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Forbidden WorldReginald has gained a dangerous power. He can shrink anything he likes. And he wants nothing less than the most famous buildings in the world. The originals in miniaturized form, of course. Gradually, he builds up a huge landscape in his cellar: the Colosseum from Rome, the Statue of Liberty from New York City, the Golestan Palace from Tehran and many buildings more become part of his collection.But Reginald has overlooked something, or more precisely someone. Otis was locked in the Statue of Liberty and Olivia had fled from the police into the famous Berlin Department Store of the West, when suddenly at night the buildings shrank. Now the children are the size of a fingernail... While they fight for their rescue, chaos breaks out in the world outside: where have the monuments gone? And who has stolen them?• Magical reading fun for boys and girls aged 10 and older• Serious topics (grief, illness, fears) packaged in a child-friendly way• Fascinating characters with identification potential• Longseller by outstanding children's author Isabel Abedi!
The Little Lady makes all hearts sing! When Lilly and her family move into the old house with the golden pretzel, she has no idea that a magic neighbour lives in the mysterious backyard. The Little Lady keeps a chameleon that is 1000 years old; she can make herself invisible and masters all kinds of magic tricks – but most of all she loves to play pranks on others! So a summer filled with wonderful adventures begins for Lilly. Poetic, full of imagination and humour, the Little Lady is delighted by her ever-growing community of fans and enjoys huge success with young and old alike. A fantastically beautiful story to read aloud or alone, exquisitely illustrated by Nina Dulleck.
"Being a cartoonist is suicide these days if you have to raise a family, but what is really tragic is being the widow of a cartoonist. Robbing a bank may be your last option. Let me explain in my graphic novel how I did it." Lundi drew this work during the last years of his life, when he was already aware of his fatal illness. In order not to leave his daughter and his wife abandoned with debts and without resources, he came up with a seemingly crazy solution: robbing a bank. What was unknown until now is that Lundi had drawn this comic to explain to her daughter Elisa the reasons why he decided to rob the bank. However, the handwritten work that Elisa received when she came of age was unfinished, and the author in a posthumous note asked Javier Ara, the draftsman who was his assistant to fix his drawings for years, to finish it. Javier Ara accepts the task, but his hatred of Lundi makes him embark on a much larger undertaking: expanding the comic by unmasking Lundi and finding out whether the bank was actually robbed. This work is a longseller that has already sold out its third edition and we are preparing the fourth edition. A short animated film by Javier Ara, author of this comic Freehand Robbery, but also of Dark Investment and The Great Battle of the Gusis, has gone viral in 2022 and has tens of millions of views on social networks.More than 43 million views on TikTok:https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLQ2jHMb/On youtube it already has more than 1.5 million views:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-G2lG-o_uk&t=33sAnd the number of views is growing every day.
Leipzig. Sommer. Universität, Fußball-WM und Volksküche. Gute Freunde. Eine Geburtstagsfeier. Anna sagt, sie wurde vergewaltigt. Jonas sagt, es war einvernehmlicher Geschlechtsverkehr. Aussage steht gegen Aussage. Nach zwei Monaten nah an der Verzweiflung zeigt Anna Jonas schließlich an, doch im Freundeskreis hängt bald das Wort "Falschbeschuldigung" in der Luft. Jonas’ und Annas Glaubwürdigkeit und ihre Freundschaften werden aufs Spiel gesetzt. Der Roman »nichts, was uns passiert« thematisiert, welchen Einfluss eine Vergewaltigung auf Opfer, Täter und das Umfeld hat und wie eine Gesellschaft mit sexueller Gewalt umgeht. BETTINA WILPERT wurde mit ihrem Debütroman »nichts, was uns passiert« mit dem Förderpreis zum Lessing-Preis des Freistaates Sachsen ausgezeichnet und landete auf der Hotlist 2018, durch die alljährlich die 10 besten Bücher aus unabhängigen Verlagen gekürt werden. Im Rahmen dessen gewann sie den Melusine-Huss-Preis. Außerdem erhielt Bettina Wilpert für das Buch den ZDF-„aspekte”-Literaturpreis für das beste literarische Debüt des Jahres 2018. Zudem wurde sie mit Das Debüt 2018 - dem Bloggerpreis für Literatur ausgezeichnet und »nichts, was uns passiert« als bester Titel aus 69 eingereichten Debüts ausgewählt. Der Roman wurde darüber hinaus mit dem Kranichsteiner Jugendliteratur-Stipendium 2019 und dem KIMI-Siegel 2019 in der Kategorie Longseller ausgezeichnet. Desweiteren wurde Bettina Wilpert für den Clemens-Bretano-Preis 2019 nominiert. »nichts, was uns passiert« wurde 2019 vom Stadttheater Gießen für die Bühne adaptiert.
Based on many years of experience in teaching and children's book practice, Michael Wrede and Annabelle von Sperber pave your way to your own children's book. Both know the German and international market and the expectations of publishers and readers. They know which basic decisions are important before you get started and how a good storyboard can guide you safely through the process of creating your book. They confidently introduce you to the basics of children's book illustration and give you the toolbox to develop your very own story and bring it to life.
