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        September 2016

        Der zauberhafte Wunschbuchladen 1

        by Katja Frixe, Florentine Prechtel

        "Der zauberhafte Wunschbuchladen" von Katja Frixe erzählt die Geschichte von Clara, die sich nach dem Umzug ihrer besten Freundin sehr allein fühlt. In dieser schwierigen Zeit findet sie Trost in einem ganz besonderen Buchladen, der von Frau Eule geführt wird. Umgeben von ihren Lieblingsbüchern, dem reimenden Kater Gustaf und dem sprechenden Spiegel Herr König, findet Clara einen Ort, der mehr als nur ein Buchladen ist. Es ist ein magischer Ort, an dem Bücher nicht nur Geschichten erzählen, sondern auch Träume und Wünsche wahr werden lassen. Die Mondscheinlesenächte und die warmherzige Atmosphäre des Ladens bieten Clara einen Zufluchtsort, an dem sie ihre Sorgen zumindest für eine Weile vergessen kann. Die Handlung dreht sich nicht nur um die Magie des Lesens und die Kraft der Freundschaft, sondern auch um den Umgang mit Veränderungen und Verlust. Clara lernt, sich neuen Situationen zu öffnen und findet in Frau Eule und den magischen Bewohnern des Buchladens neue Freunde, die ihr zeigen, dass das Ende einer Freundschaft nicht das Ende der Welt bedeutet. Mit Hilfe der magischen Bücher und der Unterstützung ihrer neuen Freunde bewältigt Clara ihre Traurigkeit und lernt, wieder Freude am Leben zu finden. "Der zauberhafte Wunschbuchladen" ist eine Geschichte voller Hoffnung, Magie und der unendlichen Möglichkeiten, die Bücher bieten können. Herzerwärmende Geschichte über Freundschaft, Verlust und den Zauber des Lesens, ideal für Kinder ab 8 Jahren am Ende der Grundschulzeit. Enthält fantastische Elemente wie einen sprechenden Kater und einen magischen Spiegel, die die Fantasie anregen und für spannende Leseerlebnisse sorgen. Warmherzige Illustrationen von Florentine Prechtel, die die magische Atmosphäre des Buchladens zum Leben erwecken. Erster Band einer beliebten Kinderbuchreihe, die Neugier weckt und zum Weiterlesen animiert. Vielfach gelobt als "wunderschönes, fantastisches und buchiges Abenteuer" und ein "Lieblingsbuch" für viele. Fördert die Liebe zum Lesen und zeigt, wie Bücher Trost spenden und als Wegbegleiter in schwierigen Zeiten dienen können. Verfügbar sowohl als Hardcover als auch als Taschenbuch und E-Book, zugänglich für verschiedene Vorlieben und Lesebedürfnisse. Alle Bände der Reihe: Band 1: Der zauberhafte WunschbuchladenBand 2: Der hamsterstarke HarryBand 3: Schokotörtchen für alle!Band 4: Die wilden VierBand 5: Weihnachten mit Frau EuleBand 6: Eine Schule hält zusammen

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        A Case for Kwiatkowski (27). Milk Carton Alarm!

        by Jürgen Banscherus/ Ralf Butschkow

        What a disaster! Kwiatkowski’s favourite milk tastes of mango and caramel. Who could have interfered with the milk cartons from the supermarket? Clearly there is something fishy going on here. Especially as the manager of the supermarket can only come up with the flimsiest of excuses. A famous private detective will certainly not allow himself to be fobbed off like this! And so very soon Kwiatkowski finds himself entangled in a mysterious case which requires all his great skills…

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        Royal Horses (2). Crown Dream

        by Jana Hoch

        Paparazzi, a blaze of flashlights, scandals – day by day, Greta’s life is being turned upside down. And only one person is responsible for this: Edward. Or to be more precise, Prince Tristan. Greta still feels that he has deceived her with his lies. Why didn’t he tell her who he really was? But when Edward suggests that she should come to Caverley Green in order to escape from the media circus, she can’t say no. Especially because her heart always beats faster when she sees Edward working with the horses. Or when he looks at her in that special way…But is Greta really ready to become part of his world?

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        Seawalkers (2). Rescuing Shari

        by Katja Brandis/ Claudia Carls

        For the attention of all Seawalker fans: the marine shapeshifters are back, with Volume 2 of this bestselling, shapeshifter series about Tiago, the young tiger shark, and his friends! Tiago is happy because he’s not only been admitted to Blue Reef High School, but also because at last he’s found a friend in Shari, a dolphin shapeshifter. The young tiger shark really needs a friend, because not everyone is happy to have him around. He is constantly clashing with the shady lawyer Lydia Lennox, and he has made himself unpopular by trying to track down the rubbish gangsters who are poisoning the nature reserve near the school. The situation reaches a climax during an anthropological research trip to Miami. When Shari gets into serious difficulties, Tiago as both human and shark takes a huge gamble in order to save her and her dolphin friends. The Seawalker books are published every six months. Previous publication: Seawalkers (1). Dangerous Shapes.

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        Sherlock Holmes, the Master Detective (3). The Invisble Seventh Man

        by Oliver Pautsch/ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/ Dominik Rupp

        What's going on in London? A mass breakout of prisoners, an attack on a hotel and a bank robbery - all that happens within a short while. Sherlock Holmes draws a rapid deduction: This cannot be an accident. He already has a theory what and most of all who is behind it. Remains to find out how his arch enemy managed to do that. But Sherlock is on his tracks because the thieves and their leader have left their fingerprints ...

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        The Candy Guild (1). The Magic Pact

        by Tanja Voosen/ Viktoria Gavrilenko

        The most magical adventure since the discovery of chocolate! Do you believe in magic and miracles? Everyone in the little town of Belony takes magic and miracles for granted – everyone except Elina, who thinks it’s all a load of nonsense. That is, until her nervous neighbour Charlie happens to get hold of a bar of chocolate that has a very strange effect on her. Suddenly Elina is convinced that Charlie has fallen under a spell. Of all people, it’s shy Robin who comes to the girl’s rescue. He is a member of a Candy Guild family – people who have the ability to create magic sweets that will help others. This is how he knows that only the mysterious Candy Guild can lift the curse on Charlie. With a suitcase full of magic sweets, the three of them set out on a dangerous quest. Because not everyone keeps to the pact that magic sweets should only be used to do good… The Candy Guild. The Magic Pact is the first in a new series of magic-fantasy books for children of 9+ - as enchanting as chocolate and as wild as a Christmas cracker!

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        The Candy Guild (2). The Lost Recipe

        by Tanja Voosen/ Viktoria Gavrilenko

        Magical sweets and real miracles? Elina has experienced them both in Belony, and now she can hardly wait to dip deeper into the world of the candy crafters. But it’s not long before a new problem arises, because just before Robin’s first candy crafting examination, his magic tool goes bust. Old Mr Snotty knows where they can get help, and he takes Elina and her friends to Bittersweet Avenue. It quickly becomes clear, though, that not all candy crafters are well disposed towards “ungifted” people. There are also rumours about the return of the mysterious Otherwise Society, which has tried once before to bring down the mighty Candy Guild. When Mr Snotty suddenly disappears without a trace, it’s up to Elina, Charlie and Robin to follow the clues he has left behind for them. They soon realize that there is a reason for his disappearance, because the Otherwise Society is looking for something in particular – and Elina, Charlie and Robin have the key to this something in their hands…

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        Things. My 200 Picture Book

        by Magdalena Skala

        The very smallest children can identify and name objects from their homes in this award-winning, large-format board book. Magdalena Skala’s fantastic illustrations use bright colours and clear forms to depict the most important objects from the nursery, kitchen, garden, lounge, bathroom – in short from children’s everyday worlds: a great start into the world of words – and books! Magdalena Skala was awarded the 2019 Meefisch Prize and the Marktheidenfeld Prize for picture book illustration for THINGS. MY 200-PICTURE BOOK.

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        Wild. They Hear You Thinking

        by Ella Blix

        They hear you thinking. But you can’t understand them. Not yet! After a terrifying experience on a school trip to the forest, Noomi isn’t the same anymore. Fragments of memories that are as thrilling as they are disturbing continually lead her back to this same day in the forest. Something has happened to her since then and she has to find out what went on there. Why can’t she remember? Why does she now feel so close to animals? One secret experiment. Four young offenders. Animals acting like humans in the forest. Evolution at a turning point - FEEL NATURE! Atmospheric, enigmatic and disturbing – the new novel from the prize-winning author duo Ella Blix, consisting of Antje Wagner and Tania Witte. 2019 literary awards: the Mannheim Feuergriffel (Fire Pen) for Tania Witte and the town of Wetzlar’s Fantasy Prize. Printed on recycled paper and certified with the Blue Angel.

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        The Sparkling Ponies (3). Luna and the Moonstones

        by Emily Palmer/ Josephine Llobet

        The four friends Fiona, Aurelia, Jana and Leni thoroughly enjoy their friendship with their sparkling ponies and they’re looking forward to the festival that’s about to take place at Funfield Pony Farm. But there’s a lot to be done first. Only Aurelia can’t really enjoy the prospect because the problem she has to solve with the mare Luna is really giving her a tough time. Suddenly Fiona and Sunny are also given a tricky task. And when the secret of the sparkling ponies is then in danger of being exposed, everything goes topsy-turvy. Will the friends end up enjoying the pony festival or not?

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        The Sparkling Ponies (4). Jana in Search of Happiness

        by Emily Palmer/Josephine Llobet

        Fiona simply doesn’t know what she should do first: Leo, the owner of the farm, is very depressed, and even the funny tricks of Sunny, the sparkling pony, can’t cheer her up. What’s more, the mysterious island on Lake Sparkle is to be sold, and that would be a disaster! There are so many sparkling tasks to be performed that Fiona almost overlooks a vital clue. But fortunately, her sparkling pony Sunny is still there. Just like the black horse Opal and his friend Jana, who together show that with the right amount of sparkling magic, all problems finally disappear…

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        World Runner (2). The Hunted

        by Thomas Thiemeyer

        Tim, who with Annika and Malte has qualified for the second round, is confronted with the biggest challenge of his running career: he, his friends and their arch rivals Jeremy, Darius and Vanessa must form a team that will perform perfectly together. How well they succeed will be judged by millions of spectators, because every moment of this competition will be broadcast live by the media company Global Games. The decision as to who wins has long since ceased to be a matter of ability. Whether the prize is worth the challenge is open to question.

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        September 2010

        Tschick

        by Herrndorf, Wolfgang

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        You for Future

        by Franziska Wessel/ Günther Wessel

        ‘We will not stop demonstrating,’ writes Franziska Wessel in a guest column in the Berliner Zeitung. Franziska is pursuing a goal. Decisive measures must finally be taken to protect the climate. While that is not happening she spends every Friday on the streets, gives interviews and puts pressure on politicians. But climate change isn’t the only thing threatening our future. There is so much suffering, injustice and destruction in the world. Something must be done about it. And as a climate activist, Franziska knows exactly how to be active. Together with her father, the journalist and author, Günther Wessel, she explains: How do I start a petition? How do I organise a campaign? How does lobbying work? So that everyone knows how they can make things happen.

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        Grandpa and the Flying Dog

        by Anna Lott/Anja Grote

        Carla had a best friend – a friend with whom she could spend the loveliest afternoons. These were perfect Grandpa-Carla afternoons. But now Grandpa is gone. But Carla waits for him. One day she finds a big dog on the same bench where her grandfather always waited for her. Suddenly she feels very close to him again. Carla can even go flying on Grandpa’s back. But is it really Grandpa? Or just a big dog?

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        Benny Beaver. The Great Forest Adventure

        by Inga Maria Ramcke/Christine Kugler

        Benny Beaver is involved in every adventure. Among other things, he’s a master builder. He’s always eager to learn something new – in the forest and anywhere else. There’s a lot to learn about our environment and Nature. This eventful tale about Benny Beaver and his friends Daisy Duck, Sally Squirrel and Manny Mole is great fun, as is the CD with its sounds of Nature. What happens in the forest? Who creeps, crawls and flies here? And what trees, bushes and fungi grow here? A lively tale about the environment and Nature for nursery school and first year primary school. A picture-book tale, exciting and entertaining – as is the CD with its sounds from Nature. Welcome to the world of Benny Beaver and his friends! Share their adventures in the forest and elsewhere!

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        Chetaah Summer

        by Katja Brandis

        When a travel adventure becomes a journey to yourself! For all readers who long to follow the wide world’s call to freedom. Especially for all the WOODWALKERS fans who have grown up. An unforgettable experience is waiting for Lily: she is off to work on a farm in Namibia where they work to protect endangered cheetahs. The German vet’s daughter will help care for injured big cats, raise orphaned young animals and assist with field research in the bush. A dream comes true for her! Lily’s trip goes well until she falls in love with Eric, the son of a neighbouring farmer. His strange family and their secrets plunge her life into chaos. Katja Brandis, whose WOODWALKERS series regularly conquers the bestseller lists by storm, is back with an environmental novel about the protection of cheetahs in Namibia. Authentic, sympathetic and completely devoid of kitsch sunset pathos.

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        Climate Change. What We Can Do Now

        by Ruth Omphalius/ Monika Azakli

        “There is no Planet B!” More and more young people are worried about the future of Planet Earth. Climate change is heating not only the planet but also people’s emotions. But what exactly is climate? And why are the changes threatening the lives of both polar bears and us humans. In simple language but with solid science, the authors explain the most important aspects of climate, from the greenhouse effect to the Gulf Stream. Current developments are described as well, and the scientific background is supplemented by gripping reports. The book also offers a glimpse of the future: what will happen if we go on in the same way as now? How can climate change be halted? This makes for riveting reading – and not just for young activists.

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