Foreign Rights List
Beate Teresa Hanika, Kristina Andres
When Mother Fox sleeps!
Wenn Mama Fuchs schläft
When Mama Fox needs a rest . . .
When the little fox wakes, something seems different. Is it the sunbeam that shines in the foxhole? The little fox yawns and shakes himself. Then he sees it: mama fox is asleep. She didn't make breakfast and hasn't cleaned the den. As he nudges her, she just rolls over and pulls herself closer together. The little fox decides to ask the other animals. Maybe they know what's the matter with mama.
In text and delicate watercolors, here is an atmospheric and warmhearted story of how grownups also need time for themselves. And that's good for little foxes!
Daniela Kulot
Most of All, I Like to be Happy!
Am liebsten bin ich froh!
Today I'm happy! How about you?
Sometimes I’m sad, or angry, or brave. But most of all, I like to be happy!
Young children are just learning to identify and name feelings. The colorful illustrations, accompanied by simple rhymes, invite conversation and help children learn about feelings and how to live with them.
Cheerfull illustrations with familiar situations and simple rhymes!
Sabrina Maria Quint, Henrike Wilson
Max, the Vegetable Hero
Max, der Gemüseheld
Some Like It, Some Don't!
Ferdi Fox loves to eat fruit and vegetables. The other forest animals don't understand that. Just green things? That can't be right - they're not even that tasty! Ferdi starts to wonder if something is wrong with him. Wolf and Bear look on approvingly as Ferdi creeps into the barn and grabs a chicken. Soon, good smells are coming from Ferdi's kitchen. They knock on Ferdi's door asking if they can join Ferdi for lunch, and then a big surprise awaits them.
What people love to eat is always interesting to find out. This book shows that it pays to look beyond our own plates and to taste new dishes. And we learn that food eaten with friends tastes the best of all!
Bärbel Oftring, Theresa Schwietzer
Tracking Wolves
Wölfe
Following the belief that understanding is the
way to conquer fear, this atmospherically illustrated fact-based book introduces the reader to the life of a family of wolves.
We trace the footsteps—or paw prints—of a young wolf, see how a wolf pack is initially formed, learn about life within the pack, and experience how the next generation of wolves leaves the pack and sets out on its own. Inside the large-format flaps there are attractive infographics and texts that explain facts about wolves' biology and how to interact with them.
With 4 large flaps
Contains many facts about the biology, life, and behavior of wolves, as well as maps that show its habitats in Germany and Europe.
Cornelia Franz
Wildesland
Matthis has been roaming the summer forests of Norway with his dog Tara for days. He collects berries, catches fish, makes fires or swims in one of the many lakes. If it weren't for the thoughts of the fight with his parents, the words he had shouted after them, the accident... If only he wasn't always so unrestrained! Out of nowhere, a mysterious girl suddenly appears in the forest who knows how to fry earthworms. Jule speaks little, except when she tells stories about trolls. And she always disappears just as suddenly as she appeared... An adventurous summer story about loud and quiet feelings and life in nature.
Isabel Pin
Ada's Life
Ada Blackjack
Survival in the Arctic!
This extraordinary nonfiction book, which spans more than a hundred years of history, tells the story of a courageous young Iñupiak woman who joined a dangerous polar expedition and became the only survivor. Her name was Ada Blackjack.
Ada, born in 1898 in a small town in northwest Alaska near the Bering . We learn of Ada’s childhood and her difficult life as a young woman. In 1921, in order to provide her ill son with treatment, she joins a risky expedition as cook for four men who plan to explore an island north of Siberia. Life on the island proves very dangerous; the men perish and only Ada and her cat Victoria survive. Ada has to learn everything: how to hunt, how to shoot a gun, and how to cope with loneliness and her fear of polar bears.
Rotraut Susanne Berner
Niko
Niko
Silke Lambeck, Lena Hesse
The Ahoi Gang
Die Ahoibande
The Ahoy-Gang is coming!
How did Willi get his name? Why does Jojo disappear at every opportunity? How come Paule is always talking with Old Hannes? And: Is Schulz really an islander, even though he comes from Berlin? Those are some of the questions asked on the tiny North Sea island where the four live. Okay, make that three, since Schulz is mostly, but not always there. All the same, they are a true gang. And there's always an adventure when they get together, whether it's spring, summer, fall or winter.
What happens to them - finding beached seals or stolen Viking treasure, or taking part in an island competition - you can read it yourself. Or have someone read it to you. Or read it to others. Ahoy!
Julie Völk
Dragon's Birthday
Drachengeburtstag
Birthday Surprise for a Dragon
It’s Fred the Dragon’s birthday! And to celebrate properly, he starts the day by treating himself to coffee and milk in bed, and then a delicious breakfast before he plunges excitedly into preparing for his party. Toni and the dog will come, but unfortunately his other friends either have made other plans or it’s too far to travel. Fred bakes a cake, picks flowers, cleans and decorates. As he brings the table into the garden, he has a huge birthday surprise: all his friends are there! They were hiding in the house. So there’s a lively party with cake, candles, balloons and soap bubbles. What fun it is, when you have friends like these!
Christian Morgenstern, Philip Waechter
The Three Sparrows
Die drei Spatzen
Die Drei Spatzen (The Three Sparrows) is probably Morgenstern's most popular poem for children. Its simple message stirs children and adults alike even today. Philip Waechter's illustrations bring us close to the three small sparrows - so close that we can almost see their tiny hearts beating. There they sit cozily, the three sparrows on their branch, despite the snow and the cold, trusting that one day soon they'll fly again in the springtime sun. . .
Bärbel Oftring, Jana Walczyk
I'll Build You A House, Little Bat!
Ich bau dir ein Haus, kleine Fledermaus
Let's Build a Home for the Bat!
This nonfiction picture book introduces us to the world of bats. Together with Sophie, Karli and their grandparents we observe bats in the garden, go on a bat hunt and build a bat shelter.
In informative double-page spreads we gather information on these tiny mammals: what they eat and how they survive throughout the year. How do they find their way, who are their enemies, and what can we do to protect them?
This story for early readers (age 4 and up) is full of factual information supported by naturalistic and informative illustrations, so that in the end readers become true bat experts.
Anita van Saan, Theresa Schwietzer
Little Elephant
Der kleine Elefant
The sun has set in the African savanna. A small elephant beholds the light of the world for the first time. Already the following morning it joins the herd walking through the dry landscape. Fortunately, the large elephants are paying attention. While the little one is growing, there is so much to learn. It's a special treat when the rains come and the little elephant can bathe in the waterhole - just like the other animals in the savanna. In this nonfiction primer with atmospheric illustrations, we follow the little elephant and its herd through the dry and rainy seasons of the savanna, and we learn about the other animals and plants that share the environment.
Daniela Kulot
We travel to the Land of Color
Wir reisen ins Farbenland!
But not for long. Along the way the bus stops again and again, and new passengers enter: in Redland, the tomatoes; in Yellowland, bananas; in Greenland, frogs. Come along and join us - there's a surprise around every corner!
A fun-filled book about the world of color.
Dirk Reinhardt
No Alternative
No Alternative
"We can't just talk ourselves out of it because the others aren't doing it! That doesn't change anything!" Emma Larsen has decided to do something to save our planet. The brave young activist is ready to risk everything for it. After her friend died during a consciousness-raising demonstration against the pharma giant PLS, she adopts the label NO ALTERNATIVE and goes underground. A heart-stoppingly suspenseful scene on top of the Frankfurt radio tower brings the radical environmental group into public view. And that's just the beginning . . .
Exciting, explosive and up-to-the-minute - in his newest novel, Dirk Reinhardt once again captures the spirit of our times.
Sabine Lohf
The Big Gardenbook
Die große Gartenwerkstatt
You'd like to plan your own garden? Or build an insect house? Then you came to the right place: welcome to the garden workshop! In this book you'll find information about our animal friends and about plant life, but you'll also find step-by-step instructions for planting, building and handiwork. Whether it's nettle compost in the spring, bee nectar in the summer, or pumpkin owls in the fall, there's a nature project for every time of year in the garden or on the balcony.
The newest creative workbook by Sabine Lohf turns the garden into a discovery zone for nature lovers young and old. There are lots of ideas to try out and have fun trying - a rich resource for the entire family!
Werner Holzwarth, Daniela Kulot
Say 'Thank You', You Frog!
Sag mal DANKE, du Frosch!
A tongue-in-cheek and warm-hearted story about two little words with a big meaning.
Thomas Müller
Animals On The Farm
Tiere auf dem Bauernhof
Thomas Müller
Animals In The Forest
Tiere im Wald
This close-to-nature and lovingly-illustrated picture book invites small animal fans to see the shy forest dwellers up close and to learn many exciting facts about them
Thomas Müller
Eagle, Bear And Marmot
Adler, Bär und Murmeltier
To the High Places with Wild Animals
No other landscape is so diverse and makes such a deep impression. From the mountain forest to the meadows, the rocky zone and high into the glaciers, mountains offer a wide variety of living environments at different heights. Many animals - even the camouflaged ones that we rarely see - call this home. They can all be discovered in this large format, practical book that shows colorful life in the mountains in all its variety.
Besides the familiar ones, like the sparrow, the fox and the bear, we discover animals that are difficult to spot and are seldom noticed because they blend in to their surroundings so well. Birds, mammals, insects, and amphibians and reptiles - for all of them the mountains are an incomparable habitat.
Eilika Mühlenberg
Swimming Pool
Schwimmbad
Let's go for a Swim!
In this large-format nonfiction picture book we learn everything about the swimming pool. A simple story of a father and son – the son is afraid to swim – leads us through the colorful pages. We accompany them from the main entrance to the changing room, into the pool itself – and then from the showers, the hair drying room and the exit.
An enjoyable tour of the pool environment – lovingly illustrated and with a photo collage assembled by author Eilika Mühlenberg. With lots of small details to smile about and surprise the reader!
Sabine Lohf
Lemon Yellow And Fire Red
Zitronengelb und Feuerrot
This visual school, which at the same time promotes language, is fun for even the youngest children and opens up the colourful world to them. And it encourages painting and crafting!
Recommended as a visual school and for language development.
Julie Völk
Kleine Schwester, große Schwester
Julie Völk tells the story of two sisters in clear, reduced images with bright color accents. In doing so, she cleverly combines "pretend play" with the relationship between the two. As clear and focused as the story is, as strong is the homage to play and the childlike imagination.
Rotraut Susanne Berner
The Big Word Wimmelbook
Das große Wörterwimmelbuch
On the bottom of each double-page spread, a border depicts and names various things from the respective Wimmel picture. The selected items on the margin relate to a different theme on each page. In this way, the Wimmel books support language acquisition in a playful way.
Karsten Teich
Grandpa goes camping
Paul und Opa zelten
dinner? And why is it so quiet in the forest?
A new fun adventure with Paul and Grandpa, where children learn a lot about nature and everything about camping!
Rotraut Susanne Berner
Herbst-Wimmelbuch
Rotraut Susanne Berner has designed just such a book whose large-format pictures show a whole town and its surroundings: a house for several families, a farm, a railway station, a community centre, a market place, a multistorey department store, and a large park. These pictures tell many little stories of things that happen to people and animals on a autumm day, and every child can follow these stories. And since there are plenty of stories to tell about this town throughout the year Rotraut Susanne Berner designed a book for each season. So now everybody can discover for himself how life in the town and its surroundings changes over the year: What kind of games children play and how long it takes for the construction work on the new nursery to be completed.
Rights sold to Belgium/The Netherlands, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Portugal Romania, Russia, Spain, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukra
Rotraut Susanne Berner
Sommer-Wimmelbuch
Rotraut Susanne Berner has designed just such a book whose large-format pictures show a whole town and its surroundings: a house for several families, a farm, a rail way station, a community centre, a market place, a multi storey department store, and a large park. These pictures tell many little stories of things that happen to people and animals on a summer day, and every child can follow these stories. And since there are plenty of stories to tell about this town throughout the year Rotraut Susanne Berner designed a book for each season. So now everybody can discover for himself how life in the town and its surroundings changes over the year: What kind of games children play and how long it takes for the construction work on the new nursery to be completed.
Rights sold to Belgium/The Netherlands, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Portugal Romania, Russia, Spain, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukra
Rotraut Susanne Berner
Spring-Wimmelbook
Frühlings-Wimmelbuch
Rotraut Susanne Berner has designed just such a book whose large-format pictures show a whole town and its surroundings: a house for several families, a farm, a rail way station, a community centre, a market place, a multi storey department store, and a large park. These pictures tell many little stories of things that happen to people and animals on a spring day, and every child can follow these stories. And since there are plenty of stories to tell about this town throughout the year Rotraut Susanne Berner designed a book for each season. So now everybody can discover for himself how life in the town and its surroundings changes over the year: What kind of games children play and how long it takes for the construction work on the new nursery to be completed.
Rights sold to Belgium/The Netherlands, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Portugal Romania, Russia, Spain, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukra
Rotraut Susanne Berner
Winter-Wimmelbook
Winter-Wimmelbuch
Rotraut Susanne Berner has designed just such a book whose large-format pictures show a whole town and its surroundings: a house for several families, a farm, a rail way station, a community centre, a market place, a multi storey department store, and a large park. These pictures tell many little stories of things that happen to people and animals on a winter day, and every child can follow these stories. And since there are plenty of stories to tell about this town throughout the year Rotraut Susanne Berner designed a book for each season. So now everybody can discover for himself how life in the town and its surroundings changes over the year: What kind of games children play and how long it takes for the construction work on the new nursery to be completed.
Rights sold to Belgium/The Netherlands, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Faroe Islands, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Portugal Romania, Russia, Spain, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukra
Maja Nielsen, Lena Zeise
Jane Goodall
Mit Jane Goodall bei den wilden Schimpansen
The Life of the World-famous Researcher – a Story for Young Readers
Even as a young girl, Jane Goodall, the world’s best-known primate researcher, dreamed of living like Tarzan in the jungle, surrounded by wild animals. And her dream came true! This book tells her story.
Later, through a lot of effort and a stroke of good luck, this young woman who passionately loved animals and observing them won the opportunity to observe a group of chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park. She made discoveries unlike any researchers before her. Probably no one knew our hairy relatives any better than she did!
This absorbing story and the naturalistic, atmospheric illustrations evoke the jungle and its animal residents to life for young readers, showing them as if through Jane’s own eyes.
Cornelia Boese, Dorota Wünsch
Beginning of Term
Lottes erster Schultag
Adventures on the Big Day!
How could anyone oversleep on the first day of school? Everything is so exciting! Lotte is quivering with energy. Her brand-new backpack is full of treasures waiting to be used: notebooks, a reader, pencils, a sharpener and an eraser, a new sandwich bag – all of the things on Mom’s long shopping list. Lotte’s cuddle-pig “Monster” was not actually on the list. But the night before, the pencils, notebooks and readers came alive and created a big stir. The little pig stepped up and made sure that everything returned to its proper place. Exhausted, Monster fell asleep in Lotte’s backpack, and so, just this once, Monster is allowed to come along with Lotte as a mascot.
An amusing gift for first-time schoolkids getting up the nerve to face the big day!
Frauke Angel, Mehrnousch Zaeri-Esfahani, Barbara Jung
Liekesch
Ein Liekesch für Jascha
A Story about arriving and friendship
Or: A superpowered friendship
Yasha needs to build up his upper arms, and fast, in order to be more popular in his class, or so he thinks. His gym teacher gives him tips, but Yasha thinks the only solution is that he has to have a liekesch. Where can he find one? And what will it cost? Yasha has recently arrived in Germany and doesn't really know his way around yet. But maybe the neighborhood sporting goods store has a liekesch!
The search for a liekesch leads not only to Frank, who owns the store, but to all kinds of complications and adventures . . . and to a superpowered friendship!
Judith Burger, Nele Palmtag
Luke, Mimi and the Scare Commando
Luke, Mimi und das Schreckkommando
Sabine Lohf
Sommer, Sonne, Sand und mehr!
on vacation or at home, this book shows big and small crafters how much fun it is to get creative indoors or outdoors in the summer. Whether a sun hat for the next trip to the beach, a meadow flower wreath for a flower festival, a bark boat to float: the easy to follow instructions set no limits to the imagination and encourage you to create lots of colourful artworks from nature's treasures and a few craft supplies to give
away, decorate and play with. This makes summer really beautiful!
Rotraut Susanne Berner
Oskar
Oskar
Rotraut Susanne Berner
Wimmlinger Storybook
Geschichten aus Wimmlingen
The rhymed texts are easy to read aloud, are soon spoken along with and thus promote language acquisition.
Volker Mehnert, Paulina Eichhorn
The Dream of Gold
Der Traum vom Gold
From the world's legendary first marathon runner to the icons of sport today: a book about the great moments in sports history. Whether famous boxer or young exceptional swimmer, whether fearless ski jumper or ingenious chess grandmaster: They all had the dream to belong to the very greats of their discipline - and they all wrote sports history. This is their story told in a captivating way!
The Dream of Gold brings the fascination of great triumphs and tragic defeats very close. Paulina Eichhorn's illustrations show the great moments of sport as if in close-up. Thus, the book conveys a fascinating picture of the unforgettable sports icons from the legendary first marathon runner in the world to the greats of sports today!
Claudia H.M. Hangen, Alessa Dostal
The Life of a Porpoise in the North Sea
Der kleine Wal und das Meer
What will he experience in his first years of life? In this atmospheric non-fiction picture book, we watch as the small harbor porpoise takes his first breath. We come along as he explores the mysterious underwater world, encounters sea urchins, shipwrecks, and squid, and hunts herring (yikes - be careful of the Orca!).
As the little whale grows up, he goes on his first long journey north to Norway before returning to his homeland, and then even starts a family of his own in the maritime area off of the island Sylt.
This unusual picture book with its large-scale illustrations introduces us to these special and, sadly, endangered marine animals. We learn a lot about their habitat, mating.
Maja Nielsen
The Tunnelbuilder
Der Tunnelbauer
secure and Chris, the girl he secretly loves, seems to like him too. But everything changes overnight with the building of the Wall, the GDR regime takes a tougher tone. Distrust, persecution and arrests are the order of the day. When one of his friends ends up in prison, Achim makes a difficult decision he must get out of East Berlin and leave everyone he loves behind. Once on the other side, he does everything he can
to help people escape from the GDR. Together with other helpers, he digs tunnels from West to East Berlin in constant fear of being discovered by the Stasi and full of hope that one day he will see Chris again.
A gripping novel about the legendary tunnel escapes from the GDR, based on a true story.
Frank Schwieger, Anne Bernhardi
Richard at the Knight's Castle
Richard auf der Ritterburg
With many illustrations and factual information about the Middle Ages.
Stephanie Schneider, Henrike Wilson
Tambo der kleine Elefant Midi-Ausgabe
Tambo, der kleine Elefant
Rotraut Susanne Berner
At Home in Wimmlingen
Zu Hause in Wimmlingen
This kind of house has lots of stories to tell. Rotraut Susanne Berner invites us in and introduces us to the people and animals who live there. We can not only take a close look inside, like a doll’s house, but walk through the rooms, see things from a new perspective and get reacquainted with old friends. Rhyming text by the artist makes this book fun to read for the whole family. A perfect introduction to Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Wimmel world, and a must for those who already call Wimmlingen home.
Sold to Belgium/The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovenia and China
Rotraut Susanne Berner
Birthday in Wimmlingen
Geburtstag in Wimmlingen
Today Linus turns five years old, and he's thrilled about the birthday party he'll celebrate with his five friends. In the yard, the table is set, the guests all bring cool presents, and everyone's enjoying the celebration until . . . the sun disappears behind thick gray clouds. Luckily, Linus' father Oliver put up a tent last night, so the party can continue. Anyone who looks closely can see that not just the children are celebrating - there are some animal creatures enjoying the party too!
An ideal birthday gift - illustrated and told in witty rhymes by Rotraut Susanne Berner.
Volker Mehnert, Claudia Lieb
Underground Worlds Of Wonder
Unterirdische Wunderwelten
But it's not just nature that has created underground wonders; humans have created them too. Ancient cave cities, secret structures in the depths, and engineering feats like the Gotthard Tunnel are just some of the places we'll explore on our foray through the underworld.
Let's take a trip around the world to 18 hidden places full of legends and secrets!
Johannes Herwig
Half Lion
Halber Löwe
The last year of school begins for Sascha. Hanging out in the condemned house and increasingly dangerous tests of courage with his buddies: Is this what the rest of his life looks like? And then something happens. Something that shatters everything that used to be and calls into question everything that can still be. To duck away any further - impossible.
Rough in the sound of the street, full of heart underneath: in his new novel, Johannes Herwig tells of a friendship that seems to be above everything, and of the difficulty of taking responsibility. For those you care about - and for yourself.
Werner Holzwarth, Dorota Wünsch
Supercrawler
Die Superkrabbler
Lena Zeise
How the Cat Came to Us
Wie die Katze zu uns kam
Egyptian deity or shipboard mouse catcher, heroine of fairy tales and myths or beloved pet: it is impossible to imagine our lives without cats! For many thousands of years, they have had a place in our homes, yards and hearts. We accompany the cat on its foray through world events - from the hearths of our Stone Age ancestors to its celebrity appearance in millions of YouTube clicks .
This book gives a fascinating account of the many ways those velvet paws came to us - and have stayed until today! Innovative comic strips complement the informative text and animate the stories of these whiskered protagonists in an entertaining way.
Daniela Kulot
In the Night
In der Nacht
What does the cat do at night? She sits on the roof and watches. What does an owl do at night? And the ship in the harbour? There’s so much to discover at night! Many animals are active, but there are workers out too You could just sit by the window, and watch, and almost forget about bedtime!
A picture book to look at again and again until it’s time for bed
Antje Damm
What's Happening There?
Was passiert denn da?
A dog in a basket, a vacuum cleaner and a cat, and a boy who peeks through a keyhole…
guess what happens next! Then turn the page and get ready for a surprise.
Two pictures tell a short story - sometimes they’re drawn, sometimes they’re photographs, sometimes they’re collages. They invite the reader to look carefully, find the meaning, then tell the story. They’ll make you look, amaze you, make you laugh, and make you guess!
Kirsten Traynor, Carim Nahaboo
Leaving Home
Der große Schwarm
Henrietta is a scout, a so-called field bee. Though she spent her youth inside the hive working, now she has a big responsibility outside - she has to find a new home for the bee colony! The colony has grown too large for the many worker bees to survive. And so Henrietta leaves home with a huge swarm --thousands of her sisters. But where will the bees find a new home?
Dive into the fascinating world of bees and join them on their journey! Bee expert Kirsten Traynor knows lots of amazing stories about a largely unknown part of these fascinating insects' lives. Accompanied by wonderful illustrations, these stories bring the bee colony to life.
Judith Homoki, Martin Haake
At the Sea!
Am Meer
Where is the land where pepper grows? Why is there ebb and flow? Who landed before Columbus in America? And why do we love a holiday at the seashore? Welcome to a trip around the oceans of the Earth, from the Wattenmeer mud flats to Waikiki, from Brighton to the Barrier Reef, from the time the first fish brought life to the land to the coastal metropolises of today.
This sumptuously illustrated book draws us into the world of coasts Richly detailed large format illustrations show critical developments of human life at the seashore, at different eras and in different regions of the Earth Alternating with these are meticulous maps of the oceans with current facts, meaningful events, and important personalities.
Rights sold to Bulgaria, Spain, USA (English world rights), France, Hungary, Italy and Greece