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Foreign Rights Guide
Autumn 2021
PICTURE BOOKS - CHILDREN’S BOOKS
YOUNG ADULT
CONTACTS & AGENTS
Andrea Seibert English language Constanze Chory Scandinavia
Rights director Dutch language Deputy Rights Director Czech Republic
T: ++49 89 38167-124 T: ++49 89 38167-125 Slovak Republic
F: ++49 89 38167-324 F: ++49 89 38167-325 Poland
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Luise Hertwig Asia Sonja Schmidt France, Italy, Spain,
Rights Manager Russia & Ukraine, Baltic States Rights Manager Portugal, South America,
T: ++49 89 38167-123 Hungary, Greece, Turkey T: ++49 89 38167-128 Romania,
F: ++49 89 38167-323 Arab World, Israel, Africa F: ++49 89 38167-328 Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia,
hertwig.luise@dtv.de schmidt.sonja@dtv.de Serbia, Slovenia
China (Mainland) Hungary Romania
Bardon Chinese Media Agency DS Budapest Kft Marilene Iovu Literary Agency
Ms. Yu-Shiuan Chen Ms. Margit Gruber Ms. Marilena Iovu
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Czech & Slovak Republic Israel Russia & Ukraine
Dr. Ivana Beil Literary Agent The Deborah Harris Agency Maria Schliesser Literary Agent
Ms. Ivana Beil Ms. Geula Geerts Ms. Maria Schliesser
dribeil@aol.com geula@dhliterary.com schliesser.maria@gmail.com
Dutch Language Italy Spanish & Portuguese language
Marianne Schönbach Literary Agency Berla & Griffini Rights Agency Ute Körner Literary Agent
Ms. Marianne Schönbach Ms. Vanessa Maus Ms. Sandra Rodericks
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France Japan (non-exclusive) Taiwan
Editio Dialog Literary Agency Meike Marx Literary Agent Bardon Chinese Media Agency
Dr. Michael Wenzel Ms. Meike Marx Ms. Yu-Shiuan Chen
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Greece Korea Turkey
Iris Literary Agency Momo Agency Libris Agency
Ms. Catherine Fragou Ms. Geenie Han Ms. Bengü Güngör
irislitgr@gmail.com geeniehan@mmagency.co.kr bengu@librisagency.com
Poland
AKF Agency
Ms. Anna Kolendarska-Fidyk
akf.agency@hot.pl
Translation by Rachel Reynolds
Layout by Stefanie Würth, dtv
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CONTENTS
Picture Book 4
Age 6 and up 5
Age 8 and up 7
Age 10 and up 13
Age 13 and up 17
Activity Books 21
Bestseller 23
Klett Kinderbuch 26
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AGE 3 AND UP AGE 8 AND UP
Anu Stohner
ICH BIN ABER NOCH KEIN BISSCHEN MÜDE
But I’m Not Sleepy Yet
The never-sleepy
marmot
© Nina Stohner-Schönberg
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32 pages
September 2021
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With 4c-illustrations by Henrike Wilson TEX LE
Age 3 and up AVAILAB
ANU STOHNER, born in 1952
ISBN 978-3-423-76349-3
$ 14,95 [D] $ 15,40 [A]
9 783423 763493
in Helsinki, is a translator and
writer who lives in Munich. She
How do you get a marmot to sleep? has won several awards for her
translations from Finnish, Swedish
Mommy and Daddy Marmot are desperately trying to get their little one to and English. Anu Stohner is known
sleep. After all, marmots love to sleep! All of them except this one, that is. internationally for her books about
Little Santa Claus”in collaboration
After every bedtime story, he cries out “Just one more!” And after every good
with Henrike Wilson
night kiss, he is wide awake. All the animals in the forest offer well-meaning
advice to Daddy Marmot, but nothing seems to be working. But wait! Look
at that! On their way from house to house, from nest to nest, the impossible
HENRIKE WILSON, born in 1961
happens: the marmot child actually falls asleep. in Cologne, studied graphic design
and painting in that city as well
as in the US. These days, she lives
• The perfect reading for bed-time rituals as a freelance illustrator in Berlin.
• Parents can tell you a thing or two about this: the never-ending Henrike Wilson has published
topic of going to sleep numerous children’s books in
collaboration with Anu Stohner
• The second picture book from this successful duo is already in
preparation
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AGE 6 AND UP
Alexander von Knorre
Pillow Fight on the
Night Express
© private
ALEXANDER VON KNORRE, born
in 1982, spent a year in Florida,
128 pages another one in Romania, and then
December 2021 studied visual communication at
With4c illustrations by the author the Bauhaus University in Weimar.
Age 6 and up
In 2010, he became a certified
designer, and today he works as a
On the sleeper car to St. Petersburg freelance illustrator, comic artist,
and inventor of stories. He lives
with his family in Weimar.
At the age of nine, talented violinist Kurt takes the first big trip of his life. His
grandmother is accompanying him on the train to St. Petersburg for an audition.
At least that is the plan. However, Kurt’s little sister smuggles herself on board.
Also unplanned are the numerous technical malfunctions, detours and delays that
occur along the way. Nonetheless, the children make themselves right at home in
their sleeping compartment, and from the plush security of the night express and
aided by their whimsical grandma, travelling pets and chaotic fellow passengers,
they experience all kinds of turbulent entanglements and enjoyable adventures.
Even if they do not reach St. Petersburg on time...
• A turbulent train trip with flair and suspense
• Distinctive characters and an atmospheric, imaginative setting
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Juli and August
Crocodile Over Board
128 Pages
May 2019
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AGE 6 AND UP Highlights / Recommendations from our Backlist
Alex Rühle
Zippel the Little
Keyhole Ghost Takes
a Wrong Turn
© Heike Bogenberger
ALEX RÜHLE, born in 1969,
started out as a hospital clown,
a café waiter, and an elementary
160 pages school builder in Malawi. Since
August 2021 then, he has become a highly
With 4c-illustrations by Axel Scheffler esteemed journalist and now
Age 6 and up works as the cultural editor for
Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Warm-hearted, witty and achingly lovely
Ever since Zippel, the real-life keyhole ghost, moved into Paul’s bedroom, every
day has been a barrel of laughs. This time, Zippel has decided that he would
AXEL SCHEFFLER is one of the
like to celebrate his birthday for the first time – that’s when you get presents,
world’s most successful children’s
after all! He chooses the 51st of Kalember as his new birthday, which just book illustrators. He was born in
happens to be the very next day. The little ghost’s biggest birthday wish is to Hamburg in 1957, and has worked
ride on the ghost train… as a freelance illustrator in London
But soon disaster strikes: Zippel suddenly disappears into the darkness of the since completing his studies at
ghost train, nowhere to be found. It must be the fault of one of those pesky the Bath Academy of Arts. His
unmistakable, humorous drawings
“addaults”! So Paul has to do everything he can to save his beloved Zippel,
are loved around the world. With
leading him into the next tremendous adventure. The Gruffalo, published with author
Julia Donaldson, he created a work
• A delightful read-aloud from the first page to the last now acknowleged as a modern
• “This wonderful book [...] brings brains, heart and humour to children’s classic. Axel Scheffler
that difficult zone ... between picture books and more grown-up lives with his family in London.
chapter books.” The Times / Children’s Book of the Week, about
Zippel the little Keyhole Ghost
IN THE SAME SERIES
Zippel, the Little Keyhole Ghost
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Ulrike Rylance
The Magimoxical
Witch Hotel
Even witches need
vacations
© Mary Grace Long
ULRIKE RYLANCE was born in
1968 and studied English and
208 pages German in Leipzig and London. She
July 2021 was an assistant teacher in Wales
With 2c-illustrations by Lisa Hänsch and Manchester, and also taught
Age 8 and up German to children and adults
in London. In 2001 she moved to
Doors open at the witch hotel Seattle, USA, with her husband and
You are witchily welcome at the Lavender Bat, the five-star hotel in the midst of two daughters.
the mysterious world of humans! A hotel by witches for witches that naturally
has to remain a secret from humans. The only dumb thing is that 10-year-old
Klara not only understands Witchspeak, but she is also immune to the witches’ LISA HÄNSCH was born in 1988.
“forgetfulness tea”. Fortunately, human girl Klara and witch girl Rosalie quickly She studied design and illustration
become the best of friends, because it takes the strengths of both to ensure that in Münster and now lives in Brühl.
the hotel can open as planned and Rosalie’s true identity isn’t revealed at her As well as illustrating children‘s
books, she works as a cartoon
human school. Along the way, the two of them are able to figure out the secret
illustrator and animator.
behind Klara’s ability to understand Witchspeak.
• The start of a new series from the successful duo behind the Penny
Pepper books
• Top secret: the first witch hotel in the human world
• Volume 2 is in preparation
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AGE 8 AND UP
Knut Krüger
Dwarf Mammoths
Aren’t Presents
© Bogenberger Autorenfotos
KNUT KRÜGER was born in 1966.
After studying German he went
176 pages
on to work in the book trade and
July 2021
With 4c-illustrations by Eva Schöffmann-Davidov publishing industry. He now works
Age 8 and up as a self-employed author, editor
and translator of English and
Scandinavian books. Knut Krüger
lives with his familiy in Munich.
Norbert, the dwarf mammoth, is back!
Norbert, the cutest dwarf mammoth there ever was, decides to go off in search
of his roots. Together with his friend Henry and Henry’s cool grandma, Norbert EVA SCHÖFFMANN-DAVIDOV
already started painting and
flies to Crete – only to find out that his arrival has actually been long-awaited! The
illustrating as a child. She went to
retired king of Greece has a soft spot for the rare dwarf mammoth and decides Freie Kunstwerkstatt in Munich and
that Norbert would be a perfect gift to him from his visitors. studied Graphik-Design in Augsburg.
So Norbert and Henry need to work together carefully in order to make their She illustrated numerous bestselling
escape from the palace. And when they discover traces among the Cretan ruins children’s books and lives with her
and beautiful lemon trees that suggest that Norbert might not be the last living family in Augsburg.
dwarf mammoth, things get even more confusing… Does Norbert get to meet his
herd, or will he be alone forever?
• The dwarf mammoth is searching for his roots
• The long awaited sequel – mammoth Norbert continues his
adventures
• A third title is in preparation
IN THE SAME SERIES
Quick! Save the Mammoth
160 Pages
February 2017
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AGE 8 AND UP
Irene Zimmermann
Charlie - A School
Bus takes a Dive
© privte
IRENE ZIMMERMANN, born in
208 pages
October 2021 1955, studied German and Politics
With 4c-illustrations by Tine Schulz and worked as a teacher. She has
Age 8 and up written numerous books for young
adults. Irene Zimmermann has
two children and lives in southern
A rather wet adventure with beloved Charlie Germany.
After Will and his friends return from their adventurous trip with Charlie, the
magical school bus, they have to readjust to the boring everyday life of their TINE SCHULZ was born in 1981.
boarding school. Charlie is hidden away, because the friends dream of flying After training as a media designer
she studied communications design
off with him again as soon as possible and experiencing new adventures. But
and illustration at the University of
– horrors! – Charlie is unexpectedly discovered by a teacher, who threatens Wismar. Since then she has been
to send him to the junkyard. Despite their attempt to save the school bus, working as a freelance author and
everything goes wrong, and the four friends suddenly find themselves embroiled illustrator and lives in Rostock.
in a new adventure which will take them to the depths of the ocean...
• For readers of Alex Rühle’s Zippel, Sabrina Kirschner, Charlotte Habersack and The
Magic School Bus series
• “A great book to read on your own and even better to read aloud.” Kieler Magazin about
A School Bus goes Haywire
IN THE SAME SERIES
Charlie - A School Bus goes Haywire
176 Pages
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AGE 8 AND UP
Meike Haas
Autor Titel
Our Miss Fae
Magical mail for Lilly
(vol. II)
©Kathrin SchäferMeike Haas
MEIKE HAAS, born in 1970,
144 pages studied German, philosophy and
August 2021 book and media sciences. She
With 4c-illustrations by Kristina Nowothnig worked for various newspapers
Age 8 and up including Die Zeit and the
Süddeutsche Zeitung and is now a
full-time author.
A new adventure with Miss Fae
Lilly’s teacher is a real fairy. What luck for Lilly and her class! Because she KRISTINA NOWOTHNIG, was
causes little fairies to appear in their schoolhouse and attracts magical born in 1979 and grew up in
creatures with the children’s help. When she even arranges for Lilly to have Schleswig-Holstein between
the sea and lakes. She already
a pen pal from the fairy world, the girl’s heart pounds with excitement. The
knew by the age of nine that she
fairy girl Lisandora writes about so many exciting things: about competitions wanted to become a children’s
on sunshine slides, about smelly trolls and glowing magical wands. More than book illustrator. Since graduating
anything, Lilly wants to see these with her very own eyes ... from the Academy of Fine Arts in
Braunschweig, she has worked as
an illustrator and graphic designer
for publishing houses and other
companies. She lives in Hamburg
• Major themes of school, friends and fairies with a pinch of Mary with her family.
Poppins
IN THE SAME SERIES
Our Miss Fae
Autor Titel
Fairy Dust in the Classroom (vol. I)
176 Pages
February 2021
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Antje Szillat
Holly Bluesky
The Princess Heist
(vol. III)
© private
ANTJE SZILLAT is a full-time
author who has written numerous
144 pages books for children, teenagers and
Pub. Date: May 2021 young readers. Her children’s book
With 4c-illustrations by Jan Birck
series Rick and Fletcher were huge
Age 8 and up
successes. Antja Szillat lives near
Hanover with her husband and
A magical stop in Night Shadow Forest four children.
There is a terrible uproar among the dwarves of Night Shadow Forest: their
princess has vanished without a trace! At first, no one believes them since JAN BIRCK spent many years
freelancing for various advertising
everybody knows that dwarves tend to exaggerate. But then the chief witches
agencies. Later, he took the world
and wizards announce the situation is graver than they had initially thought: of animation by storm and went
not only has the princess disappeared, but the entire forest has been placed on to carve a niche for himself in
under a curse by some unknown enemy. And for everyone’s protection, all the realm of children’s and young
magic is strictly forbidden, effective immediately! If Holly wants to save her adults’ literature. Winner of the
beloved magical forest, she must now reveal what she learned from the great Troisdorf Picture Book Award,
Jan Birck lives in Munich with his
Nisse, Simsalaludwig...
family.
• By the successful author & illustrator duo behind Fletcher
• For readers of Petronella Apple Witch and Meja Mermaid
IN THE SAME SERIES
Holly Bluesky Holly Bluesky
Unmagical Friend Ruffle in Need (vol. II)
Wanted (vol. I)
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Jasper Wulff
The coolest Wolf in
Town
© Jan Reiser
JASPER WULFF spent his early
years living comfortably with his
144 pages
family on the edge of a forest in the
September 2021
With 4c-illustrations by Jan Reiser English countryside. Their move
Age 9 and up to the city caused considerable
problems for the young werewolf.
He was assisted in recording his
hairy adventures by the well-
A hairy affair known bestselling author, ANTJE
SZILLAT.
Jasper Wulff would like nothing better than to be completely normal, but
there is no chance of that, because Jasper and his family are werewolves!
The Wulff family is anything but average, and when they have to move out
of their lonely forest cottage and into the city, things quickly lead to major JAN REISER is a Munich-based
illustrator, comic book artist
chaos. Jasper has his hands full keeping his shaggy secret from his new friends.
and cartoonist. His work spans
Carter, in particular, seems intent on uncovering Jasper’s past. It is a good everything from editorial work
thing, though, that cool Elly is afraid of absolutely nothing and even sticks by to fantasy to children’s books,
Jasper when he transforms before her very eyes one night. However, comics are his greatest
passion.
• Rights to Antje Szillats Fletcher series sold to six languages
• A delightfully quirky story with very special (lovable as well as
chaotic) protagonists – friendship, adventure, suspense, and
tons of situational comedy are guaranteed.
• Funny and richly (comic-)illustrated
• Volume 2 in preparation
• For fans of Tom Gates and Jeff Kinney’s Greg’s Diary
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Anne Gröger
Hey, I’m Little
Death... But You Can
Also Call Me Frida
© private
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TRAN SLA BLE ANNE GRÖGER (born in 1983)
WillBe AVAILA studied screenwriting at the
soon
Hamburg Media School. She
208 pages
developed TV series, worked as a
September 2021
With 4c-illustrations by Fréderic Bertrand freelance editor for Warner Bros.,
Age 10 and up and wrote for a ZDF children’s
series. Since 2015, she has worked
as a storyliner and writer for
A promising new voice in children’s literature various companies, including
Constantin Entertainment, UFA
Samuel has suffered from an autoimmune disease since birth. When a small Serial Drama and Studio TV. Anne
figure wearing a black cowl and carrying a scythe appears at his home, he Gröger lives in Berlin.
thinks: This is it! However, under her cowl, Frida looks like a totally normal
human girl. Her boss, Great Death, has assigned the eleven-year-old boy to her.
Unfortunately, as she soon discovers, he is quite dull. Frida wants to go outside,
but Samuel absolutely does not. After all, it is dangerous outside! Lurking
out there are potential accidents of all kinds, forces of nature... and children FRÉDERIC BERTRAND was
– the biggest germ-spreaders of all! Perfect, thinks Frida. She has yet to fully born in 1981 and studied graphic
understand what her mission actually is. She wants to ditch Samuel – and he design in Bremen. Since then, he
wants to get rid of her! So the two of them make their way out into the world has been holed up in a garage on
together, one that the human boy knows as little about as the cheeky apprentice the eastern edge of Berlin. This is
where he works, day in and day
of Death...
out, on a large array of children’s
book. Other than that, he is
• With hilarious illustrations by Fréderic Bertrand, illustrator of the completely normal.
Please don’t open-series by Charlotte Habersack
• Awarded the 2020 Oldenburg Children’s and Youth Book Prize
• A rare stroke of luck: Anne Gröger writes with humor and disarming
ease about the big topics of death, life and friendship in a way that is
relatable to the target group
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Aniela Ley ANIELA LEY always has been a
bookworm, even as a child, driven
Lia Stormgold - by the confident hope that a door
to a fantastic world would open
Invisible Elf Magic between the covers of each book
she read. As an author, she has
(vol. III) created numerous literary worlds
herself, and she now knows that
this door exists wherever books
are being read.
272 pages
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Age 10 and up
Lia, everyone’s favourite elf, is back!
Lia has settled in nicely at Springwater, the elf boarding school. If only she had not
received the reprimand she considers completely unfair. This is an unfortunate
development, because if she accumulates a total of three reprimands, she will not
be allowed to participate in the field trip to the waterfalls, which is supposed to be
her ticket back to her human body. This means that for the next few days, she has to
be especially inconspicuous. But suddenly the school finds itself haunted by various
strange occurrences: classrooms are overgrown with plants, teachers lose their way
in the dense foliage, and Lia thinks she catches sight of the silhouette of a strange elf
girl. Is someone playing an evil game at the boarding school? It is not all that easy to
fly under everyone’s radar when there is something you have to get to the bottom of
together with your friends...
• Aniela Ley is the pseudonym of a well-established fantasy author
• For readers of Tanja Stewner and Jessica Townsend
IN THE SAME SERIES
Lia Sturmgold Lia Sturmgold
The Power of Crystals The Secret of the Sea
(vol. I) Elf (vol. II)
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AGE 10 AND UP
Cally Stronk
Eerily Dangerous -
Survival Camp with
Ruby Black
(vol. II)
© Julia Sinnhöfer
CALLY STRONK , born in 1977,
studied social and economic
communication at the Berlin
224 pages
August 2021 University of the Arts. Since 2010,
With b/w-illustrations by Constanze von Kitzing after working as an independent
Age 10 and up consultant in the areas of editing,
film and music, Cally Stronk has
Survival camp among archenemies? worked primarily as a children’s
book author.
When Ruby’s class teacher announces a class trip, Ruby is thrilled... until she
learns that they aren’t going to the beach, but to a survival camp. Ruby is
horrified. What is she going to do in the wilderness? To make matters worse, CONSTANZE VON KITZING’s
a new student joins the class: Hilde, the best friend of Ruby’s old nemesis. early passion for pen and paper
Bad memories stir, and Ruby’s alarm sirens go off. To avoid becoming a victim began with hundreds of princesses
and horses. These days, she prefers
again, she adopts a new motto: attack is the best defense – with unexpected
quirky characters in rich, saturated
consequences ... colors. Von Kitzing’s books have
been honored with international
prizes and have been published in
fourteen countries.
• “Eerily Embarrassing is a quirky, hysterical book, but it never
descends into slapstick. On the contrary, Cally Stronk does a
brilliant job of introducing readers ages 10 and up to topics such
as bullying and the fear of losing someone.” Berliner Woche about
Eerily Embarrassing
IN THE SAME SERIES
Eerily Embarrassing
The Journal of Ruby
Black (vol. I)
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Hans-Jürgen
Feldhaus
Make Waves – and
Relax Another Day
© private
HANS-JÜRGEN FELDHAUS, born
in 1966, studied graphic design at
288 pages Münster and works as a freelance
May 2021 illustrator for various firms and
With 4c-illustrations by Hans-Jürgen Feldhaus publishers. He has illustrated
Age 10 and up numerous books on the dtv junior
list.
Charming fools with a noble goal and a bad plan
While his friends are off surfing in Portugal, 15-year-old Joshua has to endure
one last family vacation in Italy. On his first evening there, he meets Mathilda,
who calls him a murderer as he shovels down “frutti di mare”. He happens to
overhear her plans to steal a sailing yacht to place herself in a cruise ship’s way –
all on camera for YouTube and Instagram! Joshua thinks the plan is rubbish, but
he’s interested in Mathilda. So are the other three boys who are helping her. And
the fact that Joshua’s parents will be able to observe everything from the beach
means that this vacation might be a bit less boring than the last…
• The perfect vacation read from bestselling author Hans Jürgen
Feldhaus
• Funny, quirky and snotty – this is how you get boys to read
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Crash Course for Five Taking the Curves
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Marie Golien
Cainstorm Island
The Prisoner (vol. II)
© Bodo Witzke
MARIE GOLIEN studied Design
with a focus on interactive media.
She has developed Gaming Apps
320 pages and, inspired by these, began
June 2021 to write. The “Cainstorm Island”
Age 13 and up series is her debut.
Volume 2 in the whirlwind two-part sci-fi adventure for
adrenaline junkies
Emilio has done it. He has kicked the brutal gang off Cainstorm Island, his home.
Now that he knows how to control the chip inside his head, he can prevent
the Eyevision Corporation from tracking where he is and what he is doing at all
times. He even managed to defeat the two bounty hunters that Eyevision sent to
find him. But then he once again loses control of his life, and the drone he was
using to escape to freedom leads him to Asaria – where people from Cainstorm
are not well liked. And Emilio hasn’t got a clue about what is in store for him
there.
• For fans of Ursula Poznanski, Suzanne Collins and James Dashner
• “A dynamic dystopian novel about the Instagram-ification of a divided world.” - Die
Welt about The Hunted
IN THE SAME SESRIES
Cainstorm Island -
The Hunted (vol. I)
352 pages
February 2019
ENGLISLHE
Age 13 and up
SAMP TION
TRANVASILLAABLE
A
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Hermann Schulz
THERESE
Das
Hermann Schulz
Mädchen,
das mit
Therese - The Girl
Krokodilen who Played with
spielte
Roman
Crocodiles
© Fritz Kohmann
HERMANN SCHULZ was born in
East Africa and managed the Peter
304 pages Hammer publishing house for
October 2021 many decades. He has been writing
Age 13 and up books for children, adolescents
and adults since 1998 and travelled
Therese - a black girl in the German Empire more than fifty countries.
In 1900, a child is born in Wuppertal. Therese’s father is the head of a group from
Togo that performs at ethnological shows and colonial exhibitions. To spare the
infant his grueling tour schedule, her father entrusts her to foster parents, the
Hufnagels, who provide the girl with a loving home. It is not until later in life that
Therese learns that the Togo troop left Germany and eventually moved on to Russia,
where their trail is lost over the course of the First World War and the Russian
Revolution. When the political situation comes to a head in the 1930s, Therese
leaves her German home and travels to Togo, the homeland of her parents, a land
completely unknown to her.
Therese’s life represents a practically unknown chapter in Germany’s colonial history.
• An unusual life shaped by colonialism and nationalism
• Based on a true story discovered by the author on his travels in Togo
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
On the Waves
144 Pages
March 2018
Hermann Schulz
Auf dem Strom
Reihe Hanser
Bilder von Wolf Erlbruch
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Lea Coplin
With You, The
Ocean Glows
© Bogenberger Autorenfotos
ROMAN
LEA COPLIN worked for several
years as a journalist before
336 pages deciding on a career as an author.
Pub. Date: June 2021
The writer lives and writes in
Age 14 and up
Munich, and has already published
several successful novels under a
Turbulent seas and throbbing hearts pen name.
When Penny lands on Fuerteventura to work at an all-inclusive club, Milo is the
last person she expects to see there. Milo, who briefly went to school with her,
whose name spells nothing but trouble and with whom she shared an errant
kiss. At this point, it is cheerful Helena, Penny’s roomate, who is dating Milo,
and Penny can hardly avoid him. But the memory of that kiss still lingers. Helena
soon realizes that there is more between Milo and Penny than she first thought.
Penny’s guilty conscience towards Helena threatens to suffocate her, but her
emotions refuse to be controlled, even if they lead straight to disaster.
• An intense and genuine narrative: between tingling love and lost friendship
• “Lea Coplin once again focuses on the emotional and mental states of young adults with
great empathy.” Süddeutsche Zeitung about A Night to Last Forever
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Nothing is Nothing to A Night
Good. Lose, to Last
Without You Except Us Forever
ROMAN
ROMAN
352 Pages 368 pages 304 pages
April 2018
ROMAN
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Lena Luisa Leisten
JeLAUTERdieSTILLE
The Louder the
Silence
LENA LUISA LEISTEN
© Felix Grimm
LENA LUISA LEISTEN spent
half her childhood and youth in
a circus, but since graduation,
256 pages she has preferred to juggle
August 2021
words. She studied art history,
Age 14 and up
German literature, social history,
and political science in college,
and now works as a freelance
Your own place in the world journalist, moderator and author
in Berlin. Besides this, she is active
Between future plans, relationship problems and self-doubts, young university in political education and is a
student Mila is trying to find her way – the only thing is that she doesn’t really spokesperson for the organization,
Show Your Face! For an Open-
know in which direction she would like to go. Should she keep working on
minded Germany.
her degree or get a job? Should she get an internship somewhere? And what
should she do about her feelings for Robin? He finally seems to no longer be
a jerk. However, in order to give their relationship a real chance, Mila must
face her fears – and open up old wounds. When she discovers that her father
is having an affair with a French actress, the rug is pulled out from under her
feet. And so she makes a snap decision to travel to Paris with her best friend ...
• Authentic, intensive and true to life: the author sensitively
depicts the experiences of an entire generation
• This novel addresses various relevant topics, including
performance pressure, identity, child abuse, and repression
• For readers of Nina LaCour
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Julia Kaergel
Cooking Pot Concerts
Small adventures and
DIYs for inside and
outside
© private
JULIA KAERGEL, majored in
illustration and communication
design. As a world traveller, she has
256 pages
February 2021 given workshops for other artists
With 4c-illustrations by Julia Kaergel in numerous countries, including
Age 7 and up India, Sudan, Bangladesh, Lebanon,
Indonesia and Singapore.
From recycling projects to record-breaking bids
Vacation at home? No one to play with? With this book, you won’t be bored!
After all, you can camp out in the backyard (or spend the night on the balcony),
hold a household concert with instruments made from kitchen utensils, guess
cloud pictures, or search for four-leaf clovers. From recycling projects to indoor
record-breaking attempts, there are plenty of original ideas here for indoors
and out – and best of all, you don’t need to buy anything special for them! The
mini adventures are free, and you can make do with whatever you can find in
your yard or around your house.
• Simple ideas put to huge effect – turning everyday life into an
adventure
• Ingenious activities for boys and girls
• For rainy days and vacations
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Kathrin Rödl
More than Strong!
Staying chilled through
everyday life and school
stress
© private
KATHRIN RÖDL was born in
1986, and after training as a media
designer, she studied illustration
128 pages and design in Nuremberg, London
November 2021
and Würzburg. Since 2015, she
With illustrations by the author
Age 11 and up works as a freelance illustrator and
comic artist in the field of books,
sketchnotes and graphic recording.
Creatively mastering everyday life She also loves to give creative
workshops for children and
Parents, school, friends - the everyday life of teenagers is quite stressful, adults. This book is being created
as part of her master’s thesis in
and staying cool and calm is not always easy. This hands-on book focuses on
information design.
concrete situations and practical exercises to promote resilience, creativity,
mindfulness, concentration, and relaxation. Enhanced with hand-lettering,
illustrations and comics, this book provides a diverse and appealing toolbox
that anyone can use:
- discover your personal strengths and interests
- manage the balancing act between to buckle down and taking a break
- discover your unique learning style
- achieve goals in a deliberate manner.
Kathrin Rödl also supplies tips on developing ideas for your own app, as well as
writing and designing your own comic book.
• Concrete exercises for a strong and creative self
• Includes participatory and solo activities
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Juli Zeh
Socks and Sophie
How to speak ‘horse’
© Peter von Felbert
ENGLISLHE
SAMP TION
TRANSILLAABLE
AVA
JULI ZEH is an attorney,
constitutional judge and award-
240 pages winning author. Her books have
February 2021 been translated into 35 languages.
With 4c-illustrations by FLIX Juli Zeh has been honored with
Age 10 and up numerous prizes, including the
Heinrich Böll Prize and the Federal
The Problem is sitting in the saddle Cross of Merit.
Socks, the pony was abused and has lost all faith in humans ever since. Sophie,
however, is overjoyed when she is allowed to take Socks into her care. But her FLIX holds a degree in
dream is quickly going up in smoke. Sophie is soon forced to admit that she and communication design and works
Socks simply can’t live in harmony. The ongoing misunderstandings between the as a freelance illustrator and
pony and the girl lead to a number of dangerous situations. And then, when she cartoonist in Berlin. His comic strip
thought things couldn’t get any worse, something tragic looms on the horizon – Lucky Kid appears on Mondays in
the FAZ. Flix’s works have received
if Socks won’t let himself be ridden soon, he will be put to sleep by people who
various awards and have been
dismiss him as a “problem horse”. Sophie has to learn how to speak horse - and translated into nine languages.
fast!
• Juli Zeh skillfully weaves information about horses into an
exciting story
• Entertaining and enlightening, thanks to the special narrative
perspectives of both the human AND the horse
• Includes funny and informative colour illustrations by Flix
• Books by bestselling author Juli Zeh have been translated into 35
languages
• Top 10 of the SPIEGEL bestselling list May to September 2021
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Frank Schwieger
I, Odysseus, and the
Gang from Troy
••• FRANK SCHWIEGER was born
in 1968 and grew up in Holstein,
112 pages
in the northernmost region of
November 2021
With b/w-illustrations by Ramona Odysseus & Co. tell the story of the Germany. He studied Latin and
history, and has been working as
Wultschner
Age 10 and up
wooden horse
a grammar school teacher since
1999.
The battle for Troy, the trick with the wooden horse, and the seemingly endless
wanderings of Odysseus – all these adventures have been written down and
filmed with some frequency. But who could tell these stories better than the RAMONA WULTSCHNER was
heroes and heroines themselves? More entertaining than the Iliad and funnier born in Heilbronn in 1987. She
than Hollywood. Laocoon, Calypso, Cassandra, and many others regale readers studied design in Pforzheim and
with the Greek myths, each in their own way. At last we know the answers to works on animated
the most exciting questions: Who fought each other in the Trojan War? Did the cartoon productions, children’s
books and game development.
Trojan Horse really exist, and what did it look like? Where did Odysseus’ journey
lead? Who was Homer?
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• Our recipe for success: exciting knowledge + humor + fresh,
Bulgaria, Croatia,
friendly illustrations
Czech Republic,
• History & Mythology series: 150,000 copies sold
Greece, Hungary,
IN THE SAME SERIES
Poland, PR China,
Romania, Serbia,
I, Zeus, and I, Caesar, and Spain, Turkey
the Olympic the Roman
Gang Gang
I, Odin, and I, Merlin, and I, Cleopatra,
the Wild the Fearless and the
Vikings Knights Ancient
Egyptians
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Uwe Timm
The Pirate
Blackbird
© Michael Döschner-Apostolidis
UWE TIMM was born in Hamburg
in 1940. After apprenticing as a
112 pages furrier and completing an academic
August 2021 degree in philosophy in Munich
With b/w-illustrations by Axel Scheffler and Paris, Timm published his first
Age 8 and up poems in 1971. Since that time, he
has become one of Germany’s most
successful contemporary authors,
“I’m not a crow, and I’m not rook either. I’m a mynah
and has been awarded the German
bird and my name is Padde.” Children’s Literature Award.
He’s witty and clever; he can roar like a tiger and swear like a sailor. The wily
bird has travelled all the way from the Indian jungle to Hamburg. In Schulte’s
AXEL SCHEFFLER is one of the
pet shop, a little girl names him the ‘Pirate Blackbird‘ because of the yellow world’s most successful children’s
stripe on his head—but she’s not allowed to keep him and he scares off any book illustrators. He was born in
lady who might want to buy him with his obscene language and offensive Hamburg in 1957, and has worked
behaviour. as a freelance illustrator in London
since completing his studies at the
Bath Academy of Art. His books’
• Children’s books by the author have been sold to 8 countries unmistakable, humorous drawings
are loved around the world. With
• With illustrations by Axel Scheffler The Gruffalo, published with author
Julia Donaldson, he created a work
now acknowledged as a modern
children’s classic. Axel Scheffler lives
with his family in London.
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Picture Books
Fiction
Non-Fiction
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Tanja Szekessy
Small, Wide
World
© private
48 pages TANJA SZEKESSY was born
Pub. Date: August 2021 in 1969 and graduated from
With 4c-illustrations by the author the department of visual
Age 4 and up
communication at the Berlin
Our everyday life is beautiful – and this book is a jewel University of the Arts. Among
other things she designed and
crafted a Swatch clock as well
One day, while they were off on a field trip, Stefana gave Manuel a piggyback as contributed illustrations to
ride when he could no longer walk. She carried him the entire way until they many textbooks, magazines and
were able to rejoin their group. One day, when she was at the beach, Merle advertising companies. She lives in
Berlin with her husband and three
pretended that she could swim, and then suddenly she could! And one day,
children.
Hildie and Maleen set up a little stand out in front of their house to sell some
pictures they had painted. What a beautiful day that was!
Tanja Székessy presents readers with simple, ordinary snapshot moments from
the perspective of various children. These are small thrills, connected with
sorrow or with happiness, which are major and significant in the moments
they are occurring. The charming pictures seem almost dreamy, but are very
contemporary and drawn directly from the lives of today’s children.
• Stories and pictures to love
• For recognizing, remembering and telling
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Way You Mio was Here!
are When You
are that Way
40 Pages 40 pages
July 2018 August 2019
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Hans-Christian
Schmidt, Andreas
© dbv Sachsen Gaby Waldek
Nemet
Making Love
HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT
and ANDREAS NÉMET , both born
in 1973, write and illustrate books
48 pages and songs for children. Their books
Pub. Date: August 2021 have been published over the
Age 4 and up years by various publishers, and
With 4c-illustrations by Andreas Német they perform their songs on stage
together with their band Firlefanz
The most frank sex-ed book since the Stone Age and Grete.
By and large, not too much has changed since the Stone Age when it comes to
the number one topic: making love and babies! And this delightfully upbeat book
focuses on just this and nothing else. In witty rhymes, we follow a Stone Age
couple from their first meeting at a blueberry bush, to making love together on a
bearskin in a cave, to conceiving and giving birth to Stone Age Junior.
Whereas other sex-ed picture books spread a blanket of silence over the really
important and exciting details, this book is unparalleled in terms of its directness
in pictures and words.
• From the authors of The Apple Miracle
• For all children who want to know in detail what sex involves
• Funny rhymes and pictures - also making a humorous gift book
Sie schaun sich an, sie küssen sich,
berühren sich ganz vorsichtig,
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Rike Drust
If You Say No, The
Rabbit Dies!
© privat
40 pages
August 2021
RIKE DRUST writes whatever
Age 4 and up
With 4c-illustrations by Lilli L’Arronge suits her and pops into her
head, including columns, books,
advertising copy, and magazine
Kids, from now on you may threaten back! articles. If You Say No is her first
children’s book for Klett. She lives
with her family in Hamburg.
“You’ll go blind from watching too much TV” – this is the kind of manipulative
stuff lots of adults still tell children these days. It’s high time to turn the tables
on them! After all, grown-ups are famous for forbidding kids from eating three
LILLI L’ARRONGE born in 1979,
servings of ice cream and for never having time to play, and yet when they are out has been drawing and painting
shopping, they chatter away on or constantly stare at their cell phones. since she could hold a pencil. After
This little book provides kids with an arsenal of creative threats and, at the same studying visual communication
time, holding up a mirror to their parents. Lilli L’Arronge puts the nightmarish in Weimar, she established the
consequences – from bad cell phone reception to zombie visits to the living Hafenstraße 64 Studio Community
in Münster with various like-
room – into pictures so brilliantly that adults will start to sweat a little while kids
minded people, where she has
celebrate. been creating books for children
and their parents ever since.
• If you don’t buy this book, you’ll have to read The Grufallo until you
go blue in the face!
• A funny nonsense gift book for young and old
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Andrea Paluch
The Best Ways for
the World to End
What will become of us?
© Dominik Butzmann
Twelve exciting visions of
the future
ANDREA PALUCH, born in 1970,
studied literature and writes books
32 pages for children and adults. She hopes
August 2021
for a green future, but can also
Age 8 and up
With 4c-illustration by Annabelle von Sperber imagine darker scenarios. The Best
Ways for the World to End is her
first book with Klett Kinderbuch.
How do we want our world to be? Andrea Paluch divides her time
between Flensburg and Berlin.
The world as we know it will end; this development is already in process. And
what will come after that? In concise texts and spectacular picture panels, this
book presents several very different scenarios for our future. Will we only be ANNABELLE VON SPERBER was
able to survive in spaceships? Will there be a great drought or even a flood? born in 1973. She holds a degree in
design and studied book arts at the
Could the end turn into something beautiful, such as a time without wars and
University of Applied Sciences in
borders? What would life be like without cars or with freely roaming animals? Hamburg. She has been illustrating
In twelve bold visions, Andrea Paluch describes the possible endings and children’s books for various
continuations of our current world, while keeping the concrete everyday life of publishers for years, and has made
families at the center of her descriptions. The accompanying luminous, large- a name for herself internationally
format pictures that Annabelle von Sperber has created are impressive and with her hidden-object books. She
also teaches at the Academy for
enchanting, and will trigger a flood of further fantasies.
Illustration and Design in Berlin
and at the Faber Castell Academy.
Annabelle von Sperber lives in
• Beautiful, eerie and inspiring – a picture book full of material for Berlin and the Black Forest.
discussions and dreams
• Magically beautiful, irresistible pictures for children and adults
alike
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Anna Maria
Praßler
Backyard Day
How I lost Hannibal,
gained a friend and the
© Lendita Mula
sourdough didn’t survive
ANNA MARIA PRASSLER
was born in 1983 in the
Swabian region of Bavaria.
256 pages She writes screenplays and
July 2021 prose, was nominated for
Age 9 and up the German Film Award,
and gave a reading at the
A thrilling quest, family life on the brink of lockdown, and Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
the growth of a friendship at the unlikeliest of times Competition in Klagenfurt.
She lives with her family in
Berlin. Backyard Days is her
In reality, Maya would have preferred to get an axolotl rather than a rabbit. She
first novel for children.
only realizes how fond she is of Hannibal when he runs away. The problem: life
around them is at a standstill, and everyone is supposed to stay at home. How,
pray tell, is she supposed to find her rabbit again?
Maya receives unexpected help from cool kid Niko, who lives in the building
behind the one her family occupies. The two of them secretly scour the
neighboring backyards and keep a lookout from their roofs, while Dad sets up an
indoor exercise bike and Maya’s younger sister produces a sourdough dubbed
“Doughy” in order to bake bread. Could their weird doomsday prepper neighbor
have something to do with Hannibal’s disappearance? And what about old Mrs.
D’Amico’s habit of dumping masses of cucumber peels in the compost bin?
• A story of friendship against the backdrop of our new reality
• Packed full of humor and accurate observations of everyday life –
Maya is a tough, quick-witted first-person narrator
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Marcus Sauermann
The Little Boy and MARCUS SAUERMANN born
1967, studied Psychology,
The Beast German, film and all the
other stuff that makes you
40 pages become an author because
February 2012 you find no other job. As
with 4c-illustrations by Uwe Heidschötter such he writes screenplays
Age 4 and up
for children’s television,
short stories for adults and -
How long does this “monstrousness” last? if he is lucky - picture books
for everybody. He lives with
Any parents currently separated apart should be advised to have a kleenex ready his family of seven near
before they start reading. “When your Mum has turned into a beast, a lot of Stuttgart.
things change.” is the laconic beginning of this book. THis is the story of a little
boy and his mom who has become sad and disgruntled, in short: a beast . Having
a beast as your mother does have its advantages, though: it’s easier to sneak in
some sweets at the supermarket checkout or to win the football match in the
yard. At night, the beast slips into his bed, which is very comfy. But also cramped.
And on many evenings, he has to console the beast instead of having fun with it.
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Moni Port MONI PORT born in 1968,
Count me out trained as a bookseller
and went on to study
communication design in
32 pages Mainz. She is now an
February 2021, first published by Beltz & Gelberg illustrator and book cover
Age 4 and up designer
With 4c-illustrations by Philip Waechter
and lives with her family in
Frankfurt.
He has roared his last roar
Helene’s father doesn’t just speak like everyone else: everything he says comes
out of him as a loud shout. Her father is rowdy just like his parents and his
grandfather before him. “You’ll also become rowdy someday!” Helene’s mother
says. But Helene doesn’t want to become rowdy. “Count me out!” she declares
before packing her suitcase and leaving her family. Finally, some peace and quiet!
But is she gone for good? This powerful picture book is for children like Helene,
who go their own way and refuse to put up with things they don’t like, even if this
sometimes comes as a shock to their parents. A book to help children feel brave
and encourage them to set boundaries.
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Stephanie Schneider
Stephanie Schneider
Grimm & Little Carrot
Illustriert von
Stefanie
Scharnberg
Stephanie Schneider • Stefanie Scharnberg
128 pages
SEL, DER: February 2022
e Kreuzung
ra und Esel.
Age 5 and up
LESE
EXEMPLAR
How Grimm found his Little Carrot
Bookseller Grimm has recently become the owner of the Book Box shop in his village. This is a good thing,
because he adores books, and sometimes even writes ones himself. However, he occasionally feels a bit
lonely in his store, but fortunately for him, that changes when, a little zonkey suddenly appears in his shop.
(Yes, these animals really do exist.) “I’m Little Carrot, and I’ve been looking for you,” it declares, pulling
a book out of his suitcase. Grimm’s Carrot Tales is printed on it. “We will have adventures together, and
you can write them down in here,” explains the little zonkey. And so Little Carrot moves in with Grimm
and livens up his house! Because with such a little zonkey, even everyday things like riding a bike suddenly
become adventures.
• Funny everyday adventures
• Further books in preparation
• For readers of Petterson & Findus and the Lieselotte books
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Alina Bronsky
Record Summer
ALINA BRONSKY
SCHALLPLATTEN
SOMMER 192 pages
April 2022
Age 14 and up
R O M A N
The summer the townspeople came
Ever since the press accused her mother (a 90s celebrity) of neglecting her children, 17-year-old Maserati
has been living with her grandmother out in the country. But the peace and quiet ends abruptly when
a wealthy family from the city moves into the dilapidated mansion on the edge of the village. The clan
includes two seventeen-year-olds, Casper and Theo, who both begin to take an interest in Maserati. And
what just happens to be on Theo’s favorite record, but a famous photo of Maserati’s mother! One night,
Maserati’s grandmother, completely disoriented, ends up floating in a rowboat out on the local lake, and it
is Casper who helps Maserati to rescue her. When he then also spends the night at their house, it becomes
clear to Maserati to whom her heart belongs. However, the incidents set in motion a whole chain of fatal
events...
• Alina Bronsky’s books have sold into 19 languages
• Quirky and warm-hearted, full of detailed observations and deep emotions
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