Children's Books / Young Adults Spring 2023

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Jana Schell

The Book Book

A diary for little bookworms

Date of publication: March 15, 2023
Hardcover | 128 pages | With illustrations from: Jana Schell | Recommended age group: 8+
The Book Book is a must for bookworms aged 8+. Here, they can make a record of their favourite books on specially designed pages. Alongside imaginatively devised journal pages, there are lots of ...
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Annette Herzog

Little Badger and Big Badger: A Tiny Bit Scared

A picture book about being brave

Date of publication: March 22, 2023
Hardcover | 32 pages | With illustrations from: Olga Strobel | Recommended age group: 3+
Oh no! Big Badger has disappeared! Little Badger can’t find him anywhere. Has a wild boar chased him off? Or maybe a gang of robbers? Although Little Badger is a bit scared, he decides to save hi...
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Monika Feth

I Can Tame Bumblebees, Grandpa

A picture book about grief

Date of publication: April 26, 2023
Hardcover | 32 pages | With illustrations from: Claudia Burmeister | Recommended age group: 4+
‘Grandpa is dead.’ When Jori’s mother tells him that Grandpa has gone to sleep for ever, Jori has trouble understanding what that means. ‘For ever’ is a mighty long time, and no matter how hard h...
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Jonathan Stock

Lina’s Lighthouse

A lyrical picture book about friendship

Date of publication: March 22, 2023
Hardcover | 32 pages | With illustrations from: Nini Alaska | Recommended age group: 4+
Lina lives in a lighthouse by the sea, surrounded by gulls, crabs and other coastal creatures. She feeds them, sings to them, and in the evenings they tell each other stories about ship’s goblins...
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Katja Ludwig

Sick? Healthy? So much goes on in your body!

Date of publication: March 29, 2023
Hardcover | 48 pages | With illustrations from: Dorothee Mahnkopf | Recommended age group: 5+
Cytie and Phago are white blood cells. Every day, they’re busy hunting down harmful intruders and fixing things. Their lives are never boring – there’s always something exciting happening in our ...
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Nico Fauser

Spot the Difference

Visual puzzles in a cartoon format

Date of publication: June 28, 2023
Paperback | 160 pages
At times gaudy, at times even with a bit of dark humour – here are 70 pictures to challenge the puzzle lover. In each puzzle eight differences between two otherwise identical cartoons are to be s...
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Susanne Weber

Happy Bunny – The More Colour, the Better

Date of publication: March 1, 2023
Hardcover | 32 pages | With illustrations from: Monika Filipina | Recommended age group: 3+
Happy the bunny isn’t happy at all: every day, he has to work out what to wear, who to play with and what to eat. One day, he decides to let the wheel of fortune take charge: when it lands on blu...
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Agi Ofner

Shall We Dance?

A picture book about confidence

Date of publication: March 22, 2023
Hardcover | 40 pages | With illustrations from: Agi Ofner | Recommended age group: 4+
Ole is a friendly elk, and he loves life. He asks the animals in the wood if they want to dance, but they keep making excuses. Ole starts wondering whether the other animals are right, and elks c...
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Neele

I Am Me – And I’m Perfect the Way I Am!

A compelling and reassuring picture book about self-confidence

Date of publication: March 29, 2023
Hardcover | 32 pages | With illustrations from: Inka Vigh | Recommended age group: 4+
It’s tough when others laugh at you. Are you smaller than a mouse, easily startled like a rabbit, slow like a snail or podgy like a seal? Who cares! This picture book will instill self-confidence...
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Britta Teckentrup

The Swing

Date of publication: February 15, 2023
Hardcover | 160 pages | With illustrations from: Britta Teckentrup | Recommended age group: 5+
Swings are very special, because with their help you can fly as high as the sky. Of course, you also have to come back down again… In this book’s many miniature stories, a very special swing play...

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