Children's Books / Young Adults Autumn 2023

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Charles Dickens, Bettina Obrecht

Penguin Junior – Children’s Classics for Early Readers: A Christmas Carol

Date of publication: September 27, 2023
Hardcover | 80 pages | With illustrations from: Marie Braner | Recommended age group: 7+
Miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge doesn’t think much of Christmas, and has no sympathy for his fellow man. But then his late partner Marley announces that three ghosts will visit Scrooge on Christmas ...
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Amelie Plaas-Link

Penguin Junior – Books for Early Readers – Our Magical Pony Farm: Searching for the Perfect Pony

Date of publication: August 16, 2023
Hardcover | 112 pages | With illustrations from: Miriam Cordes | Recommended age group: 7+
Lina is really happy, because her new friend Thea is allowed to come riding with her! She plans to show her everything, especially the great ponies – and maybe she’ll even reveal the pony farm’s ...
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Amelie Plaas-Link
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Ute Krause

The Muscleteers and the Cursed 13

Date of publication: September 20, 2023
Hardcover | 184 pages | With illustrations from: Ute Krause | Recommended age group: 8+
Oh no, it’s Friday 13th! Picandou is a superstitious mouse, and knows only too well that today’s an unlucky day. And then things start to go wrong in the Muscleteers’ cosy cave in the basement of...
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Ute Krause
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Gesa Schwartz

Ella Löwenstein: The Colourful Fairy Kingdom

Another magical, exciting and poetic story

Date of publication: September 27, 2023
Hardcover | 224 pages | With illustrations from: Catherine Gabrielle Ionescu | Recommended age group: 8+
It’s so silly: the moment Oberon, King of Magical Beings, leaves for his annual tour, Otherworld is in chaos. Now that he’s gone, the fairies have seized the opportunity and are playing lots of p...
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Gesa Schwartz
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Rüdiger Bertram

Just 200 Miles

An inclusive road trip

Date of publication: August 30, 2023
Hardcover | 256 pages | Recommended age group: 10+
When a flip-flop hits Carl on the head as he sits by the Baltic in his ugly beach wheelchair, his life changes overnight. Carl is spending the summer holidays with his mother – but he’d much rath...
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Rüdiger Bertram
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Andreas Hüging

Penguin Junior – Books for Early Readers: Roger Rättel and the Hottest Detective School in the World

Date of publication: October 25, 2023
Hardcover | 96 pages | With illustrations from: Nikolai Renger | Recommended age group: 7+
Gerda Gecko’s Detective School in the desert town of Olbycorky is the hottest detective school in the world. The two budding investigators Roger (a rattlesnake) and Fenny (a desert fox) may be st...
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Andreas Hüging, Angelika Niestrath

The Fantastic Flying Lost Property Office: Searching for Juma

The new book in the brilliant new children’s series

Date of publication: August 16, 2023
Hardcover | 176 pages | With illustrations from: Simona Ceccarelli | Recommended age group: 8+
Ever since shy Anton took on the job of special agent, exciting times have almost started to feel normal. But then magician Ms Zampana comes to town and causes chaos: Pogo is stolen from the lost...
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Kirsten Vogel

The Zoo Team: An Elephantastic Case

First book in a new children’s series

Date of publication: August 16, 2023
Hardcover | 192 pages | With illustrations from: Stefanie Klaßen | Recommended age group: 8+
Elli Shepherd loves animals. Whenever something’s wrong with one of her charges at the zoo, the young animal whisperer and her best friend Tom investigate – and they always solve even the most pu...
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Kirsten Vogel
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Nicole Röndigs

Battle of Schools: Invasion of the Newt Brains

The first in a new series

Date of publication: August 2, 2023
Hardcover | 224 pages | With illustrations from: Tine Schulz | Recommended age group: 10+
Leafcutter ants in the school garden? Stink bombs in the staff room? A tarantula as class pet? Joe Schulz never imagined his first day at the Emmy Noether School would be like this! Instead of le...
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Nicole Röndigs
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Sabine Städing

Fox Girls: Let the Magic Begin

Two shape-shifters have a magical adventure

Date of publication: September 13, 2023
Hardcover | 304 pages | Recommended age group: 10+
Thirteen-year-old Cane Sugar and Bonnie Vanzetti are a pair of true-blue Hamburg girls, and love wandering around their lively city. One evening, they meet a creature who introduces himself to th...
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