The International Children's Library of the International Youth Library Foundation has been in use for forty years without any structural changes. It was time to renovate the lending library in the…
From 2024, the poetry recommendations for children will be published annually: a selection of eleven titles aimed at a reading audience between the ages of three and eleven - and of course at readers…
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After humans are unable to make peace with each other despite countless negotiations, animals from all parts of the world meet at an international conference to fight for world peace with cunning and…
The White Raven needs your help because he has a few puzzles to solve in order to save the Great Conference of the Animals. Together with your feathered friend, you will roam the International Youth…
After humans are unable to make peace with each other despite countless negotiations, animals from all parts of the world meet at an international conference to fight for world peace with cunning and…
Thirteen-year-old Simi lives a fairly sheltered life with her divorced mother in the Nigerian capital Lagos. When she is told that she has to spend her summer vacation in a small village with no…
The Erich Kästner Society has set itself the task of preserving the writer's enlightened, socially critical ideas through publications, lectures and events.
At irregular intervals, the society…
In 1983, an Erich Kästner memorial room was set up in the clock tower of Blutenburg Castle, where first editions of Erich Kästner's works as well as some documents and photos were on display. After…
Humour is the umbrella of the wise
Erich Kästner used the most diverse facets of humour; they are a constitutive element of his poetics. Even everyday self-help literature makes use of the author's…