All the best stories end in disaster, don't they? If, like most kids, you love tales where everything goes wrong, you'll enjoy every moment of Faster, Lola, Faster! Described in a beguiling combination of breezy rhymes and bloodcurdling pictures, here are seven episodes from everyday life - all ...

A little devil rescues Christmas
Otibuk is much too small and much too nice compared to the other devils. And he doesn't feel at home at all in the dark lighthouse that smells of spiderwebs and dirty diapers. One day while outdoors, he notices two lovely, glittering creatures.

Even angels have to go to school

It's the first day of class at the school above the clouds! Angelina, a guardian angel-in-training, has reached her goal. What will the other angel students be like? What do they already know about Earth and humans? Luckily, Angelina ...

A somewhat different ghost story

As Lenny arrives at the Castle Röckenpöppel Boarding School in the middle of the night, he can hardly believe his eyes. The students are in the process of gathering for a meal, of which there is nothing to be seen except empty plates and glasses.

Monster-themed colouring and puzzle fun

Monsters are cool - and this book contains a gazillion of them. In the first four chapters, there are, for example, bubble monsters, hairy monsters, snouted monsters, and spiky monsters to colour, monster tails and monster caves ...

This book is full of ideas, such as how to make angels from straw and other materials as Christmas tree decorations, how to bake and frost pretty angel cookies, how to make snow angels and photograph them, and how to make winged tags for presents. Even young children will be able to use this ...

Quirky, funny, endearing - here comes Jacky Marrone!
Jacky Marrone is a streetwise fox and private detective with an extraordinary knack for tricky cases. His first case unfolds at breakneck speed: the disappearance of a hen that can lay golden eggs. During his investigation, ...

Minna's fantasy world
Minna is seven, and her world is full of wonder and surprise. This is true for wherever she happens to be, whether picking blueberries with Mommy, hunting seashells with Daddy, or lying in her favorite hammock in the garden. Adventures are everywhere she turns.

A domestic mouse goes international

While searching for crumbs in the Munich train station, a little mouse named Steven slips into a train car. This is the start of an exciting adventure that takes him much farther than just Switzerland, a cheese lover's paradise, and Paris, ...

The hardcover edition of the two Fuzzy Bear books contains all four-colour illustrations by Reinhard Michl as used for the big picture book edition. A little brown teddy bear fears that his owner Benjamin loves his new white teddy bear more than him and decides to leave. Luckily, White Bear and ...

Brown Fuzzy Bear lives with Benjamin in his room. He sleeps in Benjamin's bed and gets up with him in the morning. "I am so fond of you" says Benjamin to Fuzzy Bear. "I like you, too," Fuzzy Bear replies.

One morning, they play near the little brook next to their house. There is a white ...

Just a tiny flea with great courage

There must be more to life than working, drinking, and sleeping, thinks Hannibal, the admired star of the flea circus. And before you can blink twice, he jumps to freedom. But in the real world, he's nothing more than a pest who has to be ...