Bloomsbury Berlin - Children's Foreign Rights Catalogue 2008

Children’s Foreign RightsCatalogue 2008

BLOOMSBURYKinderbücher & Jugendbücher

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Ute Krause, born in Berlin in 1960, has lived in Asia, Africa and America, studied at the Munich Film University and hasbeen writing and illustrating children's books for twenty years. Her works have been translated all around the world,adapted for television and won many awards. Her most recent book is Oskar und der sehr hungrige Drache; the cartoonseries Die Moffels is currently in production.

Ute Krause

Can the Monster Come in?

Illustrated by Ute Krause

32 pages, 274 x 245 mm

Hardcover (full-colour illustrations)

Out in February 2008

Age 4 +

Don't let anyone in, mother says before shegoes out. But what's a little boy homealone to do when there really is a knock atthe door and none other than THE MONSTERwants to come in? Sparkling with humourand imagination, Ute Krause invents situa-tions that prepare every child for all kindsof monster visits. Because one thing's forsure: it's never quite safe to play with mon-sters. With great empathy and understanding,Ute Krause approaches children's fear ofbeing alone, opening up an opportunity totalk about these fears with her imaginativeillustrations.

Ute KrauseCan the Monster Come in?

Curtain up for the most

affectionate monster!

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Ute Krause

The Santa Claus Conspiracy

Illustrated by Ute Krause

32 pages, 274 x 245 mm


Out in October 2008

Age 4 +

Ute Krause plays on an age-old children'sfear in her own witty and utterly unconven-tional way: What if Santa doesn't exist?Who brings the presents then? Or mightChristmas actually be called off?

No one would have thought it possible. Butwhen a headline proclaims There's No SuchThing as Santas! everyone believes it. Thegrown-ups, the children - everyone isstunned. There's only one person whorefuses to go along with it: Rupert. Hedecides to look for the Santas, even if hehas to go all the way to the South Seas.Because Christmas just can't be cancelled!

Ute KrauseThe Santa Claus Conspiracy

Santas in the South Seas? Ute Krause recounts an incredibly funny Christmas adventure.

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Andrea Meier lives in Zurich with her husband and two daughters. She is a filmmaker and journalist, making reports andfilms for ARTE and Swiss television, and presents a regular cultural show on the 3Sat channel. She invented Princess Mefor her daughters Louisa and Youna, and for all the stubborn children and grownups in the world.

Andrea Meier

Princess Me

Illustrated by Andrea Meier

32 pages, 209 x 198 mm



Age 4 +

With cheeky rhymes and fancy illustrations– the most unconventional book ever onthe subject of sharing! Princess Me is a veryheadstrong little princess. She wants every-thing for herself, collecting up dolls, ani-mals and lollipops, with piles of toysmounting higher and higher until even themoon and stars end up in her castle. Butnone of these things make her happy. It'sonly when the cool kicker Moritz turns upthat she realizes what she could do with allthose lovely toys.

Andrea MeierPrincess Me

Once there was a selfishchild, her name wasPrincess Me. Her toysand presents were allpiled as high as youcould see.

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Stefanie Clemen / Kathatrina Hagena

Floribunda

32 pages, 274 x 245 mm


Out in September 2008

Age 4 +

In the garden, FloribundaThinking all alone,Wonders what on earth is underThat great big hard grey stone?

Is there a monster under thereGreen, with a big fat tummy?Floribunda wouldn't care:A purple one would be funny.

Floribunda just has to find out what'shidden under the stone lying around inher garden. She musters all her strength,pushes it aside and finds something very,very special…

Stefanie Clemen / Katharina Hagena Floribunda

Stefanie Clemen grew up in Solingen and studied in Essen (Folkwang). She has been illustrating for numerous maga-zines, design firms and agencies since 1995. In her Hamburg laboratory, Prof. Clem carries out daily experiments in defy-ing reality, in which she also met Dr. Hagena. More gruesome details at: www.stefanieclemen.de

Katharina Hagena, born in Karlsruhe, studied English and German literature, and has taught at Trinity College Dublin andthe University of Hamburg. She is now a writer and lives in Hamburg with her family. Her novel Der Geschmack vonApfelkernen was published in spring by Kiepenheuer & Witsch.

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Ingo Schulze was born in Dresden in 1962, studied classical philosophy in Jena and then worked in Altenburg as a play-wright and newspaper editor. He has lived in Berlin since 1993. Ingo Schulze's books have been translated into 25 lan-guages.

Julia Penndorf studied Graphic Design and Illustration in Leipzig and Prague. Mr Augustin is her first book for children.

Ingo Schulze

Mr Augustin

Illustrated by Julia Penndorf

32 pages, 274 x 245 mm


Out in August 2008

Age 4 +

'My pleasure,' Mr Augustin always says inhis friendly way, raising his hat - if he hasn'tforgotten it as usual. Sometimes MrAugustin forgets his umbrella too, or howto do his shirt and coat up properly. Whenthe children laugh at him he gets veryangry. And one day Mr Augustin even forgets not to throw stones at children.But luckily, Mr Augustin meets Clara andlearns how to be friends - and from thenon, the world looks very different …

Ingo Schulze Mr Augustin Illustrated by Julia Penndorf

A contemplativestory aboutloneliness andthe gift offriendship.

Ingo Schulze'svery first children's book

Franziska Biermann

Feodora’s Up to Something!

32 pages. Hardcover.

165 x 220mm


Age 2+

Sold to: Korea, Japan, Greece

Franziska BiermannFeodora’s Up to Something!

Have you ever met Feodora? No? Well then, it’sabout time! This adorable piglet has pretty bigplans. With rosy cheeks, a fat red bow in herhair and bursting with energy, Feodora is set onmaking it happen. Today she has a very specialplan. But unfortunately, on a day like this, lotsof little obstacles can get in a piglet’s way: First,she discovers a cocoa stain on her favouritedress. Then, her sandwich just won’t seem tofit into her lunchbox ... But luckily, Feodoraknows just what to do, always finding a delight-ful and clever solution for her problems.One thing’s for sure: there’s a lot to learn froma pig like Feodora.

Miss Piggy will boil overwith rage:The adorable Feodora isthe new star piglet!

Maxim BillerAda’s Biggest Wish Illustrated by Sybille Hein

Maxim Biller

Ada’s Biggest Wish

Illustrated by Sybille Hein

32 Pages. Hardcover

Fiction


Age 2+

Sold to: UK, USA, Korea

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When Ada comes home from school one day, she discovers that Hannibal, her little cat, hasvanished. Ada looks for him everywhere,behind the washing machine, under thekitchen table, in Daddy’s desk drawer, even on TV – but Hannibal no longer seems toexist. Now what if Hannibal was never morethan an imaginary cat? What if Ada longed fora cat so desperately that she made him up?Then it’s Ada’s birthday ...

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Silke Lambeck, trained as a journalist and has worked as a freelance newspaper and magazine writer for more than tenyears. She was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize in 2001. She lives in Berlin with her family.

Karsten Teich is a graduate of the Academy of Arts in Kassel. He moved to Berlin in 1996 with his family, working as anillustrator for various publishers, magazines and dailies. He is one of the most sought after illustrators in the Germanspeaking countries.

Silke Lambeck

The Return of Mr Röslein

Illustrated by Karsten Teich

160 pages, 123 x 204 mm

Hardcover (two-colour illustrations)


Age 6 +

Moritz is waiting and waiting for Mr Rösleinto come back, his friendly neighbour withthe grey ponytail and mysterious magicalskills, when he suddenly witnesses a kid-napping. But who will believe him if he tellsthem he saw through his magic telescopethat Pippa the ice cream seller was kid-napped in the Grey Suburb? He can't evenreally tell his best friends Ole and Lili. ButMoritz can't just do nothing, because hemight be the only one who can help Pippa.About time for Mr Röslein to come back...

Silke LambeckThe Return of Mr Röslein Illustrated by Karsten Teich

Fiction

Silke Lambeck

Mr. Röslein

Illustrated by Karsten Teich


123 x 204 mm

Two-coloured illustrations


Age 6+

Sold to: France, Korea

At long last, MrRöslein is backfrom his missionto Cappadokia!Just in time tohelp Moritz solvean exciting kid-napping case.

'Thank goodnessfor the wonderfulMr Röslein!' Focus

'Genius: KarstenTeich's happilydynamic illustra-tions.' LiterarischeWelt

'A book that makes you happy.' NZZ

'A perfect mix of fantastic feeling andmodern everyday life.' Financial Times

'Silke Lambeck has hit the spot.' Eselsohr

'Just great.' titel-magazin

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Maxim Biller

One Crazy Morning

Illustrated by Vitali Konstantinov

40 pages, 165 x 220 mm

Hardcover (four-colour illustrations)

Out in March 2008

Age 6 +

Who hasn't dreamed of a fairy godmother, agenie in a bottle or a magical wish box? InOne Crazy Morning, Maxim Biller makes thatancient wish come true for dreamers youngand old. One morning, while her parentsare still asleep, Bella flicks through her bookof magic spells. What shall she magic upfor herself today? Roasted chestnuts in twominutes? No, that'd be better in the winter.Should she turn a hammer into a screwdriv-er? Or a horse into a zebra? Doesn't soundall that exciting, does it? Bella is just aboutto put the book down when she finds some-thing after all: 'Conjure up a wish box,young friend, and you'll never wish for any-thing again!' Bella recites the magic spell -and from one second to the next, the wishbox appears. It's pink and see-though andseems to be able to grant Bella's everywish...

Maxim BillerOne Crazy MorningIllustrated by Vitali Konstantinov

'Conjure up a wish

box, young friend,

and you'll never

wish for anything

again!'

Maxim Biller, born in Prague in 1960, has lived in Germany since 1970. He writes novels and short stories. In 2003,Bloomsbury K&J published his picture book Adas größter Wunsch, illustrated by Sybille Hein.

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Malin Schwerdtfeger, born in 1972, studied Jewish Studies and Islam Studies in Berlin. She won a prize in the renownedKlagenfurt literary competition for her short story Fell und Federn in 2000. The Pumpkin Queen is her first book for chil-dren.

Isabel Pin, born in Versailles in 1975, writes and illustrates picture books for French and German publishers. She hasreceived numerous awards and lives in Berlin with her family.

Malin Schwertdfeger

The Pumpkin Queen

Illustrated by Isabel Pin

ca. 40 pages, 160 x 220 mm


Out in October 2008

Age 6 +

Malin Schwerdtfeger retells an old Japaneselegend, a story capturing the entire magicand wisdom of the land of the rising sun.

At a time when people and spirits still livedtogether, there was once a sorcerer. A bluebutterfly always flew ahead of him, and thepeople were afraid of him. And there was aking who loved growing pumpkins. Therewas one pumpkin to which King Malkodevoted all his love and care. He wanted itto grow as big as an elephant. But one dayhe heard a loud knocking sound frominside the pumpkin. He gathered his courtaround him, but no one could explain theknocking. And so he called for the fearedsorcerer…With great elegance, Malin Schwerdtfegerretells this Japanese legend and whisks usaway into a world of sorcerers, transforma-tions and pumpkin spirits, a world of fareastern magic.

Malin Schwerdtfeger The Pumpkin Queen Illustrated by Isabel Pin

A Japanese legendfull of far easternmagic

Fiction

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Gert Scobel is has authored various TV documentaries and presented the culture magazine Kulturzeit on the Austrian 3satchannel up to 2008. His new programme is called Scobel. He has won numerous awards for his journalism. In 2007,Bloomsbury K&J published the children's book Die Plühms bekommen ein Baby, written by Gert Scobel and his daughterCharlotte Fröhlich.

Ayano Imai was born in England in 1980 and moved to Japan at the age of seven. She studied Japanese painting in Tokyo. In 2007, Bloomsbury K&J published her book Das 108. Schaf.

Gert Scobel

Niklas

Illustrated by Ayano Imai

ca 40 pages, 165 x 200 mm

Hardcover ( two-colour illustrations)

Out in October 2008

Age 6 +

Since his dog Lola died, nothing can makelittle Niklas happy any more. Everything isimmersed in sadness. Even playing with hisfriends is not the same. The ground looksdarker than usual, the rain is rainier, andhis good shoes pinch his toes when heruns. When he wanders all alone aroundthe park where he always used to play withLola, Niklas wonders whether you can for-get how to see beauty. Then one day, hecomes across an old man. Every day, hesits on his own on a bench and blinks atthe sun or stares into the snow. Ever sogradually, the two of them make friends,and talking to him, Niklas learns to under-stand and overcome his grief.

Gert Scobel Niklas Illustrated by Ayano Imai

Inspired byJapanese philosophy,Gert Scobel tells apoetic story of a little boy who learnsto rediscover beautyand the meaning of the world. Withdelightful illustra-tions by theJapanese artistAyano Imai.

Meet the Plühm family – Papa Plühm and Mama Plühmand their two daughters, Marleen and Franziska.Gert Scobel and Charlotte Fröhlich

The Plühm Family Is Having a Baby

Illustrated by Marine Ludin


123 x 204 mm

Age 6+

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Martin Baltscheit was born in Düsseldorf in 1965. After studying communication design in Essen, he has been a theatreplayer, a comic illustrator, presenter, speaker, author and illustrator. He lives in Düsseldorf. In 2007, Bloomsbury K&J pub-lished his children's book Zarah, co-written with Zoran Drvenkar.

Ulf K. was born in Oberhausen in 1969. After studying communication design in Essen and one semester in Paris, henow lives with his family in Düsseldorf. In 2004 Ulf K. won the Max and Moritz Prize for the best German-language comicillustrator.

Martin Baltscheit

Little Mr Paul

Illustrated by Ulf K.

32 pages, 165 x 220 mm



Age 6 +

New stories from the delightful amateurphilosopher Little Mr Paul loved by youngand old, who teaches us to see the worldthrough different eyes.

Little Mister Paul is little. Everyone else isbigger than him.The table is bigger, the chairs, the cup-boards, the cars, the houses, the people.Sometimes little Mister Paul would like tobe bigger.And little Mister Paul isn't strong either.Everyone else is stronger than him. He'snot a hero - everyone else is braver thanhim. But he wouldn't be little Mister Paul if he didn't realise in the end what reallycounts in life…

Martin BaltscheitLittle Mr Paul Illustrated by Ulf K.

The world is full ofwonders for littleMister Paul.

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Zoran Drvenkar

JanBenMax

Illustrated by Tine Schwarz

208 pages, 123 x 204mm



Age 6 +

It's that time again. It's Wednesday, andmum looks at her watch and gets a shock:'Oops, time to go!' Every mother needs anhour or so to herself every now and then,after all. As soon as mum's gone, Mrs.Metzler from upstairs comes down to keepan eye on Jan, Ben and Max. And as soonas Mrs. Metzler sits down on the sofa anddrinks a sip of coffee, she falls asleep. Andthen the mini-telephone in Jan's ear rings,and the top-secret HQ sends one of itsurgent missions for the three brothers.Once they had to rush straight to Mexico,and once even to the edge of the world. Themission is never easy, but always exciting,and luckily JanBenMax have plenty of experi-ence, courage and imagination…

Zoran DrvenkarJanBenMaxIllustrated by Tine Schwarz

Zoran Drvenkar was born in Croatia in 1967, and moved to Berlin with his parents at the age of three. He has been a free-lance writer since 1989, and now lives in an old mill outside Berlin.

Nominated for the German Children’s Book Prize 2008!

Zoran Drvenkar

Paula and the Lightness of Being

Illustrated by Peter Schössow


123 x 204 mm

Age 8 +

Sold to: Korea

Zoran Drvenkar

Zarah. You Aren’t Afraid, Are You?

Illustrated by Martin Baltscheit


190 x 180 mm

Age 6 +

Sold to: Spain, Korea

What really hap-pens when yourparents pop outfor an hour or so,and the babysitterfinally falls asleep.

Katja Henkel

Heaven Can Wait!


144 Pages. Hardcover

Fiction

Pub. Date: October 2005

Age 6 +

Sold to: Italy, Spain, Korea

France

Katja HenkelHeaven Can Wait! Illustrated by Sybille Hein

The first Christmas without Grandma Lotte is approaching. Julian und Greta miss theirGrandma terribly, and Michael, Mom’s newboyfriend, does not make things any better. But then one day, Greta has an idea: If thetwo children were awfully bad, GrandmaLotte, gazing down from her cloud, wouldrealize how much her grandchildren missedher and return to Earth. So Julian and Gretamisbehave as much as they possibly can. Butwhy doesn’t Grandma Lotte come back?

Julian decides to fetch her from Heaven onhis own. His dangerous plan almost goeswrong, but he is saved in the nick of time byGreta, Michael and Gustav VII, GrandmaLotte’s personal angel...

This time, a little girl named Lina is in desperate need of an angel’s assistance sinceshe has forgotten how to laugh. Lina is thenew kid at school, and she still hasn’t madeany friends. Besides, does she really feel likeall those health-food sandwiches, yoga les-sons and kneesocks her parents shower herwith? Thank goodness there are two angels inHeaven who are terribly bored just floatingaround doing nothing. Gustav VII. and Agathaare more than delighted to travel down toEarth and cheer Lina up. Which turns out tobe quite tricky, though.

But Agatha comes up with a great idea: Shearranges for Lina to meet her grown-up self,Caro. For Caro is happy – and just might havesome good advice for Lina...

Katja HenkelLina’s Smile Illustrated by Sybille Hein

Katja Henkel

Lina’s Smile


Ca. 288 pages. Hardcover.

Pub Date September 2007

Age 10 +

A touching and funny tale of two grandchildren wholearn that letting go of a loved one is sometimes theonly way to hold on.

Welcome back, Gustav VII., the lovably grouchy angelfrom Heaven Can Wait!

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Gila Lustiger grew up in Frankfurt am Main, studied in Israel and has been a freelance author living in Paris since 1987.Her novel So sind wir was shortlisted for the German Book Prize in 2005. Gila Lustiger has two children and a cat.

Gila Lustiger

Mr Grinberg & Co.

A Story about Happiness

Illustrated by Vitali Konstantinov

160 pages, 123 x 204 mm


Out in March 2008

Age 10 +

This novel is all about happiness, a goodshock, sticky-out ears, a mysterious book,and of course the power of friendship andthe magic of love. With playful sleight ofhand, Gila Lustiger makes readers youngand old laugh and think, taking them by thehand for a walk through the world of ques-tions. Mathilda likes poking her little freck-led turned-up nose into other people'sbusiness, and has an opinion about every-thing. Someone has to help Paul, who isgrieving for his beloved grandmother. AndMr Grinberg, the neighbour who alwayssits on the bench under the horse chestnuttree reading the newspaper with his dogHolstein, doesn't look exactly happy either.He doesn't even notice the kids all aroundhim! Mathilda knows right away: some-thing has to happen…

Gila LustigerMr Grinberg & Co Illustrated by Vitali Konstantinov

A philosophicalnovel for everyonewho is still amazedby the world andall that's in it

BOLLE and the FOOTBALL PITCH GANG

Christina Bacher / Ulrich Noller

BOLLE and the FOOTBALL

PITCH GANG

The Dead Bike

Illustrated by Birgit Jansen

144 pages, 123 x 204 mm


Out in March 2008

Age 8 +

The Dead BikeChristina Bacher / Ulrich Noller

Vladi, from Tajikistan, is new in Cologne, andgets in trouble with Michi Mense and hisgang the very first time he explores the neigh-bourhood. A shady character offers to sellVladi a really nice red bike - but Vladi can'tafford it. His first day at school is a night-mare, but luckily he meets Laura, who's notonly friendly but very pretty as well. WhenVladi is accused of stealing the red bike, Michisees a chance to step up his bullying. Kevinand Sema don't trust the new boy at first,especially as he was seen with stolen goods.

With the help of the kids from the asylumseekers' home, the gang kicks off an exhilarat-ing chase in Turkish, Russian, Tajik, Germanand French - in the middle of Cologne.

Laura's parents are splitting up - and hermum is heavily pregnant! Laura's whole worldis falling apart - she skips school, wandersaround town and comes across a circus.Mirko, the circus boy, shows her all the ani-mals, including the baby elephant Rahidan,who Laura falls in love with straight away. Bythe time she gets back the next disaster hashappened - Laura's dad has moved out andMissy the cat is missing too. Laura decides torun away from home and join the circus. Butthen the baby elephant is kidnapped. Is therea link between the two missing animals?

Have they been stolen for cruel experiments?Laura lets Kevin, Sema and Vladi into thesecret - a new case for Bolle and the FootballPitch Gang!

The Elephant Coup Christina Bacher / Ulrich Noller



PITCH GANG

The Elephant Coup


144 pages, 123 x 204 mm


Out in March 2008

Age 8 +

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BOLLE and the FOOTBALL PITCH GANG 17Fiction

The authors Christina Bacher and Ulrich Noller live and work in Cologne, right where the stories are set. Christina Bacher is a writer and journalist, editor of a crime fiction calendar and Germany's longest-running homeless people'smagazine. Along with Ulrich Noller, she developed and writes the hr2-Domino Mini Crime series Bolle and the Football PitchGang; they also co-edit a crime fiction yearbook together.

Ulrich Noller is a journalist, editor and presenter, a judge for the German Crime Fiction Award, and works mainly for the WDRpublic broadcasting corporation. Bloomsbury K&J has published the family book Das Haus-Buch, which he wrote withStephanie Busch. The two authors and the illustrator and graphic designer Birgit Jansen hold regular top-secret meetings intheir part of Cologne.

The illustrator and graphic designer Birgit Jansen studied in Münster and Mexico and now lives just around the corner inCologne.



PITCH GANG

The Character Assassination


144 pages, 123 x 204 mm


Out in July 2008

Age 8 +

As quiet as he usually seems, Kevin - aliasNivek - lets it all out in his podcasts.'Sleepless at Sunset' is cult! No one realis-es that the podcast is Kevin's work, noteven the Football Pitch Gang - and Kevin'sdad is starting to worry about his sonalways disappearing into his room afterdinner. When Imran from 9a vanishes andsends a mysterious postcard with a cry forhelp, Kevin, Laura, Sema and Wladi set outin search of the 'poetry slam king numberone'. Was Imran kidnapped after his showat the cultural centre? Is he behind thecharacter assassination on checkme.com?And who in the world is Nivek, who knowsevery detail of the case? When someonethreatens to run amok and the school isevacuated, Kevin knows what he has to do:he reveals his alter ego and faces a surpriseof his own!

The Character AssassinationChristina Bacher / Ulrich Noller

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Martina Wildner was born in the Allgäu region in 1968. Following several semesters of Islamic Studies in Erlangen, shemoved on to study Graphic Design in Nuremberg. Her first two books for young people, Liebe Isolde and Jede MengeSternschnuppen, which won the Peter Härtling Prize, were published in 2003. Bloomsbury K&J published her novel for youngpeople Michelles Fehler in 2006. Martina Wildner is a freelance painter and author, and lives in Berlin with her family.

Martina Wildner

Murus

416 pages, 135 x 215 mm

Hardcover

with black/white illustrations

Out in March 2008

Age 12 +

The world in the year 2371 is divided by awall. Fourteen-year-old Jojo lives on theright of the wall in a crumbling city, wherethere is barely enough to eat and maraud-ing gangs rule the roost. For a while now,he's been wondering what's over there onthe other side. He is no longer content withhis foster mother Agathe's explanationsthat there is a void on the other side, andthe wall stops people from falling in. ButJojo is alone with his questions, as mostpeople are only interested in bare survival -until one day, Jojo finds a girl asleep out-side his front door, who poses all kinds ofenigmas. Gradually, Jojo realizes that Lottemust come from the other side, and thewall might well be a danger forhumankind...

Martina WildnerMurus

An up-tempo thriller,a crazy vision ofthe future and asinister parable

Fiction

FOCUS Best Book List February 2007: 'A fast-paced novel for young readers.'

'A witty, exciting and turbulent reading adventure with a serious background for hungry readers ages 12 and over.' BIBLIO

'We live in a divided city. In earlier times people thought dividing a city was a terrible thing that had to be overcome as soon as possible, but nowadays we see division as the natural state ofthings: The Binary as the True Unity.'

Martina Wildner

Michelle’s Mistakes


Fiction

Pub. Date: August 2006

Age 14 +

Sold to: Japan

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Bettina Obrecht was born in Lörrach in 1964 and studied English and Spanish. She works as a writer, translator and radio edi-tor, and has received several awards for her short fiction and poetry. She has been writing books for children and young peoplesince 1994, and has since 'written her way into the ranks of important children's book authors' (Eselsohr).

Bettina Obrecht

Isolated

304 pages, 135 x 215 mm

Hardcover

Out in August 2008

Age 14 +

Just imagine you came back from the perfect holiday - sun, sand and palm trees.But a dangerous virus had broken outwhere you were staying. For you and twothousand other holidaymakers, that meansquarantine, no contact to the outside worldfor forty days. You are isolated. Surveillancecameras are installed in your home.Anyone can get the access code. From nowon, you are watched over by millions ofeyes, for the protection of the general public. From one day to the next, a new crazebreaks out: 'surveillance'. Rosalie is 16 anddoesn't actually watch much TV, but shesoon realizes anyone who doesn't flickthrough the 'cases' is left on the shelf. Theonly strange thing is, it's not TV, it's real.On the other hand, who's to say the wholething isn't just a huge media show?

Bettina ObrechtIsolated

A scarily goodnovel about ourworld under Big Brother, as entertaining as frightening.

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Ulrich Renz, born in 1960, started his working life as a doctor, going on to run a scientific publishing house. He has beena freelance writer since 1998. Alongside his children's detective novels, Ulrich Renz writes mainly non-fiction. Ulrich Renzlives with his family in Lübeck.

Ulrich Renz

Hunting Giant Blue

208 pages, 135 x 215 mm

Hardcover

with black/white illustrations

Out in July 2008

Age 12 +

MM can't believe it. There's been a break-in at the institute where her father, thefamous computer expert, works. 'GiantBlue', the world's fastest computer, hasbeen stolen! Who is behind the crime?What do the thieves want with the comput-er? The police have no clues, and MM,Motte, JoJo, Simon and Ute launch theirown investigation. When they finally pickup a lead, it's one of the kids themselveswho puts them all into deadly danger...

Ulrich RenzHunting Giant Blue

Fiction

'A page-turner full of emotions.' Aachener Nachrichten on Auf der Spur der Erpresser

More about the author on www.ulrichrenz.de

Breathtaking detective novel, but also a heart-warming story offriendship, betrayaland reconciliation.

Ulrich Renz

Hunting Giant Blue

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Stephanie Busch is a psychologist and works as a freelance writer and journalist. Her book Don’t be afraid of the pediatrician (co-authored by Ulrich Noller) was published in 2007. Stephanie lives in Cologne with her daughter.

Ulrich Noller is a journalist, book editor and radio presenter with the Westdeutsche Rundfunk. He writes stories for children and teenagers, among which is his famous adventure series Bolle and the ‘Bolzplatz’-Gang, a successful radioplay broadcast for many years now. Ulrich Noller has two children and lives in Cologne.

Monika Horstmann was born in 1969. She studied communication design, illustration and book design in Hamburg. In2002 she began working at the Hamburg-based Studio Amaldi with seven other illustrators. Monika is an illustrator forvarious publishers and agents.

The House-Book

The World In 17 Rooms

Furnished by Stephanie Busch and

Ulrich Noller

Illustrated by Monika Horstmann

312 pages. Hardcover

220 illustrations


Age 10+

Sold to: Korea, Poland

This is a book which houses a world ofknowledge and it makes us feel at homefrom the very first page. Come in and findout more about greeting rituals, supplycontainers, secret hiding places, and gym-nastics exercises. Explore the history of thewashing machine, and the meaning of philosophy. Wander around and you’llencounter plenty of subjects and scientificfields. From the study to the pantry, fromthe basement to the forbidden room in theattic, from the library to the workshop –each room is the starting point for anunique expedition. A book for curious readers! Look around and discover themost wondrous, fascinating, important andpeculiar things. And if you want to find outmore, open the door to the next room, toanother world of knowledge.

The world in the shape of a house, a housefilled with many worlds. This is a myste-rious and yet welcoming mansion that invites you to explore its countless rooms.

Stephanie Busch / Ulrich Noller The House-Book Illustrated by Monika Horstmann

1. An exciting worldof knowledge

2. A book for thewhole family

3. Innovativeapproach andimaginative design

Non-Fiction

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Monika Schatz is a trained teacher, and has been a passionate cat and dog owner since her childhood.

Thorsten Schatz is a journalist and author and has lived with a budgie, a cat and a poodle.

Thomas Duffé is a photographer and has a cat.

Monika Schatz / Thorsten Schatz /

Thomas Duffé

Buy Me a Buffalo!

A handbook for choosing your pet

104 pages, 170 x 215 mm



Age 8 +

A dog, a cat, a horse, or maybe a guineapig?

Buy Me a Buffalo! gives great tips on choos-ing the right pet. Almost every child wantsa pet at some point. In five sections ondogs, cats, rodents, fish and birds, thisbook helps them make the right choice.Children can see their own wishes andideas reflected in reports by other children,picking up important hints. They learn whatthey have to know about looking after a petand what jobs they will have to do, givingthem a responsible role in deciding on aspecific pet. Plus, parents get plenty of use-ful tips on questions such as: What doesmy child need? How much responsibilitycan she or he already take on? How will apet support my child's development?Which animal is suitable for which age?With lots of examples, numerous info-boxes and photos, Buy Me a Buffalo! is apractical and entertaining pet handbook forthe whole family.

M. Schatz /T. Schatz / T. DufféBuy me a Buffalo!

1. Valuable tips forthe whole family

2. First-handreports from children

3. Clearly written,attractively designed

Non-Fiction

23Non-Fiction

Katrin Hahnemann studied literature, theatre studies and journalism. She has worked in theatre and for the radio showOhrenbär. She is now an author and lives in Berlin.

Uwe Mayer is an illustrator, and lives in England and Germany. He has illustrated countless children's books for leadingBritish publishers.

Katrin Hahnemann

Mahatma Gandhi

Illustrated by Uwe Mayer

104 pages, 170 x 215 mm

Hardcover (with photos and two-colour

illustrations)

Out in March 2008

Age 8 +

What is justice? What does peace mean? What is courage?

Mahatma Gandhi found answers to difficultbut very important questions, which everychild asks. Katrin Hahnemann gives youngreaders a picture of a person whose fightfor non-violence is as justified today as itever was. Mahatma Gandhi was a fighterfor India's freedom. He became worldfamous because he fought his battles bypeaceful means without violence, and stillachieved his aims. But what was Gandhilike as a child? How did the shy young boywho couldn't speak in public become aman who led millions of people and see-med to have no fear at all? KatrinHahnemann helps young readers to under-stand Gandhi, his fascinating life, his coun-try and his time. She shows them a manwhose strengths and weaknesses they canidentify with. Children see that the reallystrong people are those who can achievethings without violence.

Katrin HahnemannMahatma Gandhi Illustrated by Uwe Mayer

'My life is mymessage.' Mahatma Gandhi

Susanna Partsch /

Rosemarie Zacher

How Rembrandt & Co.

painted Themselves

80 pages.

40 coloured illustrations

Out in October 2007

Age 8+

RembrandtSusanna Partsch / Rosemarie Zacher

In lively, easy-to-follow language, SusannaPartsch and Rosemarie Zacher introduce children to important themes and currents in art history, including fun instructions forputting their new knowledge into practice.

In Mirror, mirror on the wall, the authorsdemonstrate how Rembrandt did his self-portraits by looking into a mirror and studyinghis own face, and how he painted himselfagain and again throughout his entire life.Children learn how to alter the look of a faceby a slight variation of eyebrows or lips, andhow to paint over a photograph, turning itinto a character sketch.

Artists of the Moment is about Monet’s dis-solution of form, the effects of light, and howartists capture a single moment’s impression.Children learn how to mix colour nuances,and to create an impressionistic landscapefrom tiny dots of paint.

Forthcoming: Dürer, Rubens, HieronymusBosch, van Gogh, Chagall, Picasso, Miró,Giacometti, Niki de Saint Phalle, Klee,Duchamp, Tinguely

MonetSusanna Partsch / Rosemarie Zacher

Susanna Partsch / Rosemarie

Zacher

How Monet & Co.

discovered Colours

80 pages.

40 coloured illustrations

Ou in October 2007

Age 8+

Non-Fiction 24 Knowing About Art

25Non-FictionKnowing About Art

Susanna Partsch was born in 1952. She holds a degree in art history, ethnology and education from the University ofHeidelberg. In 1985, she began her career a freelance writer. Her book House of Art won the German Youth LiteraturePrize in 1998.

Rosemarie Zacher was born in 1966. She studied art education and art history and works as freelance artist, illustratorand museum educator. Her book Munichs’ castles for children was published in 2002.

Susanna Partsch / Rosemarie Zacher

The Dream of Flight. How Leonardo &

Co. built Flying Machines

Approx. 72 pages. Hardback

Numerous colour illustrations

Out in March 2008

Age 8 +

In The Dream of Flight, Susanna Partschand Rosemarie Zacher tell us all aboutLeonardo da Vinci's famous flyingmachines, which he drew and preciselydesigned, but never built. Even today,artists are still putting their dreams of flightinto visions of freedom and floating, goingbeyond the laws of physics. In this bookchildren learn how important it is toobserve nature carefully to invent flyingmachines, even if they are only tiny models.

da VinciSusanna Partsch / Rosemarie Zacher

1. The most important art subjects

2. A book for the whole family

3. For experimenting and trying out at home

Karin Hasselblatt /

Sonja Wagenbrenner

Everything You Always Wanted

To Know About China

Illustrated by Antje von Stemm


25 black-and-white illustrationss

Out in March 2008

Age 10+

About ChinaHasselblatt / Wagenbrenner

Why is China called the 'Empire of the Middle'?How do Chinese characters work? This book provides the answers to these andmany more questions. Is everything really different in China? China specialists are in demand - and you canbecome an expert with this book!

About The Ancient WorldKai Brodersen

Kai Brodersen


To Know About Ancient World



25 illustrations

Out in August 2007

Age 10+

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Did you know- how beautiful was Cleopatra in reality?- what was Rome fashion like?- what did Pizza taste like in ancient times?- how did the ancients celebrate?- how many ancient names do we still usetoday?

Everything You Always Wanted To Know

Everything You Always Wanted To Know

Roland Knauer /

Kerstin Viering

Everything You've Always Wanted

to Know about Weather and

the Climate


128 pages, Hardcover

25 black-and-white illustrations

Out in October 2008

Age 10 +

Roland Knauer /

Kerstin Viering

Everything You've

Always Wanted to

Know about Weather

and the Climate

About Weather and the ClimateRoland Knauer / Kerstin Viering

Did you know that toads really do fall from thesky instead of rain sometimes? And it's a factthat in Central Europe, Saturdays really do haverainier and colder weather than other days ofthe week. And the sun really does shine moreoften on Mondays. But in general, climatechange looks unavoidable. And that doesn'tjust mean more nice hot sunny days, but alsomore insects. Maybe there'll be more thunder-storms? And where do thunder and lightningcome from anyway? Where is there more light-ning, in the city or the countryside? Or even onfootball pitches? On 10 July 2005, a whole foot-ball team was struck by lightning on the pitch.

And just in case, there's also a quick trick forworking out fairly exactly how far off a stroke oflightning is.

About Animals About Pop MusicRoland Knauer / Michael Fuchs-Gamböck / Kerstin Viering Thorsten Schatz

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Roland Knauer / Kerstin Viering


To Know About Animals



32 black-and-white illustrationss


Age 10+

Michael Fuchs-Gamböck /

Thorsten Schatz


To Know About Pop Music





Age 10+

Behind thescenery of theanimal world.

All about popmusic – history,background, stars.

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Wolfgang Korn, born in 1958, works as a science journalist and writer in Hanover. He writes for newspapers and maga-zines (including GEO and Die Zeit). His most recent book was Detektive der Vergangenheit. Expeditionen in die Welt derArchäologie (Bloomsbury K & J 2007).

Wolfgang Korn

My Red Fleece Jacket

A small story about big globalization

ca. 192 pages, 135 x 215 mm

Hardcover (with two-colour illustrations)

Out in August 2008

Age 10 +

The author takes us along on the adventur-ous journey of his fleece jacket around theworld, showing us how globalization effectspeople's lives. We read about the rich peo-ple in Dubai who sell the crude oil for thefleece material and have built themselvesan indoor ski slope in the middle of thedesert. About the poor people inBangladesh forced to put up with the toughworking life of the textiles industry - butdreaming of a better life. About the hugecontainer ships that criss-cross the oceans.About the author in Europe, who throwsthe fleece jacket in the old clothes contain-er after two years. And about theSenegalese man Adrame who finally wearsthe fleece jacket, floating on a tiny fishingboat in the Atlantic with other refugees.

My Red Fleece Jacket shows the backgroundand links behind globalization, giving animpressive illustration of the injustice ofworld trade - and making sure your nextshopping trip will be that little bit morecritical.

Wolfgang KornMy Red Fleece Jacket

How can you explain globali-zation? 'For exampleusing my fleecejacket,' saysWolfgang Korn.

A thrilling expedition into the world of modern archaeology.

Non-Fiction

Wolfgang Korn

Detectives of the Past

Expeditions into the World

of Archaeology



Age 12+

Sold to: Korea

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Peter Braun, born in 1960, is a book author and freelance journalist. He has written several books on literary subjects,including Dichterhäuser (2003) and Komponisten und ihre Häuser (2007). Bloomsbury K & J published his Von Taugenichtsbis Steppenwolf in 2006. Peter Braun lives in Bamberg.

A surprising and inventive introduction into the history of German literature.

Peter Braun

The Curse of the Gold

German Conquistadores and the

Treasure of El Dorado

224 pages, 123 x 204 mm

Hardcover (with b/w illustrations)

Out in March 2008

Age 12 +

Peter Braun

From Lessing to Borchert

German Literary Portraits


Non Fiction

Age 14+

Sold to: Korea

Peter Braun describes the conquering ofSouth America from a surprising perspec-tive: alongside the Spaniards it wasGerman conquistadores who made theirway to the New World in search of gold.This book explores the first fifty years ofEuropeans in the New World. It is the storyof Columbus, Pizarro and Cortez, but espe-cially of the German conquistadores. Withthe permission of the Spanish crown, theyset off in search of the fabled kingdom of ElDorado, the king who descends into a lakecovered in gold dust, to make a sacrifice tothe gods. The expeditions were a matter oflife and death. The natives were chained upand guarded by bloodhounds. And the jun-gle claimed more and more victims, theswords and armour rusting away in thehumid lowlands. In the end, the goldbecame a curse on the conquistadores.This book is not only a thrilling story ofadventure and willpower, cruelty andcrimes, but also an impressive lesson inhow lack of understanding and brutalitytowards other cultures lead to downfall.

Peter BraunThe Curse of the Gold

1. Unknown chapterof world history

2. As exciting as anadventure story

3. Reflecting onintercultural behaviour

Non-Fiction

'The author gets the reader fascinated.' Süddeutsche Zeitung

'Extremely illuminating.' DIE ZEIT

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Jürgen Andrich, born in 1964, works in the Neurological Clinic at the Ruhr University Bochum. He has published variousarticles in medical journals and popular science magazines.

Nikolaus Nützel, born in 1967, is a freelance journalist in Munich,. He has published various non-fiction books for adultsand young people, most recently Sprache oder Was den Mensch zum Menschen macht (2007).

Nikolaus Nützel, Jürgen Andrich

The Universe in our Heads

How our brains work

240 pages, 135 x 215 mm

Hardcover (with 30 illustrations)


Age 14 +

What do scientists mean when they say,'the brain is what makes us us'?

Each of our movements is learned andguided by our brains. Every thought isreleased in our brains. Whether we're learning a language, working out a compli-cated formula or building skyscrapers –nothing would work without the nerve cellsin our brains. Even happiness is a feelingcontrolled by the brain. Nikolaus Nützeland Jürgen Andrich present the stages thebrain goes through in the course of ourlives, from its formation to the hugechanges during puberty to its decline. Theyexplain how our memory works and howwe fall in love, the influence of drugs andthe incredible events of an epileptic attack.A fascinating insight into the most complexand important part of the human body.Easily understandable and based on the latest research, this book explores thebreathtaking things that go on in our heads.

Jürgen Andrich / Nikolaus Nützel The Universe in our Heads

An insight into:

Genius brains

Brains in love

Sick brains

Brains on a high

Aging brains

Newborn brains

Learning brains

Forgetful brains

About pioneers and triumphs of medicine.

Non-Fiction

Christian Weymayr

Hippokrates, Dr. Roentgen & Co.

A History of Medicine from Ancient

World to Today



Age 12+

Sold to: Korea

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Thomas Bührke, born in 1956, is a doctor of physics and astronomy, and works as a scientific journalist and writer on thesubjects of space travel, astronomy and physics. He writes articles for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Bild der Wissenschaft,among others. His most recent book was a biography of Albert Einstein in 2004.

Adventurer, Explorer, Universal Genius – The fascinating life of Alexander von Humboldt.

Thomas Bührke

Lift off!

The History of Space Travel

288 pages, 135 x 215 mm

Hardcover ( 35 four-colour illustrations)


Age 14 +

Reinhard Barth

Alexander von Humboldt



Age 12+

Conquering space is one of humankind'smost exciting projects. This book tells usabout determined visionaries and daredevilastronauts, explains the technical back-ground and previews the future of spacetravel. The first space pioneers were dis-missed as crazy for many years. But it wasthe work of scientists and inventors likeHermann Oberth and Wernher von Braun,half a century beforehand, that made thelaunch of Sputnik 1 possible, the first artifi-cial satellite to orbit the earth. In anunprecedented race between East andWest, one success followed the next: thefirst people in space and on the moon andthe first space stations. Robots have landedon Venus at temperatures of 470 Celsius,searched for signs of life on Mars andexamined bizarre worlds like the moons ofJupiter and Saturn. Space travel is still avery risky adventure. But the dream liveson, and major objectives such as a mannedflight to Mars are gradually being tackled.

Thomas BührkeLift Off!

1. Fiftieth anni-versary of spacetravel

2.Fascinating technology

3. Adequate language for teens

Non-Fiction

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