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CHILDREN’S
BOOKS
FOREIGN RIGHTS GUIDE
SPRING 2020
PICTURE BOOKS
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
YOUNG ADULT
cover illustration: Constanze von Kitzing
C O N TA C T S & A G E N T S CONTENTS
ANDREA SEIBERT English language CONSTANZE CHORY Scandinavia
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HIGHLIGHT TITLES 4
NICOLA BIEG Asia SONJA SCHMIDT France, Italy, Spain,
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bieg.nicola@dtv.de schmidt.sonja@dtv.de Serbia, Slovenia
AGE 8+ 9
AGE 12+ 12
YOUNG ADULT 14
CHINA (MAINLAND) HUNGARY POLAND
Beijing Star Media Co.,Ltd. DS Budapest AKF Agency NON-FICTION 16
Ms. Wang Xing Ms. Margit Gruber Ms. Anna Kolendarska-Fidyk
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CZECH & SLOVAK REPUBLIC ISRAEL ROMANIA
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 18
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DUTCH LANGUAGE ITALY RUSSIA & UKRAINE
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FRANCE KOREA SPANISH & PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
Editio Dialog Literary Agency Momo Agency Ute Körner Literary Agent
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GREECE JAPAN (NON-EXCLUSIVE) TURKEY
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C H I L D R E N ’ S B O O K H I GHHi gL hI Gl iHgTh t s / R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f r o m o u r B a c k l i s t Highlights / Recomm
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Antje Szillat Fletcher series
c. 144 pages / each title
With 4c-illustrations by Jan Birck
Antje Szillat
Age 8 and up
What a Stinker! (vol. I)
BELSLETR Holly Bluesky
SE ENGLPISLH
SAM TEION Unmagical Friend Wanted
Fletcher, the cleverest and coolest striped skunk in T NSLAABLE
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AVAIL
town by a long shot, has made his home in the back
yard of the Wild Elk Restaurant, run by Chef Bode.
One day, he and Bode’s son Theo discover that they
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both harbour dreams of becoming famous detectives!
Soon they find themselves up to their necks in their
first case: Bode, of all people, who is constantly
hunting down poor Fletcher, is in danger himself! ANTJE SZILLAT is a full time
ENGLPISLH author who has written
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TR ANVASILLAABLE
numerous books for children,
A
teenagers and young readers.
160 pages Her children’s book series Rick
FURTHER TITLES OF THE SERIES: With b/w-illustrations by Jan Birck and Fletcher were huge
Pub. Date: February 2020 successes. Szillat lives near
Age 8 and up Hanover with her husband and
A Rumble in the With Stink Cannon and a Rogues Ahoy! Fletcher series: four children.
Tunnels (vol. II) Nose for Clues (vol. III) (vol. IV) Over 100,000 copies sold
Witch girl in search of a true friend JAN BIRCK spent many years
freelancing for various
advertising agencies. Later, he
Rights sold: Holly Bluesky lives in the magical Forest of Night Shadows. Along with her chameleon took the world of animation by
Czech Republic, Kralle, she has already experienced countless adventures there. However, there is one storm and went on to carve a
thing about sorcery: Holly has had her fill of witch stuff such as enchanted princesses, niche for himself in the realm
Denmark, PR China, sensitive fairies, vain unicorns, outrageous witches, soothsayers and Co. And she also of children’s and young adults’
Romania, Russia, doesn’t want to attend her magic school either. literature. Winner of the
All Holly is wishing for is an unmagical girlfriend who will stick by her side through Troisdorf Picture Book Award, Jan
Ukraine thick and thin. Someone who likes her just the way she is. And then, one day, the Birck lives in Munich with his
absolutely unmagical, unwitchy normal Isa appears, having lost her way back home to family.
her village. At that moment, Holly knows this is her future best friend. But Isa has a
No Haunting Surrounded by mind of her own. And then Kralle finds himself in great danger...
PRESS ACCLAIM:
Allowed! (vol. V) Teachers (vol. VI)
”The skunk is a gruff, little • The first volume of a fantastical series for girls from the age of 8
fellow with a giant snout and • By the successful author & illustrator duo behind Fletcher
a whole lot of heart - simply
wonderful!”
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CHILDREN’S BOOK HIGHLIGHT CHILDREN’S BOOK HIGHLIGHT
Cally Stronk Alex Rühle
Eerily Embarrassing – Gigaguhl’s
The Journal of Ruby Black Gigantic Joy
© Heike Bogenberger
© Frederic Lezmi
CALLY STRONK born in 1977, ALEX RÜHLE, born in 1969,
224 pages studied social and economic started out as a hospital clown,
communication at the Berlin 40 pages
With b/w-illustrations by a café waiter, and an elementary
With 4c-illustrations by Barbara Yelin
ENGLPISLH
Constanze von Kitzing University of the Arts. Since 2010, school builder in Malawi. Since
Pub. Date: May 2020 SAM TEION after working as an independent Pub. Date: March 2020
then, he has become a highly
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TRAAV consultant in the areas of editing, Age 4 and up
Age 10 and up A esteemed journalist and now
film and music, Cally Stronk has works as the cultural editor for
worked primarily as a children’s Süddeutsche Zeitung.
book author.
Six Feet Under meets Adams Family Do you know Gigaguhl, the giant?
BARBARA YELIN, born in 1977,
CONSTANZE VON KITZING’s
Ruby wants only two things: to be normal and inconspicuous, and to find Despite his great size, Gigaguhl is extremely friendly. He especially loves animals. first made a name for herself as
early passion for pen and paper
friends. This isn’t all that easy considering her eccentric family and their home A family of bats sleeps under his arms. Goats hide among the hills of his neck. a cartoonist in France, before
began with hundreds of
on the edge of a cemetery, which happens to be where her entire family works. And a rare unicorn lives deep in his hair. her German publications were
princesses and horses. These
Oma Ottilie gives yoga courses for reconciliation with the dead, Ruby’s father One evening, Gigaguhl feels very tired, so he covers himself with a colorful honored with numerous prizes
days, she prefers quirky
designs caskets, and her mother bakes totally insane death-themed confections summer meadow and sleeps for a hundred years. During that time, a city springs and highly praised by the press.
characters in rich, saturated
for the cemetery cafe. up across the expanse of his back. Of course, its residents have no idea who is Gigaguhl’s Gigantic Joy is her
colors. Kitzing’s books have
slumbering beneath them… until two curious children go out exploring and first picture book for children.
been honored with international
Despite all this, Ruby’s chances have never been better than they are now. She experience a gigantic adventure. Barbara Yelin lives with her family
prizes and have been released in
has changed schools, and nobody at her new school knows about her crazy in Munich.
fourteen countries.
family. Everything seems to go well in the beginning: Ruby makes friends with
Milli and Lilli, but they are more than being just nice to her. They are always
sniffing out secrets and good stories for their school blog. Of course, Ruby • The new book by Spiegel bestselling author of Zippel (rights sold to 6
makes a good target...
countries)
• An endearing protagonist with a family in the graveyard business • Marvellously illustrated by internationally renowned cartoonist
• With quirky characters and funny scrawly illustrations, as well as Barbara Yelin
timeless themes such as friendship and first crushes • Hide and seek fun for even the youngest of readers: Willy Peter
Millimeter is hiding on every page, just waiting to be found.
PRESS ACCLAIM FOR ZIPPEL
“This wonderful book brings brains, heart and humour
to that difficult zone between picture books and more
grown-up chapter books”
The Times (children’s book of the week)
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J U N I O R H I G H L I G H T / A G E 11 A N D U P
AGE 6 AND UP AGE 8 AND UP
Meike Haas The Extraordinary Intergalactic
Rüdiger Bertram c. 200 pages / each
With 4c-illustrations Zoo series
Our Little Island by Nikolai Renger
Age 8 and up
ENGLPISLH
© Claudio DiLucia
© Kathrin Schäfer
SAM TEION
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TRAAVAI The Extraordinary Intergalactic Zoo (vol. I)
Nelly and her best friend Julius are eyewitnesses when an actual
space rocket heads for their yard and abducts Julius’ guinea pig
Bommel from the lawn. When the rocket gets tangled up in a
RÜDIGER BERTRAM was born MEIKE HAAS, born in
112 pages garden swing, the two children are able to jump on board at the
in 1967 in Ratingen and studied 1970, studied German,
With 4c-illustrations by Karin Lindermann last second.
history, economics and philosophy and book and
Pub. Date: March 2020 German. As well as writing media sciences. She worked
Age 6 and up After a swift trip through the galaxy they find themselves in the
children’s books, he is a for various newspapers
middle of Professor Adamar Tull’s Extraordinary Intergalactic
freelance journalist and author including Die Zeit and
Zoo. Here, a safe home is provided for mistreated animals from
of satirical short stories and Süddeutsche Zeitung. She is
every possible planet, among them the peculiar orb creatures,
screenplays. He also devises
Cuddly sheep, the murmur of the sea, and village life - pure relaxation conceptual ideas for film and
couchpets or Shaggymoks. But then somebody, who has it in for
now a full-time author.
Pub. Date: August 2019
the most valuable of the zoo inhabitants, appears on the scene.
television. Bertram lives in
A Hallig island is no normal island! Nele has already learned this much. Early on, NIKOLAI RENGER was born
Cologne.
she was upset about having to move from the big city to the small island in the in Karlsruhe and studied
North Sea. But this didn’t last long. She quickly got to know the sweet babydoll visual communication.
KARIN LINDERMANN studied
sheep and Lisa, who became her best friend. And what about Grandma and He works as a freelance
Grandpa’s little café with the yummy waffles, and all the horses, dogs, cats, birds,
illustration at Münster
University. After numerous
The Extraordinary Intergalactic Zoo (vol. II) illustrator for various
and seals? Nele soon realizes that life on her Hallig island is too busy for bad publishers and literary
moods.
relocations over the years, the A Class Takes Off agencies.
teacher and freelance
illustrator now works in the “Intruders are hiding in the space zoo! Zoo-wide search needed!”
Münster region again. Professor Tull urgently requires Nelly and Julius’ help. And since
• For fans of Kirsten Boie und Astrid Lindgren two will never be enough for a widespread search, the entire 4a
class climbs into the fueled rocket this time. While they all Rights sold:
• A warm-hearted book about little everyday adventures, with desperately hunt through the zoo, the professor receives another Russia
cheerful protagonists and an childlike narrative voice - against the call for help. An animal is sounding an alarm somewhere in the
zoo. But where is it? The impending disaster has to be averted!
special backdrop of a Hallig island
Nevertheless, all the children find is a strange, very mysterious
suitcase…
Pub. Date: March 2020
• For readers of Margit Auer: The School of Magical Animals
• Full of fantastical creatures from outer space that you will fall in love with
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AGE 8 AND UP AGE 8 AND UP
Pertti Kivinen The Blueberry Detectives series
c. 160 pages / each
With b/w-illustrations
Regine Bielefeldt
by Katrin Engelking
Age 8 and up Paula Prima (vol. I)
Island Forest in Danger! (vol. I) The Class Thief
© Hartmuth Schröder
A village somewhere in the middle of Finland, located at a
© Nina Stohner
lake with a small harbor and an impressive number of islands. Here comes Paula Prima, third grader and
One of these islands is home to the secret headquarters of the
budding detective
Blueberry Detectives. The Blueberry Detectives are the twin
sisters Alma and Selma, their little brother Samu, Oskari from
next door, and the dog Riku. Along with her friends Sissi, Kim and Oleg, Paula
PERTTI KIVINEN is the
In their first case, the five detectives end up on the trail of a goes to the best school in the world. And they REGINE BIELEFELDT writes
pseudonym of Friedbert
sneaky sawmill owner, who is trying to cut down the ancient have the sweetest teacher ever. Ms. Plum is so screenplays for film and
Stohner. He was born in
protected oaks on Blueberry Island. 160 pages nice, and she often writes encouraging notes on television. She also gives
1951 and lives close to the
With b/w-illustrations by homework sheets with her glitter pens. But one lectures at the Munich
river Rhine. After many years
Pub. Date: February 2019 Florentine Prechtel day, her glitter pens disappear. Stolen? As Paula Screenplay Workshop, the
in the publishing industry,
Pub. Date: April 2020 and her friends search for the thief, something Hamburg Media School, and
he now devotes himself to
Age 8 and up much worse happens in their beloved school... the Konrad Wolf Film University.
writing.
Be Aware of the Ghost Elk! (vol. II) Paula Prima is her first children’s
book. Regine Bielefeldt lives with
Some time has passed since the Blueberry Detectives’ KATRIN ENGELKING, born her family in Baden-Baden.
spectacular first case. In their latest adventure a rumor is in 1970, studied illustration
making the rounds about an eerie elk that practically dissolves at the Institute for Design in
into mist as soon as you try to approach it. The ghost elk is Hamburg, and since 1994,
now attracting so many curious tourists that even the she has worked as a freelance
astonishingly bad and only restaurant in town is packed at artist. She lives with her
lunchtime. Of course, our detectives are soon busy with their family in Hamburg.
own investigation, and without any supernatural hocus pocus
they find themselves on the verge of solving their second case.
Michael Engler
Pub. Date: September 2019
Kicker Academy (vol.I)
In Search of the Master Thief (vol. III) Wanted: The Next Superstar
© Tomas Rodriguez
A band of thieves seems to be stirring up mischief in town.
However, the strange thing is that the stolen items are mostly Something here is… foul
small things which reappear after a few days’ time. Even the
valuable painting View of Paradise reappears on its wall in
the brand-new local museum. But the Blueberry Detectives Grünstadt Academy: every budding kicker dreams of
remain skeptical and soon realize that the painting is an attending this soccer academy. Soccer is even played MICHAEL ENGLER is a soccer
excellent copy. And who discovered this? Were the other in the school’s hallways – and nobody complains. expert and fan of the FC Schalke
thefts simply a maneuver to cover for the art theft? And who The newest student soon arrives: Leo Fischer, the son team. He studied visual
160 pages
will track down the brilliant forger? The Blueberry Detectives of the famous national player, Rüdiger Fischer. The communication and design in
With b/w-illustrations by
for sure! U13 team is finally complete again, and the prospects college, and worked as an artistic
Pub. Date: February 2020 Anna-Lena Kühler
for the cup match against their archenemies from and creative director at various
Pub. Date: January 2020
Hartenstein couldn’t be rosier. However, during the advertising agencies. Since 2003,
Age 8 and up
training period, the first doubts about Leo’s abilities he has devoted himself fulltime to
• For fans of the Karlsson, Bullerby, and Famous Five series start to circulate. And then shortly before the decisive writing, concentrating on plays,
• Pertti Kivinen is the pseudonym of the internationally renowned author game, the Grünstadters’ talisman vanishes without a as well as children’s and picture
trace... books.
Friedbert Stohner
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AGE 12 AND UP AGE 8 AND UP AGE 12 AND UP
R. T. Acron Hans-Jürgen Feldhaus
Kronox Taking the Curves
Enemy in Charge A Road Trip with Wolf
© Jörn Neumann
Without a plan headlong into happiness
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256 pages
Pub. Date: March 2020 Summer vacation - and Vincent’s mood has hit rock
Age 12 and up bottom. Leander, his best friend, has stolen his
R. T. ACRON is the pseudonym for
girlfriend. And yet, now they are both sitting on a
Christian Tielmann and Frank Reifenberg,
train, heading to a summer camp. On the way there, HANS-JÜRGEN FELDHAUS,
two renowned children’s and young
they meet Betty and spontaneously ditch all their born in 1966, studied graphics
adult authors, who have a particular
288 pages plans. The three head south in a camping van. Shortly design at Münster
instinct when it comes to the needs and
Activating Project KRONOX interests of teen readers.
With b/w-illustrations by after they set off, they come across Freddy, a university and works as a
the author runaway waitress, and Ruben, a rather dopey freelance illustrator for various
Pub. Date: May 2020 hitchhiker. Their trio becomes a party of five. After firms and publishers. He has
For days now, Paul has been waking up at exactly 4:07 am, completely exhausted.
Age 12 and up kidnapping a wolfhound, the crew is complete for the illustrated numerous books for
One morning, he goes to the boat on which he has been devotedly working for
madcap odyssey that awaits them. dtv junior.
months – and sets it on fire. At the last second, someone rescues him, but he has no
memory of what happened.
And then Snoop, Yeşim and Anh appear, each of whom experienced something
similarly unsettling at the exact same moment in time. All four of them suddenly
did things that they didn’t want to do, utilizing abilities that they didn’t actually have.
They were obeying some kind of inner voice that none of them could resist.
Robert Habeck /
• What happens when state-of-the-art technology paves the way for total manipulation? Andrea Paluch
• The new action thriller by the successful duo behind the Ocean City Trilogy (35,000 copies sold)
Two Paths into Summer
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BY THE SAME AUTHORS A journey into the self
The final summer before graduation is supposed to
Rights sold: be something special. Max wants to travel to Finland
ENGLPISLH ROBERT HABECK, born in
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France, by sailboat and without any money. Svenja and Ole 1969, studied German and
decide to take a different way there by hitching rides
The Netherlands 224 pages
on freight trains. The three of them plan to meet in
philosophy in college.
Pub. Date: April 2020 Together with his wife Andrea
Tornio, never suspecting that by the end of their Paluch, he has written adult
Age 14 and up
journeys, they will no longer be the same people. novels, radio plays, and
Svenja is dating Ole but is secretly in love with Max. children’s books. He is the
Ole has no idea about Svenja’s feelings for Max but has national chairman of the
his own reasons for planning to break up with her after Alliance ‘90 / Green party.
Ocaen City (vol. I) Ocean City (vol. II) Ocean City (vol. III) their trip. And Max, still suffering the impact of his
Until the Very Last Second In the Rebel Stronhold Hour of Truth twin sister’s suicide, has no intention of ever arriving ANDREA PALUCH, born in
272 pages 256 pages 256 pages in Finland at all. 1970, holds degrees in English
Pub. Date: March 2018 Pub. Date: July 2018 Pub. Date: February 2019
and German. She lives as a
Age 10 and up Age 10 and up Age 10 and up
freelance author in Flensburg
and Berlin.
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Y O U N G A D U LT Y O U N G A D U LT
Leonie Lastella Selin Visne
The Light of a The Alignment
Thousand Stars of the World
© Inga Sommer
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LEONIE LASTELLA was born SELIN VISNE was born in
in Lübeck, and now lives with Vienna in 2001. She wrote
her family in a small village 448 pages her first novel at the age of
384 pages
northwest of Hamburg. Since Pub. Date: March 2020 thirteen, after which followed
Pub. Date: March 2020
2017, she has dedicated Age 14 and up numerous short stories. In
Age 14 and up
herself exclusively to writing. 2018, she won the dtv writing
Among other accolades, she competition on the online
was honored by DELIA (the
An intoxicating love story that will make hearts beat faster society for German-language
They can only fulfill their fates together, but can they trust each other? platform Sweek for The
Alignment of the World. She is
romance authors) for her currently a college student in
From the very first time her eyes meet Ashton’s, Harper’s world is flipped upside books. Since her father’s death, Laelia has been keeping herself and her little brother
Vienna.
down. Nonetheless, no matter of how hard her heart might pound, she cannot afloat as a pickpocket. This lasts until Nero, the master of the criminal
bring herself to respond even a little to his flirting. Every evening she slips out underworld, notices her and puts a stop to her activities.
of her carefree student life and into the role of the attentive sister who takes care Hadrian, Nero’s designated deputy, seems on the verge of fulfilling his dreams,
of her autistic brother. Harper simply has no time for adventures, spontaneity or but does he want to sell the last part of his soul to the lord of the underworld?
compromises. When Hadrian decides to turn against his mentor, he flees along with Laelia.
And yet, Ashton gradually wins her heart. For the first time ever, something is They join up with a seer, whose vision sends six reluctant companions on a
more important to her than her family – and then, unexpectedly, Harper finds treacherous journey. But each of them has something to hide, and powerful
herself facing the hardest decision of her life... enemies seek to stop them at all cost from fulfilling the prophecy.
• Just the right combination of depth and romance joining topics important to • An epic quest fantasy filled with fascinating world building
young women: love and family, independence and responsibility elements and polished characters from a young, up-and-coming author
• For fans of Colleen Hoover, Mona Kasten and Laura Kneidel • For readers of Sally Green and Sarah J. Maas
• Flagship title Spring 2020
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NON-FICTION NON-FICTION
Bianca Schaalburg Constanze Guhr CONSTANZE GUHR, born in
Go, Girl!
1975, studied art at the HdK
Happy Friends Berlin and special education
at Humboldt University Berlin.
Many girls know this feeling. They have to prepare
55 Lists for Best Friends a project, but they don’t know where to start. They
Since 2004, she has worked in
collaboration with three other
fear they can’t do their homework and that the other illustrators in the Atelier petit4
students might be better. They wish they were braver, in Berlin.
Funny, embarrassing, dreamy, contemplative more interesting, more laid back.
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136 pages
– everything about you With 2c-illustrations
In this book, girls find many practical exercises and
by the author
Where is the best place for you to relax? What is games which will help them plan their projects, im-
Pub. Date: August 2019
your favorite food? What do you like about boys? BIANCA SCHAALBURG studied
prove their self-confidence, and have fun at the same
Age 11 and up
What would you wear if an alien invited you to a visual communication at the
time!
224 pages party? Here are 77 questions with over 500 possible Berlin Academy of Arts. Since
With b/w-illustrations by responses – some serious, some funny, some con- then she has worked as an
the author templative, some crazy. These are lists to fill in and illustrator. Numerous covers and
Pub. Date: January 2020 check off for girls who love friendship books and illustrations for children’s and
Age 10 and up psychological quizzes. teen books, magazines, and
literary agencies have been Miriam D’Oro MIRIAM D’ORO was born in
created in the Atelier petit 4. 1983, and grew up in Germany
Patterns and More and Spain. At the age of 18, she
moved to New York to study
DIY – Deco It Yourself: hearts, stars, polka dots – illustration and design. After
this book provides inspiration for beautiful hand- moving to Cologne in 2013, she
lettering and pattern projects. Decorate and freshen up now works as a freelance
Julia Kaergel everything from school notebooks to your own room. illustrator in the fields of
publishing, music, theater and
128 pages editing.
My Wishes, Dreams & Plans With 2c-illustrations
by the author
A Scrapbook and a Keepsake Pub. Date: October 2019
Age 9 and up
A companion for the future and a very private
memento
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Meike Töpperwien MEIKE TÖPPERWIEN was
born in Göttingen in 1979 and
Which places around the world do you want to see
the most? What amazing and crazy things do you JULIA KAERGEL majored in Farther, Wilder, Funnier completed a degree in design
in Braunschweig. She works as
want to do? You can write everything down in here illustration and communication How far can you spit a cherry pit? a freelance illustrator and
144 pages
– what you hope to achieve in your life and what design. As a world traveler, she With these and over fifty other cool, gross, wild, and graphic designer.
With 2c-illustrations by the author
you want your future to look like. Write a letter to has given workshops for other funny ideas, children can measure themselves and
Pub. Date: April 2020
be opened by you in twenty years’ time. Draw your artists in numerous countries, create their own personal book of records. They will be
Age 10 and up
dream self. Make wish lists and forge plans. The including India, Sudan, able to see how close they are to actual world records
book also includes numerous tips and suggestions Bangladesh, Lebanon, (at least, for those that exist already).
on how you can get to know yourself better. Indonesia and Singapore. 128 pages
With 2c-illustrations
by the author
Pub. Date: May 2020
Age 8 and up
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I N T E R N AT I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R I N T E R N AT I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R
Frank Schwieger History & Mythology series Hans-Jürgen Feldhaus Totally series
c. 250 pages / each title c. 240 pages / each title
With b/w-illustrations by Ramona Wultschner With b/w-illustrations by the author
Age 10 and up Age 11 and up
I, Zeus, and the Olympic Gang Totally Spaced-out!
On the first day of his family holiday, Jan runs into his worst
Twenty-four episodes from the lives of the greatest
nightmare – his classmate Hendrik Lehmann. If Hendrik dishes the
Greek heroes and heroines, gods and goddesses–
dirt on Jan about the things he got up to with his friends during a
straight from the Trojan Horse‘s mouth! Each story
recent class outing, Jan might as well not bother to unpack. To make
is complemented by a wittily illustrated profile of the
matters even worse, out of all the lakeside holidaying families Jan’s
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starring character, detailing their family connections,
parents chum up with the Lehmanns. It takes an entire fortnight for
their likes and dislikes and distinguishing features.
Jan to realise that Hendrik is anything but a telltale and is becoming
Pub. Date: April 2017 Pub. Date: July 2012
a true friend, as the story unfolds through his scribbled observations
FRANK SCHWIEGER was that no one is EVER meant to see. HANS-JÜRGEN FELDHAUS,
born in 1968 and grew up in born in 1966, studied graphics
Holstein, in the northernmost design at Münster
I, Caesar, and the Roman Gang region of Germany. He studied Totally Sick! university and works as a
Latin and history, and has Bad luck comes in threes; instead of being pampered by his aunt, Jan freelance illustrator for various
In this book, Romulus, Caesar, Nero and their many been working as a grammar firms and publishers. He has
friends and foes are finally able to speak for breaks his leg and fetches up on the overcrowded children’s wing of
school teacher since 1999. the hospital. To make matters worse, they put him in a girl’s ward illustrated numerous books for
themselves. Live and unvarnished, they provide their dtv junior.
own versions of history. Readers will learn why two where the matron refers to him as “little mouse”!
best friends had to battle each other in a gladiatorial Meanwhile, the paramedics hand Jan an iPhone they think is his. He
RAMONA WULTSCHNER was decides to pretend the phone really belongs to him – a disastrous
fight, why Cleopatra allowed herself to be wrapped in
born in Heilbronn in 1987. She error of judgment with catastrophic consequences. Suddenly, he
a rug, and why people should avoid eating geese.
Pub. Date: March 2018 studied design in Pforzheim Pub. Date: July 2013 finds himself cast in the role of a stock-market speculator, ad-man
and works on animated and faithless lover... Totally! series:
cartoon productions,
130,000 copies sold
I, Odin, and the Wild Vikings children’s books and game
development. Totally Scuppered!
The Nordic myths have been retold with great Jan is in love – and he’s got it bad, really bad, no question! On group
frequency, but never before by the gods and heroes History & Mythology project days at school he’ll make sure he’s in with Lena so she can Rights sold:
themselves! Readers will experience first-hand how see him in the best possible light. The only fly in the ointment is Latvia, Lithuania
Odin lost his left eye and how Thor stole back his series: 85,000 copies sold that Justus Bloch – Prince Charming, wealthy parents, the whole
hammer from the thieving giant Thrym. Besides that, bit – has the same idea. But Jan wouldn’t be Jan if he didn’t put his
you will receive useful tips on the raising of dragons resourcefulness to work – and he’s not afraid to engineer a nifty little
and how to pursue adventures on the high seas... catastrophe to ensure that Bloch-head and his future with Lena are
Pub. Date: March 2019 Pub. Date: June 2014
well and truly scuppered.
Rights sold:
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
I, Merlin, and the Fearless Knights Totally Nuts!
Republic, Greece, Hungary,
What were the Middle Ages really like? Were they as Poland, PR China, Jan, master of borderline grades and effective displacement activities,
adventurous and colorful as we imagine them to be? Romania, Turkey is in serious danger of failing the year – because of his poor English.
Wise Merlin provides the answers to the questions we His parents are not amused and saddle him with a genuine British
have long been asking: How did young Arthur of all exchange student, thinking it’ll solve the problem. Fuckety-fuck!
people manage to pull the famous sword Excalibur out Jacky, Earl of Portland, may be everyone’s darling, but unfortunately
of the stone? Why did brave Siegfried bathe in dragon’s he’s totally off his head! In the end Jan’s nerves are in tatters and the
Pub. Date: March 2020 blood? What was a knights’ tournament like? How did Pub. Date: April 2015 smart young earl is in deadly danger... well, not really, but nearly.
Princess Iseult come to drink from the magical potion?
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rights@dtv.de www.dtv.de rights@dtv.de www.dtv.deKLETT KINDERBUCH KLET T KINDERBUCH • AGE 9 AND UP
Franz Orghandl
The Cat Couldn’t Care
© Theresa Strozyk
Less
FRANZ ORGHANDL was born
in Vienna in 1980, and spent
her childhood between the
5th District, the green hills
of the Steiermark, and Italy’s
southernmost mountain.
She works as an author and
Klett Kinderbuch
translator.
With b/w-illustrations by Theresa Strozyk
80 pages
Pub. Date: August 2020
Age 9 and up
“I’m no different than I was. All I did was figure out that there’d been
a mix-up.”
© Theresa Strozyk
Picture Books Leo has a new name: Jennifer. Jennifer doesn’t know how she learned what her
real name is, but she is very glad to have finally woken up one day being aware
of it. It is like something that helps you to sleep better.
Fiction It’s just that the adults don’t understand at first. Actually they still think that
THERESA STROZYK, born
in 1979, spent much of her
she should be Leo, the boy. This perspective isn’t shared by Gabriel, Anne and
Non-Fiction Stella, the best friends in the world and loyal companions in all things involving
skipping school, trying on clothes, and finding yourself. They prefer to model
childhood reading, watching
films and drawing. She studied
animation at the Konrad Wolff
their actions on the example set by the cat. It is neither happy nor sad about
Film University – that’s what
Leo’s new name. It couldn’t care less.
happens when you do those
Hearty and cheerful - not constructed as a problem story – Franz Orghandl
things! – and went on to create
tells the tale of Jennifer, a transgender child whose story reflects what is truly
children’s cartoons. For Klett
important in life.
Kinderbuch, she illustrated
Werner Holzwarth’s beloved
rhyming book, Mag ich! Gar
• Encouraging and fascinating: The story of a child who follows her nicht! Theresa Strozyk lives and
heart and takes everyone with her on the journey works in Berlin.
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Anke Kuhl Horst Klein
Monika Osberghaus
C’moooooon!
My childhood as it really,
Everyone’s Disabled
© Hans-Jürgen Schmitz
really was
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ENGLPISLH
ANKE KUHL, born in 1970, SAM TEION MONIKA OSBERGHAUS, born in
ENGLPISLH T NSLABLE
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SAM TEION
Klett Kinderbuch studied illustration and has been Klett Kinderbuch AVAILA 1962, worked for years as a
With 4c-illustrations by the author TRAANVASILLAABLE a freelance illustrator since 1998. With 4c-illustrations by Horst Klein bookseller and journalist. Since
144 pages She lives in Frankfurt with her 40 pages 2009, she has been the
Pub. Date: February 2020 husband and two children. Pub. Date: September 2019 publisher at the small
Age 7 and up Age 5 and up independent press, Klett
Kinderbuch Verlag. Along with
her husband Thomas Engelhardt,
Telephone Tricks and Barbie Salad Anyone who is reading this is disabled! she has written books about the
Yes, even you! Wild Dwarves and the Wild School
Dwarves, as well as the title In
Prison. She lives in Leipzig.
In marvellously humorous episodes, C’moooooon! tells the tale of little Anke’s PRAISE FOR C’MOOOOOON! This book brings the bloated destinction between “challenged” here and
childhood in a small town during the Seventies. We are immersed in a world in “normal” there to an end. This topic relates to all of us: Anna has Down’s
which Grandma and Grandpa still live in the same house and in which a person can “It took only the first three episodes of Syndrome, Mareike is academically gifted, Julien is the biggest brat who has
find themselves pursuing rather bizarre ideas over an afternoon. A world in which Manno! (C’moooooon!) to enchant ever lived, Max is spastic. And while Sofie rolls her wheelchair to the ice cream
Anke and her sister stick close together, while also squabbling and fighting. the jury with its humor, its vibrant shop, Vanessa only allows herself to eat a single pickle spear because of her
language, and its wonderful snapshots obsession with beauty. This book will introduce you to 25 well-known and
An immensely touching book for children and adults, spanning a broad range from from a completely normal child’s life popular conditions, including your very own. Anyone who finds themselves
the hysterical to the sad, and covering everything in between. as it arcs between euphoria and frowning in the face of this book suffers from a humor disability!
catastrophe. The stories are [...]
loosely connected into a memoir of a
• Awarded the Berthold Leibinger Foundation Comic Book Prize childhood, whose completed structure
• A vibrant resource on the topic of inclusion
• Funny, exciting and touching – for the children of today, as well as the as a comic for all ages stirs the • Humorous, wild, and full of affection
greatest anticipation [...].”
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children of the Seventies • Created in collaboration with numerous special children and their parents
Brigitte Helbling, jury’s rationale for • For curious children and readers of Tell Me
the granting of the Berthold
• Rights sold: Turkey
Leibinger Foundation Comic Book HORST KLEIN, born in 1965,
Prize spent his formative years in East
Frisia before moving to Krefeld
in 1989 to pursue his studies in
visual communication. Before
he could do that though, he had
to look up Krefeld in an atlas.
He still lives there today with his
wife and two children, where
he works as an illustrator and a
graphic designer.
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Irene Zimmermann
Charlie – A School Bus Goes Haywire
Help! Our school bus is taking off – quite literally:
Will can’t believe his eyes when caretaker Freddie ploughs into the schoolyard
with a bright yellow and very battered old schoolbus. Exhaust fumes mingle
with the smell of adventure and so Will hops on the bus with a few more
daring pupils. Not only does this bus take every corner on one set of wheels
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only, it actually does take off like a rocket and flies off on a trip around the
world. Archie – yes, that’s its name – is full of surprises. It speaks, it has a
mysterious past and it desperately needs help. And who would be better suited
176 pages
to come to its rescue than Will and his super clever friends from Dreistein
Pub. Date: September 2020
boarding school?
Age 8 and up
This is the start to a hilarious series revolving around Dreistein’s pupils and
their adventures – magic and otherwise – told with verve and esprit.
Lea Coplin
A Night to Last Forever
Only one night to recognize your great love
Jonah has a disarming smile and more charm than most girls in his environ-
ment can resist. However, his interior world is less sunny. He grew up in the
home of his divorced, often absent father, and suffered abuse at the hands of
his older sister. When he reaches his breaking point at home, he drops out of
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school, moves out, and finds new friends. But they only know his facade.
Lia is liked by many, but she is very shy. She still cannot accept that even boys
352 pages could like her. Until two years ago, she was very overweight, and she carries
Pub. Date: July 2020 physical and emotional scars that she never tells anyone about.
Age 14 and up When the two of them meet at a concert, sparks fly at first sight. They open up
to each other - and experience a night that will change them forever.
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