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Gulliver is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on the strange island of Lilliput. But what’s this? Gulliver cannot believe his eyes: All of the people there are no bigger than his thumb! Gulliver’s adventures in the land of the little people make this book one of the most popular children’s classics. | 3 +
It’s great being a child! Jan and Julia discover something new every day!
There’s lots of shopping to do today! As well as that, Jan and Julia need new shoes as well as a birthday present for their friend Paul. So the whole family drives first to the department store and then to the market. It’s amazing how many things are on sale there! And Jan and Julia are even allowed to buy the vegetables all on their own. But what on earth is Mummy going to do with so many cucumbers?
Book 7 in the popular series of Oetinger picture book classics with a fresh, new look and updated texts!
| 3 +
The power of imagination and the magic of books!
What effect do books have on people? Like Alice in Wonderland, the girl suddenly disappears through a gateway into an unfamiliar world. Dirk Steinhöfel takes his readers into landscapes of pristine beauty, down into deep wells, up to tall mountain peaks, and through fire, ice and deserts. Each of the different stops along their way is accompanied and inspired by books, and Steinhöfel finds images of tremendous creative power that illustrate the magic of literature. A wonderfully artistic journey into the realm of fantasy with magnificent pictures of enchanting beauty. For everyone who believes in the power of words!
| 14 +
Animal fun with Jan and Julia!
Sophie is really lucky – she’s got two guinea pigs! But then it turns out that she also has an allergy to the animals and needs to find a new home for them. Jan and Julia are allowed to keep them for a trial four weeks, and the two children have loads of fun looking after Molli and Polli and playing with them. Will their parents also learn to love the guinea pigs and will they be allowed to move in with Jan and Julia for good?
Book 8 in the popular series of Oetinger picture book classics with a fresh, new look and updated texts!
| 3 +
Speak leak!
Pia likes pineapple. Laurence loves croissants. And Jeanette adores baguette. Every child likes something different and that sparks an acrobatic word journey across the well-stocked breakfast table – at last, children can play games with food and paint pictures with sounds to their heart’s content.
Breakfast is ready! Fun and games with words at the table. Innovative, surprising and creative. Encourages children to come up with their own ideas. Short one-liners and amusing pictures invite young children, who all love silly games, to join in and think up their own rhymes.
| 4 +
There’s no such thing as impossible! Rupert is looking for Father Christmases!
No one would have dreamt it possible, but when a headline announces that there are absolutely no Father Christmases to be found, everyone believes it. The children and even the grown-ups are deeply disappointed. Only Rupert is simply not prepared to accept it. He decides to find the Father Christmases even if it means travelling all over the world to do so! After all, he cannot simply sit by and allow Christmas not to take place! Cheeky, lovable, original and always on eye level with children.
Wonderfully illustrated with a wealth of amusing details by Ute Krause!
| 4 +
Open Sesame! Deep in the forest, Ali Baba discovers a secret thieves’ hideout - a cave. He opens it up and cannot believe his eyes – there are mountains of gold and diamonds hidden inside the cave. Ali Baba sneaks some treasures into his pocket, but the 40 robbers find out. In the end, clever Ali Baba manages to outwit the robbers. | 3 +
There are already countless anthologies of Grimm fairy tales in print – but often they feature the original texts, which are too difficult for younger children to understand. This special book offers readers the chance to tell the fairy tales in their own words. And the children can also easily retell each story with the help of the pictures. Animal fairy tales told in pictures, delightfully illustrated and ideal for children of 3 and over. | 3 +
Going away on holiday is always exciting for children, particularly when, like Jan and Julia, you set off in the car, then continue the journey in the sleeping car of a car train and then get to go on a ferry, too. Brother and sister encounter lots of new things on their journey and are often completely amazed by what they see. | 3 +
All the hens in hen school lay nice white eggs. Only Helma’s are coloured – red, blue and yellow. So that no one will discover the embarrassing truth, she dresses up as the Easter bunny the night before Easter and hides the eggs in the yard … | 3 +
Off to the Easter nest! The minibook about Helma the hen who lays coloured eggs
Could this perhaps be how the legend of the Easter Bunny was born? All the hens at hen school lay nice white eggs. Only Helma’s are coloured! And because that’s so, she isn’t allowed to move up into the next class. Helma paints one egg white to show it to the teacher and secretly hides the rest around the farm at night-time. To make sure nobody recognises her, she dresses up as a rabbit. And it just so happens that that’s the night before Easter.
| 3 +
A trip with Jan and Julia and their mummy and daddy: it’s time to go on holiday!
Jan and Julia are going away with their parents. Their cases are all packed, the lady next door is given a key so that she can water their plants while they’re away and then they are off! It’s a long drive, but the family’s picnic by the motorway is exciting and then, before they know it, they are already on the ferry taking them to their holiday island! Going on holiday is so exciting!
| 3 +
Sweet Easter surprise
Who would have thought it? There are two different kinds of coloured eggs and they don’t all come from the Easter Bunny! This charming Easter story explains how this came about.
| 4 +
Exciting pony adventures
Jana is away on her first holiday at the pony stables and Felix wins a rocking horse and has an exciting adventure with some mediaeval knights. Prince Kunibert is disgusted because the King has sold his favourite pony without a by your leave – just because she isn’t very pretty and she’s a little bit stubborn. Kunibert is determined to demand his pony back. But that turns out to be far more difficult than he thought!
| 4 +
A horse fan favourite.
When Mara spots a pony standing in her neighbours’ garden, the move to the new house suddenly doesn’t seem so bad, after all. She calls the pony Mimi and visits it every day. Mara and pony Mimi soon get used to each other. Then one day Mara finds Mimi in her stable without any hay or water. Who usually puts them out for her?
| 4 +
Clear the ring for Rapple, the great rabbit magician, and his assistants, the little physician Nano and his friend Lilly! With his shrinking machine – and an abracadabra – the magician reduces the children to microscopic size and sends them on a journey of discovery through the human body. On the trail of Windy Wanderer, Nano and Lilly discover lots of fascinating facts about healthy eating and our digestive system. | 5 +
Clear the ring for Rapple, the great rabbit magician, and his assistants, the little physician Nano and his friend Lilly! With his shrinking machine – and an abracadabra – the magician reduces the children to microscopic size and sends them on a journey of discovery through the human body. Along the way, Nano and Lilly discover that our nose can do an awful lot more than just smell and what a runny nose is actually good for.
| 5 +
Clear the ring for Rapple, the great rabbit magician, and his assistants, the little physician Nano and his friend Lilly! With his shrinking machine – and an abracadabra – the magician reduces the children to microscopic size and sends them on a journey of discovery through the human body. Nano has an exciting adventure in the mouth when he comes up against the tooth monster and learns why it’s so important to clean your teeth. | 5 +
The Little Physician for little readers.
Clear the ring for Rapple, the great rabbit magician, and his assistants, the little physician Nano and his friend Lilly! With his shrinking machine – and an abracadabra – the magician reduces the children to microscopic size and sends them on a journey of discovery through the human body. Nano and Lilly climb aboard the nanomobile and set off into the human ear, where the two bodynauts discover what hammer, anvil and stirrups are doing there.
Science in a fascinating package: playful learning for young children.
| 5 +
The Ogglies are here! The first picture book from Smelliville
The Ogglies are green, have horns instead of ears, live on a rubbish tip – and all children love them! When the Ogglies don’t spend the whole day grouching, there’s lots for them to do. Oggly-Grandma, for example, urgently has to get the cave filthy again. The Oggly twins have no time to help her and prefer to take a rubbish bath, jump across mud puddles or fly around a bit with Firebottom, the dragon. When they’ve finished playing, it’s too late to help! With the words and music to the Oggly song.
| 4 +
It’s lovely playing at nursery school!
Lucy is really excited because today is her first day at nursery school. But once she gets there, she discovers the hours pass in a flash! Lucy plays ships in the playground with Lena and Ricki, and the children collect leaves and chestnuts in the woods; they bake biscuits and make moon lanterns. But the very best thing about nursery school is the super nursery party Lucy has with her new friends.
| 3 +
Ship ahoy! There’s so much to see down by the harbour!
Ben is off to the harbour with his father today. There are so many things to see there! His daddy shows him how big ships are built and Ben watches a crane loading a container ship. Ben even gets to take a really close look at a fishing boat, and then he is allowed to watch a ship being christened!
| 3 +
A lucky day for young pony fans!
Sophie visits her aunt at the pony stables. She finds there’s lots of work to do there! Sophie helps to muck out the stable and groom and feed the ponies and she learns the different species of pony and the names of the ponies’ different colour coats. She watches the vaulting and is allowed to sit on her favourite pony when she goes out on a hack. But best of all is that she gets to see a foal being born and is allowed to name the little pony!
| 3 +
There’s lots to see at the dentist’s.
Jan is going to the dentist’s with her parents today. There she is allowed to take a look inside the laboratory, the X-ray room and the treatment room, and the dentist explains to her exactly how a set of teeth looks and the proper way to clean teeth. And then, of course, he takes a look to see whether Jan’s teeth are all healthy.
| 3 +
For young horse fans
Marie and Anne can’t help wondering why Lotta, their favourite pony, is so fat. But soon they know the reason: Lotta is having a foal and they get to see the birth. But what are they going to call the little one?
| 4 +