Children's Books / Young Adults Autumn 2023

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Linda Sturm

Wheels Are the Best! At the Police Station

Board picture book with flaps

Date of publication: August 30, 2023
Hardcover | 12 pages | With illustrations from: Dominik Rupp | Recommended age group: 2+
Wheels are brilliant – especially police cars. Discover all about police work as officers pursue suspects on a motorbike or in a patrol car with flashing blue lights, watch traffic from a helicop...
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Kathrin Lena Orso

My Tummy Says No!

Learn to say no, with this confidence-inspiring picture book

Date of publication: July 26, 2023
Hardcover | 32 pages | With illustrations from: Olena Kvitka | Recommended age group: 4+
What a stupid day! Luca is really annoyed with himself. All he wanted to do was play quietly in the sandbox, but then Mama’s friend gave him a big kiss on the cheek, an older girl pushed him asid...
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Nicole Röndigs

The Marmalade Wolf

Date of publication: July 26, 2023
Hardcover | 32 pages | With illustrations from: Katja Gehrmann | Recommended age group: 4+
Once upon a time, there was a village on the edge of the woods, and in the village there lived lots of children. Their way to the school ran through the big, dark wood, and one day little Carlo w...
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Karen Christine Angermayer

First Me, Then You: The Christmas Star Conundrum

A story for early readers

Date of publication: September 27, 2023
Hardcover | 80 pages | With illustrations from: Theresa Schwietzer | Recommended age group: 6+
Spick the reindeer and Span the raccoon are the best of friends. But when they find a shining star in the woods at Christmas, they have a big row: you see, each wants to keep the prized treasure...
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Sibylle Wenzel

Stella: Today I’ll Be Santa Claus

A Christmas story for the little ones, with an inspiring message

Date of publication: September 27, 2023
Hardcover | 128 pages | With illustrations from: Alexandra Helm | Recommended age group: 6+
When Santa Claus doesn’t show up for work on Christmas Eve, his daughter Stella’s hour has come: with the help of reindeer Ralph and elf Wilma, she sets off to make sure everyone gets their prese...
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Linda Sturm

Wheels Are the Best! The Emergency Services

Board picture book with flaps

Date of publication: August 30, 2023
Hardcover | 12 pages | With illustrations from: Dominik Rupp | Recommended age group: 2+
Wheels are brilliant – especially emergency vehicles. In this book, you’ll discover all about the vehicles used to help people in an emergency. Ambulances take people to the hospital; police, fir...
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Annette Langen

The Little Angel Causes Christmas Mayhem

A seasonal picture book

Date of publication: September 27, 2023
Hardcover | 32 pages | With illustrations from: Sarah Dietz | Recommended age group: 4+
The littlest of all the angels is desperate to do everything the big angels do, up there in the sky: sing songs, create stars, pass on important messages... But something always seems to go wrong...
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Annette Herzog

Doctor Honeyspoon’s Clinic for Magical Beings: The Defrosted Pterodactyl

Date of publication: September 20, 2023
Hardcover | 128 pages | With illustrations from: Laura Bednarski | Recommended age group: 5+
Torn fairy wings, scraped troll knees, injured unicorns? There’s nothing Dr Honeyspoon can’t fix. He’s a specialist in magical creatures, and not only has the right medicine for every patient, bu...
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Johanna Prinz

Wild Weeks: Safari Mondays

The first book in a new series of comic stories

Date of publication: August 23, 2023
Hardcover | 128 pages | With illustrations from: Stefanie Jeschke | Recommended age group: 6+
Pippa the aardvark likes her life. She and her friends Horst the oxpecker, Manolo the lion, the three meercats and bird lady Gisela live by a beautiful watering hole – with its glittering waves, ...
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Annette Roeder

The Crumplings: Egon and the Shrinking Spell

A series for improving readers

Date of publication: September 11, 2024
Hardcover | 96 pages | With illustrations from: Barbara Korthues | Recommended age group: 6+
For the Crumplings, stinky morels are a delicacy! Naturally, human boy Albi can’t wait to try them too, so Egon Crumpling cuts his best friend a little piece. Mmm, delicious! But suddenly, Albi s...

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