly find me? Maximiliane, the brightest glowing firefly, flies through the night in search of a friend. Thousands of lights glow and sparkle everywhere – but is there another firefly in the world that glows as beautifully red as she does? 

In this extraordinary picture book by Oliver Weiss, the fireflies deliver a universal message: miracles are everywhere, you just have to discover them! 

Oliver Weiss draws for The New York Times and Süddeutsche Zeitung, as well as for many different publishers in Germany and around the world. He is an internationally active illustrator, author and designer. His picture book Die Öblings kommen! was awarded the Meefisch Prize for the best German-language children’s book in 2023. He lives in Berlin and New York.

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