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      • Children's & YA
        January 2022

        Leonard

        A Tractor Seeks Adventure

        by Suza Kolb/Christine Faust

        First information on agriculture, farm machines, and crops with likrable characters.   Every day, young tractor Leonard diligently helps the Janson family with the work on their farm. When his best friends, harvester Harry and dairy van Dan, drop by and tell him exciting stories of their lives away from the farmyard, Leonard yearns to leave behind his uneventful days and sets out on his own adventure. On his way, he meets many different farm machines and gives their tasks a try – with mixed results. Slowly, homesickness creeps in. Maybe his life at the Janson farm wasn’t so bad after all …   Series Part 2: Leonard - A Tractor Keeps a Big Secret, published 01/2023 Series Part 3: Leonard - A Tractor Investigates, published 07/2023   Series to be continued

      • Children's & YA
        July 2023

        My Favourite Animal Friends

        by Barbara Nascimbeni

        A board book filled with popular animals that playfully invites the youngest of readers to look more closely.   Many animal families live on the farm, in the woods, and in the wilderness. Come along and take a peek: Can you spot the little foal? Which squirrels are munching on the winter stock? And who helps the crocodile to brush its teeth? Each page introduces an animal family and offers a little search task.

      • Children's & YA
        July 2023

        Koala Comes Up With Something Today

        by Nastja Holtfreter

        A colourful picture book showing that everyone is good at something - sometimes it just takes a little time to discover what it is.   Each of Koala’s best friends has a special talent: Kangaroo is incredibly strong, Platypus the quickest swimmer, Wombat a great dancer, and Tarkawara builds the highest sandcastles. Only Koala doesn’t have anything they’re especially good at. One day, the friends find a weird object made of paper dotted with marks – a book! Even though they can’t read, Koala boasts of knowing what stories these letters hold and starts spinning the most wonderful tales. The friends are in awe – so there is something Koala is especially good at after all!

      • Children's & YA
        July 2023

        Jimmy Catter

        Ruler of the Farmyard

        by Jan Kaiser/Pina Gertenbach

        A funny take on coneying that one´s far better off with cooperation than with being bossy.   Who rules the farmyard? Jimmy Catter, of course! Only because of him, life there goes smoothly: the dog sleeps, the chickens cluck, and the pigs wallow in the mud – just as Jimmy ordered them to do. Then the new cat Jolie moves in and challenges Jimmy to prove his ordering prowess. When that and everything else he tries to impress Jolie with goes awry, Jimmy starts to wonder: Is ruling alone really the way to go or wouldn’t it be much nicer to be working together on equal terms?

      • Children's & YA
        July 2023

        Mia and the Grumpy Carrot

        by Stephanie Gessner/Olena Kvitka

        A witty story about being overwhelmed by emotions, temper tantrums, and finding one´s way to deal with them.   This morning, the whole world seems to be against Mia. First, she accidentally spills her breakfast onto her cuddly fox. Then, her big brother Henry starts teasing her. And when her Dad tells her that her favourite skirt is in the laundry and she has to wear itchy tights, it just happens – her cuddly fox suddenly looks like a grumpy carrot. There’s really only one thing to do to deal with all of this: throw a temper tantrum. Can Mia find a way to make the grumpy carrot go away and calm down again?

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