Book tips fall 2023
Books for children and young readers
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Anyone who loves books never goes to bed alone! So that there is no rude awakening, we have found the best new books of the season for you. Have fun with our favorite children’s and young adult books for fall 2023!
Lorenz Pauli – Sorry
Admitting a mistake is often difficult. Pretending as if nothing had happened, on the other hand, seems much easier. At least in the short term, because you often end up getting deeper and deeper into the mess and maybe even end up in space in an ambulance. Charmingly, little Juri has this illustrated by Miriam Zedelius Picture book understood this long ago and gives Dr. Bitter a bit of tutoring as to what the “adult” solution looks like, namely: apologize. (32 p., 18 euros, Atlantis, from 4)
Petra Postert – Downriver to America
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the continent in the West was the great dream of many in Europe who were looking for a way out of poverty or other problems – and the end of an arduous journey, if they even made it that far. Jacob is also forced to leave. His journey down the Rhine to Rotterdam – and perhaps even further? – is full adventure. What makes it special is that it is partly told from the perspective of the river itself. (256 pages, 17 euros, Tulipan, from 12)
Andreas Langer – Snow Children
Jorland is a barren country with short summers and long winters – and at war, which is why the adults have to go to the front and the boys have to go to the mines. As the eldest of the “snow children”, 14-year-old Elin doesn’t have it easy anyway. And then stone giants and greater horrors descend into their village. A breathless escape begins that tests the children’s solidarity and captivates page after page. What real country inspired this Book It is not difficult to see that if he had not succumbed to the magic of Iceland, he would never have written it, says the author. (352 pages, 16 euros, Ueberreuter, from 11)
Julia Blesken – Rabbit Heart
The anxious Fridi, whom his father sends to the Boy Scouts, even though he is “more of a one-on-one type”, the cool Zeck, prima ballerina Polina, “I swear, I know my stuff”-Musti and of course Jennifer Klar, who is not the only one likes to nibble on Frolic, but also always opens his mouth – after “Mission Kolomoro”, awarded the Kirsten Boie Prize, Julia Blesken sends the colorful quintet into a new one adventure. And that’s great fun again. 352 p., 15 euros, Oetinger, from 11
Tom Adams – Incredibly blatant secrets
Books about mysterious phenomena have long been a hit with children. They usually have a plastic cover and are not particularly pretty. Not so “The 100 Scariest Mysteries in the World” which is in this one lovingly designed band if not solved, then at least illuminated in a sophisticated manner. Nessie, Stonehenge, goo rain? A reading experience, accompanied by illustrator Yas Imamura, that gives you goosebumps. (T: Stefanie Brägelmann, 96 pages, 24 euros, EA Seemann, from 10)