Boris and Babette: Skeletons Everywhere

A pet! When a neighbour asks Boris to take care of her pet Babette, he doesn't hesitate for long. There's just one catch: Boris' parents don't want any animals in the flat. So he has to hide Babette well. But that is less tricky than the question of WHAT kind of animal Babette actually is? She is yellow, walks on two legs and likes television, flips and scary things. The craziest fact: Babette can talk!

His secret flatmate really upsets Boris' life. Because Babette is always sad. To make her feel good, Boris has to turn his children's room into a ghost train! But where is he supposed to get SKELETONS?! When Mum and Dad discover Babette and she disappears shortly afterwards, the adventure really begins...

With lovable characters and lots of wry wit, Tanja Esch tells of feeling strange and finding one's own identity and a place in our world.

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8+ years

ISBN 978-3-948690-17-5

160 pages, coloured

17 x 23 cm, hardcover

20,- € (D)

Diego´s House under the Firecracker Bush

„HERE you want to have a party?!" Diego can't get Mr. Mole's reprimanding words out of his head. What if he is right now and Diego's house really isn't good enough to invite his friends over? Could he make it nicer? How would the others like it? Excited, Diego rushes off to ask them.

But the more animals Diego meets, the more confused he becomes. Labyrinthine corridors. A look at the stars. Living here today and there tomorrow. How is Diego supposed to make all this happen? A party is out of the question! Luckily, his friends invite themselves without further ado...

Author Matthew Burgess and Box illustrator Uwe Heidschötter enchant young and old readers with a poetic and expressive story about what really counts: Be yourself!

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4+ years

ISBN 978-3-948690-18-2

64 pages, coloured

23 x 29 cm, hardcover

16,- € (D)

Kiste: The Sneaky Gnome

Mattis is thrilled: For their holiday in Scotland, his parents have not rented just any accommodation, but an ancient house on the ruins of an even more ancient castle! It's just a shame that his best friend Kiste couldn't come along. Especially because the creepy vaulted cellars of the mansion are supposedly haunted...

How fortunate for Mattis that Kiste meanwhile causes such chaos at home that the wizard Bartelstrunk finally sends his friend to Scotland after all. Not a moment too soon, because Mattis actually makes the acquaintance of the ghastly gnome who is up to his mischief in the cellar...

An exciting and equally funny Box story with wonderfully lively illustrations by Màriam Ben-Arab (Zack!).

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8+ years

ISBN 978-3-948690-19-9

80 pages, b/w

15 x 21,5 cm, hardcover

12,- € (D)

What the Hell?!

Jonas needs money! And urgently! After all, he is head over heels in love. But in order to end up with Annika – Jonas is sure of it – he needs a Vespa to drive her around, just like the trendy guys. A job must come along!

„Ash sweeper wanted. Ask for Satan", this job ad doesn't sound very tempting. But in the absence of other offers, Jonas becomes a cleaner in... hell. A bossy boss, colleagues who are even more dull than the work, a talking pile of ashes with an urgent need to communicate about love matters and two demons who kidnap Annika, of all people – what Jonas experiences in his nightmare job only allows one reaction: What the hell?!

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10+ years

ISBN 978-3-948690-20-5

96 pages, coloured

17 x 23 cm, hardcover

15,- € (D)

Trip with Drip

»That's not true!« What fate has foisted upon him is an imposition even for the most casual wolf: because it has accidentally saved his life, he suddenly has a... rabbit on his hands! If it weren't for the wolf code, which obliges him to take care of the little rodent's well-being. The rabbit can tell you a thing or two about impositions, after all, it drags an annoying drip and a metre-long medication schedule through life. And now a wolf!

Josephine Mark sends her unusual group of fates on a fast-paced road trip with everything that goes with it: trigger-happy hunters, cheap motels, bears, freezing IV bags. And the big question of whether it's really just the wolf code that binds them together.

»Without exaggeration: I love this book. Rarely has the subject of illness been put on paper as gently as it is pleasurably. A comforting encouragement for young and old and, quite incidentally, a comic that is rarely produced in this country: warm-hearted and very, very funny!« - Ralf König

Rights sold to France, Spanish Worldwide.  All other rights available

12+ years
ISBN 978-3-948690-14-4
192 pages, coloured
17 × 23 cm, Hardcover
20,– € (D)

Kaya & Flo: Razzle-dazzle in the superstore

»When I've saved enough money, I'll be a superhero!« On Kaya's birthday, the time has finally come. Already in the department stores' she puts on her new superheroine mask and becomes... Flora-Girl! All of a sudden, the barren shelf canyons are transformed into an exciting labyrinth: ice-cold frozen robots, nasty robber cutlets and lousy corsetry monsters lurk around every corner! Now it's superheroine versus supermarket!

With great joy in the hullabaloo, author Jonny Bauer and illustrator Stephan Lomp put (almost) every child's dream on paper in their comic picture book: to be all alone in the department stores' just once!

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6+ years
ISBN 978-3-948690-16-8
48 pages, coloured
27 × 23 cm, Hardcover
14,– € (D)

Mr. Elephant & Mrs. Grey

Safaris are a drag! Gawking tourists who arrive in droves at the waterhole. But somehow these naked monkeys in their noisy jeeps have a little something. When the gazelle Mrs. Grey and her friend Mr. Elephant meet a curious black flat beetle who introduces himself to them as Siri, a great adventure begins for them.  

Siri shows them pictures from the world of tourists: Stores, streets, the big train in the mouse tunnel called »Ubahn«. Oh, how the gazelle and the elephant would love to go there one day!

Rights sold to France, Spain, Ukraine and Sweden. All other rights available



6+ years
ISBN 978-3-948690-12-0
64 pages, coloured
17 × 23 cm, Hardcover
14,– € (D)

Zack!

»Are you... a pirate?« The man Bonny finds sleeping (and snoring) at the beach doesn’t remember anything, not even his name. With his scrubby beard and only one leg he must be a pirate,  in need of a crew and a name. So without hesitation, Bonny names him Zack and they set sail together. When their path crosses a real pirateship with Zack’s old nemesis Eye Patch Peter on board it gets dangerous. But Bonny is determined to save the day.

Rights sold to Spain (incl. Catalan) All rights available



6+ years


ISBN 978-3-948690-09-0

96 pages, coloured


17 x 23 cm, Hardcover


15,–€ (D)

Jeppe Out and About

When the king asks him to be his messenger, the good-natured Jeppe dashes off into the hills, only to be stopped every so often, because, well, he just can't help it. If there's an animal in need, like the old squirrel or the exhausted mom of eight, he has to do something. And something else. And one more thing. Until it's rather late for his message to arrive…

This faboulous storybook by renowned children's author Jutta Bauer mixes classic illustration with comic book elements and tells a timeless story of staying true to yourself under all circumstances.

Rights sold to China, USA, Italy, Iran and Korea. All other rights available

 except for Spain.

4+ years


ISBN 978-3-948690-08-3

48 pages, coloured


22 x 30 cm (Oversize), Hardcover


14,–€ (D)

The Invisible Spaceship

A most unusual space adventure: the crew of the Invisibility 2 discovers that it's easy to turn on the new invisibility drive, but quite harder to turn it off again, since everything on board is invisible now, buttons and switches included. The situation worsens because they cannot move their ship out of the nebula, have to deal with old archenemies and even sticky hair balls, regugitated by technical officer Honk.

This is quite a different comic book! There’s not much to see (Some wonderful panels by Box artist Uwe Heidschötter are included, though), but so much to imagine as the readers follow the word balloons and funny sounds Patrick Wirbeleit and Andrew Matthews came up with for this very hilarious story.

Rights sold to Mexico (Spanish Worldrights) and China. All other rights available.

6+ years


ISBN 978-3-948690-05-2


80 pages, coloured


17 x 23 cm, Hardcover


15,–€ (D)

Gorm Grimm. Big, strong, hungry

As great as finding new friends is: if your new companion is a big, bold, not-too-bright viking torn out of his own time, there’s gonna be trouble! And it’s trouble Julius gets when his new friend encounters cars, strange modern devices, that can take your picture – and delicious wildlife.

This funny story reverses traditional roles, where the grown-up is impulsive and the kid has to try to be the reasonable one.

Beautifully drawn by Kim Schmidt (Die drei ??? Kids ) and written by Patrick Wirbeleit (Box ), this is truly a joy to read.

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6+ years


ISBN 978-3-948690-06-9


96 pages, coloured


17 x 23 cm, Hardcover


15,–€ (D)

Gorm Grimm.

Reading, writing, hammering

That's how it is with Vikings: Out of nowhere they take you by surprise, eat the hair off your head and don't give a damn that you might have had something completely different in mind. Julius can tell you a thing or two about it: Since he's had Gorm Grimm on his back, he suddenly feels like he's in the trickiest level of his favourite computer game.

So Julius is having a lot of fun! If only his Viking friend wasn't so much of the past! High time to familiarise Gorm with today's customs. But why waste a knife and fork on food when a warrior can just as easily attack your laughing muscles with it?!

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6+ Jahre
ISBN 978-3-948690-15-1
96 pages, coloured
17 × 23 cm, Hardcover
15,– € (D)

Ulf and the Riddle of the New Girl



A group of aspiring junior detectives finally finds their first case. The target of their observations is the new girl in their class, who seems to hide something of great importance from everybody else. She also seems kind of strange with her bearded, skateboarding dad and her weird, axtravagant mum. The perfect opportunity for this dynamic group to make a mark as real detectives.

Tanja Esch captures this thrilling and charming story about friendship in colourful drawings and sequences.



Rights sold to Czech Republic, France, Italy and Russia. All other rights available.

6+ years


ISBN 978-3-948690-00-7


128 pages, coloured


17 x 23 cm, Hardcover


18,–€ (D)

Box. Mathmagics

»I hate maths!« Mattis doesn’t have a clue when it comes to calculations and mathematics and fears the worst for the test the next day. His mother can’t help and even his best friend Box is of no use. Box builds things and doesn’t calculate… When the magician Bartelstrunk, who was also bad at math, promises to help, salvation is near. But was there ever a situation with Box involved who turned out easy and smoothly? This mathemagic is about to go wrong in a big way.



Box – Mathemagic is the fifth volume of the funny and bestselling series by Patrick Wirbeleit and oscar-nominated animator Uwe Heidschötter. Like every volume it can be read separately and is a stand alone story. Volumes 1–4 are available through Reprodukt.



Rights sold to Slovenia.

All other rights available


6+ years

ISBN 978-3-948690-01-4


88 pages, coloured

17 x 23 cm, Hardcover


15,–€ (D)

House No. 8. A Mousy Family

Tim and his parents move to an old house in the outskirts of a big nameless city. While exploring their new home he finds the house to be very peculiar. When he accidently pulls a plug in the basement he and his family suddenly lose all of their colours and appear to be black and white. A problem difficult to hide, especially from their only, creepy and very nosey neighbour… But there is much more to discover. The house itself bears a great secret as does Tim's Mom, who doesn’t seem to be distressed by their unconventional mishap at all.

Patrick Wirbeleit writes this rapid mystery adventure for all ages and Sascha Wüstefeld creates spectacular images.


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9+ years

ISBN 978-3-948690-02-1


96 pages, coloured

17 x 23 cm, Hardcover


15,–€ (D)

House No. 8. The Time Charm

The glasses are gone! Tim's magic glasses, with which he can reach the invisible tower room of house no. 8! And of all people, the dubious neighbour Ernst Grumback has stolen them from him. It's no use, Tim has to ask Grandpa Birne for help. In his time of need, Birne fulfils Tim's most fervent wish: He teaches him how to do magic. But it's like a jinx! It can't be that difficult!

For the second time, Boxauthor Patrick Wirbeleit and cartoonist Sascha Wüstefeld open the gates of House No. 8 for a thrilling new adventure.

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9+ years

ISBN 978-3-948690-13-7

96 pages, coloured

17 x 23 cm, Hardcover


15,–€ (D)

Selma Trades Places. A Dog's Life

The saying »Dogs that bark won’t bite« doesn’t help Selma. She is afraid of dogs and finds them scary. But Selma has a secret gift: She can trade places with anything. So when her mother asks her what the little dog must think of a big girl like Selma, she trades places with the dog and a great adventure ensues.



With a lot of wit, optimism and empathy Martin Baltscheit, one of Germany's most respected writers for children tells this story about fear and facing it and the importance of staying curious in this conflicting world and Anne Becker finds the fitting illustrations.

Rights sold to Sweden, Spain (+ Catalan), Ukraine. All other rights available


6+ years

ISBN 978-3-948690-03-8


88 pages, coloured


17 x 23 cm, Hardcover


15,–€ (D)

Selma Trades Places. An Old Man's Life

»Get off the footpath, dammit!« Every time Selma cycles to the bakery with her dad, an old grandpa sits on the bench opposite and loudly scolds people. »He's got grouchitis,« says Selma's father. Ah? How do you get that? Selma wants to know. And Selma has a special ability: She swaps when she doesn't understand something...

With wit, wisdom and empathy, Martin Baltscheit and Anne Becker tell of the turbulent role reversal of an intrepid girl with a bitter old man. Seeing the world through Selma's eyes can only be good against grumpiness!

All rights available


6+ years

ISBN 978-3-948690-13-7


88 pages, coloured


17 x 23 cm, Hardcover


15,–€ (D)

Genius Gifts

What’s better than to drop by an old friend and wish him a happy birthday? Cake, candles and gifts are in order, but the host won’t act like one. Is it the flowers that are wrong? Or is it the guest?

Anke Kuhl, one of Germany’s most renowned illustrators for children tells this hilarious little story about presents, birthday parties and a big surprise.

English World Rights sold, all other rights available


4+ years


ISBN 978-3-948690-04-5


24 pages, coloured


14,5 x 14,5 cm, Hardcover


10,–€ (D)