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Foreign Rights Catalogue 2008/2009Picture Books

Nighttime in the Treasure Kingdom

Nighttime in the Treasure Kingdom: Humans and animals are sleeping. Most of them, that is. Andrea, for one, cannot sleep because Thomas, who lives on the next floor, is taking a shower. Nico, on the other hand, is fast asleep in his cage, in the dark under its cloth cover. Outside, bats are flitting about, and a hedgehog shuffles through the grass. There’s an all-night reading marathon taking place at the Public Library, and in the upper floor, the terrariums of the reptile exposition emit a greenish glow. At the station the night train is ready for departure. Even though not all that many people are about at night, yet there is a lot going on in this warm summer night. Under cover of darkness, a burglar breaks into a dentist’s surgery. Will he make his escape undetected? A night-watchman and his dog are on their round patrolling the local department store. Yet the highlight and concluding episode of this particular adventure must surely be the big festival in the municipal park, complete with fireworks. As in her four previous books set in the Treasure Kingdom, Rotraut Susanne Berner has once more come up with a cornucopia of little stories, rich in well-observed details, an atmospheric nocturne that will make for splendid bedtime reading, for big and small alike.

Already available: Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Treasure Chests of Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn… and much more!

Rotraut Susanne Berner’s

Treasure Kingdom at NightRotraut Susanne Berners Nacht-Wimmelbuch

16 pages, fully coloured34 x 26 cm, cardboard, E 12.90

From 2 years onwards

Award-winning Rotraut Susanne Berner’s repu-tation as an illustrator has long spread beyond the German-speaking countries. She illus-trates and designs books, often creating the story as well. She has drawn pictures for children’s books and for novels, as well as designing count-less covers.

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Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Treasure Chest Stories

Just like the previous four stories, these two new adventures come in short funny rhymes accompanied by Rotraut Susanne Berner’s inimitable illustrations. These robust cardboard books will not fail to work their spell and find an enthusiastic welcome with even the

youngest tots.

Rotraut Susanne Berner

Stories from the Treasure KingdomWimmlinger Geschichten

Series, to be continued12 pages each, cardboard, 15 x 15 cm, E 5.90


Award-winning Rotraut Susanne Berner’s repu-tation as an illustrator has long spread beyond the German-speaking countries. She illustrates and designs books, often creating the story as well. She has drawn pictures for children’s books and for novels, as well as desi-gning countless covers.

More titles in preparation!

All rights available

Nico the Parrotremains a firm fa-vourite in Wimm-lingen. In this story he is the

main character.

PetraPetra is a regular bookworm. You’re bound to find her reading a book,

no matter where she might be. The

story of what happened as she did not watch her step is told in this little book.

Stories from Rotraut Susanne Berner’s famous Treasure Kingdom

Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Treasure Chest books are novels without words, containing many little loosely-linked stories about humans and animals. These stories are open-ended and the children love to develop

and elaborate them together with their parents. Here Rotraut Susanne Berner presents her own four stories from the beautiful Tre-

asure Kingdom, with characters that will be familiar to the avid reader. And it comes in funny rhymes.


Stories from the Treasure KingdomWimmlinger Geschichten

Series, to be continued12 pages each, cardboard, 15 x 15 cm, E 5.90


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Monika and MingusThe first couplet of this story presents proud Monica, a tawny

puss, wooed by Mingus, a love-sick

tomcat. She finally yields to his entreaties, and before long there are three little kittens, partly tiger-specked, partly black-and-white, to complete the little family.

OskarOskar, as every reader of the Treasure Chest books will

know, is a great lover of geese.

The story of how he became an anserophile in the first place is told in this little book.

Peter and StruppiStruppi is Peter’s cheeky little dog. He wants a life of

adventure, while all that Peter has on

offer is the likes of »stop!, sit!, heel!« But there are ways out of this boring routine …

InaIna’s one for being outside, in the open, in the middle of nature.

But the weather doesn’t always play

ball, and after every hike she always loves to come home because here it’s always »sunny weather«.

Sooo much to discover …

What greater delight for a child than to lie sprawled out on the floor in front of a big picture-book, with hundreds of familiar and unfamiliar things to discover? Rotraut Susanne Berner has designed just such a book whose large-format pictures show a whole town and its surroundings: a house for several families, a farm, a railway station, a community centre, a building site, a market place, a multi-storey department store, and a large park. These pictures tell many little stories of things that happen to people and animals on a winter day, and eve-ry child can follow these stories as they unfold through the book: How Andrea oversleeps and then keeps trying, again and again, to catch a bus. What happens to Sarah and her father on a cycling tour. Where Pedro, the South American street musician, finally finds a place to play. And since there are plenty of stories to tell about this town throughout the year Rotraut Susanne Berner designed a book for each season. So now everybody can discover for himself how life in the town and its surroundings changes over the year: What the farmer sows in spring and har-vests later on, how cherries and plums ripen in summer, while apples and pears have to wait till autumn; what time Peter’s sister is born and what kind of mischief Nico the parrot is up to in the spring; what kind of games children play in the summer and how long it takes for the construction work on the new nursery to be completed.


Treasure Chests ofWinter, Spring, Summer and Autumn

Rotraut Susanne Berners WimmelbücherSeries of 4 titles: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn

All titles 16 pages, fully coloured34 x 26 cm, cardboard, E 12.90


Award-winning Rotraut Susanne Berner’s reputa-tion as an illustrator has long spread beyond the German-speaking coun-tries. She illustrates and designs books, often creating the story as well. She has drawn pictures for children’s books and for novels, as well as desi-gning countless covers.

Sold to Belgium/The Netherlands, China, Denmark*, Faeroe Islands, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy*, Japan, Norway, Slovenia, Spain,

Sweden, USA/North America (*Winter and Spring)

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Rotraut Susanne Berner’s World of Treasure Chests is now

available as a concertina-type book of sturdy cardboard –

to be looked at and played with!

These large-format sturdy books will allow every little fan to enter the fascinating Treasure Kingdom. You can stand the concertina-books upright, creating all-round, 360-degree panoramas. Or you can spread them entirely on the floor, and follow the progress of the individual characters at your leisure. Unfolded to theircomplete length of almost 4 meters these enormous sequences of pictures will give an entire group of nursery children ample opportunity to find out together what goes on in the Treasure Kingdom throughout the year. Each child can follow a character’s progress and then be asked to relate, for instance, what adventures Mingus encounters in his travels or which itinerary the ice cream woman follows. As with the original Treasure Chests, there is one concertina book for each season.Enclosed in its cover, each concertina book can be leafed through and looked at like any other book. Spread out as a frieze it will make one hell of a »polyptych« on your child’s playroom wall.


Concertina Treasure ChestsWimmel-Leporellos

Series of 4 titles: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn16 pages, fully coloured, 34 x 26 cm, cardboard,

E 19.90Spread out approximately 4 m

From 2 years onwards Sold to China and Korea

WINTER SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN

Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Treasure ChestsSeries of four titles:

All titles 16 pages, fully coloured, 34 x 26 cm, cardboard, E 12,90From 2 years onwards

Who’ll spot the biggest number of pairs?

Each of 36 inhabitants of the Treasure Chest Kingdom appears on two of the little cards that make up this memory game. The player who finds the biggest number of pairs wins! This memory game is right up every kid’s street. The players take turns uncovering two cards at a time. If both cards show the same character the player may keep this pair of cards. If there are different cha-racters it’s the next player’s turn. The trick is to memorize the positions of as many cards as possible. Children excel at this kind of game and will love to go hunting for their favourite characters from Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Treasure Chests. There’s an extra twist: Though each of the cha-racters appears twice, there is a slight dif-ference between the two pictures. Andrea, for instance, has her umbrella unfurled in one picture, and furled in the other one. Rotraut Susanne Berner’s memory game for the whole family!


Treasure Chest MemoWimmel-Memo72 cardboard cards, 6 x 6 cm each, Sturdy cardboard boxE 14.90 recommended retail priceFor 2 to 8 players from 4 years onwards

Also available:Wrapping paper, wall calendar

… and much more in preparation!

Build your own Treasure Puzzle!Rotraut Susanne Berner’s

Treasure PuzzlesWimmelpuzzleEach puzzle 104 pieces in a polybagFormat of the motive 48 x 31.5 cmSturdy cardboard boxE 9.90 recommended retail price


Rotraut Susanne Berner’s World of Treasures becomes available as a

big, colourful puzzle. Each of the double pages in Rotraut

Susanne Berner’s Treasure Chest Books of the four seasons invites the

reader to enter the Treasure World and become engrossed in the countless de-tails in each picture. Why not turn such a double page into a puzzle, then? Children from 4 years onwards are encouraged to explore life on the market square, playing a game all the while. Once all the people and animals have found their proper places and all the pieces have been joined together, you get a colourful large-format picture of the house, the market square, the park or the railway station. And then you can start from scratch …

Cute Colouring Books for Fans of the

Treasure Kingdom!

For all young fans Rotraut Susanne Berner’s colouring books provide a guided tour through the seasons where short picture stories in rhyme relate adventures in the Treasure Kingdom. Spring, summer, autumn and winter – for each season Rotraut Susanne Berner has designed a special colouring book – a real labour of love. On each of the double pages the kids can colour in their favourite characters from the Treasure Kingdom while reading the accompanying story told in funny rhymes. Throughout the book a number of additional characters carry tools and implements belonging to a parti-cular season. Besides, each book contains one huge Treasure Picture waiting to be coloured in – an engaging challenge designed to train the children’s fine motor skills. The last page invites the children to paint themselves in each of the four seasons. Here the mere colouring in of contours gives way to painting in their own right, and in the end each child will have produced its very own picture book.


Treasure Chest Colouring Book of Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

Frühlings-, Sommer-, Herbst-, Winter-Wimmel-Malbuch

32 pages, black-and-white illustrations, 11.9 x 21 cmPaperback, E 3.90


Award-winning Rotraut Susanne Berner’s repu-tation as an illustrator has long spread beyond the German-speaking countries. She illustrates and designs books, often creating the story as well. She has drawn pictures for children’s books and for novels, as well as desi-gning countless covers.

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Treasure Chest Characters as all time companions and

lucky charms

Rotraut Susanne Berner has selected five of her Treasure Chest Characters to go on a journey beyond the boundaries of their books. While cat fans might choose Mingus the tomcat as a faithful companion, bookworms will love Ina with the book. Armin with a bouquet in his hands is a beautiful small gift. And Oskar with his goose or the colourful parrot Niko are not only very decorative, but also guaran-tee to bring luck. Each image of the robust and high-quality processed metal pins is pinned on a firm painting-in-postcard, which can be given as a present or displayed wherever one likes. Whether as jewellery, lucky charm, consolation or simply for cheering up – these five different images fit any occasion!


Treasure Chest PinsWimmel-Pins

Metal pins on painting-in-postcardsFive characters, each approximately 3.5 cm,

coloured, E 3.95

Award-winning Rotraut Susanne Berner’s repu-tation as an illustrator has long spread, not only beyond the German-speaking countries. She illustrates and designs books, often creating the story as well. She has drawn pictures for children’s books and for novels, as well as desig-ning countless covers.

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Are you a Kid Bandit, too?

Kid bandits are wicked! And dreadfully naughty, never doing things the way they ought to be done. Just watch them eat! And those strange games they play, the weird things they build. Nor do they talk to anybody. But they have a whale of a time. And when things get tough, they stick together! So, wouldn’t every child want to be a kid bandit once in a while? Now, here’s a cheeky little cardboard book which kids will love – and grown-ups, too!

By the same illustrator:Batty topsy-turvy and What’s that?

Antje Damm

Kid BanditsRäuberkinder

26 pages, fully coloured, 15 x 15 cmCardboard, E 7.90


Antje Damm was born in Wiesbaden. She studied architecture in Darmstadt and Florence, and now lives in a small village near Gießen, together with her family. After the birth of her two daugh-ters she started writing and drawing picture books, with considerable success.


Bats hang around with their Heads pointing down.

All but one, that is – Batty!

As long as he’s allowed to be upside-down, Batty is the world’s happiest bat kid. But sometimes he wonders just why he is the way he is. Uncle Waldemar’s got a simple answer to that: It takes all kinds!What’s more, being upside-down has its upside, too (you wouldn’t believe!) – Batty is the best kite-dropper for miles around. He’s quicker to find the ball in the mea-dow-sky than anybody else. And it’s because he always lies next to the entrance to the bed cave, rather than hang from the ceiling, that greedy Mr. Fox never finds the bats. After all it stands to reason that this thing lying on the floor cannot be a bat!In her picture book Antje Damm plays a game of shifting perspectives – what seems to be the right way up to bats, must needs appear upside-down to us. The book can be looked at either way – if you’re that way inclined you can peruse it at your leisure standing on your head. And each different angle reveals something new! Here’s a book that illustrates in a playful way what it’s like to be unlike most of the others.

By the same illustrator:What’s that? and Kid Bandits

Antje Damm

Batty topsy-turvyFledolin verkehrtherum32 pages, fully coloured, 28 x 21.5 cm

Hardcover, E 12.90



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and India

Guess what!

Now, is this a skein of wool or rather a little sheep? Bestselling author Antje Damm’s drawings, collages and photographs make up a surprising question-and-answer game, daring us to guess the things-behind-the-things. A picture book to keep you guessing, playing or just plain fantasizing – and not for children only either.What’s that? Little children never get tired of asking that question. Antje Damm’s new book leads us a merry dance of pictures that leave you guessing what hides beneath. 22 objects that every child knows are transformed into animals. The pictures invite to a dialogue with the most diverse materials. By looking at them children may learn by and by to realize connections between various shapes and colours, and to devise picture puzzles of their own.

By the same illustrator:Batty topsy-turvy and Kid Bandits

Antje Damm

What’s that?Was ist das?

96 pages, fully coloured, 16 x 16 cm, Hardcover, E 14.90



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Korea and Great Britain (English world rights)

Never mind, there is always a Place

where you’ll be alright!

Diffy Differs follows his heart, which tells him that somewhere there is a place where it’s okay to be different.

If you’re a sheep among sheep you feel sheltered – everything is fine. With Diffy, however, things are different because he is different. Deep down in his heart he feels that there must be a place somewhere where being different is okay. Driven by this innermost yearning he goes in search of that very place. Every time he encounters something which is just that tiny bit different he becomes hopeful. But nowhere does he really feel at home, and so he begins to feel despondent. Ex-hausted and discouraged he climbs onto a train, cuddles up inside a box for some comfort and protection from the cold, and falls asleep. When he awakes he cannot believe his eyes and ears: a murmuring noise sends shivers of delight down his spine, and there is something huge in front of him which is every bit as different as he is. At long last Diffy has found his place!

Young Miriam Koch’s debut is a wonderful declaration of love to the sea and a big boost of morale for all those who feel just a tiny bit different. It comes in a format that is just that tiny bit different, and its presentation is simply gorgeous.

Miriam Koch

Diffy DiffersFiete Anders

40 pages, fully coloured, 17 x 47 cmHalf-cloth, E 16.90


Miriam Koch, born in 1980, studied Commu-nication Design in Trier. She lives and works as commercial artist in Bremen. Her love for the North Sea inspired her to create Diffy Differs, her first picture book.

Sold to France & The NetherlandsPlease ask for English translation

Things come alive

»Just a sec!« things summon us, »have a look at me!« And while we gaze at them they come alive. Gardening implements, tools, and components of sundry appliances turn into birds, airplanes and faces. Orlando Vazau teaches us to look and use our imagination in order to re-create the world.Scrap metal and bakelite, such as are to be found in old electrical appliances, are wondrous things indeed, if we only knew how to look at them. Even if you just lay them side by side, they can look like the star-filled skies or an assemblage of shells. And once you put some skill and ingenuity into combining them, those discarded objects may well turn into apes and elephants, robots, nay, complete airplanes, which can in turn create the backdrop to a story to be told. Orlando Vazau shows us how to breathe life into dead objects and invites us to follow in his creative foot-steps.

Orlando Vazau

Just a secAugenblickmal

144 pages, 17 x 14 cm, fully coloured, Hardcover, E 15.90

From 4 years onward

Orlando Vazau was born in Zurich in 1958. After training as a graphic artist and designer he opened his own workshop in Zurich in 1980. In 1987 he and his girl friend moved into an old farm-house in the vicinity of Zurich so that he might devote more energy to his painting. Besides painting fantastically surreal pictures, he creates »objets recyclés« from the most diverse materials. He regularly sets up exhibitions of his work in and around Zurich and Zug.


»Good night, good night, heut müaß ma no weit ...«

Our contribution to celebrate Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250. birthday has been created by Mozart himself and by Jutta Bauer: Music, text and pictures especially made for children.»Bona nox, bist ein rechter Ochs, bona notte, liebe Lotte« is the beginning of a fa-mous children’s song written and composed by the very young Mozart. Jutta Bauer has turned it into a picturebook-story in which the ox and the dark night want to scare the wits out of Lotte, who can’t find her way home. But they do not know cou-rageous Lotte, who isn’t scared easily and safely finds her way into her warm bed. Good night, liebe Lotte!A lovely bedtime-and-get-rid-of-fear-book, that en passant teaches children to sing and say Good night in Latin, German, Italian, French and English. Mozarts notes are included in the book and invite you to sing along and we have a special treat for all those who don’t like to read notes: they can have the song sang to them on www.gerstenberg-verlag.de!

By the same illustrator: It was a dark and stormy Night and I have been thinking of you …

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Jutta Bauer

Bona noxBona nox

32 pages, full-colour14.4 x 12.5 cm, Hardcover, 7.50


Jutta Bauer, born in 1955, is a graduate from Hamburg’s Fachhochschule für Gestaltung (College of Design). She has illustrated a number of children’s books, and published numerous cartoons. Her illustrations and books have gained her many awards, making her one of Europe’s best-known illustrative artists.

Sold to SpainFrench translation available

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Foreign Rights Catalogue 2008/2009Children‘s Books Fiction

Together we’re strong

Best of friends - Jan and Josh stick together! With consummate ease and great warmth Sigrid Zeevart tells us the story of a special friendship between two kids, exploring its limits, and demonstrating that there’s always a solution as long as people are ready to stand by each other. There’s a lot of things happening in Jan’s life: It’s springtime, and Fanny, Jan’s cat, is about to give birth to her first litter of kittens. Then there’s some heart surgery coming up, but Jan had rather not think about it too much. He prefers to knock about with Josh, his best mate, down at the creek. And he helps Lara-Sofie, a girl from his class, with her maths. The kittens arrive, and they’re ever so cute – Jan knows he’s never seen anything like it before! When he shows them to Lara-So-fie before anybody else, it’s little wonder that his best mate Josh is hurt. To make things worse, two bigger boys take away the knife Josh lent him – how can he ever prove that friendship is more to him than an empty word? Things come to a head when someone is hurt in a knife attack, and suspicion falls on his very friend Josh …

»Sigrid Zeevart’s mastery keeps her language simple and direct, free from pathos and cliché.« Süddeutsche Zeitung

»Her approach to children’s problems, sensitive yet probing, is sorely missed in a lot of contemporary children’s literature.« Tagesspiegel Berlin

By the same author:Mia Minzmann‘s Mouse Mansion

and Winterwolf

Sigrid Zeevaert

Jan and Joshor How to tame Earthworms

Jan und Josh oder Wie man Regenwürmer zähmt

160 pages, 22 x 16 cm, Hardcover, 11.90


Sigrid Zeevaert, born in 1960, began to write while still studying to be a teacher. Besides short stories and some work for television, she has written numerous books for children and young people, many of them winning awards. She lives in Aachen with her family.


Mia Minzmann’s Mouse Mansion

Mia’s mother loses her job. Fortunately Mia is brimming with ideas, and, equally fortunately, there is also Annabella, her best friend. The two of them devise a plan to save Mia and her mother from starving – with money from Annabella’s new, spangled purse they buy two mice. After all, mice multiply incredibly fast, and can then be sold at a profit! Of course, things don’t work out as smoothly as the two of them had anticipated, and suddenly there’s not just the family income at stake, but their friendship as well. How fortunate for them that there is Silas, reputed to be the world’s best mouse catcher, as well as Mischa, an acquaintance from the local supermarket.With delicate strokes and great sensibility Sigrid Zeevaert has drawn the turbulent story of Mia, her very best friend Annabella, and, last but not least, of Luna and Leonhad, the two mice.

By the same author:Jan und Josh and Winterwolf

Sigrid Zeevaert

Mia Minzmann’s Mouse MansionMia Minzmanns Mäusezucht

With illustrations by Lola Renn140 pages, 22 x 16 cm, Hardcover, 11.50


Sigrid Zeevaert, born in 1960, began to write while still studying to be a teacher. Besides short stories and some work for television, she has written numerous books for children and young people, many of them winning awards. She lives in Aachen with her family.


About settling down

Rheinburg is not the first stage in Juri’s life, but it’s where his friend Aljoscha lives, and where he feels at home. But when his father meets Martha and moves to her home town, Juri must, once again, leave everything behind that is close and dear to him.It is five years since Juri first came to Germany. By now he is eleven years old, and many things have changed. But to him, Klinker Street, where his friends Aljo-scha, Alexej and Larissa live, has become home. When his father falls in love with Martha, and they all move to another city, far far away, for Jury it is goodbye again and a brand-new start. Suddenly he’s got a whole new family, including a big sister, and there’s a new school to get used to as well, which he doesn’t find easy. The fact that there are no other Russians in this small town doesn’t help either. But then it’s winter, a real cold one, with lots of snow, the way Juri likes it best. And there’s the forest and tracks in the snow, animal tracks that Juri discovers one night. And a shadow flashing past. A dog? Or maybe a wolf? But then there are no wolves to be found in this area. So maybe it’s just the runaway cat that belongs to Nora, a girl from his class. When Juri finally musters the courage to tell her about it, the two of them go in search of the mysterious animal, a search that will take them to a small lake hidden away deep in the heart of the forest … A tender friend-ship begins to blossom, and suddenly Juri doesn’t feel all alone any more.

Sigrid Zeevaert

WinterwolfWinterwolf



Sigrid Zeevaert, born in 1960, began to write while still studying to be a teacher. Besides short stories and some work for television, she has written numerous books for children and young people, many of them winning awards.Sigrid Zeevaert lives in Aachen with her family.


By the same author:Jan und Josh and

Mia Minzmann‘s Mouse Mansion

Have you had your daily Fix of Snogging?

Pascal is sore. Not only does he have to spend all of the summer holidays at home while everybody else seems to be gallivanting all over the place. No, to make things worse, his two best friends have managed to create some extra pressure just before they set off for their holiday destinations: The fact is that Leo and Kalle have already kissed a girl. In the flush of their achievement these swollen-headed megalomani-acs have founded a »League of Illuminati«. And now they’re expecting Pascal to do his utmost to catch up with them over the holidays – preferably with a lovebite to prove it. A target for his aspirations is quickly found: Maila, new to the town, is just floating past, on gossamer wings, or so it seems. It’s got to be her! But how do you chat up a girl in the first place? And, what’s more, what do you have to do so that she’ll let you kiss her? The Flying Zucchinis, Pascal’s friends, don’t stint their advice. Formidable in their biker’s gear, they’re really good-natured guys at the bottom of their hearts. And though their advice is really well-meant, it sets Pascal off on a course more chaotic and adventurous than any journey could have been this summer. Digger, a Great Dane, as peaceable as they come, and Agathe, a Tibetan dwarf hog, make their very own contributions. By the end of the summer, Pascal, now pushing twelve, has come to the conclusion, that this whole snogging business is vastly overrated. Those chicks will have to wait a few more years for him …

Jörg Juretzka

The Summer of the Flying ZucchinisDer Sommer der Fliegenden Zucchinis

With illustrations by Papan128 pages, 22 x 16 cm, Hardcover, E 12.90


Jörg Juretzka lives and works in his native city, Mülheim an der Ruhr. By the time he decided to become a writer, he’d already turned his hand to some 34 different occupa-tions. He is an inveterate pizza aficio-nado and his favourite animals are moles. While not in the throes of creation, he likes to take Luzie and Donna, his dogs, for a walk in the woods. He loves the sea and the mountains.

Papan, whose real name is Manfred von Papen, is one of Germany’s best-known cartoonists. Every-body knows his funny pictures and cartoons, as published in Stern, Brigitte and other periodicals. Papan lives in Munich.


By the same author and illustrator:The Pig came by mail

A beastly Family Adventure

Uncle Ernest sends Leo a box, asking him to look after its contents for a fortnight. Its »contents« makes funny noises, emits a somewhat pungent smell, and tries to push its Tibetan pig’s snout through the lattice … »She’s from Tibet, obedient, house-trained and has a very amenable character, even though she’s a bit on the stubborn side …» – »she« being Agatha, the Tibetan sow that Uncle Ernest has sent to Leo to look after for a while. Leo is flabbergasted! When he ventures a first look at the lattice he glimpses a big wet nostril sniffing and snorting hello. Oh dear! Still, the creature cannot remain in the box indefinitely. As soon as Leo has prised off the top Agatha thrusts forth her head and ears a-flapping and eyes wide awake, jumps out of her chest with a resolute »harumph«. Her first exploratory wanderings take her to the Ohlig family’s rubbish bin in the kitchen. Leo is sure: If his parents find out, his beloved Unlce Ernest will be in for it. And when his sister evokes the spectre, the mean caretaker, Leo has a vision of himself and his family without a home, reduced to camping under a bridge. The sow must remain incognito! This is a whale of an adventure, spiced with a running commentary of wry re-marks, courtesy of Agatha, the sow.

Jörg Juretzka

The Pig came by MailDas Schwein kam mit der Post

With illustrations by Papan160 pages, Hardcover, 22 x 16 cm, E 12.90


Jörg Juretzka lives and works in his native city, Mülheim an der Ruhr. By the time he decided to be-come a writer, he’d already turned his hand to some 34 different occupations. He is an inveterate pizza aficionado and his favourite animals are moles. While not in the throes of creation, he likes to take Luzie and Donna, his dogs, for a walk in the woods. He loves the sea and the mountains.

Papan, whose real name is Manfred von Papen, is one of Germany’s best-known cartoonists. Everybody knows his funny pictures and cartoons, as published in Stern, Brigitte and other periodicals. Papan lives in Munich.


The story goes on: The Summer of the Flying Zucchinis

A powerful and magical Parable on the Tribulations

of a first great Love …

In the middle of a world of woods lies a little village where Vialla lives with her family. The Tame Forest, which surrounds it, nourishes and protects the village whereas the Wild Forest bristles with danger. Only once every year a wedding procession makes its way to the next village. When Vialla meets Romaro it’s love at first sight. But the two look too much alike, and in this secluded forest world the villagers dread the risk of incest. Vialla is urged to choose someone else, but she won’t have it! For her, it’s Romaro or no one else. And Romaro feels the same. So they run away, searching for another village deep in the heart of the forest which will welcome them. But the Wild Forest does its name full justice. They quickly lose their way in this green jungle where hidden dangers lurk. When they come to a pond a beautiful girl appears and addresses Romaro. Vialla, however, is deeply frightened because she can see the girl’s true nature – she’s a demon who lurks in the forest waiting for her prey and who casts a spell over her unfortunate victims. Romaro leaves with the beautiful girl, and Vialla is left behind. Though Romaro believes to be inside a palace, it really is just the trunk of a tree; the servants in their splendid liveries are just small animals of the forest; the tasty dishes are but roots and grass … By all means Vialla tries to deliver Romaro from his delusion, and bring him back to reality, back to her. But the demon has the power of magic, whereas Vialla’s only got her love and her wits to carry her through.

Lilli Thal

Vialla and RomaroVialla und Romaro

304 pages, 22 x 14 cm, Hardcover, E 13.90


Lilli Thal is an historian. She lives in the South of Germany, together with her husband, two children and a dog. Her debut (Kommissar Piller-meier) created quite a stir in the newspapers and was awarded the Martin as Best Children’s Mystery in 2002.

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By the same author: Mimus

Nominated for the German Youth Literature Award

(Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis)

The Hour of the Jester

A war is being waged between the Kingdom of Vinland and the Kingdom of Mon-fiel – a war that is older than Florin, the King of Monfiel’s only son. But now, in the early autumn of 1340, the two long-time enemies make peace, and a glittering banquet is given at King Theodo of Vinland’s court to seal the peace treaty.How was Florin to know that the whole show is a trap? There is no celebration awaiting him at the court of Vinland, but sheer horror. He has to look on helpless-ly while his father and his faithful followers are cruelly humiliated in front of the assembled courtiers. Only by a hair’s breadth does Florin escape being flung into the dungeon along with the others: on a whim, King Theodo makes him his jester’s apprentice. So Florin comes to meet Mimus, the most colourful and inscrutable figure at the court … Florin loses everything he had: his position as crown prince, his freedom, his iden-tity. What’s more, any day may bring death to him and his father. When the situati-on at the court escalates and the possibility of escape seems more remote than ever, the jester’s hour has come …Mimus is a gripping adventure novel that bristles with sparkling wit – a jester’s story without laughter is unthinkable – and turns the colourful world of the Middle Ages into a rich sensual experience.

Lilli Thal

MimusMimus

448 pages, 22 x 14 cm,

Hardcover, E 15.90


Lilli Thal is an historian. She lives in the South of Germany, together with her husband, two children and a dog. Her debut (Kommissar Piller-meier) created quite a stir in the newspapers and was awarded the Martin as Best Children’s Mystery in 2002.

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NomiNated for the

GermaN Youth Literature award 2004

By the same author: Vialla and Romaro

A compelling biographical Novel about one of the most

important female Figures in the History of Art

Artemisia Gentileschi was the first woman ever who managed to exercise her art professionally and lead a life that was, by the standards of her time, largely self-determined. She was the first woman who did not content herself with painting portraits, landscapes and still lives, but tackled historical subjects as well. At the time, i.e. the first half of the 17th century, her way of representing the biblical cha-racter of Judith was revolutionary, no less.Never before had a woman been admitted to the Academy of Florence; never before had a woman painter been in a position to earn her own living, without a husband, and to keep her own studio. But to get there Artemisia had to struggle against opposition and adversity all the way. A relationship with her father’s painter friend Agostino Tassi did not result in a wedding, but a lawsuit and subsequent trial for the restoration of her, and above all, the family’s honour. In their biographical novel Michael Hatry and Susanna Partsch trace the life of Ar-temisia, always on the basis of historical documents. The book is complemented by an appendix containing concise biographies of her fellow painters; furthermore a critical appraisal of the paintings mentioned in the novel puts them in their right-ful place in the history of art.

Michael Hatry and Susanna Partsch

ArtemisiaIch will malen!



Michael Hatry, born in Hamburg in 1940, lives in Munich. Besides working as a script editor and director for the stage he has written a num-ber of radio plays and screenplays for televisi-on, as well as plays and novels, for adults and for children.

Susanna Partsch, born in 1952, studied art history in Heidelberg and Lud-wigsburg. She graduated and now works as a free-lance writer. She lives in Munich with her family. In 1998 her book Haus der Kunst was awarded the German Youth Literature Award (Deutscher Jugend-literaturpreis).


Trouble in Paradise

This is an unusual love story set against the backdrop of a virtually unknown part of German colonial history for which Waldtraut Lewin has developed a peculiar tone and rhythm all her own. It is the year 1904. After seven cold years spent at a boarding-school in Berlin, Adam returns to his beloved island of Upolu, in Wes-tern Samoa, which has been a German colony for four years. Adam grew up here because his father runs the protestant mission. To him Samoa means memories of a carefree childhood, of bright open skies, palm trees and white beaches. The fact that Samoa has been a bone of contention of the colonial powers, and that the current partition of Polynesia into various spheres of influence is but a precarious one, doesn’t unduly trouble him. When the »Dresden«, a huge cruiser, docks in the harbour, there is not just his mother and his little brother Kai standing at the quai, there’s Moana as well, the girl with whom he used to play on the beach. After his arrival Adam is in a daze. He is in love for the first time, and soon enough Moana and he have realized that their first love is the one and only great love as well. But there is trouble in paradise – the colonial powers’ quarrel regarding these South Sea islands threatens to escalate, and Adam’s father is not the only one to have reservations about his son’s relationship with a native. In the end escape to Europe seems to be the only way out. But will Moana be able to survive there?

Waldtraud Lewin

SamoaSamoa



Waldtraut Lewin, born in Wernigerode in 1937, lives in Berlin where she works as a free-lance writer, with a predilection for histori-cal subjects. She has also worked as artistic director for an opera house and as a film director, as well as writing film scripts, radio plays and rock operas. Her extensive œuvre has reaped numerous awards.


By the same author: Moana

Trouble in Europe: The Story of Adam and

Moana goes on

Europe in 1910 – on the eve of the First World War. Adam, a young pianist, has settled in Berlin with his Samoan wife Moana. Five years ago they fled from Samoa, seeking refuge in Germany in order to begin a new life together. Adam embarks on a promising career as a musician, but finds himself unable to ward off an increa-sing number of racist remarks levelled at Moana. Presented with the chance of a first major international tour he sets off without Moana who stays behind, alone. Moana enters a deep depression and falls silent. Committed to a psychiatric ward she is befriended by Volker Feldkamp, an ambitious young doctor who succeeds in breaking up the carapace bind which she has retired. She begins to speak again, but only in code, in the symbolic language of her native country. Feldkamp, who has contacts in the secret service, is quick to grasp the unique chance presenting itself – with Moana’s assistance he may develop a new code for the German espio-nage network, based on the language of Polynesian pictograms. When Moana dis-covers Feldkamp’s game, and the way he’s using her for his own ends, she wants out …

Waldtraut Lewin

MoanaMoana



Waldtraut Lewin, born in Wernigerode in 1937, lives in Berlin where she works as a free-lance writer, with a predilection for histori-cal subjects. She has also worked as artistic director for an opera house and as a film director, as well as writing film scripts, radio plays and rock operas. Her extensive œuvre has reaped numerous awards.


By the same author: Samoa

Survival and Resistance in the Third Reich

A true Story

In early 1943 sixteen-year-old Eugen has to go into hiding. The protection of his non-Jewish stepfather is not sufficient any more to save him from deportation. He finds shelter in Luckenwalde, a small town to the south of his native Berlin. And here he witnesses the founding of »Gemeinschaft für Frieden und Aufbau« (Soci-ety for Peace and Reconstruction), a group of resistance fighters in whose actions he takes part himself. At last he has found a way to fight against the criminal Nazi regime! Here Jews and Non-Jews are united in their struggle, distribute leaflets and help those persecuted by providing them with shelter and forged papers. The group acts with determination, and takes desperate risks, like some »Simple Simon tack-ling Hitler«. The warnings of Eugen’s father go unheeded – in the early summer of 1944 the group is busted.Eugen Herman-Friede recounts the story of his childhood and adolescence, always from the angle of the boy from Berlin that he was at the time, eager to live. Just like Eugen, the reader experiences the gradual exclusion of the Jewish population, and begins to grasp the underlying deadly menace only when it’s almost too late. And he tells the story of a virtually unknown group of resistance fighters, whose actions are not so much determined by ideological motives as by the will to oppose the Nazi regime and its inhumanity, to fight against war and persecution.

Eugen Herman-Friede

Gone underground Abgetaucht

255 pages, 22 x 14 cm, Hardcover, 14.90With b/w photographs


After his liberation Eugen Herman-Friede first spent some time in East Berlin. In early 1949 he and his family went abroad for a couple of years, before returning to settle in Germany. He now lives in Kronberg near Frankfurt.


Pete and his Invisible Friend –an international bestseller!

»Come on, do it!«, »Nobody will be the wiser!«, »It’s now or never!« – this is the kind of talk the Invisible keeps pestering Pete with. After all, Pete is, by and large, more of the prudent kind, as good as gold. Yet sometimes he just doesn’t know how to counter the Invisible’s arguments: After all, why shouldn’t he nibble a bit off the chocolate Easter bunny before Sunday lunchtime, since he is so hungry? Why shouldn’t he show beautiful, redheaded Julia what a plucky guy he is – isn’t it a well-known fact that girls go for the daredevil types? It’s just too bad that it’s always Pete who has to face the music each time things go wrong – things the Invisible has talked him into doing. In these devastatingly funny stories about Pete and his Invisible Friend Klaus-Peter Wolf describes how a boy learns to question the »done« things, as well as those that aren’t done, realizing all the while where his own limits are.In her colour illustrations Amelie Glienke manages to picture even the Invisible in a more than adequate manner.

Vol. II: Pete and his Invisible Friend versus the Rest of the World ( 8.80)Vol. III: Pete and his Invisible Friend and the Time-machine ( 8.80)Vol. IV: Pete and his Invisible Friend deeply in Love ( 8.80)Vol. V: Pete and his Invisible Friend in the Cake ( 8.80)Vol. VI: Pete and his Invisible Friend at the Psychologist ( 8.80)Vol. VII: Pete and his Invisible Friend – The Very Best Stories ( 14.00)

Klaus-Peter Wolf

Pete and his Invisible FriendJens-Peter und der Unsichtbare

With illustrations by Amelie Glienke21.5 x 16 cm, Hardcover, E 8.80


Klaus-Peter Wolf has been awarded several national and international prizes, among them: Erich-Kästner, German Youth Video, Anne Frank, Argus, Magnolia Award China (Best international film).

Amelie Glienke studied painting and Visual Communication. She lives in Berlin, illustra-tes books and draws cartoons.

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By the same author and illustrator: Achat, the Angel from the Sewers and

Angels travel light

A Guardian Angel in Need

Achat is an apprentice guardian angel. After failing his guardian angel’s exami-nations the first time round he is to spend some 500 boring years on earth – as a stone with curative powers! But then he gets a second chance, due to an acute staff shortage in heaven. Far too many humans are praying for help from above. And the Angelic Commandment No. 1 states that: Any human appealing for angelic assistance shall be succoured.Now, Achat hasn’t got any wings to fly with, nor can he pass through walls. Even his language training hasn’t quite been completed. Yet he is sent down to earth to help Lina who is afraid of next to everybody and everything. As was to be expected his assignment starts off in a flurry of misadventure …

Klaus-Peter Wolf & Bettina Göschl

Achat, the Angel from the SewersAchat, der Engel aus dem Abflußrohr

With illustrations by Amelie Glienke272 pages, 22 x 16 cm, Hardcover, 11.90



Bettina Göschl, born 1967 in Bamberg, was trained as an educator. Since 1992 she has been writing songes for children and has published numerous children’s books. She lives at the North Sea coast as freelance author, screenwriter and singer-songwriter.

Amelie Glienke studied painting and visual communication. She lives in Berlin, illustrates books and draws cartoons.

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By the same author and illustrator: Pete and his Invisible Friend

Second Volume: Angels travel light

A guardian Angel between Heaven and Hell …

Little Achat, a guardian angel, gets a new assignment: He is to free ten-year old Nele from the clutches of the Evil One!Together with her parents, Nele is on holiday in Fuerteventura. After having insinuated that her parents don’t love her any more, Lucia, a little devil’s appren-tice, lures her onto a fishing boat, and out into the open sea. In the meantime … Achat has some trouble coming to her rescue – a first bungled attempt lands him inside a drink dispenser in Frankfurt airport! When he finally reaches Nele and Lucia he must face the fact that the devil is even more crafty than he thought – Lu-cia has taken on the appearance of a beguilingly beautiful angel! How on earth can Achat prove to Nele, that hiding behind the angelic exterior is a devil, hell-bound, and hell-bent on dragging her you-know-just-where?

Klaus-Peter Wolf & Bettina Göschl

Angels travel lightEngel reisen ohne Gepäck

With illustrations by Amelie Glienke124 pages, 21 x 16 cm, Hardcover, 11.90



Bettina Göschl, born 1967 in Bamberg, was trained as an educator. Since 1992 she has been writing songes for children and has published numerous children’s books. She lives at the North Sea coast as freelance author, screenwriter and singer-songwriter.

Amelie Glienke studied painting and visual communication. She lives in Berlin, illustrates books and draws cartoons.

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By the same author and illustrator: Pete and his Invisible Friend

First Volume: Achat, the Angel from the Sewers

Let‘s go to the Zoo!

Let’s go to the zoo - this marvellous collection of four-line poems will take you on a guided tour, from A to Z. Heinrich Hannover and F.W. Bernstein provide a cornu-copia of stories about all kinds of animals, big and small: It’s high jinks at the zoo! And a splendid time is guaranteed for kids and adults alike.

When the likes of Heinrich Hannover and F.W. Bernstein team up to make a book, there’s no knowing what they’ll come up with! In this case it’s a collection of droll stories by Heinrich Hannover, complemented by F.W. Bernstein’s sympathetic illustrations. Some kind of bestiary, indeed - from A for ape, via G for giraffe, L for lion, S for shark, to Z for zebra. And you can bet it’s something of a beargarden - those beasts just won’t toe, nay claw, the line! No wonder they drive the zoo’s ma-nager to distraction...

„A Gentleman of the Gag, Grand Master of the Grotesque - that’s F.W. Bernstein for you!“ (Die Welt)

What a ZooABC-Lyrics by Heinrich Hannover

Ein toller ZooABC-Gedichte by Heinrich Hannover

With illustrations by F.W. Bernstein32 pages, fully coloured, 24 x 17 cm, Hardcover with half-linen, 12.90


Heinrich Hannover, born in 1925, worked as a solicitor in Bremen until 1995. His lovely children’s stories for the over 4s, which are droll and highly amusing, must by now count among the classic books of this genre.

F.W. Bernstein, born in 1938, lives in Berlin. He is a founder member of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, a school of authors renowned for satire and comic wit. Awards for his numerous publications include, most recently, the Kasseler Literaturpreis für grotesken Humor.


Also available: Heinrich Hannover & Selda Martin Soganci

Tales from the Magic Forest

ISBN 978-3-8067-5068-3

Stories from the Magic Forest

The trees in the Magic Forest are chock-a-block with stories. They tell us about Mr. Ravenfeather’s School for Letters, about the moon casting curious glances into the children’s bedroom, and about Carlotta, who will soon have a baby brother. But it’s not only the trees that have seen a lot in life. The old forester, who lives right in the middle of the forest, has many a tale to tell, about Wily, the thieving fox, or Bushy-tails, the hare. For the lovers – big and small – of Heinrich Hannover’s fancyful tales here’s something to look forward to: A sumptuous collection, complete with many, many gorgeous colour pictures. There’s more than 60 tales and poems to be discovered here!

Heinrich Hannover

Stories from the Magic ForestWas der Zauberwald erzählt

With illustrations by Selda Marlin Soganci160 pages, fully coloured, 24 x 17 cm,

Hardcover with half-linen, 15.90



Selda Marlin Soganci lives and works in Münster as a freelance artist and illustrator. Her exclusive working material is wood, whose structure becomes an integral, highly effec-tive part of her gloriously colourful pictures.

All rights availableFrench translation available

By the same author:A Zoo

By the same author and illustrator: Christmas in the Magic Forest

Christmas Stories and Poems from the Magic Forest

In the Magic Forest, Christmas is just around the corner! The whole forest is cove-red in white, and the animals huddle up in their dens. The forest warden and his family are busy making knitwear for the animals so they won’t feel the cold. And they show the postman how to get to Father Christmas, who lives deep in the heart of the forest, waiting for the children’s wishlists. All the while up in heaven the an-gels are busily baking away, making enormous amounts of cookies. When clumsy trainee angel Splutterly drops a tray the children on earth wonder why the hell it’s raining cookies … Farinaceous enough! … When Granny rashly ventures onto the fragile ice the good horse Canterberry rescues her in the nick of time.A motley crop of tales about Christmas and the cold months!

Heinrich Hannover

Christmas in the Magic ForestWeihnachten im Zauberwald




Born in 1925, Heinrich Hannover worked as a lawyer in Bremen until 1995. His droll, amusing and lovable children’s stories for the over fours have by now become classics of the genre.

Selda Marlin Soganci lives in Münster. A freelance artist and illustrator, she works exclusively in wood, whose structure she manages to integra-te into her splendidly colourful pictures, to stunning effect.



By the same author and illustrator: Stories from the Magic Forest

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Foreign Rights Catalogue 2008/2009Familybooks and Anthologies

A Familybook – every household needs books which belong to the whole family, that you will read out from and that everybody can skim through, seek and browse. Familybooks establish ties between the generations, between grandparents, parents and children because they contain timeless texts. But they also outlast generations because of their beautiful pictures, their careful equipment and making.

Gerstenberg’s Familybooks contain texts that are classics and others that should be, they have been illustra-ted by the best artists, they are easy to read and carefully set, they have been printed on good, not yellowing paper, they have been basted by threads and come with a half-linen cover.

Kat MenschikFright NightThe familybook of horror stories192 pages, 24.90


Axel SchefflerFools and Jesters208 pages, 26.90

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All titles fully coloured, 27 x 22 cm, hardcover with half-linen – Except Greek Legends all titles exclusive of text rights

Edmund Jacoby, Kat MenschikThe Familybook of Greek Legends192 pages, 24.90

All rights available, including text rights

The essential collection of stories about gods and heroes, retold in a gripping manner with sympa-thetic illustrations that help to bring to life the lost world of ancient Greece.

Gerstenberg’s Familybooks

Humpty Dumpty sat on a WallThe Familybook of nursery rhy-mes and songs for the tiny tots144 pages, 22.–


All the King’s horses and all the King’s men for the tiny tots! From the changing table to the kin-dergarten, this family book of nursery rhymes and linguistic riddles will see children (and parents!) through infancy. Verses fostering language skills for the very small, illustrated in glorious colour by Gerda Raidt.

All titles fully coloured, 27 x 22 cm, hardcover with half-linen – Exclusive of text rights

Rotraut Susanne BernerTwinkle Twinkle Little StarVerses, rhymes and poems152 pages, 20.50

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Also available: Calendar

Reinhard MichlWhere Fox and Hare say Good NightThe loveliest animal stories and poems198 pages, 24.90

All rights availableItalian translation available

Jutta BauerI have been thinking of you …Letters collected by Jutta Bauer168 pages, 24.90


Renate SeeligThe Flying SuitcaseThe familybook of fairytales224 pages, 24.90

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Also available: Calendar

Rotraut Susanne BernerThe Familybook of Christmas TimeThe big Winter-Christmas-Book152 pages, 20.50

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Enlarged edition!

Jutta BauerIt was a dark and stormy NightRead-aloud classics208 pages, 24.90

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Struwwelpeter and CompanyIllustrated broadsheets and strip cartoons196 pages, 22.00


Renate SeeligThe King of ThuleLegends and ballads19 pages, 24.90


There is nothing nicer than having a story read aloud!

All the King‘s horses and all the King‘s men!

All the King’s horses and all the King’s men for the tiny tots! From the changing table to the kindergarten, this family book of nursery rhymes and linguistic riddles will see children (and parents!) through infancy. Verses fostering language skills for the very small, illustrated in glorious colour by Gerda Raidt.

Even a tiny baby will listen to rhymes and songs in rapt attention while his/her nappies are being changed. The findings of evolutionary psychology confirm the importance of fostering the baby’s linguistic skills in the first years of her/his life. This family book provides a comprehensive collection for parents, grandpa-rents and all those in charge of very small children, which will accompany the children through the first years of their lives: Games to be played while lying on the changing table, games for fingers and hands, verses to listen to while sitting on a grown-up’s lap, verses to ease them into sleep or to be recited on a children’s birthday, in short, verses - old and modern - for each and every occasion. As well as some children’s songs that every family should know.Gerda Raidt’s cheerful, humourous illustrations provide added excitement and attraction for these linguistic games and make this book a perfect gift for parents and parents-to-be.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a Wall A family book of nursery rhymes and songs for the tiny tots

Schnick, Schnack, SchabernackDas Hausbuch der Reime und Lieder für die Allerkleinsten

Collected by Renate Raecke und Monika BlumeIllustrations by Gerda Raidt

144 pages., fully coloured27 x 22 cm, Hardcover with halflinen

€ 22.00

For the whole family

Born in Lübeck in 1943, Renate Raecke first worked as a bookseller and reader for various publishing houses, before becoming a freelance wri-ter, reader and publisher in her own right.

Monika Blume was born in Bremen in 1951. She now lives in Munich where she works for various publishers, as well as being involved in a number of educational projects.

Gerda Raidt, born in Berlin in 1975, studied graphic art in Halle be-fore joining a master class in Leipzig. She has been working as a freelance illustrator since 2004.

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The Familybook of Greek Legends

If you want to understand the origins of Western culture the legends of ancient Greece are required reading. Greek legends presents the essential collection of stories about gods and heroes, retold in a gripping manner that leaves the gist and the original narrative feel intact, the texture palpable – no glossing over for the sake of »popularization«. Kat Menschik’s sympathetic illustrations make a strong contri-bution and help to bring to life the lost world of ancient Greece.

From the contents:How the world began, Prometheus and the first humans, The Gods of Mount Olympus, Perseus, Heracles, The Argonauts, Theseus, Legends about the City of Thebes, The battle of Troja, Ulysses and How we know about the ancient legends.

Edmund Jacoby

Greek LegendsSagen des Altertums

Das Hausbuch der griechischen SagenRetold by Edmund Jacoby. With illustrations by Kat Menschik.

192 pages, fully coloured, 27 x 22 cm, Hardcover with half-linen, 24.90


Kat Menschik, born in 1968, lives in Berlin. After studying in Paris and at Berlin's Hochschule der Künste she has been working as a freelance illustrator, for the Frank-furter Allgemeine Zeitung and DIE ZEIT, among others and has illustrated a number of children's books.

Edmund Jacoby, born in 1948, studied philosophy and history in Tübingen, Paris and Frankfurt/Main, where he did his docto-rate. He lectured at the University of Frankfurt before he became editor. Jacoby published various articles and books, among other things on political thought in Weimar Classicism. To Gerstenberg’s series 50 Classics he contributed the volumes Nordic Myths and Philosophers.

All rights available,including text rights

By the same illustrator: Fright Night – The Familybook

of Horror Stories

By the same author: 50 Classics Nordic Myths and

50 Classics Philosophers

Axel Scheffler at his best:Classic picaresque Tales

Who wouldn’t know them – Eulenspiegel’s brazen pranks, the tall tales of the Ba-ron of Münchhausen or Don Quixote’s desperate fight against the windmills? Fools and jesters have always engaged in mischievous pranks and jests, in all cultures and at all times, holding up a mirror to human folly and taking every conceivable liberty – and getting off most of the time.There’s those dimwits who build a triangular city hall, without roof or windows, or crafty Nasreddin Hodscha selling the smell of steaming dishes, not forgetting Gejzel from Chelm who travels to Warsaw, or so he thinks, only to find that it bears an uncanny resemblance to his home town ...Stories from the Canterbury Tales, the Decamerone or the Arabian Nights, some of the Grimms’ fairytales, and others by Basile, Bechstein, Gorki and Michalkov complete this wonderful collection of classic picaresque tales. And last but not least: the hilarious illustrations by renowned Axel Scheffler lead us into a picaresque world.

Axel Scheffler

Fools and JestersDas Hausbuch der Narren und Schelme

With illustrations by Axel Scheffler208 pages, fully coloured, 27 x 22 cm,



Axel Scheffler was born in Hamburg in 1957. After studying art history, he went on to study graphic arts at England’s Barth Academy and now lives in London. He counts among the foremost illustrators working at present.

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Christmas Stories and Poems from the Magic Forest

In the Magic Forest, Christmas is just around the corner! The whole forest is covered in white, and the animals huddle up in their dens. The forest warden and his family are busy making knitwear for the animals so they won’t feel the cold. And they show the postman how to get to Father Christmas, who lives deep in the heart of the forest, waiting for the children’s wishlists. All the while up in heaven the angels are busily baking away, making enormous amounts of cookies. When clumsy trainee angel Splutterly drops a tray the children on earth wonder why the hell it’s raining cookies … Farinaceous enough! … When Granny rashly ventures onto the fragile ice the good horse Canterberry rescues her in the nick of time.A motley crop of tales about Christmas and the cold months!

Heinrich Hannover

Christmas in the Magic ForestWeihnachten im Zauberwald




Born in 1925, Heinrich Hannover worked as a lawyer in Bremen until 1995. His droll, amusing and lovable children’s stories for the over fours have by now become classics of the genre.

Selda Marlin Soganci lives in Münster. A freelance artist and illustrator, she works exclusively in wood, whose structure she manages to integra-te into her splendidly colourful pictures, to stunning effect.



By the same author and illustrator: Stories from the Magic Forest

The Smile on the Face of the Tiger

The birds and the bees, hawks and doves, and sundry exotic beasts to boot – they all populate a collection of poems, old and new, which Reinhard Michl has copiously illustrated in a subtle, masterly manner that is all his own. Wilhelm Busch, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Josef Guggenmos, Heinrich Heine, Mascha Kaléko, Erich Kästner, James Krüss, Christian Morgenstern, Joachim Ringelnatz, these are just a few of the poets who have brought to life the fascinating world of animals. Here crafty foxes pursue their nefarious activities side by side with mere figments of fertile imagination such as Morgenstern’s exotic Nasobem, along-side proud cocks or accident-prone creatures like Ernst Jandl’s gold fish. Apart from the well-known classics, some new or unjustly neglected poems provide pleasant surprises. Like few others, Reinhard Michl, who had the original idea for this book, succeeds in making visible the various animals’ characters and idiosyncrasies as they are described by the poets. This is a feast for the eyes and a real treasure chest for the whole family to dip into.

Reinhard Michl

Beastly PoemsMarabu und KänguruhWith illustrations by Reinhard Michl192 pages, fully coloured, 24 x 17 cm,



Reinhard Michl was born in 1948. After his appren-ticeship as a type setter, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Since 1990 he has been publishing children’s books – predominantly animal stories – for which he has received numerous awards.

All rights availableExclusive of text rights

By the same illustrator: Where Fox and Hare say Good Night

Stories from the Magic Forest

The trees in the Magic Forest are chock-a-block with stories. They tell us about Mr. Ravenfeather’s School for Letters, about the moon casting curious glances into the children’s bedroom, and about Carlotta, who will soon have a baby brother. But it’s not only the trees that have seen a lot in life. The old forester, who lives right in the middle of the forest, has many a tale to tell, about Wily, the thieving fox, or Bushy-tails, the hare. For the lovers – big and small – of Heinrich Hannover’s fancyful tales here’s so-mething to look forward to: A sumptuous collection, complete with many, many gorgeous colour pictures. There’s more than 60 tales and poems to be discovered here!

Heinrich Hannover

Stories from the Magic ForestWas der Zauberwald erzählt





Selda Marlin Soganci lives and works in Münster as a freelance artist and illustrator. Her exclusive working material is wood, whose structure becomes an integral, highly effec-tive part of her gloriously colourful pictures.



By the same author and illustrator: Christmas in the Magic Forest

The new Autumn-Advent-Christmas-Wintertime-

Familybook

When the days start to become shorter and the weather turns to grey, moist and uncomfortable and we get our warm clothes from the cupboard – then it’s high time for cosy hours on the sofa with candlelight, a nice cup of tea or hot chocolate and wonderful stories! Rotraut Susanne Berner collected more than 150 stories, songs and verses for the whole family, old and new ones, funny and contemplative ones, some having been created by famous poets and others whose origin nobody knows. She has illustrated them in a way that you must be called a »log of wood« if you are not transferred into some comforting autumn-, Christmas- and winter mood when leafing through this book.

By the same illustrator: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,

Rotraut Susanne Berner’s Treasure Chests and many more


The Familybook of Christmas TimeDas Hausbuch der Weihnachtszeit

With illustrations by Rotraut Susanne Berner152 pages, fully coloured, 27 x 22 cm,



Award-winning Rotraut Susanne Berner’s reputa-tion as an illustrator has long spread beyond the German-speaking coun-tries. She illustrates and designs books, often creating the story as well. She has drawn pictures for children’s books and for novels, as well as desi-gning countless covers.

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Learning from Adventurers – turning learning into an Adventure

Mount EverestSearching for Clues in the eternal IceIn 1924 Georg Mallory tries, for the third time, to become the first person to climb the world’s highest mountain – and dies in the attempt. For more than 70 years his body

remains lost. Jochen Hemmleb, a German geologist and historian of the Alpine region, manages to set up an international expedition to look for the body. And lo and behold – Mallory’s body is discovered be-neath the summit of Mount Everest. Yet one mystery remains: Was Mallory the first man on the world’s highest mountain?Nominated for the German Youth Literature Award 2007

Maja Nielsen

The Adventure of KnowledgeAbenteuer & Wissen

Famous explorers and adventure seekers take us along on their expeditions – Series64 pages, with numerous colour illustrations, 26 x 20 cm, Hardcover, 12.90

Exciting facts for young readers from the age of 10Every volume is also available as audio book.


To be continued –


Warriors of the Steppe The secret History of Genghis KhanWild, cruel and a strategist of geni-us, to boot: 800 years ago Genghis Khan and the horsemen of his Golden Horde conquered a huge area and created

the Mongol Empire that stretched from the Chine-se Sea to the gates of Vienna. This book tells about the exciting life of Genghis Khan, contrasting it with life in the steppes of Mongolia today.

Cosmonauts Into outer Space with 20 million HPThree cosmo-nauts, three men who wrote astro-nautical history: Yuri Gagarin, Sigmund Jähn and Thomas Reiter. Gagarin was the first human, Jähn the first German

in outer space. Reiter was the first astronaut of ESA to walk in space. In this book Jähn and Reiter relate their fascinating adventures in outer space, telling us about the sophisticated technology, about zero gravity and the overwhelming experience of view-ing our planet earth from up above. Furthermore Sigmund Jähn has contributed photographs from his private archives.

Tutankhamun The forgotten TombOn November 4th, 1922, after a six-year search, Ho-ward Carter disco-vered the entrance to the tomb of the legendary Pha-raoh who died, possibly a murder victim, at the age of 18. Treasures of

immeasurable value were discovered in the »Valley of Kings«. The author who is himself engaged in spectacular excavations also contributes some com-ments concerning his personal experience.

Learning from Adventurers – turning learning into an Adventure

The Buccaneer‘s FlagshipWreck-hunting in the CarribeanIn January 1669 he Oxford, the flagship of the formidable buccaneer Henry Morgan, fall prey to the flames and sunk to the bot-tom of the sea. For more than three

centuries the Oxford has been lost without a trace. Over the years countless wreck-hunters have tried to find the legendary flagship – all to no avail. Rick Haupt and Sylvia Krüger are among those on whom the Oxford has cast its spell. Searching for its wreck in the perilous waters of the Carribean has become the adventure of their lives.

Maja Nielsen

The Adventure of KnowledgeAbenteuer & Wissen

Famous explorers and adventure seekers take us along on their expeditions – Series64 pages, with numerous colour illustrations, 26 x 20 cm, Hardcover, 12.90

Exciting facts for young readers from the age of 10Every volume is also available as audio book.


To be continued –


David Livingstone In Search of the Source of the River Nile. In 1866 David Livingstone set out on his journey to find the sources of the Nile. For the next five years he was gone, vanished in thin air somewhere in the rough swamp-scapes of Southern

Africa. His expedition and the American journalist Stanley’s rescue mission for the famous explorer is one of the most exciting chapters in the history of the great explorers.

Across per-petual Ice in Search of ever-lasting Fame The Race for the South PoleIn 1910 the Antarctica beco-mes the stage for a dramatic race. Robert Scott, an Englishman, and Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian, set

out to become the first man to reach the South Pole. Even today an expedition to Antarctica represents a real challenge to man and equipment. Nobody would seem to be better qualified to attest to this fact than world-famous adventurer Arved Fuchs, who tells of his own adventures in Antarctica: After all, he is the only person so far to have been to both, the North and the South Pole.

Red Indians Sitting Bull‘s ProgenyRed Indian Henry Red Cloud, of the Sioux tribe, tells about the days of his forefathers, their hard lives in the reservations and about his big project: He’s bringing back the buffalo to the land

of the Lakota.

Among Chimps and wild Gorillas in the wild

Heart of Africa

If there’s one thing in her long life that Jane Goodall, world-famous behavioural scientist, will never forget, it’s the moment that David Greybeard, a wild chimpan-zee, took her hand. For two years the young woman had been following these shy animals, in Gombe, right in the heart of Africa. At long last her endurance is rewarded: She manages to gain their trust and obtain some spectacular new insights into their behaviour. Jane finds a kindred spirit in Dian Fossey, a fellow scientist who studies the behaviour of mountain gorillas. The two women dedicate their entire lives to the study of these primates – and Dian will eventually lose hers while fighting for the protection of the African gorillas. Together with author Maja Nielsen Jane Goodall retraces her steps and tells about her fascinating experiences as a behavioural scientist and about the fight to save the primates.This is a moving book, for readers of every age, that will take you to the world of the primates in the wild heart of Africa.

Maja Nielsen

Jane Goodall & Dian FosseyAmong Chimps and wild Gorillas

Jane Goodall & Dian FosseyUnter wilden Menschenaffen

64 pages, with numerous colour illustrations, 26 x 20 cm, Hardcover, 12.90

From 10 years onwardsAlso available as audio book

Maja Nielsen is not only a trained actress, but also talented author of adventure stories. Many of them have been pub-lished as books or broadcasted as radio plays. When working on the books of the series Adventure & Knowledge she is always supported by experts of the respective subjects.

Adventure & Knowledge· Tutankhamun· The secret History of Genghis Khan· Cosmonauts· Mount Everest · In Search of the Sources of the River Nile· The Race for the South Pole· Sitting Bull’s Progeny· The Buccaneer’s Flagship· Among Chimps and wild Gorillas· Dinosaurs


A Journey into Prehistory

The earth, 200 million years ago. Almost the entire landmass of our planet is co-vered with primeval forest. This is the age of the dinosaur: No matter where, in the water, on land or in the air; be they vegetarians or carnivores, predators or quarry dinosaurs are the dominant species. And among these gigantic reptiles, the biggest and most dangerous hunter of all time: Tyrannosaurus Rex, »King of the Tyrant Lizards«. However, after having reigned su-preme for almost two hundred million years, within quite a short period all the dinosaurs die out … to be »rediscovered« in 1812, some 65 million years later, by Mary Anning, a twelve-year old English girl. Her discovery, the skeleton of an Ichthyosaurus, becomes an international sensati-on and marks the beginning of the study of dinosaurs.This book tells the exciting story of the first »dino hunters«: Mary Anning and her sensational discovery; Richard Owen and Gideon Mantell, the first rival fossil hunters; Barnum Brown, the man who discovered Tyrannosurus Rex; and Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh, whom dinomania turned into bitter enemies, and who literally had »many a bone to pick«. With ample assistance from Dr. »Dino« Frey, one of Germany’s most-acclaimed palaeontolgists, Maja Nielsen’s book follows the trail of the dino hunters. Along the way Dr. Frey contributes some stories of his own, recounting his discovery of the »Monster of Aramberri«, the skeleton of a huge marine creature of the saurian type, found in Mexico in 2002. A real voyage of discovery, related with gusto, crammed with facts, and accompanied by fascina-ting pictures.

Maja Nielsen

DinosaursA Journey into Prehistory

DinosaurierReise zu den Urzeitriesen

64 pages, with numerous colour illustrations, 26 x 20 cmHardcover, 12.90




Series to be continued.


The African savannah: steppe by steppe by step-pe, as far as the eye can see. It is home to millions of animals: lions, zebras, elephants, antelopes, gnus, cheetahs, and many more. They range the vast grass-scape looking for food, congregate at the water-holes, and seek shelter from the sun under tall trees – a spectacle to take your breath away. Those who take a closer look will find more to marvel at: The sa-vannah is one huge »kindergarten« for the wild animals of Africa. Zebra babies, lion cubs, and little elephants born here soon begin to lead exciting lives in the vast steppe. Much-acclai-med, award-winning photographer Gabriela Staebler has taken a closer look, in-deed, following the wild youngsters’ antics, camera in hand. Capturing the wild animal »children« in beautiful, at times spectacular, photographs, she records their adventures in vivid pictures, complemented by explana-tory comments. Her current series tells the stories behind the pictures, the stories about the »wild children« of Africa.

ElephantsThe birth of a baby elephant is an

exciting event for the whole herd. All the females gather round mother and child to

form a protective wall. While growing up the young elephant will likewise be protected and

looked after by the whole family. Even so the little bull elephant lives through many an

adventure. This book tells his story. (64 pages)

ZebrasHerds of zebras will range the savannah for

hundreds of kilometres, looking for food and water. Quite a slog for a little foal, but no less

exciting for all that. In her book, Gabriela Staebler accompanies a young zebra on its

journey, telling us about herd life in the steppe, encounters with crocodiles, and other dangers

and adventures along the way. (48 pages)

NEW SERIES starting with four titles

To be continued

Gabriela Staebler

Wild ChildrenWilde Kinder48/64 pages, with numerous colour illustrations26 x 20 cm, Hardcover, 9.90Contains full glossarySeries, to be continued

From 8 years onwards and to be read to the children

Gabriela Staebler lives in Southern Germany. Since 1989 she works as a photographer and author for maga-zines, book publishers and calendar manufacturers, at home and abroad. Her love and passion is dedicated to African wildlife. Staebler’s pho-tographs have been chosen for National Geographic’s 100 best wildlife pictures, and named among »100 best wildlife photo-graphs in ten years« by Nature’s Best USA. Moreover she has repeatedly been elected European Nature Photographer of the Year and BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, as well as receiving a prize by Nature’s Best International Photo-graphy Award USA.

LionsFor three lion cubs just born, it looks like a rat-

her ill-fated start in life: No sooner have they left their mother’s womb than they’ve got to face a

menacing herd of buffalo. But the danger passes, and the youngsters can embark on their exciting

life of "lionizing". If you want to learn more about how they grow up, what life in a pride is

like, how they defend their territory and how they learn to hunt while at play all you have to do

is read Gabriela Staebler’s book. (48 pages)

CheetahsHalftail the Leopard has to raise two children

all on her own, a male and a female. Leo-pards are loners, and Halftail has to teach her children all they need to know to survive later

on, when they’re on their own. Gabriela Staeb-ler has watched these young ones growing up: Gambolling, having a first try at hunting their game, but also facing the dangers that lurk in

the wilderness. (48 pages)

Books for Animal Lovers, big and small!


Discovery Series:The French Revolution

The French Revolution was a turning point in history. Not only did the ten years between the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and Napoleon’s seizure of power in 1799 radically change the political structure of France, but the Revolution became a turning point of European history as a whole. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity are the central political ideas of the French Revolution. Such events as the storming of the Bastille, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and, on the other hand, the Reign of Terror, still concern us today because from that struggle arose the type of modern democratic state which is founded on the rule of law: Constitution, Human Rights, Separation of Powers. This book provides copious information about the causes, the course and the principal protagonists of the French Revolution, and numerous historical pictures and vivid drawings complement the text in a most impressive manner.

In the same series: The First Democracy

Hans-Ulrich Thamer

The French RevolutionDie Französische Revolution

With numerous illustrations by Michael Welply48 pages, including two fold-out pages

Fully coloured, 28 x 22 cm, Hardcover, 12.90


Ernst-Ulrich Thamer, born in Rotenburg an der Fulda in 1943, studied history in Marburg and Berlin. He has been a professor for modern and contemporary history at Münster University since 1983. His research focusses on the social history and the history of ideas of France.

Michael Welply, born in London in 1948, is a renowned illustrator of non-fiction books, with some 70 books to his credit. He currently lives in France.

Sold to France

Discovery Series:The First Democracy

Ancient Greece is commonly considered to be the cradle of democracy: In 462 B.C. the rule of the people is introduced in Athens. After the overthrow of the tyrants’ rule and the war against the Persians, Pericles is foremost in initiating decisive political changes intended to strengthen the rule of the people. This volume traces the major stages on the road to the first democracy in the history of mankind. Well-informed articles, accompanied by historically accurate illustrations, give a good idea of how people then used to live, how they went to war, how popular assemblies were held, and how trials in front of a jury were conducted. Further valuable infor-mation is offered on the importance of religion, the part played by the attic naval league, the position of women in public life, the role of the theatre and the ideas of the philosophers.An exciting introduction to the subject for children from 10 years onwards.

In the same series: The French Revolution

Hartmut Leppin

The First DemocracyDie erste Demokratie

With illustrations by Mirko Rathke48 pages, including two fold-out pages,

Fully coloured, 28 x 23 cm, Hardcover, 12.90


Hartmut Leppin, born in 1963, studied history, Latin, Classical Greek and educational science. Since 2001 he has held a professor’s chair in Ancient History at the Jo-hann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe Universität in Frankfurt.

Mirko Rathke, born in 1976, studied graphic arts at Hamburg’s Fachhoch-schule für angewandte Wissenschaften. In 2000 he was awarded first prize in the international com-petition for illustrations at the Salon du Livre de Jeunesse in Paris.

Sold to France and Greece

The Visual Encyclopedia of the Environment

Only in recent years we have learnt to see ourselves as part of the complex and sensitive ecological system earth.

The Visual Encyclopedia of the Environment explains the vast knowledge range of eco-logy by showing the links between the many different topics in a completely new way. At the sides of each double page you will find links to related topics which will help you to achieve a deeper knowlegde of ecological contexts.

The Visual Encyclopedia of the Environment · introduces us to the basics of ecology· shows the endangerment for the environment to us· explains the achievements of ecological engineering· deals with the topics earth, life, food, energy, industry, traffic, everyday life, precaution and maintenance

The Visual Encyclopedia of the Enrironment contains· about 3,000 lexical terms· more than 2,000 links which join topical double pages from different chapters· more than 2,000 photographs and graphics, a glossary and a register

The Visual Encylopedia of the Environment

Das visuelle Lexikon Umwelt448 pages, fully coloured, 24 x 20 cm

Hardcover, half-linen, 35.-With many cross-topical links and an extensive register

More than 2,500 coloured figures

From 12 years onwards and the whole family

Bernd Schuh, born in 1948, studied physics, chemistry and mathe-matics in Cologne. After getting his PhD in 1977 he acquired his habilitati-on in physics. He worked as a fellow and lecturer at Cologna Univer-sity and at the University of California in San Diego. Nowadays he works as a freelance writer and pre-senter for radio and TV, as well as for magazines.


GermaN Youth Literature award 2002

Handicrafts for Extraterrestrials

Kim’s Auntie Ilse has a secret. She’s been acting mighty strange, these last couple of days. While Kim is still wondering what it’s all about, something drops on her head – Krimskramuri, a charming extraterrestrial from the planet Idea. He is willing to help Kim. The two of them try to discover Auntie Ilse’s secret. So first of all, Krimskramuri invents a spy camera which will unobtrusively monitor all of Auntie Ilse’s movements, 24 hours a day …Kim’s story provides a framework that links, in a most entertaining fashion, a variety of tinker "recipes". Apart from the camera you are told how to make your own notebook, visiting cards, a soft case for your mobile phone, finger-print-pow-der, not forgetting a lucky charm, an automatic seat and a high-class dog kennel. These easy-to-follow instructions are complemented by numerous sketches and colour photographs. But that is far from all: Special Courses (jigsaw work, drilling and the use of screws, papering and glueing, folding paper, bookbinding, cutting, and sewing) complete the book and invite the reader to devise courses of their own.The modern, clear design facilitates orientation: The instructions, special courses and Kim’s story are set off visually.

Antje von Stemm

Handicrafts with KrimskramuriExtrembasteln mit Krimskramurie



Antje von Stemm, born in 1970, lives and works in Hamburg. She is Germany’s only paper engineer, and her unique, original book projects have reaped a number of awards, among them the Deutscher Jugendlite-raturpreis (German Youth Literature Award).


What’s cookin’?

Cooking is all the rage, cookery courses for young people are in great demand. Boys go for sushi and spare ribs, girls prefer pasta and Asian dishes. Both love wraps and suchlike. And of course, cooking together is strictly an absolute must. Here then is the cookery book for this target group.When young people start cooking, just for fun, they don’t need a conventional coo-kery book. All they want to know is how to make, themselves, their favourite things to eat. So, although in fact being a cookery course, fortunately enough this book doesn’t look like one. Likely questions are answered »in passing«, and some smart solutions to tricky problems will make many an adult raise admiring eyebrows. Furthermore a number of recipes provide links to similar ones: Thus quiche will refer you to apple pie, teaching you, by the way, that the mixture of eggs and cream required for both dishes is basically the same, it’s just the spices used that are different. Throughout the book a »ribbon« running along the bottom of the pages will provide plenty of useful and inventive tips and tricks. Not only does the aut-hor warn you of potential pitfalls, but will also tell you how to salvage a dish gone wrong, or what you can do if wraps is on the menu, but you forgot to buy tortillas! Besides the recipes for youngsters, there are some evergreens as well. And of course, the ingredients required make allowances for the limited means that young persons have at their disposal. A novel kind of glossary takes account of changed reading habits. Besides the usual index, there is an additional chapter providing recipes for particular occasions: Cooking for parties, Cooking alone, »Gang cooking«, Cooking for lovers, Cooking for the family.

Lisa Shoemaker

Let‘s Cook50 recipes - 50 variations for first-time cooks

Let’s CookDas erste Mal kochen

160 pages with approx. 80 photographs, black and white, and colour

Softcover with flaps, 24 x 17 cm, 14.90


Lisa Shoemaker was born in Albany/New York Sta-te, in 1957. She grew up in Frankfurt and Berlin and attended university, doing German and American studies. An enthusiastic cook since she was ten, for the past five years she has been contributing recipes for »Gemüsekis-te« magazine, as well as offering a catering service for small events. In 2004 she started cooking with her thirteen-year old daughter and her teenage friends. Since then this leisurely pastime has developed into fully-fledged cookery courses for youngsters - a runaway success.


The Way the Cookie crumbles

In this Baking Workshop children are introduced to a huge variety of tasty recipes for cakes, tarts and cookies, and they can find out how to turn dough into the most fantastic surprises. In easy steps and with many pictures, the authors explain how to prepare cheese cake, panettone, muffins, brownies, – and it’s all a piece of cake! They show how dough for marble cake can be turned into a volcanic eruption, how sponge fingers can be fashioned into rattling skeletons, and how dough for pavlova can be transformed into a Pizza Capricciosa. This bind-up of the two successful books The Way the Cookie crumbles and A Baking Workshop assembles regional and international recipes, well-known as well as lesser well-known ones, easy and a bit more demanding ones, for bakers big and small, she and he. A »Little Baker’s Workshop« at the end of the book provides an introduction to the basics of baking.

Ruth Kreider-Stemple & Bettina Frensemeier

A Baking Workshop – For Kids and AdultsDas große Buch vom Backen und Bauen

Die Backwerkstatt für Kinder160 pages

Fully coloured, 26 x 20 cm, Flexcover, 19.90


Ruth Kreider-Stempfle, born in 1961, in Bluffton, Ohio, studied graphic design in the USA and Basel. Ten years ago she started KreiderDesign in Munich, where she now lives, enjoying a consider-able reputation in the arts and film industry.

Bettina Frensemeier was born in 1971 into a family of bakers going back se-veral generations. Having first completed a tailor’s apprenticeship, she stu-died fashion and graphic design and has now been working for KreiderDesign for five years.


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Guess what it is!

Now, is this a skein of wool or rather a little sheep? Bestselling author Antje Damm’s drawings, collages and photographs make up a surprising question-and-answer game, daring us to guess the things-behind-the-things. A picture book to keep you guessing, playing or just plain fantasizing – and not for children only either.What’s that? Little children never get tired of asking that question. Antje Damm’s new book leads us a merry dance of pictures that leave you guessing what hides beneath. 22 objects that every child knows are transformed into animals. The pictures invite to a dialogue with the most diverse materials. By looking at them children may learn by and by to realize connections between various shapes and colours, and to devise picture puzzles of their own.

By the same illustrator:Batty topsy-turvy and Kid Bandits

Antje Damm

What’s that?Was ist das?

48 pages, fully coloured, 16 x 16 cm, cardboard, E 9.90



Now as boardbook-edition

Everybody wants to be a hero every once in a while - at least in their dreams. And strange things can happen when dreams and reality clash - as, indeed, they do to Max, the fearless dragon fighter. A bedtime story for trainee knights and other heroes!

Max just loves stories about knights and dragons. So it’s little wonder the bedtime story his mother reads to him follows him into his sleep. And such a pleasant dream he has, fighting dragons. So next morning Max decides to follow up his dream and lead a life of chivalrous adventure - just like last night’s dream. And, lo and behold, there is a mighty foe blocking his way - just like last night’s dream. But for the tiny detail, that is, that it isn’t brave Sir Max who puts the foe to flight, but rather an equally fearless damsel-sans-distress who stuffs her adversary (i.e. Max) into the water-butt. Short shrift, indeed, make no mistake! Try as he will in his world of fantasy, the real world holds plenty of nasty surprises, enough to foil his wild flights of fancy. At the end of the day he realises that he’d better cut down on heroic exploits, and welcome his new neighbour instead, the fearless damsel. Who knows, she might turn out to be an excellent jouster, to boot!

In an original manner young artist Thilo Krapp’s book contrasts dream and reality on opposite pages, sparkling with colour and his very own brand of wit that’s bound to bring a smile to your face or draw a giggle from your throat. An impressive de-but, indeed!

Thilo Krapp

Max the Dragon FighterTales of a square table

Max, der Drachenschreck

Publication: Autumn 2009

Gabriela Staebler

Wild ChildrenWilde Kinder48 pages, with numerous colour illustrations26 x 20 cm, Hardcover, 9.90Contains full glossarySeries, to be continued

From 8 years onwards and to be read to the children

Gabriela Staebler lives in Southern Germany. Since 1989 she works as a photographer and author for maga-zines, book publishers and calendar manufacturers, at home and abroad. Her love and passion is dedicated to African wildlife. Staebler’s pho-tographs have been chosen for National Geographic’s 100 best wildlife pictures, and named among »100 best wildlife photo-graphs in ten years« by Nature’s Best USA. Moreover she has repeatedly been elected European Nature Photographer of the Year and BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, as well as receiving a prize by Nature’s Best International Photo-graphy Award USA.

LeopardsFrom the shelter of a cave in a rocky glen

emerges a leopard with her two cubs. Life in the African savannah is rife with dangers

untold: Attacked by a herd of baboons, the supple young predators make a daring

escape across the rocks on the cliff edge.

GiraffesEntering the world via a seven-foot drop:

What an exciting way to begin a giraffe’s life! But baby giraffes take such things in their

stride – quite literally, as within a matter of hours they will begin to follow their mothers

on wobbly knees, embarking on their first forays into the steppe.

Books for Animal Lovers, big and small!

Publication: Spring 2009

The new House in our Street

What an exciting thing to watch - a building site! There’re cranes, lorries and concrete mixers; and lots of working men ply their various crafts. The numerous activities involved -seven-year-old Tim knows them all!

Tim’s parents are building a house. And Tim can „get in on the ground floor“, as it were, because the architect is his uncle Hannes. Knowing all the requisite stages, Hannes will see it through to its completion - from casting the foundations to put-ting up the roof. Tracing the consecutive stages of a real-life building site, this meticulously resear-ched fact-and-picture book tells about the planning of a house, and about the „be-hind-the-scenes“ activities of cranes, excavators and concrete mixers. While detailed illustrations follow the building process, with the house gradually taking shape, informative glosses behind the flaps introduce the reader to key terms of house building. Rolf Toyka, the author, is a trained architect, and therefore in a perfect position to contribute his personal know-how.The book was written in collaboration with the Academy of Architecture and Town Planning of the State of Hesse.

Rolf Toyka

The New House in our StreetAchtung, fertig, Baustelle!

illustrated by Ferenc B. Regös32 pages, including flaps, fully coloured

31 x 23 cm, Hardcover€ 16.90 Publication: Autumn 2009

200th Birthday of Charles Darwin

In December 1831, HMS Beagle, a survey ship, leaves England heading for South America. Among the passengers is Charles Darwin, a twenty-two-year old theologi-an with a keen interest in natural science. At the time nobody has the slightest idea what import this expedition will have for mankind: Darwin’s observations in those far-away lands, and the conclusions he draws from them, will change the world...

In the course of that five-year journey Darwin discovers by then unknown plants and animals, and sets foot on virgin soil, where no man has trod before. His keen observations on the immense variety of life forms lead him to challenge orthodox views: Could it be that the story of the Creation has got it wrong? That life on earth was not created once and for all in its present form, but is subject to continuous change? And which are the laws that govern this change? Could man himself have evolved from more primitive species? Could it really be the case that humankind bears a much closer relationship to the animal kingdom than had been assumed?Maja Nielsen tells the gripping story of an explorer, whose insights and „dangerous thoughts“ were in open conflict with the beliefs held by his contemporaries and, up till then, himself. Together with evolutionary biologist Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht, she embarks on a quest for the mysteries of evolution, amply demonstrating the fact that Darwin’s discoveries have lost none of their power to fascinate any reader.

Maja Nielsen

Charles DarwinThe Secret of the Evolution

Charles DarwinDas Geheimnis der Evolution

64 pages, with numerous colour illustrations, 26 x 20 cmHardcover, 12.90




Series to be continued.

Publication: Spring 2009

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