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The magic of reading – Unipig style
Unipig still finds reading a bit difficult. And he doesn’t much want to practise. Instead, he keeps conjuring up ABC biscuits. But when Emmi and Unipig have to return Dad’s borrowed books to the library, they encounter a whole host of book-mad mythical creatures. It would be too funny for words if Unipig didn’t end up being a keen reader too!
Packed with suggestions for reading out loud
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From playground matches to pro dreams – our exciting new soccer series kicks off with Jamal Musiala’s
first big adventure, full of courage, friendship, and passion for the game.
Every star has a starting point – and for Jamal Musiala, it all began with a big move! When Jamal’s family relocates from Germany to England, everything feels new: the city, the language, the school. It takes real courage to start over!
But on the soccer field, Jamal feels right at home. Through the game he loves, he finds friends, confidence, and the spark that will one day make him a star. And soon, a major club takes notice of his extraordinary talent…
The exciting new soccer series for young sports fans – by and featuring Jamal Musiala himself, with dynamic
illustrations by Berat Pekmezci.
Jamal Musiala is back in Germany and ready to chase his next goal – making it at FC Bayern! The inspiring second book in the soccer series for kids who play with heart and dream big.
After an exciting season at his first major club in England, Jamal Musiala is heading home to Germany. At Bayern’s youth academy, new challenges and fresh teammates await the young talent. Once again, Jamal must prove himself – on and off the pitch.
Will his hard work and determination earn him a place on the professional team?
The inspiring second volume in the soccer series by and featuring Jamal Musiala, illustrated by Berat Pekmezci – perfect for young readers who dream big and play with heart.
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It is well known that elves are a fun and chaotic bunch. But who knows what happens in their gift-wrapping championship? And why do elves move in with families during the Advent season and live behind a small door in the wall? On each page, there are amazing facts about the little Christmas helpers to discover and fun math problems to solve. This makes learning to read and do math a breeze! With witty texts and cheerful Christmas illustrations.
Learning arithmetic and reading is child's play with 101 Elves! | 6 +
Improve your reading with this thrilling escape adventure. Spooky things are happening at the Escape School since a banned magic spell has conjured up a pack of horrid hobgoblins. They cause complete chaos throughout the entire school and put the pupils in grave danger. Only by solving the tricky puzzles can emerging readers conquer evil. Innovative way to encourage children to read: making them become part of the story. Plugs into the long-standing “Escape/Exit Game” trend. Includes numerous puzzles and a bonus poster | 7 +
Join the Escape School! Incredible: all the children and teachers at school have frozen solid - as if they were in the Sleeping Beauty fairytale. What has happened? Has someone been putting something in their breakfast? And can the untruthful mirror give them the crucial clue? You, the reader, need to solve the various puzzles to find out what’s going on. It’s the only way you’re going to save the school! Innovative way to encourage children to read: making them become part of the story. Plugs into the long-standing “Escape/Exit Game” trend. Includes numerous puzzles and a bonus poster. | 7 +
Everything is all perfectly normal in the boarding school, even if the old castle-like building does look a bit spooky. But then a pupil disappears without trace and, together with Tom and Anni, the reader has to try to find her. When, to make matters worse, Tom is suddenly shrunk, the “detectives” realise that time is running out! A thrilling escape story packed with puzzles to grip bigger kids, too.
- Mega “Escape & Exit Game” trend - now available for primary school-aged readers.
- For fans of the “Drei ???”-Kids - with a touch of magic.
- Ideal gift to encourage children to practise reading.
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It’s Halloween at the Escape School. The pupils are all dressed up in spooky costumes - and so, of course, are the readers. But what’s this? Real zombies suddenly burst into the party, searching for things to eat. Now thee kids have to get rid of the creepy creatures before they start to develop an appetite for humans. Are you going to help them?
- Bang on trend: Escape puzzles for children.
- Thrilling story packed with puzzles; includes postcards, too.
- Young readers strongly identify with the school setting.
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A new first reading adventure with Paul Maar's cheeky Sat: When Mr. Pocketbeer is at work, the Sat secretly wishes for a blue dragon from the wishing machine. It wants to fly it in the meadow in front of the house, like the neighborhood children do. But suddenly a living dragon is in the room! This causes a lot of chaos and kite-flying fun until the Sat ends up on the roof. The incredulous landlady, Mrs Rotkohl, calls the fire brigade to get the Sat off the roof. Will it be okay?
The story has been prepared for beginning readers and includes colorful syllables and many puzzles.
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School is boring? Not with a goblin as a classmate! Class 1a is getting ready to rehearse a fire alarm. But Emilia discovers a small flying creature in the cafeteria. Could it be something from the goblin world of Gwest? Emilia and Rumpel the goblin immediately follow the (charred) trail of this fireprone adventure.
- First reading: Adventures in the goblin world now also for younger children from the age of 6
- Popular characters and funny stories: target group oriented and at eye level.
- Fully illustrated in color in diary form.
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Franz has been sitting around at school for four whole weeks now, but he still can’t write properly. That really bothers Franz, and there are lots of other things about school that bother him, too. Being the smallest, for instance, and that Eberhard Most, who is the biggest and fattest in his class, cannot stand small boys. No wonder Franz isn’t very keen on going to school. | 7 +
As they watch the starry sky from their garbage dump, the Ogglies hatch a plan: they want to travel into space! But the rocket built by OgglyFather explodes before it even takes off. Luckily, Professor Fizzywine can help – and with his spaceship, OgglyGrandpa and the Oggly children set off into space, past the moon to the other planets in our solar system. Will they manage to be back in Smelliville in time for dinner?
- Trend topic Space.
- Promotes reading and an understanding of STEM.
- The Ogglies are a children's favorite
Discover the forest and learn how to read – no problem with Peter and Piet.
From the smallest beetle to the largest wild boar: divided into three topics, there is lots of exciting information and fun facts worth knowing about the animals in the forest.
Contents: At Home with the Forest Animals, Baby Animals in the Forest, What Do Forest Animals Eat?
- The perfect gift for primary school children.
- Learn to read and explore the forest and its inhabitants.
- Discover nature with best-selling author Peter Wohlleben and gain useful knowledge.
Everyone knows that monsters are naturally very small and cute. But who knows that they grow when you take away their favorite food? Monsters prefer to eat things that start with M. There is something new to discover about the magical monsters and fun math problems on every page. Together with them, learning to read and do math is a breeze! With funny texts and lots of colorful illustrations.
- Out and about in the monster world: everything that beginners of reading and arithmetic want to know about monsters.
- Explore fun facts and vibrant hidden object illustrations packed with hilarious details to uncover!
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Thomas Müller reports on his next exciting adventure. The World Cup in Brazil is coming up. Thomas and his teammates will face the best teams in the world and make it to the top! With Thomas Müller, even children who are reluctant to read but are football fans will learn to read like a champion.
An autobiographical story with lots of pictures in comic style and 16 pages of reading puzzles and games.
- Learning to read with football star Thomas Müller!
- Book 4 in the popular series by reading ambassador Thomas Müller.
- Highprofile author with over 11 million followers on Instagram.
- The topic of football gets even children with a low reading ability interested in books.
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- First reading: Adventures in the goblin world now also for younger children from the age of 6
A goblin in the classroom? Emilia's first day at school turns into a great adventure. As if the new teacher, the other children and the huge building weren't exciting enough, where do the mysterious purple slime marks in the corridor come from? In her search for the cause, Emilia meets the goblin Rumple. Together they set off in search of the runaway Ümpf...
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- Fast paced storyline designed for
first readers - High identification potential with
the animal's desire for attention
Surprise! Yet another school hen has laid acolorful egg. But Tom already has a T-Rex athome. And what kind of creature is hatchingnow? Fur, flippers, beaver tail, beak...? Pepe, thechattering platypus, is here! And Pepe can doeverything. Literally EVERYTHING. Swimming,calculating, running, flying ...Wait a minute – flying???The platypus isdetermined toshow Tom whathe's made of. Howis this going to end?
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- All four chapter book reading adventures finally in one volume!
- With beautiful color illustrations on every page
Magical sea adventures, great friendship storiesand the important topic of environmentalprotection: this anthology takes first-timereaders on an unforgettable journey through theoceans alongside Alea and her Alpha Cru. TanyaStewner's Alea Aqurius series is an exciting seagirl saga full of adventure and magic. A must-havefor all Alea fans and those who want to becomeone, as well as a wonderful preparation for thebestselling series for 10-year-old readers.
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- Simple sentences, short
chapters, lots of pictures –
lots of reading fun! - Series concept: A new animal
hatches in each volume - Popular animal to start with:
the T-Rex
Surprise! At Tom's school, the hens are suddenly laying strange eggs. When a T-Rex hatches from an egg, Tom is put in charge of this unusual chick – after all, he's on chicken duty at the moment. Finding a home for dino girl Rexi is not so easy. Perhaps at the zoo? But can the overzealous zoo director be trusted?
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- On the way in the magical underwater
world: everything beginners in
reading and math want to know
about mermaids
The magical sea creatures accompany children through enchanting underwater worlds. It is well known that mermaids can sing beautifully – but who knows that they have a penchant for cake, how they learn to swim or that they love to swirl around with the fish in whirlpools? And then there are magical rings with moonstones that can be used to cast spells ...
With the fantastic mermaids and their friends, learning to read and count becomes child's play. Funny texts, colorful illustrations and arithmetic problems that are really fun!
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Fun from “A” to “Z”: in Paul Maar’s picture stories, every letter of the alphabet has a funny rhyme and its own animal. These go to make up a great, big animal family and, with this animal family, children can even play number and guessing games as well as do picture puzzles. | 6 +
- The second volume of Mathematierchen as reading level 2.
- High recognition value: the cute little mathematicians that are popular with the target group.
- Innovative learning concept that combines reading and arithmetic in a playful way.
Pencils down and off to the school garden - here comes the bun-nine! Together with the other little Mathemanimals, he will show you how much fun reading and arithmetic can be. Join them on crazy maths adventures and collect the arithmetic code number by number for the grand finale at the end of the book. The fifth part of the Mathemanimalsseries, which makes maths and reading child's play! Ages 7 and up.
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- Everything that reading and maths beginners want to know about unicorns!
- Colourful illustrations with lots of fun details to discover
- Innovative concept that combines reading and arithmetic in a playful way
With the 101 unicorns, learning to count and read is not magic!
Fantastic "facts" about children's favourite animal: because unicorns can not only perform magic with their glowing horn, but also pick locks or read under the covers! Whether it's favourite foods or fun facts about unicorn piles - the colourful unicorns and their many friends discover something new on every page. The tasks solve themselves!
With the enchanting unicorns, reading and arithmetic become child's play. Funny texts, colourful illustrations and math problems that are really fun!
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- Growing with you: The Mathemanimals now as a Stage 2 reader.
- Sweet and funny new Mathemanimals to broaden children’s horizons.
- An innovative learning concept which combines literacy and numeracy in a fun way.
Here comes Divider Dalmatian, ready to teach school starters all about division! As a Mathemanimals, his job is to demonstrate how much fun literacy and numeracy can be. Together with the animals, children embark on a crazy adventure in the dinosaur museum, collecting the various numbers which make up the mathematical code for the book’s grand finale. The fourth volume of the Mathemanimals series, which makes children’s play out of reading and Maths! Age 7+
- Big-name character to introduce children to Maths.
- Based on popular “dragon” topic.
- Innovative, child-friendly concept: using games to practise literacy and numeracy.
The Ogglies want to have a party for Firebottom's birthday. They invite all his dragon friends and devise a flying race. And, of course, there are ogglified fireworks. The Ogglies turn everything into huge fun - including literacy and numeracy. Fly through the air with Firebottom and his dragon friends, whilst learning to read and count at the same time. Sounds stinkyfartishly brilliant to us!