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KG Tumblingerstraße 21 80337 München Germany dtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Tumblingerstraße 21 80337 München Germany 3 [email protected] www.dtv.de [email protected] www.dtv.de CHILDREN’S BOOK HIGHLIGHTHighlights / AGE/ Recommendations 6 AND UP from our Backlist HighlightsCHILDREN’S / Recommendations BOOK HIGHLIGHT from / AGE our 6 BacklistAND UP ENGLISH SAMPLE TRANSLATIONAVAILABLE Highlight Autumn 2018 A feel-good book for the whole family! Alex Rühle Zippel, the Little Keyhole Ghost 128 pages 4c-illustrations by Axel Scheffler Zippelzefix – there has never been a ghost like this one! Pub. Date: August 2018 © Heike Bogenberger © Heike © Liam Jackson Zippel is a little keyhole ghost. Who ever said that ghosts had to haunt spooky old castles? No, Zippel lives with Paul and his par- ALEX RÜHLE, born in 1969, started out as a Alex Rühle ents - in one of the keyholes in their old apartment. Paul discovers hospital clown, a café waiter, and an elemen- him there the day after his summer vacation, and this is how the tary school builder in Malawi. Since then, he most hilarious time of his life gets started. has become a highly esteemed journalist Zippel, the Little Keyhole Ghost and now works as the cultural editor for After all, Zippel is a very young keyhole ghost, one who keeps Süddeutsche Zeitung. coming up with the most ridiculous nonsense. Spending time with Zippel is so hectic and exciting that Paul quickly grows very Warm-hearted, witty and achingly lovely – a delightful read-aloud from fond of his new little friend. But what will happen when the door’s AXEL SCHEFFLER is one of the world’s most the first page to the last. entire locking mechanism needs to be replaced - and Zippel’s successful children’s book illustrators. He was home is suddenly jeopardized? born in Hamburg in 1957, and has worked as a freelance illustrator in London since com- BESTSELLING With illustrations by Axel Scheffler, creator of The Gruffalo ILLUSTRATOR pleting his studies at the Bath Academy of Art. His books’ unmistakable, humorous drawings are loved around the world. With The Gruffalo, published with author Julia Donaldson, he cre- ated a work now acknowledged as a modern children’s classic. Axel Scheffler lives with his family in London. Rights sold: English language (UK & Commonwealth), Italy, Turkey 4 dtv Verlagsgesellschaftdtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Tumblingerstraße mbH & Co. KG Tumblingerstraße 21 80337 München 21 80337 Germany München Germany 11 dtv Verlagsgesellschaftdtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG mbH Tumblingerstraße & Co. KG Tumblingerstraße 21 80337 München 21 80337 Germany München Germany 115 [email protected] www.dtv.de [email protected] www.dtv.de [email protected] [email protected] www.dtv.de www.dtv.de P CHILDREN’S BOOK HIGHLIGHT / AGE 6 AND UP CHILDREN’S BOOK HIGHLIGHT / AGE 6 AND UP Friedbert Stohner Uwe Timm Minzi Monster The Travelling Mouse Goes to School © Michael Döschner-Apostolidis © Michael © Nina Stohner © Nina Rights sold: English language ENGLISH SAMPLE FRIEDBERT STOHNER, born (UK & Commonwealth) UWE TIMM was born in TRANSLATION AVAILABLE in 1951, lives in Altlussheim am Hamburg in 1940. After 80 pages 120 pages Rhein. After many years in the apprenticing as a furrier and With 4c-illustrations by Isabel Kreitz Illustrated by Axel Scheffler publishing industry, he now completing an academic degree Pub. Date: August 2018 First published in 1981 devotes himself to writing. in philosophy in Munich and Paris, Timm published his first poems in 1971. Since that time, “Oh, isn’t she sweet!” – That’s what everyone says when they see Minzi, and she he has become one of Germany’s ISABEL KREITZ (born in 1967) A domestic Mouse goes international can’t stand to hear it one more time. Even Ole, the fright of the kindergarten, most successful contemporary studied at the Hamburg School authors. calls her “little cuddle monster,” and when Minzi gets upset, he just rolls his eyes of Design and Parsons School of While searching for crumbs in the Munich train station, a little mouse named and looks smitten. But fortunately, Minzi is starting school now. This is where Design in New York. She draws Steven slips into a train car. This is the start of an exciting adventure that takes AXEL SCHEFFLER is one of the little monsters learn to be wild and dangerous. Minzi is so excited! Once she is comics and graphic novels, and him much farther than just Switzerland, a cheese lover’s paradise, and Paris, world’s most successful children’s wild and dangerous, Ole will get what’s coming to him! illustrates children’s books. She the world’s baguette capital. Onboard a circus-train Steven makes it to England, book illustrators. He was born has been honored with nume- too. But even those most fund of travelling eventually grow homesick. Which is in Hamburg in 1957, and has rous prizes for her work, includ- why Steven embarks on the adventurous way back home. worked as a freelance illustrator • A wonderfully funny story about a world turned upside down ing the Max and Moritz Prize as in London since completing his • For children who enjoy loudly expressing their minds the best illustrator in Germany. • The author is a winner of the German Children’s Literature Award studies at the Bath Academy of • A children´s classic – over 80,000 copies sold Art. His books’ unmistakable, humorous drawings are loved • For lovers of Michael Bond (Paddington) and Jill Tommlinson´s around the world. With The favourite animal tales Gruffalo, published with author Julia Donaldson, he created a work now acknowledged as a BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR modern children’s classic. Axel Scheffler lives with his family in London. 6 dtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Tumblingerstraße 21 80337 München Germany dtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Tumblingerstraße 21 80337 München Germany 7 [email protected] www.dtv.de [email protected] www.dtv.de JUNIOR HIGHLIGHT / AGE 11 AND UP AGE 6 AND UP AGE 6 AND UP KATHRIN ROHMANN is a new discovery - an author with a Kathrin Rohmann very warm-hearted narrative voice, whose stories have been Franziska Biermann Magical Days under the published in GECKO magazine and aired on the Bavarian Radio. Jacky Marrone: Kathrin Rohmann lives near Apple Tree Hannover. In Search of Golden Claw (vol. I) Minna’s fantasy world YAYO KAWAMURA grew up Kann van © Martina between Tokyo and Germany. Minna is seven, and her world is full of wonder and For the past fifteen years, she FRANZISKA BIERMANN studied 128 pages surprise. This is true for wherever she happens to be, has been doing exactly what she at the Hamburg College of De- With 4c-illustrations whether picking blueberries with Mommy, hunt- always wanted to do: She illus- 120 pages sign. Since 1999, she has been a by Yayo Kawamura ing seashells with Daddy, or lying in her favorite trates children’s books. She lives With 4c-illustrations by the author successful children’s book author Pub. Date: July 2018 hammock in the garden. Adventures are everywhere with her family in Berlin. Pub. Date: August 2018 she turns. Thanks to her marvellous imagination, and illustration. She lives in Ham- she meets many magical characters, such as Fritz burg with her family. Glueck the botanist and Barbara the blueberry princess. Mommy, Daddy, her teacher, and Minna’s Quirky, funny, endearing – here comes Jacky Marrone! best friend Irmi are all amazed. Minna is the only one who isn’t. Jacky Marrone is a streetwise fox and private detective with an extraordinary knack for tricky cases. His first case unfolds at breakneck speed: the disappear- ance of a hen that can lay golden eggs. During his investigation, Jacky Marrone stumbles across not only a hard-boiled super villain, but also across enthusiast inventor Alice, whose sensational shrinking liquid plays a pivotal role in the solving of this case.