Fiction

Andy

The story of a summer: a coming-of-age story Andy tells the story of a hot summer. The book is about the taste of chlorine on your skin, the smell of ...

Dogs and Hares

Dogs and Hares are like cats and mice. That, at least, is the situation in idyllic Beethorpe-on-Bee. The Dog and Hare families have been at daggers drawn for generations, and ...

Emma in the Land of Buttons

Ulrike Rylance’s Emma in the Land of Buttons is that rare thing – a fairy tale that is very funny and slily profound at the same time. Reminiscent of Alice ...

Frieda in the Bottle

Flo’s family-holidays promise to be the worst ever. But then she discovers a mysterious bottle under her bed. In it lives a tiny plump greenhaired woman named Frieda. Freaky Frieda ...

Merjem [Engl.]

Merjem broaches the issues of deportation and asylum in a story of crime and friendship, suspenseful and with a lot of heart – in a realistic yet funny way, it ...

Saving Raffi

Sammy’s pet is a very special hamster called Raffi – not only can he score goals, but also sniff out smuggled goods. One day, however, the dearly-beloved pet has disappeared. ...

The Fleas in the Opera

Explore the opera with Axel Scheffler's fleas The entire von Hupf family loves opera so much that they never miss a performance. But the Hupfs are not ordinary opera visitors, ...