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 ...

How do farm animals really live?

The lives of farm animals no longer look anything like what is depicted in most picture books. Laughing piglets and joyously frolicking cows on green meadows? Not quite. It is high time for children to have an honest fact book about this very ...

Kalter Hund cakes and prefab buildings over here, gum and townhouses over there

Max and Maya are cousins. They like each other. They enjoy playing cowboys and Indians, and eating vanilla ice cream. They could do so many things together, but the border between East and ...

What does really go on in the fridge when the door is shut and the light goes out? What do all the various objects in the school's lost property box talk about at night? Is the "moderately soiled" wash cycle a bit like a spa, or is it more akin to a watery inferno?

Young readers will ...

All the children leave the zoo. Except for Noah, who stays with the boa.
All the children crawl through the hole. Except for Chuck, who gets himself stuck.
All the children jump on the moon. Except for Grace, who is lost in space. These rhymes embody the wonderful vernacular of ...

The high art of bad manners -breaking the rules of good conduct

What sense is there in all those dull and dreary rituals of behaviour and manners that kids are supposed to follow these days? None whatsoever!

Behave Yourself - Not! brings a ...

Chomp, munch, gulp, slurp! Yum-Yum!

When do we eat, where and why, what - and whom?! Which yucky foods do we hate? How do our surroundings affect what we eat, and why is it that kids the world over love sweets? Where do table manners come from and why do they vary so much ...

The so-called picturebook family consisting of mum, dad and children - it still exists of course, but we all know that there are many other forms of family life. And nowadays, these different types are just as normal: single parent families, patchwork families, same-sex parenting, ...