Foreign Rights Catalogue · Autumn 2016 THIENEMANN · ESSLINGER

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A New
Charming
Character
The new
p otent ial
B e s t s el l e r
REALISTIC
FICTION
I llustrated
Fairy Tales
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Parents & home vs. fake freedom
and why it’s not always good to
get what you want… Lisa loves her
parents, she really does. If only they
weren’t always so worried about
her. On no account should Lisa go
along to the old mansion that is to
be made into an orphanage. But
that is precisely where Lisa wants to
go. A house without any parents –
that sounds like freedom!
Let’s be honest: What were your
favourite stories for story time when
you were a little girl? Exactly – tales
of fairies and elves or princesses.
Then you could pretend you were in
the wondrous magic world of fairy
tales… Here we encounter fairies
as small winged creatures and kind
old mothers on the one hand and as
powerful natural spirits responsible
for the weal and woe of human
beings on the other.
Martin Luther – first a monk, then
a radical reformer and finally, involuntary so, the first Protestant. What
happened to make him a heretic and
lead him to pick a quarrel with the
pope? The authors set out to follow
the tracks of Martin Luther and
demonstrate how this courageous
man rocked the Catholic Church to
its foundations and with it the entire
world as it was, and how this still
affects our lives even today.
Until recently Polly was a perfectly ordinary little girl. But ever
since that stupid tooth fell out
everything has been different. For
the tooth now emerging is not an
ordinary tooth – it’s a truly genuine vampire tooth! Polly thinks
it is amazing that vampires have
magical powers, but she is less
amused by the fact that she has to
pass an exam before she can go
and live with her family again.
Mo, his sister Kaja and brother
Jonathan get goose bumps as they
climb into the abandoned amusement park. Around them there is
nothing but empty shooting galleries, an overgrown merry-go-round
and an old Ferris wheel. Suddenly
Mo sees an old castle in the distance. The children are attracted
to it as if by magic. For it is in this
castle where Shabalu lives, and it is
he who pulls all the strings …
How does the Internet know so
much? Can one eat cookies? Am I
a different person on the Internet?
Children can find answers to these
questions and many more besides
in this stunning non-fiction book
for children. Inspired by these questions, the acclaimed photographer
Jan von Holleben created illustrations that are both spectacular and
will give you many aha! moments.
Age Group
Age Group
Age Group
Age Group
Age Group
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Biography
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8 +
Trendy topic :
Internet
Age Group
6 +
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A MUST READ BECAUSE …
OUTSTANDING FEATURES
PROFOUND KNOWLEDGE
FACTOR OF SUCCESS
FACTOR OF SUCCESS
OUTSTANDING FEATURES
It’s unconventional, with an
excellent narrative voice and a
heroine whose charm you
cannot but fall for!
This anthology of the loveliest classical
folk tales by Grimm, Perrault and from
Nordic countries demonstrates how
varied the tradition of telling stories is.
On occasion of the anniversary
of Reformation in 2016 and 2017
written by bestselling authors.
A dynamic, fast-paced and
exciting children’s book that is
excellently written and huge
fun to read.
Bestselling author with over
150,000 books sold within
shortly. Great story teller, high
sales-guarantee!
Everything you have always wanted
to know about the Internet, easypeasily explained including stunning
photographs!
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l An awesome new book for children by bestselling author Oliver Scherz
l Fast-paced story with a likeable brother and sister trio
Award winning
author
l Fantasy world packed with cowboys, Indians, dinosaurs, giants and dwarfs
PRIZE
A splendid
story-time adventure
© Susanna Wengeler
© Angela Meyer
Oliver Scherz (1974) is an actor and director.
He writes children’s books and his aim is for his
stories to have an impact on children and adults
alike. For him, reading aloud is something important for the whole family; and a good children’s
book does not have an age limit. Oliver Scherz
lives with his family in Berlin.
l Brilliantly illustrated by bestselling illustrator Daniel Napp
by bestselling author
Oliver Scherz
English sample
translation available
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Daniel Napp (1974) studied Graphic Design in
Münster. Even as a student, he won several
awards. He now works as a freelance illustrator
and has already illustrated numerous picture
books and books for children.
www.daniel-napp.de
www.oliverscherz-autor.de
Bestseller!
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Rights sold
to: CZ, NL
Rights sold
to: CZ, H, E,
DK, IL, SK
Over 100,000
copies sold!
Oliver Scherz
When the Secret Park Awakes,
Beware of Shabalu!
How quiet and enchanting it is here! Mo and his sister Kaja and
brother Jonathan get goose bumps as they climb into the abandoned
amusement park. Around them there is nothing but empty shooting
galleries, an overgrown merry-go-round and an old Ferris wheel. Suddenly Mo sees an old castle in the distance. The children are attracted
to it as if by magic. For it is in this castle that Shabalu lives, and it is he
who pulls all the strings …
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Illustrations by Daniel Napp
Children’s Novel
Hardcover, 112 pages
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CHILDREN’S NOVEL
lAt last a new Pippi Longstocking: POLLY POOKIE COOKIE!
lGuaranteed to be a bestseller: Lucy Astner writes screenplays
for famous actors and directors
lMovie rights under negotiation with Warner Bros
At last a new Pippi Longstocking:
© Elisabeth Caren
POLLY POOKIE COOKIE!
”Amusing, fast-paced
is a dynamic, fast-paced
and highly entertaining -
and exciting children’s book
that’s Lucy and that’s how
that is excellently written
she writes. Altogether
and huge fun to read.“
a pleasure.“
actor and bo ok am
undation
of the Reading Fo
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Veronica Fer
bassador
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EdStock
”POLLY POOKIE COOKIE
English sample
translation available
Wolfgang
Petersen
or y“ )
© Philipp Astner
film dire ctor
(” The never-e
nding St
Lucy Astner was born in Hamburg in 1982. She likes eating
chocolate, trampoline jumping and laughing till it hurts. And
it is precisely because she likes laughing so much that she has
made her hobby into her profession and writes screenplays
for the movie theatre to make lots of other people laugh. She
lives with her two daughters and her husband in the centre of
Hamburg-Elmsbüttel.
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Until recently Polly was a perfectly ordinary little girl. But ever since that
stupid incisor fell out everything has been different. For the tooth now emerging is not an ordinary tooth – it’s a truly genuine vampire tooth! And Polly is
not an ordinary little girl any more but a vampire girl. When she is angry she
is suddenly so strong that she can flick that nasty Marvin Kowalke through the
air like an easy-peasy bit of snot. Polly thinks it is amazing that vampires have
magical powers, but she is less amused by the fact that she has to pass an exam
supervised by the council of dormice before she can go and live with her family
again. And so Polly leaves her home in lovely California to go and stay with
Aunt Winnie in Hamburg to prepare for the vampire exam.
Lucy Astner
Polly Pookie Cookie
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b/w Illustrations by Lisa Hänsch
Children’s Novel
Hardcover, 224 pages
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lOver sixty pictures by photo artist Jan von Holleben
wanted to know
about the Internet
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How does the Internet know so much?
Can one eat cookies? Am I a different
person on the Internet?
TOP
TITLE
English sample
translation available
Rights sold to
17 countries!
Rights
sold to
China
Jan von Holleben
Jane Baer-Krause · Kristine Kretschmer
Jan von Holleben (1977) studied Special Education and this was followed by studies of Theory
and History of Photography at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design in London. He now lives
in Berlin and works for Geo, Geolino, Die Zeit,
Zeit Leo, Spiegel, Dein Spiegel, Neon, Eltern,
Chrismon, SZ Magazine and other magazines.
© Anna Schäflein
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www.janvonholleben.com
Jane Baer-Krause, born in Hanover in 1958, is a freelance journalist and the initiator and co-editor of the interactive project
www.religionen-entdecken.de. She studied social sciences,
trained as a journalist, spent several years working on a news
desk and later freelanced for political, tourist and other media.
Kristine Kretschmer was born in Munich in 1953, studied sociology and for many years has been working freelance as a journalist and author. The focus of her work is on children, and her radio
reports have often been written in collaboration with children.
NON-FICTION REFERENCE
Everything you have always
lNew volume in our bestselling series of children’s questions: over 80,000 books sold
WWWhat? Children can find answers to all relevant questions in
this non-fiction book for children. The 70 questions asked by children in this volume were compiled in cooperation with the famous
website seitenstark.de and answered by authors Jane Bauer-Krause
and Kristine Kretschmer in close collaboration with the website’s
experts. Inspired by these questions, the acclaimed illustrator Jan
von Holleben created illustrations that are both spectacular and will
give you many aha! moments.
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WWWhat?
Everything you have always
wanted to know about the Internet
Non-fiction reference
Hardcover, 160 pages
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NON-FICTION BIOGRAPHY
The special book to mark the anniversary of the Reformation –
the media event starting in autumn 2016 to the end of 2017
Bestselling authors
on the tracks
of Martin Luther
Team of bestselling authors
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PRIZE
Award winning author
(German Youth Literature Award 2010)
Journalist and writer Christian Nürnberger and his wife
Petra Gerster have published several books on teaching
and education, all of them bestsellers. For his ”Courageous People – Resistance in the Third Reich“ Christian
Nürnberger was awarded the German Youth Literature
Prize in 2010.
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Martin Luther – first a monk, then a radical reformer and finally, involuntary
so, the first Protestant. What happened to make him a heretic and lead him to
pick a quarrel with the pope? Christian Nürnberger sets out to follow the tracks
of Martin Luther and demonstrates how this courageous and single-minded
man rocked the Catholic Church to its foundations and with it the entire world
as it was known then, and how this still affects our lives even today. Petra
Gerster takes a look at Katharina von Bora, the runaway nun who set her mind
on marrying Martin Luther and no other man. This is a an instructive, personal and highly entertaining encounter with Luther and his wife – written by two
bestselling authors and impressively illustrated by Irmela Schautz.
Christian Nürnberger · Petra Gerster
The Rebellious Monk,
the Runaway Nun and the
Greatest Bestseller of all Times
13+
Illustrations by Irmela Schautz
Non-fiction biography
Hardcover, 128 pages
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CHILDREN’S FICTION
lShort texts close to everyday life for age groups 3, 4, 5 years and up
lPowerful topics
lIncluding activity tasks which train creativity and language development
Ruth Rahlff
I Go to Kindergarten Now
3+
Verena Carl
Life is Busy for Linus and Linda
3+
Antonia Rothe-Liermann
With Dearluise All’s Well
With the World
4+
Margit Auer
Princess SkyBlue
Illustrations by Stephanie Stickel
Illustrations by Anna Karina Birkenstock
Children’s fiction
Children’s fiction
Illustrations by Miryam Specht
Children’s fiction
Hardcover, 48 pages
Hardcover, 48 pages
Children’s fiction
Hardcover, 80 pages
5+
Illustrations by Petra Eimer
Hardcover, 80 pages
Yeah, I go to Kindergarden! Fritzi is two and
three-quarters and a bubbly red-head with unruly curls. She now goes to kindergarten. And
that, Fritzi thinks, is super, for at kindergarten
there are so many things to do. Anyway, her best
friends Merle and Hamid also go there. You can
play there, have breakfast together, do handicrafts and frolic around.
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Life is busy! Linus and Linda are twins and have
just had a little baby brother, Mattis. 13 short story-time stories tell us about their busy daily family
life. A walk with Mummy, going shopping or playing at home – there is always a lot going on, not
to mention the small and large problems that keep
popping up and need to be dealt with. For example when Linda finds a super-duper stick that simply has to be taken indoors – preferably into bed!
All’s well! Franz is four. Dearluise is about 11
times as old and his very dearest best friend,
babysitter, story teller, comforter and pancake
maker. With Dearluise nothing is as annoying or
scary or quite as stupid as Franz had first thought.
For Dearluise always finds a way to deal with
fears or calm anxieties, turn anger into energy
and make the greyest boredom into an adventure.
Dear Princess … Princess SkyBlue is a cheerful princess loved by all. She helps wherever and
whenever she can. Sometimes she has to protect
her little brother, Niklas, from the sock monster
and sometimes she has to help her best friend,
Lotta, in the garden. But helping is not too easy –
especially when you come up against an old
grump like dwarf Panko …
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CHILDREN’S NOVEL
l Gripping plot with elements of fantasy and a lot of humour
l Unusual characters in a Victorian setting, atmospheric and full of suspense
High promising detective
series – exciting, mystifying,
mysterious
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Award winning author
(German Fantasy Prize)
© www.foto-nieder.de
Bernd Perplies · Christian Humberg
Bernd Perplies was born in Wiesbaden in 1977 and studied film studies, German literature, book studies and psychology in Mainz. He now works as a writer, translator and journalist. His ”Carya“ trilogy was published by Egmont Lyx.
Christian Humberg has been freelancing since the late 1990s as a writer of
novels and non-fiction for children and adults and as a translator and editor.
Perplies and Humberg co-authored the ”13 Dragon Lane“ series.
www.bernd-perplies.de
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www.christian-humberg.de
There are ghosts haunting the metropolis on the Thames!
Nothing and nobody is safe. Sherlock Holmes finds the occurrences
beneath his dignity as a respectable detective. When Lucius and his
friends start investigating they stumble upon clues leading them to
an incredible secret: an invisible man is up to mischief in London,
stealing from the nobility objects of immeasurable value. Where
does the mysterious stranger come from? And how can an opponent nobody can see be stopped? While trying to solve this mysterious case, the team find themselves in great danger!
The Uncanny Cases of Lucius Adler
Hunting the Invisible Man
10+
Children’s Novel
Hardcover, 256 pages
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lMajor interest topic: class trip – The second volume featuring Granola
l Fast-paced, witty and mystifying
lTold with sensitivity and a load of humour
CHILDREN’S NOVEL
CHILDREN’S NOVEL
l Over 200,000 books by Susan Niessen sold
l Bestselling illustrator Nina Dulleck (”The School of Magic Animals“)
The crazy inventor
from next door
A new adventure with
Granola and Flourlet
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What a mess! A class trip with a rabbit was not really what was planned. But when Granola discovers
Flourlet in her travel bag it is already too late. To
begin with, Jule and Vanessa help her keep the stowaway a secret, but then the two girls suddenly stop
speaking to her. Yet it was only the sausage from Nathan’s sandwich that accidentally landed on Vanessa’s head. Luckily all this confusion can be sorted out
and Jule and Vanessa feel so guilty that they think
up something very special for Granola.
What’s that? The parcel is giggling. David and his
best friend Clara are absolutely sure about that. It is
addressed to Professor Mirakel, the new neighbour. He
looks a bit weird and what’s more claims he can make
every wish come true. Indeed, he immediately guesses
David’s most secret wish. But when he makes it come
true, chaos is the result …
Susan Niessen
Professor Mirakel’s
Secret-Wish-Workshop
Susan Niessen was born in 1967, studied English, German
and psychology in Bonn and then spent several years working as a publishing editor. Since 2009 she has been freelancing as an author and has published numerous picture
and children’s books.
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b/w Illustrations by Nina Dulleck
Children’s Novel
Hardcover, 144 pages
Timm Milan
8+
Class Trip Confusion or How
We Caught the Green Sausage
Timm Milan was born in Wuppertal, and he still lives in
his native city. Apart from his activities as a writer, he
also works at an elementary school, where between
playground noise and classroom problems, he keeps
finding inspiration for his books. “Rabbit Smuggling
or How I Saved Flourlet from Going Mouldy” is his first
book for Thienemann.
8+
b/w Illustrations by Susanne Göhlich
Children’s Novel
Hardcover, 112 pages
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l 35,000 copies of Sabine Bohlmann’s books sold
l Affectionately illustrated by Carola Sieverding
l An enchanting road movie about friendship, happiness and a big dream
CHILDREN’S NOVEL
CHILDREN’S NOVEL
l Welcome to the most charming animal hotel in the world
The road to
happiness …
A girl, a magical cat and
an animal mystery!
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Don’t worry… be happy! If you could catch happiness
with a fishing rod there would certainly be more people
sitting on the banks! Greta learned this from Miss Luise.
Miss Luise is not Greta’s real Grandma but Greta loves
her just as much. When one day, however, Miss Luise
has a fall and is put in a nursing home, the ten-year-old
decides she has to get her friend out of there! Not long
afterwards, the two of them actually are sitting in an
old car travelling towards Luise’s past. From the roadside they pick up Sam, who is making his way through
Germany, and Moses, a huge dog that appoints the three
humans to be his new owners. It is hardly surprising
that this unusual trio have a trip that is packed with
more adventures than a roller coaster trip.
Oh dear, oh dear! In the lane very close to the Magic
Paw Hotel Mia, her best friend Lissy and Timothy from
next door find an injured Siamese cat. It was hit by a
car and simply left on the road – a clear-cut case of hitand-run and very obviously a crime! Mia’s cat, Minou
cannot stand her fellow cat – Mia immediately senses
this – but they quickly agree that justice must be done
and the culprit needs to be caught!
b/w Illustrations by Carola Sieverding
Children’s Novel
Hardcover, 144 pages
Sabine Bohlmann
8+
How I Abducted Miss Luise …
9+
b/w Illustrations by Miryam Specht
© Christian Hartmann
Feline Lang
Magic Paw Hotel
Hit-and-Run!
After training to be an actress, Sabine Bohlmann took part
in various films and series on television. She also works
as a dubbing artist and has lent her voice to characters
like Lisa Simpson and actors such as Vanessa Paradies.
Since 2004 she has been writing guides, children’s CDs
and children’s books.
Children’s Novel
Hardcover, 240 pages
www.sabinebohlmann.com
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l Author awarded the German Youth Literature Prize in 2002
l Bang on for the target group: a true-to-life road movie
l Adventurous and mystifying story about family and friendship
A hitchhiker’s guide to life
CHILDREN’S NOVEL
YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
l Trendy topic: couch surfing and airbnb
Freedom is not always
what it seems!
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What a road trip! I’m going to grab my bike and cycle all the way across Spain. This is Greta’s aim after
being dumped by her boyfriend. But she would never
have dared to embark on such a trip alone. It is not
until she gets to know Artjom in Berlin that her plan
becomes reality and they set off together on a journey
of adventure that promises to be the trip of her life.
However, it’s not as easy as that: a flat tire and rainy
days thwart their plans. More than anything else, being near to Artjom, that good looking boy, a stranger
almost, and the friendship with a fascinating Spaniard create havoc with her emotions. Will this road
trip show her the direction her life’s journey will take?
I want to go back! Lisa loves her parents, she really
does. If only they weren’t always so worried about her.
On no account should Lisa go along to the old mansion that is to be made into an orphanage. But that
is precisely where Lisa wants to go. A house without
any parents – that sounds like freedom! But before she
knows what’s happening she finds herself in the infirmary of the orphanage. And all because of one nut
she shouldn’t have touched! Suddenly all Lisa wants
to do is go home! She stealthily creeps down the stairs
and when she hears voices hides in a cupboard. Then
the cupboard door opens and a boy looks at her. A boy
looking a lot like her …
Karolin Kolbe
© Tabita Rudek
Pomegranate Days
My Road Trip Right Across Spain
Karolin Kolbe was born in Kassel in 1993 and has been
making up stories ever since she could make recordings and
hold a pencil. She started writing at elementary school and
hasn’t stopped since. After passing her A-Levels, she spent a
year doing voluntary environmental work in Berlin, where she
is now at university.
Young Adult Novel
Paperback, 176 pages
12+
Award winning
author
PRIZE
Alexa Hennig von Lange was born in 1973 and started
writing when she was still only eight. 1997 saw the publication of her debut novel “Relax“, which overnight made
her one of Germany’s most successful authors and the
voice of her generation. In 2002 she was awarded the
German Youth Literature Prize. This was followed by numerous novels for adults, teenagers and children. She lives
and works in Berlin.
Alexa Hennig von Lange
How a Nut Turned
My Life Upside Down
10+
Children’s Novel
Hardcover with Spotlack
240 pages
www.karolin-kolbe.de
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lEagerly awaited by fans all over the world: the fifth adventure
featuring Charlotte
l Over 600,000 copies of Nele Neuhaus’s YA books sold!
l Guaranteed to increase your turnover
The latest horse book
by bestselling author
Nele Neuhaus
Bestseller –
Rights sold to:
France, The
Netherlands,
Hungary, Poland
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Nele Neuhaus was born in Münster. After studying Law, History and
German, she initially worked in an advertising agency. A keen writer
since her youth, she was soon succeeding in establishing an admiring
and ever-growing readership and fan base with her first thrillers for
adults. In summer 2010, the thriller ”Snow White Must Die“ became
an international bestseller. Now writing the series on ”Elena“, she
could finally combine her biggest passions for writing and horses.
www.neleneuhaus.de
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We’re friends after all! Aren’t we? Charlotte is anything but thrilled
when she finds out that her one-time best friend, Doro, is to go with
them on holiday to Noirmoutier. After all, they are barely on speaking
terms. Once they have arrived in France, however, the charm of the island works wonders and Doro even rediscovers her enjoyment of riding.
At last they are back on the same wave length and Charlotte is overjoyed
to have her best friend back again. After getting back home, the district
championships are next on the agenda, and Charlotte could well be chosen for the squad. But her horse Won Da Pie suddenly starts limping, and
he is the only horse Charlotte has been training with. This seems to be
the end of her dreams – but what are best friends for?
Nele Neuhaus
The Horse of Charlotte’s Dreams
We’re Friends After All
10+
Children’s Novel
Hardcover, 256 pages
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lRomantasy in a brand new setting
YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
l Romance and suspence at its best: Kaya is back!
lKatja Ammon – a refreshing new voice in the German YA fantasy sky
Don’t miss the new horse
adventures by bestselling
author Gaby Hauptmann
What if you can save
only one person –
your brother or the
love of your life?
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Whom will she safe? Elin simply cannot believe
it! Without really trying she has landed herself her
dream job at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical
companies. Not only is she following in her deceased
father’s footsteps – no, with her research she might be
able to help her seriously sick brother. However, she
hasn’t been finding it easy to concentrate on her work
ever since meeting Esra on the company grounds. He
is brilliantly good-looking and incredibly charming,
but at the same time he seems to be hiding something
from her. Every step in his direction sends Elin further
into the fascinating and dangerous world of a long forgotten legend. Finally she has to make up her mind:
who should she save – her brother or her great love?
A new start after Afrika? Kaya’s head is still packed
with memories of the enjoyable and exciting time with
Chris in Africa when problems at the riding stables require all her attention. Has the stables owner got a girlfriend? And what will happen to the riding stables if his
marriage breaks up as a result? And what to her girls’
gang, and more importantly to her pony Sir Whitefoot?
And if that wasn’t enough turmoil, Chris only sporadically gets in contact. He is soon to return from Africa.
Kaya is worried: will things be as wonderful as they
were in the African camp, where he at last discovered
his love for her?
Gaby Hauptmann
Free as the Wind
Kaya goes for it
Gaby Hauptmann is a journalist, director, producer and presenter for television. 1995 saw the publication of her first bestseller,
“Wanted: Impotent Man for Life“, and since then she has written over 30 books, which also include many children’s books and
which have been published in 35 countries. In Germany alone,
8 million copies of her books have been sold; six titles have been
made into films and many are available as audio books.
Young Adult Novel
Paperback with flaps
160 pages
Katja Ammon
12+
Heart of Gold and Ash
14+
Young Adult Novel
Katja Ammon was born in Basel in 1977 where she now
lives with her partner and their son. She has a physics PhD
and has been publishing scientific articles in technical journals since 2006. Already as a child she preferred inventing
stories to merely reading them. Creative writing is now her
big passion and some of her short stories have been published in anthologies.
Hardcover, 336 pages
www.gaby-hauptmann.de
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lA new masterpiece by Sebastian Meschenmoser
l By bestselling illustrator Daniela Kulot
lWitty, intelligent and playful
We’re sleeping
The Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood
somewhere else tonight!
What really happened …
Backlist examples
First time not in my own bed. Tonight, Baldo
bear, Hermine hare and Ringo rain worm are all
sleeping at Baldo’s. How much more exciting this
is than staying alone at home. There’s so much you
can do! You can stay up late playing! And have a
pillow fight! And of course you can also listen to
Daddy bear reading a bedtime story. And then,
when Daddy bear has turned off the lights, you can
use torches to make all sorts of shadows on the wall.
And if you are all together, it doesn’t really matter
if anyone is a teeny weeny bit afraid in the dark …
Rights sold
to: CN, TW,
F, E, SA and
many more
I hate being a good girl! The wolf is lying in wait
in the forest. And he’s in luck because before long
a little red-hooded girl carrying a basket with presents comes his way. Or rather, she angrily storms
past him. She’s been told to pay her grandmother a
visit and she’s in for the most boring afternoon you
can imagine! ”What have you got in your basket?“
purrs the wolf in order to get into conversation with
the girl. ”A roof tile, a sock and some chewing gum“,
replies the girl. The wolf is aghast. What a granddaughter! He can’t stop himself from teaching the
girl how to make the grandmother happy at first …
Rights
sold to
DK
Daniela Kulot
Pranks in the Dark
www.daniela-kulot.de
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Little Red Riding Hood
doesn’t feel like it
© Jan-Ulrich Schmidt
Picture Book
Hardcover, 32 pages
Rights
sold to
LA, F
Sebastian Meschenmoser
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by Daniela Kulot
Daniela Kulot studied Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg and, because of her unusual and humorous stories and her distinctive style,
has made a name for herself in Germany and abroad.
PICTURE BOOK
PICTURE BOOK
l A story children will love about spending the night at a friend’s
Sebastian Meschenmoser was born in Frankfurt am Main in
1980. He has been studying Fine Arts in Mainz since 2001.
With Learning how to Fly he published his first book with
Esslinger in 2005. This very special gift book has received
a lot of attention in the media and the book world. The
illustrations from it were chosen from over 2,700 entries
and the book was presented at the Children’s Book Fair in
Bologna as one of the most innovative new publications.
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by Sebastian Meschenmoser
Picture Book
Hardcover, 32 pages
www.sebastian-meschenmoser.de
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lDr. Brumm is back again at last!
l A warm-hearted and delightfully amusing story
lA fast-paced adventure that only Dr. Brumm can have
PICTURE BOOK
PICTURE BOOK
l A new sequel of the bestselling picture book story – over 25,000 copies sold
l Wonderfully illustrated
Relaxing with
Dr. Brumm
A new story
about the little
dormouse!
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SA, BR, CN,
DK, FI, NL, JP,
LV, LT, N, PL,
RU, S, GR
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Relaxing? Not really! Dr. Brumm, Badger and Beluga want to relax and unwind. Somewhere far away
where it is nice and warm. Without further ado, Dr.
Brumm books a trip on the internet and the next day
off they go. But no sooner than have they landed on
the beautiful island of Hula Hula, Beluga, complete
with his goldfish bowl, is grabbed by a huge, hungry
albatross and whisked off to the top of a volcano! Dr.
Brumm and Badger immediately set off in pursuit to
rescue their friend and in the process have to brave
sharks, crabs and dizzily high cliffs! They manage
to rescue Beluga from the claws of the nasty bird,
but relaxation is still nowhere in sight. Not when Dr.
Brumm has booked the holiday …
Hey, wake up! Spring is here at last! One
after another, all the dormice are waking up
from their long hibernation. All, that is, but
one. This one is the little dormouse that in autumn went to bed faaar too late. Each of the
animals comes into his den and tries to get
him to wake up: the squirrel tickles him with
his bushy tail, the hedgehog lies down so close
to him that it gets uncomfortable, and the
skunk – well, the skunk does what skunks do.
But all to no avail, the little dormouse simply
goes on sleeping. Or does he? A new picture
book story about the cutest dormouse ever.
After training to be an actress, Sabine Bohlmann has been in various films and series
on television. She also works as a dubbing
artist and has lent her voice to characters
like Lisa Simpson and actors such as Vanessa
Paradies. Since 2004 she has been writing
guides, children’s CDs and children’s books.
www.sabinebohlmann.com
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Kerstin Schoene studied communication design, focussing on illustration
with Wolf Erlbruch. Since graduation
she has been freelancing as an illustrator and graphic designer for various publishing houses and writing
and illustrating children’s books of
her own.
www.kerstinschoene.de
Illustrations by Kerstin Schoene
Picture Book
Daniel Napp
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Dr. Brumm on
Hula Hula island
© Susanna Wengeler
© Christian Hartmann
Sabine Bohlmann
The Story of the
Little Dormouse That
Wouldn’t Wake Up
Sequel to
the bestselling
series
Daniel Napp (1974) studied Graphic Design in Münster.
Even as a student, he won several awards. He now
works as a freelance illustrator and has already illustrated numerous picture books and books for children.
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Illustrations by Daniel Napp
Picture Book
Hardcover, 32 pages
Hardcover, 32 pages
www.daniel-napp.de
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l A new raven story by a bestselling author / illustrator team
lA promising picture book debut by Laura Fuchs
A fantastic journey
through incredible
pictorial worlds
Looking for
a new home
A new experience! After spending 107
years of his life living happily and contentedly in the familiar surroundings of his home,
city crocodile Gaspard one day has an irresistible urge to set out and discover the world
beyond the city. On his wanderings, Gaspard
makes the acquaintance of thieving racoons
and wise wolves; he flies up into the skies
with a blind mole pilot and dives down with
a whale to the depths of the oceans. Every
encounter brings new surprises, and every
new fact he finds out about the world and the
diversity of its inhabitants tells him, almost
imperceptibly, something new about himself.
Where is home? The blue raven lives in the
rain forest. Here he knows his way around; this
is where his food is; this is where his home is.
But one day a terrible fire burns down the forest
and all the animals have to flee. The blue raven is
forced to venture into the unknown, out over the
open sea, without knowing where the next shore
is. When he is so exhausted that he can hardly fly
any further, he meets a blue whale who lets him
rest on his back. And finally, he really does make it
to the shore of a country in which there is a forest
similar to his own, and ravens that are similar to
him and look at him in curiosity …
Edith Schreiber-Wicke
Who Wants to Have
the Blue Raven?
Edith Schreiber-Wicke (1943) studied
Theatre Science, German and History
of Art. Her books have been translated into many different languages
and awarded several prizes, including the Austrian Prize for Children’s
and Youth Literature, the Prize of
the City of Vienna and the Janusz
Korczak Medal.
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PICTURE BOOK
lEvery page a work of art
Carola Holland was born near Berlin,
but she has been living and working
in Vienna for a long time. She has
been illustrating picture books for
many years with great success.
Illustrations by Carola Holland
Picture Book
Hardcover, 32 pages
Martin Gülich
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Gaspard’s fabulous
journey
Laura Fuchs was born in 1991 and
grew up in the middle of the Arnsberg Forest nature park in North
Rhine-Westphalia. She now lives
in Hamburg, where she is studying
illustration at the University of Applied Sciences.
© Christine Steinhart
PICTURE BOOK
l The topic of fleeing gently taken up and sensitively adapted
Martin Gülich was born in 1963 and lives
and freelances as an author in Stuttgart. His
first young-adult novel was “Preseason”
(1999), and since then he has published a
volume of short stories and five more novels, his latest being “What Doesn’t Belong
to Us” (2012, Nagel & Kimche, Zürich). His
books have been translated into nine languages and won several awards.
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Illustrations by Laura Fuchs
Picture Book
Hardcover, 32 pages
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l Castle-shaped board book
l Cheerful and funny illustrations and lots of extra search tasks
l With extra search tasks
l Huge fun for the whole family
l Detailed illustrations by search-and-find book expert Guido Wandrey
Look, find, fold out the flap –
everything is correct!
BOARD BOOK
PICTURE BOOK NOVELTY
l Unique look-and-find concept with the solutions on large flaps
Wow – a real castle!
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to: DK,
PL, NL
Who is showing
his tongue?
Look! A knight! Follow the brave knights
on their adventures and find out about their
exciting lives in and around a castle! Tournaments, market day, out hunting, a big banquet and even a fight with a real dragon –
everything young knight fans want to see can
be found here. And who can find the cheerful
court jester on every page? What happens to
Kunibert, the monk, and Jacob, the squire,
and where has the cheeky castle cat hidden?
Keep your eyes open and off we go!
Flip-flap, where is Willy? The Klingelhöfer
family go to town to meet Auntie and Uncle.
They all go along – Mummy, Daddy, Grandma
Klärchen, big sister, twins Theo and Leo and, of
course, their pet penguin Willi. But no sooner
have they arrived than they can’t find their relatives and lose sight of Willi. The big hunt gets
going and before long everyone is scattered all
over the place.
My Fold-Out Look-and-Find Book –
Where is Willi?
My Big Search-and-Find Castle
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Illustrations by Guido Wandrey
Illustrations by Eva Czerwenka
Eva Czerwenka was born in Straubing in 1965.
After leaving school she studied sculpture at the
Munich Art Academy, and it was during this time
that she started illustrating children’s books. She
now illustrates for many well-known publishers of
children’s and young adult books.
Hardcover with die-cut flaps
24 pages
2+
Board Book, 16 pages
Guido Wandrey was born in Hannover in
1959. Already as a small boy he always had
a sketch pad and pencils with him. He studied Graphic Design in Hannover and since
1984 he has worked as a freelance illustrator. Since 1997 he has illustrated almost
exclusively children’s books. Guido Wandrey
lives in Hamburg with his wife and daughter.
www.guido-wandrey.de
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l Anthology of the best folk tales featuring fairies
lTrains cognitive skills and encourages children to talk
l Magnificently illustrated by Anne Bernhardi
ILLUSTRATED FAIRY TALES
BOARD BOOK
lA search-and-find book for young explorers age 2 and up
lThe most important topics from the daily life of children: getting dressed,
kindergarten, going shopping, the playground and bedtime
Enchanting winged
Search and Find Fun
for the very young
creatures
CONTENTS
• The Girl from the Apple
• Cinderella
• Hild, the Queen of Elves
• The Night in Fairyland
• Donkeyskin
• Thumbelina
• Dance of Elves
Make a wish! Fairy tales are inconceivable without
fairies. They make wishes come true – usually three, to
be precise – rescue heroes from precarious situations and
watch over the peace of nature. They are to be found
everywhere there are people who believe in them.
This anthology of the loveliest classical folk tales by
Grimm, Perrault and from Nordic countries demonstrates how varied the tradition of telling stories is. We
encounter fairies as small winged creatures and kind
old mothers on the one hand and as powerful natural spirits responsible for the weal and woe of human
beings on the other. Anne Bernhardi has created the
magnificent illustrations that lead us straight into the
secret world of fairies. No wishes go unheard!
Life is exciting! The everyday life of children is full of exciting things and experiences. It is important even for very small children that there is a structure to their daily
routine, with certain regular events and activities. This very first search-and-find book
contains many situations and rituals children
are familiar with. On every page there is so
much for young readers to discover, such as
when Max and Mia get up in the morning
or go to kindergarten. The search-and-find
pictures are accompanied by simple search
tasks – an excellent introduction to the world
of search-and-find!
My Very First Search-and-Find Book
Through the Day
Brüder Grimm
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You Have Three Wishes
Illustrations by Anne Bernhardi
Illustrations by Christine Kugler
Christine Kugler was born in Hersbruck in 1982 and grew up with her parents, siblings and grandparents in a small village near Nürnberg. Even as
a child she would create her own pictures for the books she had read. So,
after studying art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nürnberg, she
now freelances as a children’s book illustrator. Her favourite work place
is outside in the garden: ”The wind, sun, flowers and trees are balm for
the soul!“ She enjoys spending her leisure time outside – going for walks,
hiking or cycling, or spending time with her family and friends.
www.ck-illustration.de
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Board Book, 16 pages
4+
Jacob Grimm (1785 – 1863) studied law in Marburg and German literature in Paris before becoming a professor in Göttingen. With his German
Grammar and the History of the German Language he laid the foundation of German studies.
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, his brother, published
their famous fairy tales: ”Children’s and Household Tales”, and they are seen as the founders of
German philology and German studies.
Anne Bernhardi was born in Leverkusen in
1981 and started studying illustration at the
University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg
in 2001, graduating in 2008 with a dissertation on “The Celts”. She has been freelancing as an illustrator since 2006, initially
book covers and later going on to non-fiction and children’s books. She is occasionally also involved in museum projects.
Illustrated Fairy Tales
Hardcover with half linen,
spine and ribbon
80 pages
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Romania
Gerd Ruebenstrunk
Blood Ring
12+
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Paperback with flaps
304 pages
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