Those who shout abuse at a cat must be prepared for everything, maybe even for the cat putting a spell on them … A modern fairytale with all the typical ingredients: tests of courage, seductions, incantations – and a silly protagonist who turns out to be wise in the end.

For all those who have always shied away from the sheer length of the original Urs Widmer has carefully abridged the wonderful Tales From the Arabian Nights while preserving their oriental flavour. Highly vivid and amusing, he recounts the six most famous tales of the immortal Sheherazade: The Fisherman and the Jinni, Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, The Magic Horse, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, and Sinbad the Sailor.
As Hermann Hesse pointed out, the original of this great collection of fairytales is »a source of infinite pleasures and the most opulent picture book in the world«. To ensure that this holds true, Tatjana Hauptmann has richly illustrated this work, conveying Oriental lavishness and subtlety.

Papa Snap is a collector of hair-raising stories: like the one about Robinson Rutabaga, who ran away from home and took the family bathtub with him. Or the one about the hungry sofa. Or about Mr Balduin Breadcrumb, who gave his wife a steamroller for their silver wedding anniversary – very practical for ironing or rolling out pastry. Take a look at the pictures accompanying these sixteen bonkers, wonderful, genuinely original stories, and you will discover characters from Tomi Ungerer’s toy collection, which is on display at the Tomi Ungerer Museum in Strasbourg.

It is a peaceful life the lobsters live there at the shore of Monhegan, mostly only interrupted by looking for the next tasty clam. A perfect idyll, if it wasn’t for the lobster traps, which, despite all the warnings, keep claiming victims. When they catch the uncle of young Daniel Lobster, he is determined to fight back. After being caught himself, he builds up a resistance group together with the other crustaceans, and starts to make life very difficult indeed for the big land creatures.

Adventure! High jinks! Tales so tall: This book’s truly got it all!

A big book about best friends: The complete Bear &Hippo anthology is finally here. This picture book contains all five beloved stories about our two animal friends:

Bear & Hippo on Holiday
Bear & Hippo in the Snow
Bear & Hippo Celebrate a Birthday
Bear Loves Hippo
Bear & Hippo Tidy Up

With all the witty rhymes and cheerful illustrations by the Meyer brothers in a new format and design.

Bedtime is often anything but peaceful – there’s still so much to do and to tell, so much that’s happened during the day, and so much to catch the attention of little readers. Luckily, the panda feels exactly the same way, making this book the perfect companion for the daily bedtime ritual.

Our dear little Panda has had quite the day:
There was lots of adventure and laughter and play.

And now our Panda is all tuckered out,
So he brushes his teeth
and he washes his snout.

Picks his favourite pillow,
the one that’s bright red,
And finally snuggles himself into bed.

With his most beloved plushie
and also his blankie
In the hopes that tomorrow
he won’t wake up cranky.

Frances doesn’t want to go to bed – just like every child in the world, just like you. But then her dad has a good idea: We'll play the face-making game! Frances has to look angry. Then happy. Then surprised. And now it’s your turn! Join Frances in making all sorts of faces: confused, sick, snooty, sweet, thoughtful ... It makes you really tired, and before you know it, it’s slumber time.

The sky is full of stars — all of them just waiting to fly down to earth and become a human child.
One little star has been waiting a very long time, though - a million years! At long last, he finds the right mummy and the right daddy. But then the two of them simply don’t get any closer. Luckily, Star’s best friend Owl has a brilliant idea.

Did you know? Every one of us was once a little star.

Whether it’s on the ostrich farm, at the gym, the currywurst stand or the beach, in this hidden object book you'll find countless people, animals and little stories on every page – and in their midst, Hazel Brugger and Thomas Spitzer. For their series Deutschland Was Geht, these two comedians visited bizarre locations and events all over the country. Children will love this hidden object book, and fans will find familiar locations and details.

The little hedgehog is back! In the autumn he likes sunbathing on a hill and watching the people in the village. When he returns to his treestump house, he finds three bags full of little apples – but what he thinks is a gift from the grey mouse soon turns out to be the red squirrel’s stockpile of food for the winter. Still, that doesn't matter, because the forest has plenty of gifts to go around. A celebration of autumn colours and a homage to friendship. 

»One, Two, where's my Shoe? – Three, Four, on the Floor!« – These are the only words Tomi Ungerer needs for a story. The rest is told by his subtle and shrewd pictures, which seem to take the viewer for a fool – until he can't help but smile in recognition: Across the book's pages, Tomi Ungerer's pencil conjures up dragonflies, soldiers, scarecrows, a pig and even an ocean liner. And the line is always: ›One, Two, where's my Shoe?‹

What should Mimi do with the blank piece of paper that her father hands her? »But there is nothing on it,« complains Mimi. Then the two of them discover much more than just a story.

Mimi is supposed to be practising piano, but she is bored. She is listlessly tinkers away – when suddenly a boy in strange clothes and a white wig walks out of the piano. He plays piano like a virtuoso, never looking at the notes, and never making a single mistake …

One of the greatest stories for children has now been illustrated by the great artist and renowned illustrator Tatjana Hauptmann. Everyone knows Peter Pan and Wendy, the fairy Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys, Captain Hook with his pirate ship the Jolly Roger. But you have never seen the story of the boy who refused to grow up like this: With her dreamlike playful illustrations in magnificent full colour, Tatjana Hauptmann has created an opulent masterpiece, a delight for the eyes, the perfect depiction of a land inhabited by fairies and home to the cheekiest boy in the world. More than 50 mainly colour illustrations by Tatjana Hauptmann.

Once again, Mimi's bedroom is in a state of chaos, but Mimi does not want to tidy up. Faced with her mother's impatience, Mimi begins to curse – and soon discovers that swearwords can have a very peculiar effect…