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AUTUMN 2019
cover illustration: Nikolai Renger
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
C O N TA C T S & A G E N T S CONTENT
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Highlight AUTUMN 2019
© Kathrin Schäfer
Fantastic creatures and where to find them in space and Meike Haas
The Extraordinary Intergalactic Zoo
on Earth! 200 pages
With 4c-illustrations by Nikolai Renger
Meike Haas Nelly and her best friend Julius are eyewitnesses when an actual
space rocket heads for their yard and abducts Julius’ guinea pig
Pub. Date: August 2019
Age 8 and up
The Extraordinary Intergalactic Zoo Bommel from the lawn. When the rocket gets tangled up in a
garden swing, the two children are able to jump on board at the
last second. MEIKE HAAS, born in 1970, studied German, philosophy
and book and media sciences. She worked for various
With illustrations by Nikolai Renger After a swift trip through the galaxy they find themselves in the newspapers including Die Zeit and Süddeutsche Zeitung.
middle of Professor Adamar Tull’s Extraordinary Intergalactic She is now a full-time author.
Zoo. Here, a safe home is provided for mistreated animals from
every possible planet, among them the peculiar orb creatures, sofa
NIKOLAI RENGER, was born in Karlsruhe, and he studied
animals or Sgraggymoks. But then somebody, who has it in for
visual communication. He works as a freelance illustrator
the most valuable of the zoo inhabitants, appears on the scene.
for various publishers and literary agencies.
• Full of fantastical creatures from outer space that you will fall in love with
• A warm-hearted, beautiful friendship story, with original and funny illustrations
• For readers of Margit Auer: The School of Magical Animals
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CHILDREN’S BOOK HIGHLIGHT CHILDREN’S BOOK HIGHLIGHT
Bettina Obrecht Cornelia Franz
Nuri’s Big Number Wenzel and the
Wild Outlaws
© Christian Anhalt
© Werner Cee
BETTINA OBRECHT was born in CORNELIA FRANZ studied
1964 in Southern Germany. After German and American Studies
160 pages an extended stay in Costa Rica, 160 pages
and trained as a bookseller. She
With 4c-illustrations by Gitte Spee she studied Spanish and English With 4c-illustrations by Sabine Wilharm
has published travel guides,
Pub. Date: September 2019 at Heidelberg University. Today Pub. Date: October 2019
short stories, an adult novel and
Age 8 and up she works as a freelance writer Age 7 and up
books for children and young
and translator. adults.
Clear the circus ring! GITTE SPEE was born in
The best robber band in the woodland (just like Robin Hood) SABINE WILHARM was born in
Surabaya, Indonesia, and moved 1954 and studied at the
Who wouldn’t enjoy having a snake woman as a mother and a magician as a to the Netherlands when she was One dark and stormy night, Wenzel comes to an astonishing decision. He runs Hamburg College of Design. She
father? Nuri and his three siblings are just that lucky. They get to grow up in the eleven. She studied at the Gerrit away from the monastery and becomes a real outlaw. Along with his friends Ulle, has been working as a freelance
Circus Krambambulani, always surrounded by laughter and friendly people. Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam Anne, Jakob, Elsbeth, and Fritsche, he sets up a band of robbers. Wild and free, illustrator since 1976, and
There is just one problem: the number of circus visitors is decreasing day by day. and at St Martin’s School of Art just like Robin Hood – and acting with the same sense of justice. They rob from illustrated the German
Nuri wants to change that. But how? He is too scared to swing from the trapeze, in London. Since 1983 she’s been the rich and give to the poor. This is what their archenemy, Count Fuchs von translations of the Harry Potter
and stage makeup makes him break out in a rash. working as a children’s books Kaltental, wants to stop at all costs. And thus, a dangerous cat-and-mouse game series.
author and illustrator. begins…
When Nuri meets Marcela, who is overly confident, the two of them figure out
an unusual and fantastic idea. Soon the circus is filled with children from the
neighbourhood rehearsing with their pets. This will be Nuri’s big number – and
• A brilliant adventure for the whole family about the popular subjects
a new start for the Circus Krambambulani! of knights and outlaws
• This story will entice readers, young and old, into the exciting years
• A book about a modern-day circus, combining magic and real life
of the Middle Ages
• The fascinating subject of circus life enhanced with a dash of
friendship and animal love
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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 5 AND UP AGE 8 AND UP
Pertti Kivinen The Blueberry Detectives series
Tanja Thordsen c. 160 pages / each
With b/w-illustrations by Katrin Engelking
Marc Timmer Age 8 and up
Pertti Kivinen
Island Forest in Danger! (vol. I)
Theo & Friedrichsen
© Nina Stohner
© Silja Becker
Pub. Date: February 2019
TANJA THORDSEN, born in PERTTI KIVINEN is the
128 pages 1974, works as a freelance pseudonym of Friedbert
Reihe Hanser
With 4c-illustrations by Yayo Kawamura creative in the field of visual Stohner. He was born in
Pub. Date: August 2019 art. She also leads team Mit Illustrationen von Katrin Engelking _ 1951 and lives close to the
Age 5 and up development seminars and river Rhine. After many years
painting workshops. She lives in the publishing industry,
A village somewhere in the middle of Finland, located at a lake with a small harbor and an
with her family in a small he now devotes himself to
Honey is always a good choice! impressive number of islands. One of these islands is home to the secret headquarters of the
town in northern Germany. writing.
Blueberry Detectives. The Blueberry Detectives are the wild twin sisters Alma and Selma,
their little brother Samu, Oskari from next door, and the dog Riku.
By the time Friedrichsen, the little bear, opens his eyes in the morning, his best In their first case, the Blueberry Detectives end up on the trail of a sneaky sawmill owner. KATRIN ENGELKING, born
friend Theo is usually already standing under his treehouse, calling: “Are you in 1970, studied illustration
awake yet?” at the Institute for Design in
Hamburg, and since 1994,
Pertti Kivinen
No day passes in which the two of them don’t pursue an adventure together. she has worked as a freelance
This might be planning a picnic down on the river or simply spending a cozy Be Aware of the Ghost Elk! (vol. II) artist. She lives with her
rainy day inside the treehouse. Together they turn every day into an amazing family in Hamburg.
experience. And whenever Theo and Friedrichsen sip cups of hot cocoa in the
© Thomas Lorenzen
Pub. Date: September 2019
evening, weary but happy, they know without a doubt that they are only experi-
encing these adventures because they are the best friends in the world.
Reihe Hanser
• Brief, self-contained stories perfect for reading aloud MARC TIMMER, born in 1972, Mit Illustrationen von Katrin Engelking _
studied in Berlin, England
• For fans of Arnold Lobel’s beloved Frog and Toad and Belgium. He currently Some time has passed since the Blueberry Detectives’ spectacular first case. In
works as a legal and business their latest adventure a rumor is making the rounds about an eery elk that
advisor, and lives with his wife practically dissolves into mist as soon as you try to approach it. The ghost elk
and child on the coast of the is now attracting so many curious tourists that even Hecht, the astonishingly
North Sea. bad, only restaurant in town, is packed at lunchtime. Of course, our detectives
are soon busy with their own investigation, and without any supernatural hocus
pocus, they find themselves on the verge of solving their second case.
YAYO KAWAMURA grew up
between Tokyo and Germany.
For the past fifteen years, she
has been doing exactly what • For fans of the Karlsson, Bullerby, and Famous Five series
she always wanted to do: She • Pertti Kivinen is the pseudonym of the internationally renowned author Friedbert Stohner
illustrates children’s books. She
lives with her family in Berlin. • Soon to come: a third adventure of dtv’s Fab 5!
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AGE 8 AND UP AGE 8 AND UP
Ulrike Rylance Penny Pepper series
c. 150 pages / each title
ENGLPISLH
SAM TEION
Ulrike Rylance All Under Control (vol. I) NSILLAABLE
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Penny Pepper
©Mary Grace Long
Penny would never have dreamt she’d get involved
in her first big case at Flora’s birthday party.
Scoundrels in the Because suddenly Flora’s birthday present—
Dschastin, the cutest dog ever—disappears without
Schoolyard (vol. VIII) trace. And who does Flora accuse of kidnapping
him? Penny, of course!
Rights sold:
ULRIKE RYLANCE was born in
Czech Republic, Greece,
1968 and studied English and
160 pages German literature in Leipzig and Italy, Hungary, Poland,
With b/w-illustrations by Lisa Hänsch
Pub. Date: November 2019
London. She was an assistant Romania, Spain (cast.,
teacher in Wales and
Age 8 and up Manchester, and also taught cat.), Turkey, Ukraine
German to children and adults
There is a thief at Penny’s school. Lunch money and phones keep disappearing.
in London. In 2001 she moved to
Even Ida’s new phone falls victim to the thief when she leaves it in the changing FURTHER TITLES OF THE SERIES:
Hansjörg-Martin-Preis
Seattle, USA, with her husband
room during PE class. The list of potential suspects is actually quite small: Pen- for Crime Fiction 2015:
and two daughters.
ny’s brother Tim, who twisted his ankle and had to limp back to the changing
room; prissy Ivy from the neighboring class; and the Blutbach daughter. Penny Pepper has it all – an
Penny and her detectives are on the case, but all the suspects seem to be inno- intelligent buildup to a grip-
cent. So what should they do now? LISA HÄNSCH was born in 1988.
ping and well-rounded story
She studied design and
complete with fresh and vivid
illustration in Münster and now
graphics that reflect the text’s
• Penny Pepper series: 120,000 copies sold lives in Brühl. As well as
humour and put a fresh spin on
illustrating children‘s books, she
• Tom Gates meets Enid Blyton works as a cartoon illustrator and
it. In short, brilliant stuff!
• 8 titles in the series + an activity book / notebook animator.
• c. 150 pages / title
PRESS ACCLAIMS:
A delightful read for spirited
girls who enjoy a good mystery.
Westfälische Nachrichten
The book is as chaotic and
exuberant as Penny herself.
Schule und Familie
My Top Secret
Detective Notebook
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AGE 8 AND UP AGE 8 AND UP AGE 10 AND UP
Antje Szillat Ulrike Rylance
Henning Nicky’s Secret Notes:
An Elk’s Journey to Happiness Cake and Chaos
©Mary Grace Long
© privatr
ANTJE SZILLAT is a full time ULRIKE RYLANCE was born in
author who has written numer- 1968 and studied English and
104 pages 160 pages
ous books for children, teen- German literature in Leipzig and
With 4c-illustrations by Jan Birck With 4c-illustrations by Silke Schmidt
agers and young readers. Her London. She was an assistant
Pub. Date: October 2019 Pub. Date: August 2019
children’s book series Rick and teacher in Wales and
Age 8 and up Age 10 and up
Fletcher were a huge success. Manchester, and also taught
Szillat lives near Hanover with
A lovesick elk on a road trip her husband and four children. Bad hair days with happy endings: completely normal teen insanity German to children and adults
in London. In 2001 she moved to
Seattle, USA, with her husband
Young Henning, an elk with a TV career, leads what many would consider a Nicky’s notebook holds everything from her chaotic teen life: baking recipes and two daughters.
wonderful life in a German zoo. He is petted and groomed every day, and has JAN BIRCK spent many years that she will eventually publish on her personal vlog (while also trying to win
even become a TV star. If only it weren’t for the lovely Finja back in his distant freelancing for various the heart of Irish exchange student Liam with her baked goods), comments SILKE SCHMIDT was born in
homeland, Sweden! When Henning happens to hear something about her one advertising agencies. Later, he from her best friend Becky, the current status of the bad hair day scale, pasted 1973. She studied literature in
day, he suddenly realizes that he must get back home – to where his heart is. took the world of animation by concert tickets, and all sorts of lists with which Nicky is trying to bring order to Mainz and Edinburgh and fine
And right away, too! storm and went on to carve a her hectic life. arts at the Academy of Arts in
niche for himself in the realm
Berlin. Since then she has been
of children’s and young adults’
In the middle of a day of filming, he rushes away from the set. But it is a long
literature. The winner of the
• For everyone who has grown out of Penny Pepper working as an artist and
way, even too long for a lovesick elk. And thus, Henning decides he needs to illustrator for various magazines,
hitch a ride up north. To do this, he lends an open ear to everyone he Troisdorf Picture Book Award, • With recipes and other creative ideas publishers and companies. She
Jan Birk lives in Munich with his
encounters. And as it turns out, an attentive elk can change his own life after all • Funny, fizzy, with lots of scribbly hand-lettered illustrations lives near Berlin with her family.
– even, if he can’t say anything! wife and two daughters.
• An elk with cult potential - the perfect gift for readers young and
old
• By the successful author & illustrator duo behind Fletcher
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NON-FICTION NON-FICTION
Frank Schwieger History & Mythology series
Birgit Niehaus BIRGIT NIEHAUS was born in c. 250 pages / each title
the upper reaches of northern With b/w-illustrations by Ramona Wultschner
Being First
Germany and studied Romance Age 10 and up
and Hispanic studies, and
Records from the Animal World
language teaching in Hamburg
and Bordeaux. For many years,
I, Zeus, and the Olympic Gang
she was employed in publishing Gods and heroes from Greek Mythology
PR work. Today she lives with
her family in Berlin, where she
Twenty-four episodes from the lives of the
works as an author, translator
greatest Greek heroes and heroines, gods and
and editor.
goddesses–straight from the Trojan Horse‘s
mouth! Each story is complemented by a wit-
©privat
tily illustrated profile of the starring character,
144 pages NICOLE EL SALAMONI detailing their family connections, their likes
With 4c-illustrations by Nicole El Salamoni studied communication design and dislikes and distinguishing features.
FRANK SCHWIEGER was
Pub. Date: July 2019 and was the co-founder of an born in 1968 and grew up in
256 pages
Age 9 and up advertising agency. After Holstein, in the northernmost
Pub. Date: April 2017
spending several years in South region of Germany. He studied
Africa, she decided to dedicate Latin and history, and has
Long-Distance Spies, Speed Spitters, and Disappearing Acts herself completely to her passion
I, Caesar, and the Roman Gang been working as a grammar
and to make illustration her full- school teacher since 1999.
time career. Live from Ancient Rome
Who is faster – the Atlantic sailfish or a windsurfer? Which animals can hear
with their feet? And which species is the noisiest? In this book, Romulus, Caesar and Nero, and RAMONA WULTSCHNER was
their many friends and foes are finally able to born in Heilbronn in 1987. She
The animal world produces unbelievable records and amazing facts. Here they speak for themselves. Live and unvarnished, studied design in Pforzheim
are explained in an amusing manner and presented visually − sometimes in they provide their own versions of history. and works on animated
quiz format, as hidden pictures, or as instructions for personal experimentation. Readers will learn why two best friends had cartoon productions,
to battle each other in a gladiatorial fight, why children’s books and game
Cleopatra allowed herself to be wrapped in a development.
• Flip open, have fun, participate, and be amazed 208 pages rug, and why people should avoid eating geese.
• Facts and information playfully presented and humorously illustrated Pub. Date: March 2018
History & Mythology
• With astonishing facts, records, cross references - also suitable for
series:
reluctant readers
64,000 copies sold
I, Odin, and the Wild Vikings
Gods and heroes tell Nordic legends
Rights sold:
The Nordic myths have been retold with great
frequency, but never before by the gods and Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
heroes themselves! Readers will experience Republic, Greece, Hungary,
first-hand how Odin lost his left eye and how
Thor stole back his hammer from the thieving Poland, PR China,
giant Thrym. Besides that, you will receive Romania, Russia, Turkey
useful tips on the raising of dragons and how
240 pages to pursue adventures on the high seas...
Pub. Date: March 2019
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BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS
Franziska Biermann Jacky Marrone series Uwe Timm Children’s Classics
with illustrations by Axel Scheffler
ING
c. 120 pages / each title BESTSELL R
ATO
ILLUSTR
With 4c-illustrations by the author
Age 6 and up
© Michael Döschner-Apostolidis
ENGLPISLH
SAM TEION
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© Martina van Kann
Jacky Marrone Swift Sydney Snout
In Search of Golden Claw (vol. I) It all begins with a raffle. Little Zuppi wins the first prize – a
piglet. When they move to a house next to a football field,
Pub. Date: August 2018 Daddy becomes groundsman and the pig named Sydney Snout
a successful mascot until the referee shows him the red card and
FRANZISKA BIERMANN studied UWE TIMM was born in
bans him from the pitch.
at the Hamburg College of Hamburg in 1940. After
Design. Since 1999, she has been apprenticing as a furrier and
But then, on a sunny Sunday, he wins not only a mountain of
a successful children’s book completing an academic degree
sausages but also the heart of a very fast pig lady....
author and illustrator. She lives in in philosophy in Munich and
Hamburg with her family. With 4c-illustrations Paris, Timm published his first
Jacky Marrone is a streetwise fox and private detective with an extraordinary knack 164 pages Rights sold: Korea, PR China, Spain (cast., gal.) poems in 1971. Since that time,
for tricky cases. His first case unfolds at breakneck speed: the disappearance of a First published in 1989 he has become one of Germany’s
hen that can lay golden eggs. During his investigation, Jacky Marrone most successful contemporary
authors, and has been awarded
stumbles across not only a hard-boiled super villain, but also across enthusiast Rights sold:
inventor Alice, whose sensational shrinking liquid plays a pivotal role in the The Travelling Mouse the German Children’s Literature
solving of this case. Korea, Spain (cast.), Award.
While searching for crumbs in the Munich train station, a little
Turkey mouse named Steven slips into a train car. This is the start of
AXEL SCHEFFLER is one
an exciting adventure that takes him much farther than just
of the world’s most successful
Switzerland, a cheese lover’s paradise, and Paris, the world’s
Jacky Marrone baguette capital. Onboard a circus-train Steven makes it to
children’s book illustrators.
He was born in Hamburg in
Saves the Three Little Pigs (vol. II) England, too. But even those most fund of travelling eventually
1957, and has worked as a
grow homesick. Which is why Steven embarks on the adven-
freelance illustrator in London
turous way back home.
Pub. Date: October 2018 since completing his studies at
the Bath Academy of Art. His
With 4c-illustrations
Rights sold: English language (UK & Commonwealth), books’ unmistakable, humorous
120 pages Russia, Turkey drawings are loved around
First published in 1981 the world. With The Gruffalo,
published with author Julia
Donaldson, he created a work
The Blackbird Pirate now acknowledged as a modern
Who is behind the Black Phantom that is causing mischief in the city children’s classic. Axel Scheffler
and sending threats to the three little pigs? It would be laughable if Jacky “I’m not a crow, and I’m no rook either. I’m a mynah bird and lives with his family in London.
Marrone, streetwise fox and private detective, couldn’t track down the my name is Padde.” He’s witty and clever; he can roar like a
culprit. After all, he is well-equipped to do so: with super hearing skills, tiger and swear like a sailor. The wily bird has travelled all
a can of spray rope, a vial of shrinking drops, and his new, sensational the way from the Indian jungle to Hamburg. In Schulte’s pet
electrified handcuffs. shop, a little girl names him the Blackbird Pirate because of the
yellow stripe on his head—but she’s not allowed to keep him
and he scares off any lady who might want to buy him with his
• Vol. 1 nominated for the German Children’s Literature Award obscene language and offensive behaviour.
• Fast-paced and humorous children’s mystery with marvelous illustrations
• For fans of Joey Fly, Private Eye by Aaron Reynolds With b/w-illustrations Rights sold: PR China
112 pages
First published in 1991
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BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS
Knut Krüger Quick! series R. T. Acron Ocean City Trilogy
Ocean City floats out on the open sea, a modern, ecologically optimized city
at the turn of the 22nd century − and whoever controls the time administra-
Quick! Save the Mammoth! (vol. I) tion system is in power. A thrilling action series for middle-grade readers.
One day ten-year-old Henry stumbles across
a mound of leaves in the forest – concealed
© Jörn Neumann
Until the Very Last Second (vol. I)
© Heike Bogenberger
underneath it is a primordial creature − a
shaggy little beast from a time long gone; a
In Ocean City everyone’s needs are taken care
frozen dwarf-mammoth! Henry and his best
of at the highest level possible – assuming
friends Finn and Zoe decide to hide it. It’s just ENGLPISLH
SAM TEION that each person works their average twelve-
as well that Henry’s overprotective parents are NSLLAABLE
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hour day. The common currency is not R. T. ACRON is the pseudonym for
away for a few days and his indulgent grandma
KNUT KRÜGER was born in
money, but free time. Misconduct results in Christian Tielmann and Frank Reifenberg,
Scarlett is the only adult around − of course
1966. After studying German
significant time reductions. Hardly anyone two renowned children’s and young
before long Norbert the Mammoth is causing
he went on to work in the book
revolts against the system... until Jackson adult authors, who have a particular
all sorts of chaos and commotion.
trade and publishing industry.
and Crockie discover that they can use instinct when it comes to the needs of
224 pages
He now works as a self-employed
an astonishingly simple trick to crack and teen readers.
Pub. Date: February 2017
author, editor and translator of
manipulate the time administration system.
Age 8 and up 272 pages
English and Scandinavian books.
Quick! Wake Up the Sloth! (vol. II) Knut Krüger lives with his family
Pub. Date: March 2018
Age 10 and up
in Munich.
Finn, Zoe and Henry are more than a little
astonished when one day a sloth swings into In the Rebel Stronghold (vol. II)
the kitchen. Stanley’s charm doesn’t just stem
from his friendly, laid-back demeanor; he is Quick! series: Everyone in Ocean City is hunting for Ocean City Trilogy:
a cunning soccer player (in slow motion, of Jackson and Crockie! However, as the
course), is capable of repeating single words, 40,000 copies sold floating metropolis draws close to the 32,000 copies sold
and seems to possess a built-in lie detector. He mainland, the friends are able to slip away
very quickly becomes part of the family, as well and make it ashore. This is where they need
as the best friend of dwarf mammoth Norbert, to hunt for the banished rebel leader, since
who recently started living with Henry’s family. Rights sold: Poland an organized resistance will be practically
Rights sold:
impossible without his help. However, the France, The Netherlands
192 pages mainland has its own rules and regulations
Pub. Date: April 2018 – and Ocean City’s long arm reaches farther
Age 8 and up than expected.
PRESS ACCLAIMS: 256 pages
Quick! Steal the Llama! (vol. III) Pub. Date: July 2018
Age 10 and up
“In Quick! Save the Mammoth!,
How exciting! Zoe and her two best chums, Knut Krüger spins a loveable
Finn and Henry, have been invited to help out story full of crazy twists. Enter- Hour of Truth (vol. III)
with the production of a children’s film − along taining, funny, and fairly quirky.”
with Norbert the mammoth and Stanley the Frankfurter Neue Presse Jackson and Crockie are back in Ocean
sloth. The sweetest llama baby in the world City, where they get busted sooner than
appears on the film set, but nobody wants the “A lovely book for elementary they’d expected, and they land in jail in the
little creature! They just want to ship it off to students to read to themselves power center underneath the city. Here, the
the zoo. Zoe must intervene! With the little or to read aloud.” insidious game Clark Kellington has been
llama in tow, she suddenly sets off for Italy. A Oberhessische Presse playing with them all along is revealed. He is
great adventure begins. constantly pulling the strings, watching from
“A sweet, funny, and totally a safe distance how the boys behave. The
192 pages imaginative story.” better of the two will become his successor as
Pub. Date: March 2019 Recklinghäuser Zeitung the leader of Ocean City - the other will be
256 pages
Age 8 and up banished.
Pub. Date: February 2019
Age 10 and up
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rights@dtv.de www.dtv.de rights@dtv.de www.dtv.deKLETT KINDERBUCH KLET T KINDERBUCH • AGE 5 AND UP
Tanja Székessy
Mio Was Here!
©privat
TANJA SZÉKESSY, born in 1969,
studied at the Berlin Academy
Klett Kinderbuch of Arts. She is a designer and
With 4c-illustrations by the author illustrator for various periodi-
40 pages cals, including Das Magazin. The
Pub. Date: August 2019 critics responded enthusiastically
to her children’s book 3 Children
and One Day.
Every Child in Their Own World
As the class animal of the first grade, life is never boring for stuffed penguin
Picture Books Mio. Now he is being allowed to spend a night with each of the children in his
class!
The experiences are different everywhere he goes. At Hugo’s house, Mio is al-
Fiction lowed to watch films all night. Marlon already knows how to fix his own supper.
But at the apartment where funny Mayla lives, where there’s lots of hustle and
Non-Fiction bustle, Mio ends up stuck in her satchel.
Fourteen children, fourteen different worlds. Mio experiences fun-filled
evenings, but also witnesses other kinds of interactions. An intriguing tale
which will leave you lots to talk about.
• The diverse lives of those around us presented in pictures packed
with intimate family portraits
• Marvelous illustrations with charming perspectives
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rights@dtv.de www.dtv.de rights@dtv.de www.dtv.deKLET T KINDERBUCH • AGE 5 AND UP / Non-Fiction KLET T KINDERBUCH • AGE 5 AND UP / Non-Fiction
Horst Klein
Monika Osberghaus
Everyone’s Disabled
© private
ENGLPISLH MONIKA OSBERGHAUS, born in
SAM TEION
TR ANVASILLAABLE
1962, worked for years as a
Klett Kinderbuch A
With 4c-illustrations by Horst Klein bookseller and journalist. Since
40 pages 2009, she has been the
Pub. Date: September 2019 publisher at the small
Age 5 and up independent press, Klett
Kinderbuch Verlag. Along with
her husband Thomas Engelhadt,
Anyone who is reading this is disabled! she has written books about
Yes, even you! the Wild Dwarves and the Wild
School Dwarves, as well as the
title In Prison. She lives in Leipzig.
This book brings the bloated division of “challenged” here and “normal” there
to an end. This topic relates to all of us: Anna has Down’s Syndrome, Mareike
is academically gifted, Julien is the the biggest brat who has ever lived, Max is
spastic. And while Sofie rolls her wheelchair to the ice cream shop, Heidi only OTHER TITLES ON THE SAME TOPIC
allows herself to eat a single pickle spear because of her eating disorder. This
book will introduce you to 25 well-known and popular conditions, including
Birte Müller BIRTE MÜLLER was born in
your very own. Anyone who finds themselves frowning in the face of this book 1973. She studied creative arts
suffers from a humor disability! and book illustration in Mexico
Willi’s World and Hamburg, and has been
giving readings and running
• A vibrant resource on the topic of inclusion children’s workshops since she
Klett Kinderbuch
• Humorous, wild, and full of affection © private
With 4c-illustrations by the author
graduated. Her picture books
have been translated into
• Created in collaboration with numerous special children and their parents 32 pages
fourteen languages to date. Birte
Pub. Date: October 2012
• For curious children and readers of Tell Me Age 4 and up
Müller lives in Hamburg with
her husband, her son Willi and
HORST KLEIN, born in 1965, daughter Olivia.
This picture book is bristling with energy – just like Willi! Willi’s world is a strange and
spent his formative years in
alien place, a planet that’s very different from our own. He shows us what really matters to
East Friesland before moving
him, the things he loves and the things he really doesn’t like one bit! It’s quite clear that his
to Krefeld in 1989 to pursue his
is a colourful, wild and exuberant life!
studies in visual communication.
Before he could do that though,
Unrestrained, up-front and loveable: with a combination of clear language and vivid
he had to look up Krefeld in an
imagery, Birte Müller shows us how her son Willi manages to conquer his disabilities.
atlas. He still lives there today Rights sold: PR China,
with his wife and two children,
where he works as an illustrator
Russia, Spain (cast., cat.),
and a graphic designer. Turkey
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rights@dtv.de www.dtv.de rights@dtv.de www.dtv.deDT V – PREVIEW SPRING 2020
Antje Szillat
Holly Himmelblau
Unmagical Friend Wanted
PRELIMINAR
Y Holly lives in Castle Hinkelzuberge in the magical Dark Forest. Bored by the
COVER countless enchanted princesses, sensitive fairies, vain unicorns, outrageous
witches, sorcerers, soothsayers and Co., the witch girl yearns for an absolutely
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unmagical, unwitchy normal best friend.
Isa suddenly appears at the castle, having lost her way back home to the village
With 4c-illustrations by Jan Birck of the Normalos. She catches sight of a unicorn and grows panic-stricken.
144 pages Wow, there she is! At that moment, Holly knows this is her future best friend.
Pub. Date: February 2020 The two of them become friends, but the girls have a hard time hiding the fact
Age 8 and up that Isa is from the human world and does not possess any magical abilities.
Nonetheless, they stick together.
Cally Stronk
Ruby Black – Mysteriously Embarrassing
Ruby wants only two things: to be normal and inconspicuous, and to find
friends. This isn’t all that easy considering her eccentric family and their home
on the edge of a cemetery, which happens to be where her entire family works.
Oma Ottilie gives yoga courses for reconciliation with the dead, Ruby’s father
dtv junior designs caskets, and her mother bakes totally insane death-themed confections
for the cemetery cafe.
With b/w-illustrations
by the author Despite all this, Ruby’s chances have never been better than they are now. She
208 pages has changed schools, and nobody at her new school knows about her crazy
Pub. Date: May 2020 family. And everything goes well at the beginning. Ruby makes friends with
Age 10 and up Milli and Lilli, but they are more than nice. They are always sniffing out secrets
and good stories for their school blog. Of course, Ruby makes a good target...
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