ARENA VERLAG · Rights List Bologna Book Fair 2013 by Ute Körner Literary Agent, S.L.

CHILDREN'S

SPRING

BOOKS

2013 FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE

DISCOVERY

ARENA PUBLISHING Arena Publishing was founded in 1949 and is today one of the most important publishers of books for children and young adults in Germany. We publish a broad range of titles in our fiction and non-fiction lists; our programme includes titles for all age groups ‒ from toddlers up to young adults. Arena was the first German children s book publisher to start a paperback programme in 1958. Books from Arena already won numerous awards and are translated into many languages. We are also honored to be the German home of internationally well-known authors like Cassandra Clare, Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, Tove Jansson, Jo Nesbø, Unni Lindell or Neil Gaiman.

WELCOME TO OUR CHILDREN BOOK'S CATALOGUE!

BOLOGN IN S U IT VIS PLEASE ‒ B30 HALL 30

Alice Pantermüller is a star among our children s books authors: HELP, I M A SUPER HEROINE! is the newest installment of her imaginative abilities which already gave us the bestselling series MY LOTTA LIFE (you find more books about Lotta on page 13). PROFESSOR GRAGHUL'S SECRET MONSTER SCHOOL is a promising story book; we are very proud that it just got chosen to be reviewed in the magazine "New Books in German". Christoph Marzi s children s books draw more and more readers: The YA fiction author presents with PIPER AND THE MYSTERY OF THE LAST CLOCK an exciting adventure in Septemberland. Our new series for children 7+ SUGAR TARTS & COMPANY offers a new way to make friends: If you need one, just bake one! The first reader title PAUL. SUDDENLY A VAMPIRE has been such a huge success that we decided to publish a story book with more Paul adventures. And last but not least ‒ Stefanie Dahle s newest picture book about THREE TERRIFIC BUDDIES rounds up our focus titles of the spring list. Please enjoy browsing the next pages! We look forward to hearing from you at any time. With all best wishes

Tanja Dziewior

Pia Emling

Rights Director

Junior Rights Manager

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Alice Pantermüller Age 9 and up • 228 pages 13,5 x 20,5 cm € 12.99 978-3-401-09706-0 Pub. date: January 2011 Rights: available worldwide

Special Catalogues

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Focus Titles

A Lotta Life

BENDIX BRODERSEN WIMPS HAVE NO ADVENTURES

A Case for Kwiatkowski

When eccentric Thekla Salmonis appears at

12 - 13

KNISTER

the "Orphanage of the Kind Spirits" one day,

14 - 17

Fiction

Bendix has no idea that the greatest adventure

Classics

of his life is about to begin. Because Thekla

Life Junior

knows an incredible secret: On a small island

20 - 23

Board Books

in the South Seas time has stopped in the

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Picture Books

Stone Age. The last dinosaurs of the world live

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Easter

there

Contact Details

existence of the island "Floribunda".

as long as no one takes notice of the

SPECIAL CATALOGUES Please also check out our specialty catalogues about our most important collections: LILLI THE WITCH has been delighting children all over the world for 20 years; the TILDA APPLESEED series has been published for 5 years now as well as the luminous illustrations of STEFANIE DAHLE. Our FIRST READERS COLLECTION also celebrates its 20th anniversary with a brand new layout and an easier level system. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF

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TILDA APPLESEED Andreas H. Schmachtl s books have

Lilli the Witch has been delighting

sold over 350,000 copies. His bestsel-

children all over the world for 20

ling character is the little mouse TILDA

years now. You ﬁnd all of Lilli s ad-

APPLESEED. Please enter her world

ventures and more collected in this

and discover the detailed illustrations

catalogue.

and the snugly stories.

WELCOME TO THE FABULOUS WORLD OF

Stefanie Dahle

First Readers Collection Spring 2013

Spring 2013

DISCOVERY

STEFANIE DAHLE Steﬃ Dahle s picture books are exclusively published by Arena. Her illustrations are full of imagination and details ‒ and most of the books are outﬁtted with glitter and shimmering

DISCOVERY

FIRST READERS SERIES This specialty catalogue illustrates the level concept of our First Readers Collection and shows all titles available for the diﬀerent steps.

eﬀects.

FOCUS TITLES

HELP, I'M A SUPER HEROINE! After the great surprise success of the series A Lotta Life Alice Pantermüller is once again about to conquer the hearts of young and old readers by launching a new series with her unique sense of humour, a large portion of imagination and her keen sense of what children really like. By her side: the well-known illustrator Ulf K., who has given each member of this very unusual family his or her individual distinctive face. Curtains up for heroic deeds!

Alice Pantermüller Ulf K. Age: 9+ • 160 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06825-1 Rights: available worldwide

SUPER HEROES ALWAYS FLY IN SECRET Karline is a completely normal girl ‒ and that makes her rather extraordinary. Because her whole family consists of super heroes; even Karlines grandfathers already used to ﬂy for law and order. Yet no one is to know that Karline s parents and siblings save the world every day, not even her best friend, Rose. Fortunately the odds are good that Karli has not inherited the super hero gene. Until the day she suddenly hears a ferret locked inside a backpack at school cry for help.

Christian Loeﬀelbein is a greatly gifted storyteller who has managed to create a fantasy world ﬁlled with wonderful characters. Ina Hattenhauer has transformed this world into artful and original pictures. Incredibly witty, monstrously entertaining and thrilling down to the last page!

Christian Loeﬀelbein Ina Hattenhauer Age: 5+ 192 pages 17 x 24 cm Hardcover, Cover with UV ﬁnish € 14.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09935-4 Rights: German Audio Book rights sold

RECOMME NDED IN N EW BOOK IN GERMA S N MAGA SPRING 20 ZINE 13

PROFESSOR GRAGHUL'S SECRET MONSTER SCHOOL When Lena and Lukas visit their peculiar uncle, Professor Gregorius Graghul, at the Secret Monster School, they stumble into the adventure of a lifetime. For what could be more mysterious than a place where (almost) all monsters of this world are eager to learn new things? Even though one of them is the victim of a dark curse, and nosy Ms. Dung-Beetle, the school administrator, must not ﬁnd out about the monsters under any circumstances How it all ends? Read it for yourself!

FOCUS TITLES

WELCOME TO THE MONSTER SCHOOL

FOCUS TITLES

BOREDOM CAN BE A DANGEROUS THING Christoph Marzi s books are pure magic. With his new children s book he presents us with another novel that deserves a spot in the league of the great children s classics. Thrilling, a dense atmosphere and especially ﬁlled with imagination: Piper s story will conquer young readers hearts in no time.

Christoph Marzi Kristina Andres Age: 9+ • 176 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 12.99

Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06863-3 Rights: available worldwide

PIPER AND THE MYSTERY OF THE LAST CLOCK Piper s most boring summer of all times turns into an exciting adventure in a country where there are not only talking animals and dangerous pirates but also an evil sovereign. While searching for a way back out, Piper has to overcome the limitations of her courage and imagination to save herself and the people of Septemberland.

Helena and the Rats in the Shades Pub. date: August 2010 € 12.95 978-3-401-06561-8 Rights sold to: BR

Jonah and the Spooky Windows Pub. date: February 2012 € 13.99 978-3-401-06708-7 Rights sold to: BR

FOCUS TITLES

WHY NOT JUST BAKE YOURSELF A BEST FRIEND? "Bake yourself a best friend!" Amina Paul has realized a unique and sugar sweet idea that has not yet been met by any other children s book. Anyone who has magic dough to play with should really think about what wish to utter when baking a cake. Franzi wishes for a best friend and gets ‒ Mia!

Amina Paul SaBine Büchner Age: 7+ 160 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 Illustrated children's book 978-3-401-06750-6 Rights: available worldwide

SUGAR TARTS & COMPANY. THE CONSPIRACY OF THE CUPCAKE PRINCESS During the annual baking competition at the castle hotel Eleonora Krottenkamp actually claims that the dough in her bowl is magic. Franzi does not believe one word she is saying. But it does not take long before Mia comes through the door. Mia is made of muﬃn dough and can do anything Franzi can do ‒ only a bit better. That bothers Franzi a lot. But then she ﬁnds that Mia is a really great friend.

FOCUS TITLES

HOW TO BE A VAMPIRE ‒ A STARTER COURSE Suddenly a vampire? How is that possible? For Paul that is as easy as pie. Yet there are lots of new and exciting adventures waiting for him, narrated in Christian Seltmann s witty and lively style and put into many funny pictures by Alexander von Knorre. Now for reading to and by children.

Christian Seltmann Alexander von Knorre Age: 5/6 and up, for reading to and by children 104 pages 15.3 x 20.5 cm € 9.99 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-70131-8 Rights: available worldwide

11, 000 SOLD

COPIES

PAUL. SUDDENLY A VAMPIRE! SPOOKING AROUND AT MIDNIGHT Paul is terribly upset! After all, he cannot read other people's minds, the haunted house scares him out of his wits and he is an absolute beginner when it comes to shapeshifting! So how is he supposed to ever turn into a real vampire? Valerie, the bat, thinks that this is hilarious and she is a true know-it-all ... But where the aﬀair of the juicy teeth is concerned, Paul suddenly outdoes everybody. He is a real vampire after all! Paul. Suddenly a Vampire! Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09295-9

FOCUS TITLES

A THRILLING ADVENTURE FOR LITTLE PICTURE BOOK LOVERS

Stefanie Dahle Stefanie Dahle Age: 2+ 16 pages 21.5 x 28.0 cm Sturdy cover with embossed folded pages € 9.99 978-3-401-09631-5 Rights: available worldwide

THREE TERRIFIC BUDDIES AND THE MYSTERIOUS SQUEAK-HONK-CHUGGEDY-CHUG The three buddies discover a mysterious package in front of their cave. And what s inside? A genuine squeak-honk-chuggedy-chug! It is just right for a trip to the sea ‒ and for having very beary adventures

A funny cardboard picture book created by Stefanie

Dahle ‒ with incredible surprises on large pages that can be unfolded.

A LOTTA LIFE

LOTTA HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU! With self-esteem, wit and lots of imagination Lotta Petermann masters one adventure after another ‒ narrated with a great sense of tongue-in-cheek humor by Alice Pantermüller and uniquely illustrated by Daniela Kohl. A one-of-a-kind book for reading, laughing and discovering that little and big readers will love!

Alice Pantermüller Daniela Kohl Age: 8+ 96 pages 14 x 18.8 cm Non-book € 6.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06859-6 Rights of the series: sold to BE, NL; German audio rights sold

MY YOUR LOTTA LIFE. A DIARY FOR YOUR MOST SECRET SECRETS, MOST DISASTROUS DISASTERS AND MOST DREAMLIKE DREAMS Are as many strange things happening in your life that are happening in mine? Then you probably need a book like this, too, to write down everything. Since some things are really too weird to talk about, you may draw them or paste a few photos into the diary ... or see where Heesters is lying around again. Well, here you get a lotta space for your Lotta life!

A LOTTA LIFE. SOMETHING IS WORM HERE Yippie yeah, ﬁnally school holidays! But instead of a trip to the South, Lotta ends up on an organic farm in Bavaria. Not fair! On the other hand: There are so many animals on the

Alice Pantermüller Daniela Kohl Age: 9+ 160 pages 14 x 21 cm Illustrated children s book/cartoon € 6.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06814-5 Rights of the series: sold to BE, NL; German audio rights sold

farm, and Lotta loves animals. Especially since she has discovered what her magic ﬂute is really good for ‒ hypnotize snakes! And while Lotta is looking for a Bavarian ringsnake, she tests who else will dance to her ﬂute.

When PI Kwiatkowski gets involved, no case remains unsolved, no eye stays dry from laughing so hard. His adventures are super thrilling entertainment not only for serious sleuths!

Jürgen Banscherus Ralf Butschkow Age: 7+ 96 pages 12.1 x 19.5 cm With black-and-white illustrations, hardcover € 7.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70182-0 Rights of the series: sold to CN, CZ, CH, DK, ES, FR, GR, IL, LT, PL, SE, SL, TH, TR, US, ZA

A CASE FOR KWIATKOWSKI ‒ THE MISSING ROLLER SKATES Fritz, the pizza delivery man on roller skates, asks Kwiatkowski for help: His roller skates have been stolen while he was working and now he has to walk home in his socks! Kwiatkowski takes on the case that seems pretty simple at ﬁrst. But what the private eye ﬁnds out later is something he never would have dreamed of

A CASE FOR KWIATKOWSKI ‒ THE BLUE CAROUSEL This case provides clever Kwiatkowski with a lot of puzzling questions at ﬁrst: Who keeps sabotaging the power cable of the blue carousel? Does the unknown culprit want to ruin Willy, the owner of the carousel? But more

Jürgen Banscherus Ralf Butschkow Age: 7+ 96 pages 12.1 x 19.5 cm With black-and-white illustrations, hardcover € 7.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70183-7 Rights of the series: sold to CN, CZ, CH, DK, ES, FR, GR, IL, LT, PL, SE, SL, TH, TR, US, ZA

than anything else he wonders how the saboteur manages not to be seen by anyone. There is no question about it: Kwiatkowski has to go out there at night to catch him in the act. Yet what happens then

to her ﬂute.

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A CASE FOR KWIATKOWSKI

THE CLASSIC: UNTOUCHABLE, IRREPROACHABLE, IRRESISTIBLE!

KNISTER

COLOURFUL READING HOURS WITH LILLI THE WITCH The most popular Lilli the Witch stories ‒ now featured in a beautiful all-colour story time book in a large format. Listen to, browse through and look at Lilli the Witch.

KNISTER Age: Not speciﬁed 136 pages 17 x 24 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: Febuary 2013 978-3-401-06928-9 Rights of the series: sold to BG, BR, CN, CZ, DK, EE, ES (Cast., Cat., Basque, Galician), FI, FR, GR, HR, HU, IS, IT, JP, KR, LIT, LT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RI, RO, SCG, SE, SL, SK, TW, TL, TR, USA, VN

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THE GREAT BIG LILLI THE WITCH STORY BOOK 4 Ever since Lilli the Witch found the witch Surulunda s magic book, she just cannot stop doing magic. ZAWOOSH ‒ and in no time she has landed among Indian Chief Proud Stallion s warriors and has to rescue her friend from the stake. In her second adventure Lilli falls in love with none less than the top soccer player of her school. And that even though she knows absolutely nothing about soccer! Hopefully her magic won t backfire this time!

KNISTER

KNISTER FUN ALL THE WAY TO THE HAPPY END The grand ﬁnale of the hilarious adventures of a knight ‒ and more witty illustrations by Thomas Dähne. And again KNISTER has enriched each thrilling chapter with a unique extra feature: a witty cartoon, an Italian language course for beginners or a collection of oﬀ-the-wall medieval sayings that is guaranteed to be one of a kind!

KNISTER Thomas Dähne Age: 8+ 160 pages 13.5 x 20.5 cm € 9.99 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06745-2 Rights of the series: sold to ES, IT, German audio rights sold

Arabesk ‒ The Adventures of a Knightly Horse (Vol.1). The Betwixt Tournament Pub. date: August 2011 978-3-401-06681-3

ARABESK ‒ THE ADVENTURES OF A KNIGHTLY HORSE (VOL.3). THE BEST PART ALWAYS COMES LAST! Devil s claws and bear paws! They all have what it takes to be a hero: Ella, the smart girl, Urs, the monk who can do Kung Fu ‒ and especially Knight Porkbelly, even if his klutziness is his most distinctive feature. But their heroic efforts pale in comparison with Arabesk, the horse that fends off an attack made by a gang of robbers, tracks down Ella's and Urs' missing dad and finally conducts the attack on Prince of Pinkerton, their evil fiend... Will the four of them be able to take the prince's throne?

Arabesk ‒ The Adventures of a Knightly Horse (Vol.2). Let s Get the Heck Out of Here Pub. date: August 2012 978-3-401-06703-2

ADVENTURE ACTION IN THE WORLD OF SAGAS FICTION

Christian Loeﬀelbein lures his readers into a new fascinating fantasy journey to the adventurous world of sagas. Breathless thrills until the grand ﬁnale are guaranteed!

Christian Loeﬀelbein Hauke Kock Age: Age 7/8 + 144 pages 12.5 x 20 cm € 8.99

Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70180-6 Rights: available worldwide

THE GATE TO A THOUSAND WORLDS: THE SECRET OF ATLANTIS (VOL. 3) Suddenly Isabel and Leo find themselves in the mysterious world of sagas, Atlantis! Yet there they are considered to be dangerous spies and are thrown into a dark dungeon at first. Though they can escape together with their new friends, Amina and Phileas, they soon find themselves trapped in an eerie maze Will the children manage to uncover the secret of Atlantis in time and save the paradise island?

Gate to Thousand Worlds: The Trap of the Black Knight / Volume 1 Pub. date: July 2012 978-3-401-09788-6

Gate to a Thousand Worlds: The Attack of the Sea Monsters / Volume 2 Pub. date: July 2012 978-3-401-09919-4

FICTION

READERS CAN SOLVE THESE MYSTERIES ON THEIR OWN Break-through inventions, turning points in history ‒ this new puzzle mystery series takes its readers back to fascinating eras. The mission: Solve the case! That makes for undiluted suspense!

Christian Seltmann Bernd Lehmann Age: 7/8 112 pages 12.1 x 19.5 cm € 7.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70251-3 Rights: available worldwide

THE BENZ SECRET FILE ‒ A PUZZLE MYSTERY. THE HAUNTED CARRIAGE Strange things have been happening in the city for a while. Particularly at night Albert keeps hearing eerie sounds. While he is trying to get down to the bottom of it, he almost gets run over by a carriage that appears to be haunted ‒ a carriage without horses. When Albert tries to track down the carriage, he is drawn into a maelstrom of events that are about to change the whole world...

THE T-REX SECRET FILE ‒ A PUZZLE MYSTERY. THE DRAGON HUNT AT THE RIVER OF HELL

Oliver Pautsch Kai Pannen Age: 7/8 112 pages 12.1 x 19.5 cm € 7.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70311-4 Rights: available worldwide

Nothing going on in the Valley of Hell! It could use a few adventures, Max thinks. Actually one day strangers appear in the valley and prepare themselves for a mysterious expedition. Pursuing them, Max discovers the tracks of a horrible beast. He soon realizes that it is the worst beast of prey that ever lived on Planet Earth

FICTION

FRIEDA TROUBLEMAKER IS ALWAYS UP TO SOMETHING Two new Frieda Troublemaker volumes: now in the popular smaller children s book format with abridged text suitable for children who can already read on their own and endowed with many lovely and funny illustrations by Imke Stotz. What s new: Jana Frey narrates a complete story about a powerful topic in each volume.

Jana Frey Imke Stotz Age: 7+ 128 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 7.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401- 06827-5 Rights of the series: German audio rights sold

FRIEDA TROUBLEMAKER. A SCHOOL CLASS ON A GANGSTER HUNT (VOL. 5) Great news: Frieda Troublemaker s class will take a school trip to the sea! The fact that the fourth-graders are coming along does, however, aﬀect this joyous prospect. The eventful bus ride is only the beginning of this exciting trip: An eerie stranger is stalking around the lighthouse the children are staying at. Could it be a burglar? Frieda Troublemaker would not be Frieda Troublemaker if she did not come up with an ingenious catch-thegangster plan right away.

FRIEDA TROUBLEMAKER. A PONY ON THE SOFA (VOL. 6) Frieda Troublemaker s beloved goldfish, Laundromat, seems to be terribly lonely. He definitely needs a friend!

Jana Frey Imke Stotz Age: 7+ 128 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 7.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06858-9 Rights of the series: German audio rights sold

Accompanied by her friend, Milla, Frieda Troublemaker goes to the local animal shelter. Even though they do not find a mate for Laundromat, what they do find is a miserable pony named Sad Carl / Sam that urgently needs a good home. But what is the best place to keep a pony?

FICTION

DANGEROUS RABBITS & HORSES IN DANGER

Margot Berger Age: 11+ 176 pages 13.7 x 20.5 cm € 8.99 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-50544-2 Rights: available worldwide

PEPPER IS IN DANGER (VOL. 4) Alarm on the Hawk Horsefarm: The whole herd has managed to break out of the paddock! The twelve horses running wild are not endangering only themselves but possibly human lives as well! Thanks to quick assistance the horses can be found quickly. But Pepper, Flo s beloved Holstein Horse, has disappeared. Flo is desperate. Will Pepper be found in time before a terrible tragedy happens?

DANGEROUS RABBITS (VOL. 2). LICORICE FOR BREAKFAST Can it get any more boring than this? Max and Leonie are spending their school vacations in Denmark ‒ but it is raining cats and dogs, and Max s mom, the biologist, is doing nothing but researching rare species of lichen.

Kirsten John Maja Bohn Age: 9+ 152 Seiten 16 x 21 cm € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 3-401-06883-1 Rights: available worldwide

So what are Max and Leonie to do all day? Chase trolls? Yet the only troll they encounter is their saccharine sweet but obscure neighbor. When he starts to show an obvious interest in Max s mom ‒ and she in him ‒ Max and Leonie simply have to put a stop to this. And all of a sudden their boredom has vanished like thin air!

Dangerous Rabbits (VOL.1) Pub. date: June 2012 3-401-06735-3 Rights: available worldwide

CLASSICS

A CHILDREN'S CLASSIC IN NEW DESIGN The world of picture books for reading aloud, rediscovering and listening again and again: the Arena Picture Book Classics with audio CD. To grow up with the treasures of international children s literature ‒ that is what the Arena Picture Book Classics series oﬀers!

Irma Krauß Markus Zöller Age: 4+ 40 pages 23.5 x 30 cm € 14.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09494-6 Rights: available worldwide

HEIDI The Heidi story by Johanna Spyri is considered to be a gem of children s classics ‒ Irma Krauß has created a very sensual and emotional re-narrative of the text for children as young as Age 4 and older. The included audio CD contains the complete picture book text, and while listening to the audio version, young and old readers can browse through the enchanting illustrations by Markus Zöller. The Arena picture book children s classics always make for a special reading experience!

LIFE JUNIOR

THE FIRST NOVEL THAT FOCUSES ON A READING-AND-WRITING DISABILITY ARENA LIFE JUNIOR: The books in this collection deal with topics that every child comes across as they grow up and that have inﬂuence on their self-esteem, their sense of respect for others or their feeling of responsibility. Our series wants to raise awareness in the reader towards him- or herself and their environment without being educational. These books are very good instruments for parents or teachers to discuss diﬃcult topics with kids from 8 to 10.

Birgit Ebbert Age: 9+ 120 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 4.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-02796-8 Rights: available worldwide

SUSA, TIMO AND THE CONSPIRACY OF LETTERS Timo does not like the alphabet, reading and writing. He prefers to tell exciting tales. Good for him that he meets Susa who spontaneously starts to write drown his stories even though she has her own problems with spelling. It is Timo s story that helps them to jointly save the dog school from being closed down.

BOARD BOOKS

KIDDY NATURE ‒ GOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN, GOOD FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT Good for our children, good for our environment: These ﬁrst books for children 12 months and up, which are produced with a focus on protecting the environment, make it really easy for toddlers to recognize and describe ﬁrst pictures. Bright illustrations depict the objects children see every day and help to expand the child s vocabulary in a playful way. Marika Blau • Age 12 months and up • 20 pages • 13 x 13 cm • € 2.99 • Pub. Date: January 2013 • Rights: available worldwide

MY LITTLE WORLD ‒ FAVOURITE ANIMALS

MY LITTLE WORLD ‒ ON THE FARM

978-3-401-09989-2

978-3-401-09990-3

MY LITTLE WORLD ‒ MY THINGS

MY LITTLE WORLD ‒ LET S PLAY OUTSIDE

978-3-401-09991-4

978-3-401-09992-2

BOARD BOOKS

A TO Z BUSY PICTURE FUN

Sibylle Rieckhoﬀ Christiane Hansen Age: 3+ 22 pages 25.0 x 31.5 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09986-6 Rights: available worldwide

MONKEY, BEAR, CHAMELEON. AN ANIMAL ABC CRAWLING WITH DETAILS The little bear is having a party, and all the animals from the ape to the zebra are invited. The funny detailed illustrations contain countless animals to be discovered on the farm, in the jungle, in the desert, in the ocean and in the air ‒ providing for lots of fun while learning your ABCs.

BOARD BOOKS

ENTERTAINING FINGER AND KNEE-RIDING GAMES IN A BEAUTIFUL EDITION Finger games and nursery rhymes fascinate all children ‒ and the most entertaining games for children 12 months and up can be found in these two beautifully designed small editions. The simple game instructions make playing really easy. Have lots of fun & games with your child! Sandra Grimm / Stefanie Reich • Age: 1 + • 14 pages • 19 x 19 cm • Sturdy cover, embossed and punched-out page register € 9.99 • Pub. Date: January 2013 • Rights: available worldwide

ONE, TWO, THREE, THE LION IS ON THE TREE! FUNNY FINGER GAMES 978-3-401-70000-7

HOP, HOP, HOP ‒ THROUGH THE DESERT IN A GALLOP FUNNY KNEE-RIDING GAMES 978-3-401-70001-4

BOARD BOOKS

THE FAIRY TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM RE-NARRATED FOR TODDLERS

Sabine Thomas Stéffie Becker Age: 3+ 12 pages 28 x 30 cm • Cardboard picture book • Embossed, with numerous flaps and punched-out forms, glittery finish € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09887-6 Rights: available worldwide

MY MAGIC FAIRY TALE CASTLE Welcome to the fairy tale castle! This is where Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella, Snow-White and Rose-Red and the Frog Prince live. Each double page features a fairy tale re-narrated for very young children ‒ and the detailed illustrations with numerous doors, ﬂaps and punched-out forms oﬀer a wealth of things to be discovered: beautiful princesses, cute animals and lots of surprises

PICTURE BOOKS

THE FIRST PICTURE BOOK FEATURING BETTY STRAWBERRY FAIRY

Stefanie Dahle Age: 3+ 32 pages 21.5 x 28 cm Glittery ﬁnish on cover € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09999-6 Rights of the series: sold to EE, LV, NO

WELCOM

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Stefanie D ahle S WORLD

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BETTY STRAWBERRY FAIRY ‒SUNNYSIDE UP Betty Strawberry Fairy is back ‒ with a very special picture book adventure: Betty Strawberry Fairy has to move because her strawberry field has been flooded by a rain storm. But fortunately her friends help her find a wonderful new home for herself and her strawberry plants in no time!

PICTURE BOOKS

PICTURE BOOK FUN IN A MINI FORMAT Everybody loves Betty Strawberry Fairy ‒ and everybody will want to have these four miniature booklets! Accompanied by her friends from the Wildberry Woods, Strawberrine enjoys the most awesome adventures: She takes a dream trip to the moon and the stars, ﬁnds out how to become a real strawberry fairy and organizes a theater festival. Premium picture book entertainment at a mini price! Stefanie Dahle • Age: 3+ • Total of 24 pages • 11.5 x 11.5 cm • Bound with miniature stitches • € 0.99 • Pub. Date: January 2013 Rights of the series: sold to EE, LV, NO

You're the Best! 978-3-401-70260-5

Sweet Dreams, Little Moon! 978-3-401-70261-2

Friends are wonderful! 978-3-401-70262-9 A Great Party in the Wildberry Woods 978-3-401-70263-6

Andreas H. Schmachtl Age: 3+ • 24 pages 21.5 x 28 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 Non-glossy, laminated, UV spot, back of cover lined with cloth, ﬂaps containing surprises 978-3-401-09995-8 Rights of the series: sold to CN, HU, IT, RU, ES, TR

PICTURE BOOKS

SPRING TIME STORIES

TILDA APPLESEED ‒ BLOSSOMS AND FLOWERS EVERYWHERE Spring is here finally

and there are

blossoms and the scent of flowers everywhere around Tilda Appleseed s cozy home. Rupert the hedgehog tends to his yard and his favourite plants, Robin the bird wants to build a nest for himself and Rosalind, and Tilda has a very special plan this spring: She wants to paint a sheep. On a green meadow of course

JULI DANDELION DISCOVERS THE WORLD. FUNNY PICTURE STORIES

Andreas H. Schmachtl Age: 2+ Total of 64 pages 15.3 x 20.5 cm € 8.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-07648-5 Rights of the series: sold to CN, RU

Children Age 2 and older will love these short picture stories! Each picture is matched by a very short text that can be easily understood when looking at the picture and listening to the text being read by the adult. The stories reﬂect the daily lives of toddlers ‒ so they can conquer their world WELCOME

TO THE WORLD

Tilda Appleseed Spring 20

Andreas H. S

ma ch chtl at Ar en

5 Ye ars

step by step with Juli Dandelion!

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ATALOGU E TILDA APP LESEED

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PICTURE BOOKS

A HIGHLY UNUSUAL FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL

Nikola Huppertz PANA Age: 5+ 32 pages 21.5 x 28 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09808-1 Rights: available worldwide

3, 2, 1 ‒ SCHOOL START! QUINN S ADVENTUROUS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 3, 2, 1 ‒ and today school starts! Quinn is supposed to go to school for the very ﬁrst time today. Will it be as big an adventure as the one that is waiting for him on his way to school? Because on his way there Quinn passes whole ﬁelds of letters, strange aliens and small ball-playing space monsters in his space shuttle. Afterwards Quinn is certain: If he can survive adventures in space, he does not have to be afraid of school!

EASTER

NOT JUST FOR THE EASTER NEST

Tilde Michels Käthi Bhend For reading to and by children Age 4-7 96 pages 14.2 x 20.5 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70326-8 Rights: German Audio Book Rights sold

SIC CLAS

WHEN LITTLE BUNNIES GROW BIG Cute little bunnies are snuggling up to their mummy ‒ the wild hares and the ﬁeld rabbits just had babies. And proud Daddy Hare is surprised to discover that his children do not look like the ﬁeld rabbits at all. The adventure starts: In a tender and fascinating narrative Tilde Michels describes how the rabbit children grow up and how they live.

EASTER

GREAT PLAY FUN FOR EASTER

Sandra Grimm / Sonja Egger Age: 2+ • 12 pages • 22 x 16 cm € 8.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09996-5 Rights: available worldwide

Hans-Christian Schmidt / Nina Hammerle Age: 3+ • 10 pages • 28 x 21.5 cm 9.99 € Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09997-2 Rights: available worldwide

TEN LITTLE RABBITS PLAY HIDEAND-SEEK

THE GREAT BIG TRACING BOOK: WHERE IS THE EASTER EGG ROLLING TO?

1, 2, 3

Watch out, there is an Easter egg rolling around!

Where are the ten little rabbits

hiding? Every page features a surprise ﬂap

It passes the sheep, the elephant and the bears

behind which the children can ﬁnd another

at the zoo, it passes the cook until it gets to the

one of the rabbits. And in the end? Surprise

Easter bunny. The sliding element can be moved

‒ there is a spring picnic for all the rabbits!

from side to side ‒ and there are lots of animals

Entertaining search-and-count fun not

to be discovered in the funny pictures.

just for springtime!

Judith Ganter Age: 4+ • 80 pages • 15.3 x 20.5 cm € 3.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09954-5 Rights: available worldwide

FUNNY EASTER PUZZLES. FIND THE MISTAKE Where is the Easter bunny hiding out? What should not be in an Easter nest? Whose ears are not real bunny ears? 40 popular puzzle and ﬁnd-the-mistake pictures make away with boredom in no time.

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DISCOVERY 30

First Readers Collection Spring 2013

DISCOVERY

ARENA PUBLISHING Arena Publishing was founded in 1949 and is today one of the most important publishers of books for children and young adults in Germany. We publish a broad range of titles in our fiction and non-fiction lists; our programme includes titles for all age groups ‒ from toddlers up to young adults. Arena was the first German children s book publisher to start a paper-back programme in 1958. Books from Arena already won numerous awards and are translated into many languages. We are also honored to be the German home of internationally well-known authors like Cassandra Clare, Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, Tove Jansson, Jo Nesbø, Unni Lindell or Neil Gaiman.

WELCOME TO OUR FIRST READERS CATALOGUE Our FIRST READERS COLLECTION has been a success since it started 20 years ago. We are delighted that our collection not only helps children to learn how to read but also to love the experience!

A BOLOGN IN S U IT VIS PLEASE B30 HALL 30

Developed in cooperation with scientist Professor Dr. Peter Conrady, the collection consists of different levels that are based on each other. The progress of each child s learning ability is accompanied by texts with different degrees of difficulties as you can see on the next page. Our authors and illustrators provide imaginative and interesting stories with lovely and engaging pictures in a modern layout. The collection holds topics for every interest so that every little reader finds his favourite book. We started to relaunch the cover layout and the level system of the series two years ago. Each book marked with a blue spot on the upper right hand corner is an older title which has been redone and republished this spring. Please enjoy browsing the next pages! We look forward to hearing from you at any time.

With all best wishes

Tanja Dziewior

Pia Emling

Rights Director

Junior Rights Manager Dear Parents, each child is unique. That is why the development of concepts for reading materials for children must necessarily focus on the individual child s special learning development. We have therefore developed diﬀerent reading levels within the Book Bear First Reader programme that are essential for the reading and

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

Level System

4-5

Special Edition

6 - 12

Level 1

13 - 19

Level 2

20 - 22

Level 3

Contact Details

understanding of texts. The Book Bear First Reader programme that is published in cooperation with the Westermann Schoolbook Professor Dr. Peter Conrady, University professor at the Institute of German Language and Literature at the University of Dortmund, has invented the educational step-by-step concept for learning how to read.

Publishing House picks up each child right at his or her individual stage of development. This lets children enjoy reading from the very start ‒ hopefully for life. Sincerely yours

Level 1 My Picture Reading Book • Large schoolbook print • Pictures replace words • A story that can be read to and with ﬁrst readers

Reading Together • Taking turns reading: The adult starts and the child continues to read • The pages meant to be read to children and those meant to be read by children are clearly marked as such • Large schoolbook print

Very First Reading • • • •

Very ﬁrst reading for beginners, pictures replace words Picture stories with short text passages Lines are divided in accordance with text contents Large schoolbook print

Level 2 Little Stories • • • •

Very simple text structure Lines are divided in accordance with text contents Including reading comprehension questions Large schoolbook print

A Story for First Readers • • • •

Clear text structure suitable for beginners Lines are divided in accordance with text contents Including reading exercise booklet Large schoolbook print

Lilli the Witch for First Readers • For the ﬁrst year of reading • Clear text structure • Large schoolbook print

Level 3 Short Stories • Short stories on a topic for advanced ﬁrst reader • Schoolbook print • Large share of illustrations

Classics for First Readers • • • •

One complete story per book Divided into chapters Smaller schoolbook print One continuous text for advanced ﬁrst readers

First reader classics in pocket book format: two original editions by renowned writers. Plus two extremely popular and extraordinary pocket books for ﬁrst readers. Simple language for beginners that stimulates the love of reading.

Franz S. Sklenitzka My Friend Pepe Piggy Level 2 64 pages • 12.1 x 18.8 cm • € 5.00 Pub. date: June 2012 978-3-401-50061-4 Rights: available worldwide

Dagmar Chidolue Everybody loves Pippa Level 3 64 pages • 12.1 x 18.8 cm • € 5.00 Pub. date: June 2012 978-3-401-50064-5 Rights: available worldwide

Elisabeth Stiemert Fun at Circus Tamtini Level 2 80 pages • 12.1 x 18.8 cm • € 5.00 Pub. date: June 2012 978-3-401-50063-8 Rights: sold to KR

Mira Lobe The Ghost of the Castle Level 2 80 pages • 12.1 x 18.8 cm • € 5.00 Pub. date: June 2012 978-3-401-50062-1 Rights: sold to ES, IT, SE

KNISTER Heribert Schumeyer The Sock Search Machine Level 3 64 pages • 12.1 x 18.8 cm • € 5.00 Pub. date: June 2012 978-3-401-50060-7 Rights: sold to KR

Irmela Wend Where the Little Hedgehogs Live Level 2 64 pages • 12.1 x 18.8 cm • € 5.00 Pub. date: June 2012 978-3-401-50065-2 Rights: sold to ES, TH, KR, CN

SPECIAL EDITION

TOP ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOUNG READERS

SPECIAL EDITION

LEARNING HOW TO READ WITH THE POWER MOUSE!

Achim Bröger 3rd year of reading and up 72 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 5.00 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-50066-X Rights: available worldwide

NEW

FOUR CASES FOR THE POWER MOUSE Paulina and her brother Paul like to do their homework ‒ but they like it even better to do detective work in the afternoons! For that purpose they have two assistants they simply cannot do without: Colt the Cat and the Power Mouse. When they show up, every criminal will take a hike fast. The only problem is that Sheerluck, their neighbour, and his apprentice, who answers to the name of 001, keep interfering all the time ...

LEVEL 1

MY PICTURE READING BOOK Playfully learning how to read with the help of pictures! Even kindergarten and preschool children can join in picture by picture and read the exciting stories about lovable characters. This way they remember words easily and have fun while learning how to read! Each volume comes with an extra sticker sheet and a Book Bear puppet on a string. Age 5 and up • 4/4 colours, Book Bear puppet on a string, leporello and sticker sheet • 56 pages Hardcover • 17.5 x 24.6 cm • € 8.99

Tooth Fairy s Secret Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70020-5

The Little Princess and the Blue Horse in Giants Country Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70017-5

Pauline ‒ Smallest Witch in the World Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70018-2

Little Friend ‒ Great Courage Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70019-9

Hanna and Julian go to School Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70135-6

Lovely, Little Strawberry Fairy! Rights of the series: sold to EE, NO, LV 978-3-401-09984-2

A School Start with lots of Surprises Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70116-5

The Little Princess and the Blue Horse in Dragon Land Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70384-8

The Little Princess and the Blue Horse Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70368-8

The Little Pirate and the Secret Treasure Island Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70067-7

Lasse Becomes A Viking Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70385-4

The Rescue of a Little Dolphin Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09793-0

Emily, Lara and the most lovely pony in the world Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70068-5

Little Fireﬁghter Ferdinand Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70367-6

The Little Elf and the Full Moon Party Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70021-2

= RELAUNCH

LEVEL 1

MY PICTURE READING BOOK

Frauke Nahrgang Sonja Egger Age: 5/6 56 pages 10-page exercise booklet 17 x 24 cm Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70212-4 Rights: available worldwide

NEW

SPOOKY LESSONS FOR A LITTLE CASTLE GHOST The little ghost lives happily in his castle. But then Baron de Zak moves in, and he wants to capture the spooky fellow! Good that the little ghost has many friends: the owl, the mouse and a girl with courage. Together they come up with a plan how to trick the baron.

After the ABC course it is great fun for children to read or to have stories read to them. Reading puzzles enhance reading comprehension while the search puzzle picture stimulates young readers to re-narrate the story. Because learning how to read is much easier for children who communicate a lot. This turns learning how to read into mere child s play. Each volume features reading puzzles, a search picture and a Book Bear puppet on a string. Age 5 / 6 and up • All illustrations in colour • 64 pages • Hardcover • 17.5 x 24.6 cm • € 7.99

Little Dolphin, You Are My Best Friend

The Friends of the Magic Forest. The Stolen Suitcase

Luis the Pirate and the Haunted Lighthouse

Rights: available worldwide

978-3-401-70022-9

978-3-401-70023-6

978-3-401-09796-1

The Monster King s Ball

Nelli Dares to Say No!

The Fearless Four

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09688-9

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09794-1

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09886-9

Pony Fairy and the Magic Roundabout

Pony Fairy and the Journey to the End of the Rainbow

Ponyfee and the Mystery of the Blue Whale

Rights of the series: sold to GR, IL, NL, PL, TR 978-3-401-70059-5

Rights of the series: sold to GR, IL, NL, PL, TR German audio rights sold 978-3-401-70076-2

Rights of the series: sold to GR, IL, NL, PL, TR 978-3-401-70387-0

LEVEL 1

READING TOGETHER

I Won t Go With Strangers! Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09894-7

Princess Aliki and the Rainbow Miracle Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09885-2

LEVEL 1

READING TOGETHER

Nikola Huppertz Uwe Mayer Age: 5/6 64 pages 17.5 x 24.5 cm Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09933-0 Rights: available worldwide

NEW

THE FEARLESS FOUR - AND THEY PUT THE SCHOOL UPSIDE DOWN Fabi has a grand idea: He takes Huberta, the pet of the Fearless Four gang, to school with him. Yet during break time Huberta suddenly disappears! So the Fearless Four start an adventurous search of the whole school building

The Very First Reading series is tailored to the skills of children who are beginning to read: Distinct reading units and short lines are perfect for learning how to read. The expressive pictures further promote text comprehension. Each volume features reading puzzles, stickers and a Book Bear puppet on a string Age 5 / 6 and up • All illustrations in colour • 48 pages • Hardcover • 17.5 x 24.6 cm • € 7.99

Tilia Flower Elf. Fairyland Stories

My Little Pony Jojo ‒ Pony Stories

Linus and the Sea Pirates. Tales about Pirates

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70025-0

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70026-7

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70027-4

Please Meet Sir Sniﬄes of Oak Leaves. Tree House Stories

Three Wishes for Milli Fairy Stories

Saﬁra and Lucky the Chameleon. Princess Stories

Today there s Courage in Our Porridge. Courage Stories

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09782-4

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70024-3

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09911-8

Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-09895-1

Paul. Suddenly a Vampire! Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09295-9

LEVEL 1

VERY FIRST READING

Jan and the Super Kickers ‒ Soccer Stories Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70058-8

LEVEL 1

VERY FIRST READING

Little Knight Shorty - Stories about Knights

Paws and the Ice Pirates - Polar Bear Stories

A Great Enrolment - First School Stories

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09922-4

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70372-2

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70078-6

Finn Discovers the Big Wide Sea - Stories about Dolphins

A Nice Haunt, Time Quiver! Ghost Stories

Zak and his Friends - Dinosaur Adventure Stories

Luka, the Fearless Dragon Rider Dragon Stories

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70065-6

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70085-4

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70073-1

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70373-2

Max, the Diddy-Dally-DawdlePrince - Funny Stories about Timeliness Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09705-3

LEVEL 1

VERY FIRST READING

HENRI INHERITS A MONSTER ‒ FUNNY MONSTER STORIES One day there is a knock on Henri s Christian Seltmann Joëlle Tourlonias Age: 5/6 and up 48 pages 17.5 x 24.6 cm Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70184-4 Rights: available worldwide

door ‒ and a small furry creature on his doorstep. The fuzzy fellow s name is Max, and Max is a monster! May he stay at Henri s place? Why, certainly! After all you can have lots of exciting and funny adventures with a lively little monster like that

NEW

Ulrike Kaup Uta Bettzieche Age 5/6 and up 48 pages 17.5 x 24.6 cm Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70214-8 Rights: available worldwide

THE LETTER PIRATE The first day at school ‒ and what a day! Because today of all days the letter pirate had to rob the words of their first letters! So the animal children and Bear, the principal, must travel to Letterland. Will they be able to return with the first letters of the words?

NEW

These short stories about popular topics are particularly well suited texts for very ﬁrst reading by young children. A distinct text structure and numerous colour illustrations make reading really easy. Each volume includes reading comprehension questions and a Book Bear puppet on a string. Age 6 and up • All illustrations in colour • 48 pages • Hardcover • 15.9 x 21.1 cm • € 6.50

Detective Stories

Ballerina Stories

Dolphin Stories

Dinosaur Stories

The Monster King s Ball

Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70031-1

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70032-8

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70033-5

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70034-2

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09688-9

Mammoth Hunter Stories

Funny Story Rhymes

Vampire Stories

Princess Stories

Adventure Stories

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09771-8

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70013-7

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70376-3

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70093-9

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70380-0

Fairy Stories

ABC Stories

Tooth Tales

Pony Stories

Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70374-9

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70084-7

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70378-7

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70370-1

LEVEL 2

LITTLE STORIES

LEVEL 2

LITTLE STORIES

PIRATE STORIES The shipmate Mortadella wants to Frauke Nahrgang Dorothee Mahnkopf Age: 6 and up 48 pages 15.3 x 20.5 cm Pub. date: November 2012 978-3-401-70228-5 Rights: available worldwide

become a real pirate. You ll never be able to! the older pirates tell him. But when the much-feared pirate Eddie Steelbeard suddenly tries to get on board, Mortadella shows everybody what he is able of. Four little stories about the adventurous lives of real pirates.

NEW

STORIES ABOUT NIGHTS OF MAGIC

Christina Koenig Melanie Garanin Age 6 and up 48 pages 15.3 x 20.5 cm Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70327-5 Rights: available worldwide

Magic things can happen at night time: Mara would love to see her guardian angel just once. Will her angel come ďŹ&#x201A;ying through the starry sky? It is the ďŹ rst time for Ella, the young owl, to participate in the meeting of all owls of this world during the night of wishes. And Luka experiences a very special magic night

NEW

of his own at summer camp.

One longer story per book is just right for beginners with some reading practice! The large print, short chapters and many colour pictures turn ﬁrst reading into great fun. Each volume includes an extra reading exercise booklet and a Book Bear puppet on a string. Age 6 and up • All illustrations in colour • 56 pages • Hardcover • 15.9 x 21.1 cm • € 7.99

Together We Are Strong

Save the little Foal!

The Best Jokes for Children

Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70035-9

Rights: available worldwide 978-5-401-70375-6

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70037-3

I Don t Know You, I Won t Go With You.

Patrick and the Master Kickers

Alma, All Small

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70040-3

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09908-8

Rights: sold to KR 978-3-401-70062-5

Pirate Cat Pavarotti and the Wild Men Rights: German Audio Book Rights Sold 978-5-401-09774-3

LEVEL 2

A STORY FOR FIRST READERS Ⅰ

The Secret of the Dino s Trail. An Interactive Detective Story Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70036-6

Caro Carrott ‒ Strong Girls Stick Together Rights of the series: sold to CN, CZ, DK, ES, HR, IL, NO, PL 978-3-401-70038-0

Tomma and the Basement Trap

Martin's Milk Tooth

Lea and the Swimming Bet

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-09698-8

Rights: sold to: KR 978-3-401-70069-3

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70091-5

Jonas, the Mighty Knight

Gustav Bear Goes to School

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70377-0

Rights: sold to MX 978-3-401-70075-5

A Unicorn Named Sparkling Star

The Goal Chasers - A Captain for 3a

The Goal Chasers ‒ The New Player

The Goal Chasers - Seven Friends for a Goal

Rights: sold to DK, GR, TR 978-3-401-70382-4

Rights: sold to DK, GR, TR 978-3-401-70039-7

Rights: sold to DK, GR, TK 978-3-401-70064-2

Today I Am a Super Hero!

Anna and the Alphabet Witch

Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70379-4

Rights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70381-7

Rights: available worldwide 978-5-401-70092-8

LEVEL 2

A STORY FOR FIRST READERS Ⅱ

The New Pony on the FarmRights: sold to NO 978-3-401-70371-8

Chin up, Superman! Rights: available worldwide 978-3-401-70369-5

LEVEL 2

A STORY FOR FIRST READERS

THE MYSTERY OF THE EGYPTIAN MUMMY. A DETECTIVE MYSTERY READERS CAN HELP SOLVE Sabine Kalwitzki Jann Wienekamp Age: 6 and up 56 pages + reading exercise booklet 15.3 x 20.5 cm Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09644-5 Rights: available worldwide

An exciting detective mystery readers can help solve! Another tricky adventure awaits Caro, Paul and Benno, the police dog. The three young sleuths have to make it through a spooky maze in order to solve the mystery of the Egyptian mummy. There they make the acquaintance with a spider with twelve legs and discover an eerie crocodile trapdoor ... Featuring many riddles for smart sleuths.

NEW

Frauke Nahrgang Kathrin Treuber Age 6/7 and up 72 pages 15.3 x 20.5 cm Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-09781-7 Rights: available worldwide

THE BEWITCHED DRAGON Jaako the dragon is bewitched: He has to guard the book of the evil magician Zamﬁrius. But Jaako has had enough of staying by himself in his lonely cave; he longs to ﬂy again. One day a courageous boy comes along.

NEW

He promises Jaako that he will rescue him.

One long story per book featuring Lilly the Witch is perfect for beginners with some reading practice! The large print, the short chapters and the exciting plot make ﬁrst reading magically easy. Each volume includes reading comprehension questions and a Lilli the Witch puppet on a string. Age 6 and up • All illustrations in colour • Hardcover • 15.9 x 21.1 cm • € 6.99 / € 7.50 • Rights sold to: Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain (Castilian, Catalan, Basque, Galician), Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Vietnam

Lilli the Witch and Little Polar Bear Nubby

Lilli the Witch and the Vampire with the Loose Tooth

Lilli the Witch and the Magic Night in the Classroom

Lilli the Witch and the Bathtub Pirate

Lilli the Witch discovers America

978-3-401-70041-0

978-3-401-70042-7

978-3-401-70043-4

978-3-401-70044-1

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Lilli the Witch and the Magic Homework

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Age: 12+ • 328 pages • € 14.95 • Pub. date: 2007 978-3-401-50386-8 Rights sold to: BG, CZ, ES, IT, LT, PL, RU, SI

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AN EXTRA CLASSY THRILLER You have never read Rainer Wekwerth like this! The author of successful fantasy novels has written an extra classy mystery thriller: multi-dimensional characters, unique locations and a deep emotional entanglement in the plot are guaranteed. No one has ever studied and mixed the trendy topics and genres, such as dystopia, romantasy and mystery, as well and intelligently as Rainer Wekwerth does in this novel.

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• In this launch of his mystery trilogy Rainer Wekwerth has realized an absolutely gripping concept into words and action. • Psychological thriller, love story, mystery novel, tragedy and a story of personal growth ‒ the characters pass through all these levels.

THE MAZE AWAKENS There are 7 youngsters but only 6 gates lead to freedom. And the maze they are caught in is intelligent. It is evil. They do not know who they used to be. But the maze knows them. It hunts them down. There is only one message: They have seventy-two hours to reach the next gate ‒ or they will die. A deadly ﬁght over the gates ensues ‒ but they are not alone there.

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"AS SOON AS YOU HAVE READ THE FIRST PAGES, YOU FALL IN LOVE" (NDR ABOUT MIRROR CHILD) In Shattered Mirror Alina Bronsky uses a harsher voice. The conditions have worsened. Here the author writes from the merciless perspective of Broken Glass Park when the world around Juli is burning and there are hardly any perspectives of being saved. Highly topical, disturbing, incredibly thrilling ‒ those are the key words that come to mind after ﬁnishing the book. A gripping story that is bound to polarize by being so relentless. In any case it is more food for thought than any other book.

Alina Bronsky 12+ / All Age 304 pages 14.8 x 21.0 cm € 14.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06799-5 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, IT, RU

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NAIL-BITING SUSPENSE AND AMUSING ENTERTAINMENT Curtains up for the battle of the bitches and loads of spine-tingling suspense in this unique and hilarious chicklit thriller series! Hanna Dietz mixes two popular genres in a completely new way: Guaranteed to make your heart race and your skin crawl. This is the greatest reading fun since there have been thrillers for girls!

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DANGEROUS THOUGHTS. TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIE A new school (an elite high school for girls), a new bodyguard (sexy but nerdy) and still not the perfect hairstyle. Actually Natascha used to think that those were her biggest problems. Wrong! Her new school is crawling with bitchy chicks, and to top it all, she stumbles over a corpse in the biology lab. Of course Natascha cannot keep her hands oﬀ this intriguing matter; she has no idea that she is sticking her nose into a very dangerous business indeed.

To turn thirteen can be magic. Or create total havoc. Both happens to Luna ‒ with unforeseen eﬀects. With that incredibly funny style and those comical situations typical for her, Katja Henkel has created ‒ TIMES OF MAGIC, a series for girls that bubbles over with imagination, fresh girls and magic chaos!

Katja Henkel 11+ 280 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06501-4 Rights: Available worldwide

TIMES OF MAGIC. SUDDENLY BEWITCHED Luna likes to rap and kiss Tom and she is almost Suse s blood-sister. Yet her 13th birthday puts everything upside down. First Tom starts to play cool, and then Luna can suddenly look into the future ‒ a magically chaotic time starts! When mysterious Marli appears, Luna s life is turning even more into a rollercoaster, until suddenly a lot more than her friendship with Suse is at stake.

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A ♥ MESSAGE FOR YOU! It is nothing but a chance meeting in Facebook. Yet it quickly turns into more for Ben and Lulu ‒ into a highly unusual love story. No one could have done it better than Gabriella Engelmann whose modern fairy tales have already enchanted so many readers, in collaboration with Jacob M. Leonhardt, who has a funny and extraordinary writing style that is not met by any other writer. This is where romance meets humour. This is where Lulu meets Ben!

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3:30 A.M. IN MY PYJAMAS In Facebook Lulu searches for this guy named Ben whom she has just met at a party. She ﬁnds

another guy with whom she starts to chat every day. They tell each other things

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RUBY RED. FILM EDITION Sometimes it is really hard to live in a family that has so many secrets. At least that is how 16-year-old Gwendolyn feels. Until the day she ﬁnds herself in London at the turn of the last century. It does not take her long to realize that she herself is her family s biggest secret and that it is not advisable to fall in love in between diﬀerent eras!

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You want to know if Maria Ehrich liked to wear a dress from the 18th Century? Or what the leading actors found to be the most difficult scene, on what locations the film was made and what Jannis Niewöhner thought about being selected for the part of Gideon? Here you will find out all the hot details and see exclusive scenes off-stage and in front of the camera.

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WHO IS ALISON? AND WHY IS SHE ABOUT TO DIE? An inexplicable message on the internet. Is it a murder threat or a cry for help? Who is Alison? Is she really the girl who disappeared in the woods years ago? Why is she supposed to die this Sunday ‒ after all those years? The debut writer Katja Klimm depicts a race against time in this breathlessly fast-paced thriller.

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ALISON WILL DIE NEXT SUNDAY Alison Will Die Next Sunday. This message keeps popping up in numerous forums on the internet as if somebody was depositing bread crumbs that lead to the house of the witch. Lys must follow them even though her friends, Sibel and Sebastian, are telling her that to do so is insane. But she is the only one who knows that this is not the ﬁrst time someone had to die because nobody would take a murder threat seriously.

The collection Arena All Age Thrillers (therefore Triple A) celebrates its debut this spring. Aimed at older readers, the thick volumes oﬀer top-notch suspense. This new segment started oﬀ with three powerful titles by our most successful thriller writers: the previous novels by Beatrix Gurian, Susanne Mischke and Manuela Martini have become absolute bestsellers.

Inge Löhnig Age: 14+ 384 pages 13.5 x 21.5 cm Brochure € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06762-9 Rights: available worldwide

YOUR EYES SO COLD (VOL. 4) The position as a trainee in Munich was Lou s big dream. Then it turned into a nightmare: the other trainee is a major bitch, and Lou s boss is a grabber. Yet Lou refuses to throw the towel even after she has received a scary e-mail: I m always near you. More and more Lou gets the feeling that somebody is watching her but the police does not take her concern seriously. Until the day Lou disappears.

THE SWEET KISS OF LIES (VOL. 5) Lu s beloved niece, Ida, has disappeared without a trace from the playground when she was distracted

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for a moment. In panic Lu calls her boyfriend, Diego, who works for the police ‒ and ﬁnds herself in the worst of nightmares. Because the man she gave her heart to is not the man Lu thought him to be. She has only 24 hours to decide between lies and truth, 24 hours of risking her own life. Otherwise Ida will die.

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ARENA THRILLERS ‒ BREATHTAKING SUSPENSE Psychological depth, cunning plots and breathless excitement make the new thrillers by Tamina Berger, Bettina Broemme, and Zara Kavka spine-tingling reads. The successful writers provide sound entertainment on a sophisticated level. Chills to the very last page, fast-paced plots, unique characters: gripping stories that will go under your skin. Top crime novels!

Bettina Brömme Age: 12+ • 264 pages • 20.5 x 13.5 cm Brochure € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06841-1 Rights: available worldwide

Nora Miedler Age: 12+ • 264 pages • 20.5 x 13.5 cm Brochure € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06838-1 Rights: available worldwide

Juliane Breinl Age: 12+ • 264 pages • 20.5 x 13.5 cm Brochure € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06875-6 Rights: available worldwide

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LIES PRINCESS

PEARLY DEATH

Anne is not like any other girl. She lives

Mia is in love. With David. She longs

Senta has good reason to be scared

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for the day he will return her feelings.

in her new hometown, Hartingen. A

tors every move she makes. But then

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female teacher has been murdered, a

she meets cool Cornelius and with his

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and her friends wake up the ﬁrst day

a strange diary in the dark shack next

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there with the word BITCH written

to her house. When she starts getting

is that her father is tormented by a

on their foreheads, they still think it

threats, it is almost too late.

horrible family secret. And that there

is only a silly joke. Until other attacks

is somebody out there who won t shy

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away from murder to keep the secret

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from ever being uncovered.

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HERE COMES THE GRAND FINALE! Grace College, a famous elite school for gifted children, is tucked away in the heart of the Canadian woods. Yet strange things happen in the secluded valley: Why can t the place be found on Google Earth? What happened to the group of teens who disappeared in the mountains in the mid-1970s? When Julia and her clique start their ﬁrst year in college, they know nothing about the mystery yet. But soon they will learn that in this valley nothing is what it seems. And that they are here not just by accident.

Krystyna Kuhn Age: 12+ • 264 pages 13.5 x 20.5 cm • Brochure Pub. date: April 2013 € 9.99 978-3-401-06633-1 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, EE, ES (Castilian), F, German Audio Book Rights, HU, IT, KOR, NL, PL, SL, TR, UK (English worldwide)

THE VALLEY. SEASON 2. THE HUNT (VOL. 3) It is the night between the 10th and the 11th of November. In the evening the group of friends, David, Rose, Julia, Katie and Robert, receives a message containing a riddle that seems impossible to solve. While they are feverishly looking for the answer in the basement of the college, the mysteries of the past suddenly appear in a totally diﬀerent light. The valley is clearly challenging them. And if they make a mistake or err, one of them won t survive the night.

THE VALLEY. SEASON 2. THE DECISION (VOL. 4) The Valley ‒ the grand ﬁnale. A mystery that is larger than life. Heroes and heroines who will do anything to keep it. And an incredible heritage only one person can bear. Volume 8

Krystyna Kuhn Age: 12+ • 264 pages 13.5 x 20.5 cm • Brochure Pub. date: July 2013 € 9.99 978-3-401-06728-5 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, EE, ES (Castilian), F, German Audio Book Rights, HU, IT, KOR, NL, PL, SL, TR, UK (English worldwide)

in Krystyna Kuhn s cult mystery series that ties all loose ends! So whom can you trust in the end? What is the explanation for the mysterious events that have kept the whole college breathless in the past years? And who is the guardian of all secrets? A serial

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ﬁnale that truly lives up to The Valley. Because there is no escape!

TOUGH STUFF ‒ ANECDOTES FROM A LOSER FICTION

Grin and double grin! Life s great if you happen to be Felix Rohrbach and have just shown the whole world that you are not a loser but an ingenious genius. So what else could you do but continue that success from the last book programme with a second volume? Unfortunately it will reveal that Felix just cannot help but stumble from one disaster into the next one.

Jakob M. Leonhardt Frédéric Bertrand Age: 11+ 192 pages 13.5 x 21.5 cm Brochure € 9.99

Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06861-9 Rights: available worldwide

THE POWER LIES IN DOING NOTHING. A CHAOTIC GENIUS DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE BLUE (VOL. 2) Felix is a hero, a genius in the field of drawing and graffiti spraying. The girls cast him admiring glances yet somehow everything keeps going wrong anyway. That is because Felix is still a no-sports kind of guy and a hopeless case in the beauty department. He neither knows how to stand up to the infamous fight club nor how to impress cute Nina. Sigh and double sigh!

Jakob M. Leonhardt Frédéric Bertrand Barely Missed Is Still Missed. A Chaotic Genius Tells All (Vol. 1) Pub. date: July 2012 978-3-401-06641-7 Rights: available Worldwide

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THE GIRLS NOVEL FOR BREAK TIMES • Four cute girls novels in a small pocket format • Four great successful German authors, four unique stories about friendship among girls

Margot Berger Age: 10+ • 88 pages 10.2 x 15 cm € 2.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50460-5 Rights: available worldwide

Stefanie Dörr Age: 10+ • 88 pages 10.2 x 15 cm € 2.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50458-2 Rights: available worldwide

Ilona Einwohlt Age: 10+ • 88 pages 10.2 x 15 cm € 2.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50457-5 Rights: available worldwide

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NO SCHOOL BUT A PONY AND A BEST FRIEND

LILLY IS LOOKING FOR A SUPER FRIEND

A FRIEND IS STILL BETTER THAN NO SISTER AT ALL

THE BATTLE OF THE BITCHES OR HOW I SUDDENLY HAD TWO BEST FRIENDS

Too hot for school! Thank

Terri simply cannot believe it.

Maxi worried that it would

What s better than a best

God, Leo and Ammi think.

The leader of her clique has

get pretty chaotic when

friend? Two best friends? Not

Spontaneously they get on

asked for a friendship loyalty

Dad s new girlfriend and her

necessarily! At least not for

a streetcar and ride all around

test. And that friendship test

daughter, Isabelle, moved in

Alva. Since Tinatin has moved

Berlin. Suddenly they discover

is a tough one: Terri has to

with them. And how right

into her neighbourhood,

a homeless person with a

tell a secret, make do without

she was: Isabelle s dog keeps

Alva s best friend, Lea, is

pony that is totally dehydrated.

something that is very dear

chasing Maxi s cat; Isabelle

acting like a total jerk. She is

They immediately decide

to her and pass an awfully

cannot eat organic muesli

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that the animal must be

embarrassing courage test.

for breakfast, and soon Maxi

new girl on the block with

saved. And before they know

Yet all of a sudden Terri is

feels like a stranger in her

her dreadlock brother and

it, Leo and Ammi are in the

oﬀered help ‒ now the contest

own home. But when the two

her bright clothes. It is true

middle of an adventure full

should be as easy as pie,

girls get to know each other

that Tinatin does have some

of dares, disputes and true

shouldn t it?

better, they soon ﬁnd out:

funny ideas but somehow

A girlfriend is still better than

Alva likes her just for that.

no sister at all!

When Lea sets up a trap for

friendship.

Tinatin, Alva realizes who is her true friend.

FOR GIRLS

"COOL, RELAXED AND ENTERTAINING DOWN TO THE LAST PAGE" (STIFTUNG LESEN) The second song of the POPcorns is about friendship. Because after Motte, Lou, Billie and Rosa have found each other, nothing can separate them any more ‒ neither boys nor the sad discovery Motte makes in her family. Charming, profound, entertaining: A novel girls age 10 and up can really relate to.

Stefanie Taschinski Age: 10+ 224 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm HC € 12.99

Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06687-5 Rights: available worldwide

THE POPCORNS (VOL. 2) FIREWORKS FOR MOTTE Holidays are coming closer and the four Popcorns are dreaming of six weeks full of band rehearsals, new songs and gigs. But then school s janitor foils their plans. Meanwhile Motte cares about another problem: Her father is less often at home and her mother is terrifying permissive. And even calm Rosa keeps a secret: she fell in love for the ﬁrst time!

Stefanie Taschinski The Popcorns (Vol. 1) A Song for Lou Age: 10+ 224 pages 14 x 21 cm • HC € 12.99 Pub. date: February 2012 978-3-401-06686-8 Rights: German Audio Book Rights sold

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BOOKS ABOUT ISSUES THAT CONCERN EVERY GIRL HEARTBURNTIMES AND I Ilona Einwohlt Age: 11+ 200 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 9.99 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06867-1 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, FR, IT

Sina has butterflies in her stomach whenever she thinks of Yannis; Jolina and Malte are doing some serious flirting, and Kleo cannot get the kiss out of her mind ‒ it was from Sina s Yannis of all people! Tears and heartache are sure to follow. But what if jealousy and rage are getting overwhelming? And how do you survive a break-up? The best remedies are Sina s tips and the anti-lovesickness affirmation.

GOLDEN GIRL_ONLINE. INTERNET FEVER ‒ WHAT NOW? (VOL. 2) Jenny is rich, extremely gifted and extremely unhappy because life as a child from a wealthy family can be pretty tough. There is no room for friends. Jenny ﬁnally resorts to chatrooms because only there she can feel free.

Ilona Einwohlt Age: 11+ 176 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm Hardcover € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06684-4 Rights: available worldwide

Until a nasty surprise awaits her on the net. When she slowly starts to wake up from the digital world, it is almost too late.

Ilona Einwohlt Lucy without Jana Stress with Your Best Friend ‒ What Now? (Vol. 1) Age: 11+ • 176 pages 13,7 x 20,5 cm Brochure € 9.99 Pub. date: July 2012 978-3-401-06666-0 Rights: available worldwide

The My Life series brings issues out in the open no one likes to talk about ‒ but that must never be forgotten. In this memoir ﬁve juveniles from Winnenden ( a town in Southern Germany) have their say, talking about the horrible event of the shooting rampage at the Albertville Middle School. A sensitive documentation that is also a courageous and urgent plea against violence.

Daniel Oliver Bachmann All Age 160 pages 20.5 x 13.5 cm € 9.99 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3-401-06756-8 Rights: available worldwide

THE STUDENTS OF WINNENDEN. OUR LIFE AFTER THE SHOOTING Winnenden. This town near Stuttgart will always be linked to March 11th, 2009, the day of the shooting rampage. Six eye witnesses attempt to talk about the event that will always remain inconceivable and incomprehensible. For the ﬁrst time ﬁve teens and a teacher describe how they experienced the day of the shooting rampage and how they go on living with their memories.

MEMOIR

HOW DO YOU LIVE AFTER A SHOOTING RAMPAGE?

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Federica de Cesco Age: 12+ • 224 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 4.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50466-7 Rights of the series: sold to TR

Federica de Cesco All Age • 144 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 6.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50467-4 Rights of the series: sold to CZ, BE

Federica de Cesco All Age • 208 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 6.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50468-1 Rights of the series: sold to BE

Federica de Cesco All Age • 256 pages 12.1 x 18.8 cm € 6.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-50469-8 Rights of the series: sold to BE

SOLAL THE FIRE HORSE

ANN MORRISON (VOL. 1) THE RED SILK SCARF

ANN MORRISON (VOL. 2) THE TURQOUISE BIRD

ANN MORRISON (VOL. 3) THE SUNRAY

The people of Leonie s village

Young Ann Morrison feels like

The time Ann Morrison spent

Ann and Chee have found a

despise her because her

a bird in a cage at her Aunt

with the Native Americans

new home on a horse ranch.

great grandmother, a skilled

Adele s house. Then, during a

is simply unforgettable. Now

One day when a strange, wild

healer, had been persecuted

train ride through Arizona

Ann has to learn etiquette

stallion appears there, Ann

as a witch. Yet Leonie herself

an unexpected opportunity

for young ladies ‒ unbearable

decides to name him "Sunray"

apparently didn t inherit any

for her to break out of that

in comparison! When

because of his colour. The

healing powers from her

cage arises: When a stranger

negotiations with Chief Cochise

wild animal runs oﬀ with a

female ancestors. As Leonie

leaves her silk scarf behind

are arranged ‒ a scheme

mare from their herd and

desperately tries to determine

while leaving the cabin Ann

that shall lure the Native

when Ann and Chee take oﬀ

her own destiny, she stumbles

spontaneously decides

Americans into a trap ‒ the

to ﬁnd the two horses, they

across a hidden cave and a

to follow her ‒ and the train

impulsive girl runs away again

come into conﬂict with Chief

mysterious horse one day ...

goes on without her! Anne

once more. She begins an

Nochalo. All of a sudden, they

dives into a fully new, exciting

adventurous attempt to free

ﬁnd themselves in the area

world. Due to some

her Native American friends

of conﬂict between enemy

adventurous complications

and earns the recognition

tribes on the one hand and

she soon meets Chee who is

of the Chief who gives her a

Native Americans and Whites

half Native American.

necklace with a turquoise bird

on the other.

as a sign of his thankfulness. Delighted over regaining her freedom Ann takes oﬀ to ﬁnd her beloved Chee.

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WELCOME TO OUR NON-FICTION CATALOGUE 29 WINDOWS TO YOUR BRAIN explains how the brain functions in an easy way. Our authors Alexander Rösler and Phillip Sterzer work both as neurologists and are therefore able to cover the most important facts about this mysterious centre

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of both our central nervous system and our personality. We stay BAFFLED by the non-ﬁction series of Volker Präkelt which oﬀers two new topics this spring (knights and stars & planets) and which sold more than 30,000 copies in total so far! More volumes are planned. Anja Tuckermann assembles the voices of many adolescent time witnesses in ONE NATION. ONE EMPIRE. ONE LAND IN ASHES. We experience life and resistance during the Third Reich in this book through the eyes of teenagers and therefore in a very tangible way. Our former president Richard von Weizsäcker calls this book impressive. Please enjoy browsing the next pages! We look forward to hearing from you at any time. With all best wishes

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Dr. Hans-Christoph Liess / Gert Albrecht Age 11+ • 160 pages 14.8 x 21 • Paperback • € 14.99 978-3-401-06731-1 Pub. date: January 2012 • Rights: sold to KR

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DOES MONEY MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND? AN INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS

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Focus Titles

narratives take the reader on an exciting journey

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through the world of economic thinking.

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Mundane situations serve as the starting point

Fresh graphic novel passages and relaxed

Picture Books

for many spontaneous insights. No matter

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capitalism or communism. Because there is always an idea behind each theory ‒ and often that idea is really simple.

FOCUS TITLES

HOW OUR MIND WORKS AND WHY IT FREQUENTLY TRICKS US

Alexander Rösler, Phillip Sterzer Kai Pannen Age: 12+ 224 pages 14.8 x 21 cm € 12.99 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3401-06146-1 Rights: available worldwide

NEW

29 WINDOWS TO YOUR BRAIN INGENIOUSLY SIMPLE EXPLANATIONS FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE OUR HEADS How s the purple cow doing? Pretty darn hard to NOT think of something, right? But did you know that you CANNOT tickle yourself? With the aid of examples taken from daily life, numerous self-tests and exciting insights into current research, the two neurologists Alexander Rösler and Philipp Sterzer explain how our brains work. In 29 short chapters they cover the most essential information about our perception, motions, language, love, sleep, memories and our free will.

Real children s literature, fictitious interviews, grand time travels, personality tests and lots of facts ‒ the book concept skilfully links entertainment and knowledge, reading fun and curiosity about the facts of life together. The author Volker Präkelt speaks the language all children age 8 and older love and that even sparks the interest of those who don t like reading. This new non-fiction series offers a world of topics we have never seen before. We will publish four more volumes in 2013.

Volker Präkelt Alexander von Knorre Age: 8 to 10 64 pages 17 x 24 cm Including photos and illustrations € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06836-7 Rights of the series: sold to KR, German audio book rights

FOCUS TITLES

BAFFLED! KNOWLEDGE

LANCELOT, DON T LOSE YOUR LANCE! ABOUT WHITE KNIGHTS, LITTLE LICE AND WHY DRAGONS ARE MERELY A MYTH It s always right for a knight to ﬁght, Arthur thinks while pulling out his proud sword. And Lancelot? Well, he plays his own part in the famous saga! Just a story? No! Readers who want to know it all can ﬁnd out how the real knights lived in medieval times and what else was happening in the olden days.

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MOVE OVER, PLUTO! ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN SPACE AND WHY WE SHOULDN T FALL INTO ANY BLACK HOLES Good that there was a ﬁrst big bang! So now smart scientists have something they can research and try

Volker Präkelt Alexander von Knorre Age: 8 to 10 64 pages 17 x 24 cm Including photos and illustrations € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06837-4 Rights of the series: sold to KR, German audio book rights

to ﬁgure out: stars and planets, such as Mercury, Venus, Planet Earth, Mars and Pluto, which actually is no longer part of the system. What other mysteries are left? Oﬀ into space ‒ with Copernicus, Galileo, Einstein and Company!

The Arena Library of Knowledge turns essential general knowledge into exciting literature. History, science, literature, the ﬁne arts, current as well as past issues are entertaining and gripping. This series oﬀers a quick access to the large topics and issues that have always been of interest to mankind. Series within the Arena Library of Knowledge: // LIVING BIOGRAPHIES // LIVING HISTORY // LIVING SCIENCE // CURRENT ISSUES

Anja Tuckermann Age: 12+ 176 pages 13 x 19.8 cm Soft cover with ﬂaps € 9.99 Pub. date: February 2013 978-3401-06823-7 Rights: available worldwide

ARENA LIBRARY OF KNOWLEDGE

VIVID INSIGHTS INTO HISTORY

LIVING HISTORY ONE NATION, ONE EMPIRE, ONE LAND IN ASHES. EVERYDAY LIFE, RESISTANCE AND PERSECUTION. ADOLESCENTS IN NATIONAL SOCIALISM From the perspective of adolescent time witnesses Anja Tuckermann describes life and resistance under the dictatorship of the Nazis. She skilfully connects excerpts from authentic diary entries, interviews and narratives about the daily lives of youngsters with the most essential information about historical events, making that dark chapter of German history tangible in a very personal way. A book that lets the reader understand how the structures of the state made its people submissive, hateful and small-minded. And a book that shows how to resist manipulation.

LIVING BIOGRAPHIES NAPOLEON ‒ THE INSATIABLE EMPEROR Without Napoleon Bonaparte and his military campaigns the European

Harald Parigger Till Charlier Age: 11+ 144 pages 13 x 19.8 cm Soft cover w/ﬂaps € 9.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-06831-2 Rights: German audio rights sold

map would look diﬀerent today. But was the most powerful man of France an ingenious commander or a megalomaniac tyrant? Harald Parigger makes Napoleon the person come alive, renders a short and easy-tounderstand description of what made this man so important while illuminating the people whose lives his war-happy politics destroyed.

Young readers get to meet the animals of the domestic fauna in these successful non-ﬁction picture books. Tenderly narrated stories with plenty of factual information, detailed and emotional pictures plus an additional audio CD familiarize preschoolers playfully with facts they will have to know in school. Rights of the series: sold to EE, CN, LV, ROK, SK, TH

PICTURE BOOKS

BESTSELLING NON-FICTION PICTURE BOOKS SERIES

Friederun Reichenstetter Hans-Günther Döring Age: 4+ • 32 pages 21.5 x 28 cm • Hardcover, including audio CD € 12.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70215-5

THE LITTLE OWL AND THE ANIMALS OF THE NIGHT. A STORY WITH LOTS OF FACTS AND INFORMATION When most children go to sleep, many animals are really waking up. But what kinds of animals are active at night? How do they find their way in the dark? And where do they live? This attractive animal book lures the reader into a mysterious world and reveals in lively and entertaining stories what makes screech-owls, bats, wildcats, fireflies and other night animals so special.

The Little Dolphin and the Animals in the Sea Pub. date: August 2012 978-3-401-09971-2

How do the Tiny Ants Live? Pub. date: September 2010 978-3-401-09728-2

How Does the Tiny Bee Live? Pub. date: January 2009 978-3-401-09458-8

Carola Schäfer Sabine Simon Age: 5 + 64 pages 21.5 x 28 cm € 5.00 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-41565-9 Rights: available worldwide

LEARN & PLAY

TOP FIT FOR SCHOOL!

MY SCHOOL STARTER COMPANION. READING, WRITING, BASICS OF ARITHMETIC This exercise book, which focuses on the 1st Grade curriculum, helps preschoolers and school starters to conquer the world of letters and numbers. Writing exercises, words for learning how to read and basic math problems do not only promote young children s motivation but also guarantee successful learning results.

MY GREAT BIG SCHOOL STARTER PAD. LEARNING MY ABCS

Christiane Krapp Ina Hoﬀmann Christine Bietz Heike Heimrich Age: 5+ 200 pages 15.3 x 20.5 cm € 5.00 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-41590-1 Rights: available worldwide

Which animal starts with an A? Who can already write a B? What does a C look like? Versatile search games, puzzles and writing exercises help children to familiarize themselves with all letters of the ABC. The perfect preparation for school!

Carola Schäfer Sabine Simon Age: 4+ 200 pages 15.3 x 20 cm € 5.00 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-41589-5 Rights: available worldwide

LEARN & PLAY

PUZZLING, PAINTING, CONCENTRATING

MY GREAT BIG PRESCHOOL PAD. COUNTING, PAINTING, COMBINING This cheerful exercise pad helps preschoolers to playfully learn important skills: counting, analytical thinking and concentrating as well as painting and drawing as well as exercises preparing for learning how to write. Learning can be this much fun!

MY BIG FAT PRESCHOOL PUZZLE EXERCISE PAD

Katrin Merle Age: 5+ 200 pages 15.3 x 20.5 cm € 5.00 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70269-8 Rights: available worldwide

Dinosaurs, knights and pirates ‒ popular topics make learning so much fun! Over 100 exercises for tracing, colouring in, counting, comparing and search-for-shadows pictures serve as a solid basis of the development of analytical thinking and ﬁne motory skills and of a successful school start.

LEARN & PLAY

GREAT SEARCH-THE-MISTAKE FUN FOR PRESCHOOLERS

Mascha Greune Age: 4+ 80 pages 15.3 x 20.5 cm € 3.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70259-9 Rights: available worldwide

FIND THE MISTAKE. IN KINDERGARTEN What does not belong on the playground? Where is the little mouse hiding? And are these two pictures really identical? Funny search pictures with answers on the back for an easy check oﬀer preschoolers Age 4 and up many hours of fun.

Judith Ganter FTM. In the World of Animals Pub. date: January 2012 978-3-401-09942-2

Judith Ganter FTM. In the land of Adventures Pub. date: May 2011 978-3-401-09893-7

Ponies and fairies ‒ two favourite topics in a lovely combination ‒ a wonderful read for girls! The adventures of Pony Fairy and her pony ﬁll 20 volumes and sold over 350,000 copies so far in Germany. In addition to the ﬁction series, we also have the Miscellaneous and the Learn & Play Products of PONY FAIRY! Fans of Pony Fairy and puzzle games can rejoice! Not only are there stories with their favourite character, but also puzzles featuring the little fairy! Children age 5 and up can solve many exciting riddles and puzzles with their Pony Fairy and her friends: mazes, search pictures or crossword puzzles will make them look forward to more adventures on Rose Island!

LEARN & PLAY

FOUR ENCHANTING "HERE COMES PONY FAIRY" POSTCARD BOOKLETS

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Painting Magic 978-3-401-70350-3

Connect the Dots 978-3-401-70351-0

My First ABCs 978-3-401-70352-8

Fun Puzzles With Numbers 978-3-401-70353-6

Illustrator: Corina Beurenmeister Age: 5 • 52 pages 10.4 x 14.6 cm Black-and-white illustrations € 1.99 Pub. date: January 2013 Rights of the series: sold to GR, IL, NL, PL, TR

Four times Pony Fairy in a handy postcard format! Connect the dots, colouring in Pony Fairy, the ABC and numbers ‒ learning is easy with charming Pony Fairy!

Falco Honnen Fascinating Vehicles - My Arena Colouring Pad 978-3-401-70281-0

Falco Honnen On the Building site - My Arena Colouring Pad 978-3-401-70282-7

Birgitta Nicolas On the Farm - My Arena Colouring Pad 978-3-401-70283-4

Milada Krautmann My Favorite Animals - My Arena Colouring Pad 978-3-401-70284-1

LEARN & PLAY

WELCOME TO OUR PAINTING WORKSHOP!

Age: 4 • 84 pages 15.3 x 20.5 cm Black-and-white illustrations € 2.99 Pub. date: January 2013 Rights: available worldwide

Exciting motor vehicles, impressive vehicles on a building site, cute animal babies and funny scenes on the farm ‒ these new painting pads oﬀer anything young artists need to stimulate their imagination.

LEARN & PLAY

THE GIGANTIC COLOURING FUN

DINOSAURS. MY FIRST GIGANTIC PAINTING BOOK Birgitta Nicolas Age: 2 24 pages 30 x 41cm Black-and-white illustrations € 3.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70264-3 Rights: available worldwide

MY VERY FIRST EASTER COLOURING BOOK

This huge painting book with the popular topic dinosaurs for toddlers. The extra fat lines and large spaces are perfectly suited for tiny ﬁngers.!

Birgitta Nicolas Age: 3 24 pages 21 x 21 cm Black-and-white soft cover € 1.99 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70271-1 Rights: available worldwide

Tender motifs featuring the Easter bunny and his friends invite toddlers to color them in and talk about them. This makes waiting for Easter a time to have great fun.

LEARN & PLAY

HARMONY AND CREATIVITY WITH MANDALAS

Johannes Rosengarten Age: 5 96 pages 21.5 x 28 cm Black-and-white illustrations, glittery cover € 5.00 Pub. date: January 2013 978-3-401-70285-8 Rights: available worldwide

THE GREAT BIG ARENA MANDALA COLOURING BOOK Mandalas are an ancient, simple and ingenious method of relaxation while promoting creativity. This volume oﬀers a collection of 48 fabulous motifs for every taste.

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