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Everyone is Coming to the Party!
The perfect birthday present!
Bobby lives in a barrel behind Farmer Beppo’s chicken coop. There’s nothing he likes better than to work with his hands, making nice things. Now his birthday is coming up and he would like to have a party with his friends, Freda Ferret, Carl Compost and Erna Ardvaark. This year he simply must have a cream cake for his friends, so Bobby sets to work. But baking a big cake turns out to be more difficult than he thought. Will Bobby’s birthday party be a success?
English translation available!
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Sometimes what seems strange to us...
...can be closer to home than we think!
Jonah has long been convinced that there are aliens from outer space living among Earthlings and that it’s just a question of identifying them. So when Henri turns up in Jonah’s class, the situation is crystal clear to him. It’s not just that Henri is foreign, Jonah is absolutely certain that Henri is an ALF – an “alien life form”. Jonah is sure he has at last come across a genuine extraterrestrial! While he is trying to find out all about Henri’s strange life, he barely notices how much he is getting to like Henri. And perhaps having him as a best friend is better than his being an alien?
A tightly constructed parable about friendship and social differences, told with vivid imagery and beautifully illustrated by Susann Opel-Götz.
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Nick´s biggest dream - a dog!
A turbulent family story with a totally lovable hero!
Nick is nine years old and there’s one thing in the world he really wants – he would love to have a real, live dog! Unfortunately, everyone in Nick’s family is so crazy that he can’t talk to them about anything as ordinary as a dog – everyone, that is, but his grandad, John Lasar. Apart from Nick, he is the only sensible person in the family. And he is going to persuade Nick’s mother to let Nick have a dog at last. That’s what Nick hopes, at least and so he plans to talk to his grandad about it at the grand anniversary party to be held for his grandad’s chocolate factory. But then things don’t turn out anything like Nick had imagined because Grandad John, Nick’s only ally of all people, turns crazy from one day to the next, and starts believing he is God...
English sample translation available here
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Intergalactically Superb!
Meet the Space Reporter
When Gustav Gorky is sent to Earth in order to report on those strange creatures the Earthlings, he is very excited. This is bound to be fascinating! He makes friends with Bruno Crumbleman, and thanks to his sensationally original cucumber creations, he helps to make a gigantic success of Bruno´s father´s snack bar. But very soon his exploits put the adventurous space reporter in terrible danger.
English sample translation available here
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A Biiiiiiig Smacker!
A positively kissable picture book!
Kissing a sloth may sound crazy,
unless you remember: The sloth is lazy.
He is as idle as a stone,
so you do the kissing all alone!
In case of the rhinoceros
to miss the kiss would be a loss.
He's like a bulky unicorn,
so kiss him gently on his horn.
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A Little Pig, who could not say no
With amusing, lovingly drawn illustrations
A little pig wants to go for a swim but never actually manages to get into the water. There are the dog, the cat, the rabbit and the crocodile, who all keep the little pig up...and end up in a hilarious mud fight!
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