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Youth Books

Geschichten und Gedichte (Short stories and poems)

Y1	Der Traumschrank	Thomas Scheuffelen (Editor)
	Short stories and poems by authors of the 20th century
	Herrmann Luchterhand Verlag, Darmstadt 1976

Y2	Der kleine Muck und andere Märchen	Wilhelm Hauff
	Fairy tales, located in the Arabic world.
	Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1962

Y3	Die Katze mit der Brille	Jella Lepmann (Editor)
	The most beautiful Good-Night stories
	Ullstein Verlag Frankfurt 1971

Y4	Dieser Hund heißt Himmel	Jürg Schubiger
	Imaginative stories about luck and happiness. Additional notes and suggestions by the author
	Age 10 and up
	Beltz & Gelberg Verlag, Weinheim 1978

Y5	Münchhausen Wunderbare Reisen und Abenteuer	Gottfried August Bürger
	The stories of Baron von Münchhausen in his own words
	Illustrated with wood engravings by Gustav Doré
	Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1963

Y6	Erzählungen	Astrid Lindgren
	Stories about boys and girls just like you and me.
	Friedrich Oetinger Verlag Hamburg 1979

Y7	Märchen	Astrid Lindgren
	Modern fairy tales
	Friedrich Oetinger Verlag Hamburg 1978

Y9	Das kalte Auge	Käthe Recheis (Editor)
	Crime stories by famous authors
	Hoch-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1981

Y78	Eine mächtige Liebe	Christine Nöstlinger
	A collection of short stories, ranging from sad and quiet to happy and imaginative
	Age 10 and up
	Beltz Verlag, Weinheim 1996

Y45	Guide to Germany	Michael March
	A book with facts about and pictures of Germany
	In English. For children
	Highlights for Children, Inc. Columbus OH 1996



Für Jungs und Mädchen (for boys and girls)

Y10	Till Eulenspiegel	Peter Baarmann (Editor)
	The story of Till, who did not want to learn a regular trade, and gets through life with tricks and pranks.
	Age 10 and up
	Verlag Karl Nitzsche, Niederwiesa 1974

Y11	Danny - oder Die Fasanenjagd	Roald Dahl
	Danny's dad is car mechanic and …poacher. When Danny realizes this, he is shocked - but later on, he gets even better than his dad and becomes the world champion of poaching. Certainly, it is illegal - but in good family tradition, the two play lots of tricks on the watchful gamekeepers. A family story with speed and fun.
	Age 10 and up
	Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1977

Y12	Sophiechen und der Riese	Roald Dahl
	Sophiechen is being kidnapped - from the foster home to the empire of the giants. Fortunately, the kidnapper is a good giant, and not one of those that try to eat children at night. Sophiechen and the good giant start to fight the cannibal giants. Thanks to the force of dreams and the help of the Queen of England, they prevail at the end.
	Age 9 and up
	Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1985

Y13	Der kleine Prinz	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
	The central theme of this thoughtful and sensible story of the little prince is the overcoming of isolation by friendship. The little prince is nothing else than a part of the author himself. He counters the rational world of the adults with parables that show the need for humanity.
	Coloured illustrations
	Karl Rauch Verlag, Bad Salzig 1950

Y14	Petroleum und Robbenöl	Franz Josef Degenhardt
	One evening, Mayak and his family with at least 20 dogs, are in the house of Tom's parents. And because Tom's dad loves eskimos, this is the beginning of an exciting winter for the whole family: Trips with sled dogs, archery, feasts, but also quiet evenings by the shine of the seal oil light.
	Age 12 and up
	Bertelsmann Verlag München 1976

Y15	… und viele Grüße von Wancho	Miep Diekmann
	How can you help a boy who is searching for his father? Wancho won a lottery and has more money than he can possibly spend. He wants to enjoy life. But before he realizes it, he is involved in the fate of other people, mainly of the boy Boechi. Finally, Wancho has to write a book to help Boechi find his dad.
	Age 12 and up
	Arena Verlag Würzburg 1981

Y16	Emil und die Detektive	Erich Kästner
	Emil is travelling on the train from the countryside to Berlin to visit his grandmother. He carries 140 Mark to give to her. Unfortunately, he falls asleep, and when he wakes up again, the money is gone - stolen by a suspicious passenger? Emil decides, he has to hunt down this man all through Berlin. He obtains unexpected help from some children of Berlin - an exciting hunt is developing, with a big surprise at the end.
	Age 10 and up
	Atrium Verlag Zürich

Y17	Emil und die drei Zwillinge	Erich Kästner
	The book is a follow-up story of "Emil und die Detektive" with the same children heros, that help solve more confusing events.
	Carl Ueberreuter Verlag, Wien 1952

Y18	Das doppelte Lottchen	Erich Kästner
	Luise and Lotte meet at a vacation camp. They look exactly alike, and they realize that they are twins from parents that got a divorce many years ago. They decide to bring the parents together again. Therefore, they change roles. The messy, easy going Luise goes to Munich to take over the household of the stressed out working mother. The mom-like Lotte goes to Vienna, where the dad does not reckognize this orderly, carefully planning daughter that returns from vacation.
	Age 9 and up
	Cecilie Dressler Verlag, Berlin 1969

Y19	Der kleine Mann	Erich Kästner
	The hero of the book, Mäxchen Pichelsteiner, is 5 cm high and sleeps in a match box. But other than that, he is just like a normal boy of his age. After he loses his parents, a magician adopts him and he becomes a famous artist. But life is not without challenges.
	Cecilie Dressler Verlag, Berlin 1970

Y20	Das fliegende Klassenzimmer	Erich Kästner
	The pupils of a boarding school practice a Christmas play, called 'The flying class room'. They are suddenly interrupted, because students of a different school steal the exercise books and capture one of the actors. Certainly, the books have to be recovered and the class-mate has to be freed.
	Age 10 and up
	Büchergilde Gutenberg, Frankfurt

Y21	Der 35. Mai - oder Konrad reitet in die Südsee	Erich Kästner
	Konrad has to write an essay about the South Sea. Fortunately, he is about to visit uncle Ringelhut, who might help him. And since it is the 35th of May, a day on which anything can happen, both run into a horse on roller blades, that brings them right to the South Sea - a journey that bears a number of surprises and adventures.
	Age 10 and up
	Williams & Co Verlag, Berlin

Y22	O. K.	Susanne Kilian
	Andreas Zeitler is the last in the alphabet in his class - until Fred arrives. 10 year old Andreas tells about his life, his thoughts and feelings as a normal child. Suddenly, you understand his problems and you start to sympathize with him.
	Age 12 and up
	Beltz & GelbergVerlag, Weinheim 1974

Y23	Dirk und die Spitzmaus	Marielis Hoberg
	Dirk wants to become a boy scout, so he is collecting 'good deads' - but what is a 'good dead'? With his best friend, a little girl nicknamed shrew mouse, he tries to be friends with everybody. But the kids in the neighbourhood suspect Dirk to be steeling bikes and toys. How can Dirk and his friend prove them wrong?
	Herder Verlag Freiburg 1966

Y24	Joschis Garten	Ursula Wölfel
	Joschi is happy. Finally he possesses a little garden. He has a real leasing contract. But one day, men arrive at his garden. The land was sold to a construction company. 'Children can't make contracts', the adults say. What should Joschi do?
	Age 8 and up
	Otto Meier Verlag Ravensburg 1985

Y25	Feuerschuh und Windsandale	Ursula Wölfel
	The lovely story of the little chubby Timm who goes with his always good-humoured dad on a vacation hike. Everyday events cause all kinds of entertaining adventures.
	Age 6 and up
	Hoch-Verlag Düsseldorf 1962

Y26	Kater Kasper	Heinrich Maria Denneborg
	Tina rescues a tomcat and brings him home. After initial resistance, the family starts to love him. The cat brings a lot of entertainment and excitement.
	Cecilie Dressler Verlag, Berlin 1961

Y27	Silva, das Wildkalb	Kurt Knaak
	The story of a deer that is being raised at the forest ranger's house, after she was found injured. The deer is so wild, that it is finally released into nature, where she becomes the leader of a herd.
	Age 10 and up
	Fischer Verlag, Göttingen 1974

Y28	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe
	The life and strange adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a sailor from New York, who lived for 28 years all alone on an uninhabited island off the American coast. He was stranded on the island as the only survivor of a shipwreck.
	Loewes Verlag, Bayreuth 1973

Y53	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe
	The life and strange adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a sailor from New York, who lived for 28 years all alone on an uninhabited island off the American coast. He was stranded on the island as the only survivor of a shipwreck.
	Shorter, easier version than Y28
	Fischer Verlag Göttingen

Y29	Asterix schwätzt Schwäbisch: Dr große Graba	R. Goscinny & A. Uderzo
	It's the year 50 b. Ch. All of France is occupied by the Romans. All - with the exception of a small village in the far North that resists acrimoniously. It is the home of Asterix, Obelix and their friends. 'The big Trench' is just one of their adventures.
	In Swabian dialect
	Ehapa Verlag, Stuttgart 1995

Y30	Asterix schwätzt Schwäbisch: Asterix em Morgaländle	R. Goscinny & A. Uderzo
	It's the year 50 b. Ch. All of France is occupied by the Romans. All - with the exception of a small village in the far North that resists acrimoniously. It is the home of Asterix, Obelix and their friends. 'Asterix in the Orient' is just one of their adventures.
	In Swabian dialect
	Ehapa Verlag, Stuttgart 1995

Y31	Lurchis gesammelte Abenteuer	Heinz Schubel
	Volume 1
	Stories of the salamander Lurchi and his animal friends. From the Salamander shoe store.
	Pictures with verses in cursive writing
	Salamander AG, Kornwestheim

Y32	Lurchis gesammelte Abenteuer	Heinz Schubel
	Volume 2
	Stories of the salamander Lurchi and his animal friends. From the Salamander shoe store.
	Pictures with verses in cursive writing
	Salamander AG, Kornwestheim

Y33	Lurchis gesammelte Abenteuer	Heinz Schubel
	Volume 3
	Stories of the salamander Lurchi and his animal friends. From the Salamander shoe store.
	Pictures with verses in cursive writing
	Salamander AG, Kornwestheim

Y34	Freunde in Gefahr	Kurt Völk
	Jan falls from a tree into a swollen river. But fortunately, his friends can jump into a boat and pull him out of the water. However, the boat is carried away by the strong currents, and the friends can't reach the river bank. Panic spreads, but fortunately, the boys don't give up so easily.
	Age 10 and up
	Weichert Verlag, Hannover 1979

Y35	Pinocchio der hölzerne Hampelmann	Carlo Collodi
	The imaginative adventures of the wooden marionette that comes to life.
	Age 10 and up
	Tosa Verlag Wien

Y36	Abenteuer am Adlerfels	Ursel Scheffler
	It is quiet in the old gold miners' town of Diggers Well - until Futsy's gang arrives and haunts the area. But the men under estimate the town's sheriff, Molly Colt. The little lady is tougher and cleverer than anybody expected. And she is chasing the bandits all across the prairie.
	Loewes Verlag, Bayreuth 1980

Y37	Joschko	Gina Ruck-Pauquèt
	Joschko grows up in a small fisher village and listens to the adults' stories of the big world behind the mountains. One day, he leaves the village to find this world and explore it. On his adventures, he experiences loneliness and friendship, light and dark, happiness and sadness.
	Cecilie Dressler Verlag, Berlin 1970

Y38	Am Samstag kam das Sams zurück	Paul Maar
	The Sams, a small creature with a trunk nose and red hair, returns on a Saturday (Samstag) to Mr. Taschenbier, who is delighted to see him again. The Sams has learned to operate complicated miracle mashines and can help fulfill Mr. Taschenbier's dreams.
	Age 8 and up
	Friedrich Oetinger Verlag Hamburg 2003

Y55	Wohin mit Odin?	Joan Phipson
	Five children take a young bull-calf in foster care, but soon they realize that this care poses a number of challenges because the calf is not as well behaving as they expected. But the bull shows his strength during a flood and wins a first prize on a cattle-show. This, however, means a threat for the animal...
	Age 10 and up
	Goldmann Verlag München 1972

Y56	Die Dame mit dem schwarzen Dackel	Wolfgang Ecke
	A number of mysterious jewelry thefts keep all London in suspense. A case for Perry Clifton and his 12 year old friend Dicki Miller. Is it a coincidence that there is always a black dachshund close to the crime scene?
	Age 10 and up
	Otto Meier Verlag Ravensburg 1970

Y57	Man kriegt nichts geschenkt	Angelika Kutsch
	14 year old Silke starts as an apprentice in the family business after she finished school. But after two years, she is fed up with milk and cheese and she breaks off the apprenticeship to start as an office clerk in a factory. There she meets a Polish boy that fights with prejudices of his coworkers. A book about the dreams and hopes of teens between work and friendship.
	Age 12-14
	Otto Meier Verlag Ravensburg 1979

Y58	Ich bin David	Anne Holm
	As long as David can remember, he has lived in foster homes and camps. He doesn't know anything about the outside world. A guard helps him to ecape, and he does not know how to get along in this strange world. He has to learn everything from scratch, and this is not easy.
	Age 12 and up
	Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag München 1976

Y59	Die wirklichen Wunder des Basilius Knox	Anna Maria Jokl
	Basilius Knox lives alone in an old house and is angry with everybody and everything. One day, he discovers the physical laws of nature and he makes the most wonderful discoveries: Liquidation of air, diffraction of light, and even electricity. Finally, with the help of three children, he even discovers that people can be nice. Even after it turns out that all his discoveries had been made much earlier already, he is not angry because his efforts made him understand the wonders of nature and their use for mankind.
	Age 10 and up
	Verlang Neues Leben Berlin 1949

Y60	Aussteigen - das große Abenteuer?	Winfried Wolf
	Martin dreams of running away from everything - the school, his parents, the little sleepy town. But then, his mother leaves the house, his dad tells about his difficult childhood, and Martin meets Iris, a loving and energetic girl. She helps him to accept and master his fate and to realize that running away is not a solution.
	Age 14 and up
	Otto Meier Verlag Ravensburg 1983

Y61	In Tante Julies Haus	James Krüss
	Aunt Julie's house is different from any other house: every room has a name, it rains through the roof, and every animal and insect is safe. It is never boring around aunt Julie.
	Age 11-12
	Friedrich Oettinger Verlag Hamburg 1969

Y66	Die unendliche Geschichte	Michael Ende
	Bastian Balthasar Bux is being ridiculed by his class mates because he is fat and unathletic. In a second hand bookshop he finds a mysterious book, titled 'The endless story'. He steels the book and hides in the attic of the school to read it, getting more and more into the story of the kingdom 'Phantásien', and becoming part of it.

Y67	Die Tote im Wald	Sonia Levitin
	A group of teenagers, just about to finish high school and dreaming of the big career, is having a midnight party in a remote shed in the forrest. They make a horrible discovery: They find the body of their classmate, who has been missing since several days. Nobody wants to be asociated with a murder...
	Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, München 1995

Y79	Der Zwerg im Kopf	Christine Nöstlinger
	Anna has a tiny visitor and companion - a dwarf in her head! He interferes with her life, creates excitement and fun, and helps her to handle problems
	Age 9 and up
	Black & white illustrations
	Beltz Verlag, Weinheim 1996

Y80	Helden der City	Kristina Dunker
	A clique of youth is looking for more and more extravagant advantures to spice their life. Suddenly, however, they face a completely unexpected challenge.
	Age 13 and up
	Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2004

Y81	Lebens-Mittel - Was Kinder brauchen	Armin Abmeier (Editor)
	All the things that children need for a happy life - described in modern poems and short stories by various authors.
	Text with pictures
	Age 10 and up
	Büchergilde Gutenberg, Frankfurt 2003

Y82	Wundertütentage	Mirjam Pressler
	Sami moved to a new area in town. Slowly, he makes friends and discovers the hidden treasures of his new surroundings. A warm and enchanting children's novel around animals and friendship
	Age 9 and up
	Beltz Verlag, Weinheim 2005





Für Mädchen (for girls)

Y39	Kat in Apfelhagen	Hans Harder
	10 year old Kat lives in Pommern at the end of the 1920ies. The story, playing in the little village Apfelhagen, with a one-room school, brings past times to life. But even then, people had their wories and problems
	Ensslin & Laiblin Verlag, Reutlingen 1987

Y40	La gatta heißt Katze	Cordula Tollmien
	Rosetta was so different from me, that we should have never met. She was very courageous, and hardly ever cried. With her, I could experience the greatest adventures or the worst nightmares. She loved going to school, and she was crazy about cats. She knew the strangest things, and could even speak Italian because her mom was from Italy. With her, I never knew what would happen next.
	Age 11 and up
	Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag München 1991

Y41	Warte nicht auf einen Engel	Else Breen
	The life of 15 year old Mia changes abruptly when she finds out that her mother suffers from an incurable disease. Keeping this knowledge to herself is an immense burden.
	dtv junior series 'read - consider - discuss'
	Age 14 and up
	Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1996

Y42	Ein Anruf von Sebastian	Irina Korschunow
	Sabine separates from her boy friend Sebastian after she realizes that he is too dominating and about to distroy her own personality.
	dtv junior series 'read - consider - discuss'
	Age 14 and up
	Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1994

Y43	Ein Jahr wie ein Leben	John Branfield
	Frances meets the 90 year old farmer Tom who lives lonely in the woods, and a deep friendship develops between the two. Frances learns to see old age and death in a new light.
	dtv junior series 'read - consider - discuss'
	Age 14 and up
	Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1993

Y44	Erinnerung an David	Jean Ure
	David is one of four inseparable friends. After some minor injury, it turns out that David has incurable cancer. How are his friends going to cope with it, how should they react?
	dtv junior series 'read - consider - discuss'
	Age 14 and up
	Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1994




Vereinfachte Texte (Easy Readers)

Y46	Kai aus der Kiste	Wolf Durian
	Kai is the leader of the Berlin boy street gang 'Schwarze Hand'. An American millionaire advertises a publicity competition in Berlin. Kai boldly applies. His gang is allowed to participate, and nobody can beat their wit and cleverness, even though the competitors use all the publicity tricks available.
	Level: easy
	Klett Verlag Stuttgart 1974

Y47	Das war der Hirbel	Peter Härtling
	Hirbel has health problems from birth on, and he grows up in foster homes and with different foster parents. The other kids think, he is very strange, but he is not a sad kid. He plays the games of the psychologists, and has a wonderful voice for singing. He runs away often, because nobody understands him, and he wants to arrive in a different country: there, where the sun is created on the trees.
	Level: easy
	Klett Verlag Stuttgart 1975

Y63	Johnny schweigt	Bernhard Hagemann
	Johnny, an exchange student visits Paul and his family. But Johnny doesn't talk, no matter what Paul and his family try. What might be the reason for Johnny's quietness?
	Level: intermediate
	Langenscheidt Verlag, Berlin 2003

Y69	Das doppelte Lottchen	Erich Kästner
	Luise and Lotte meet at a vacation camp. They look exactly alike, and they realize that they are twins from parents that got a divorce many years ago. They decide to bring the parents together again. Therefore, they change roles. The messy, easy going Luise goes to Munich to take over the household of the stressed out working mother. The mom-like Lotte goes to Vienna, where the dad does not reckognize this orderly, carefully planning daughter that returns from vacation.
	Level A (600 words)
	Ernst Klett Verlag Stuttgart 2000

Y76	Er war sechzehn, als man ihn hängte	Alexander Goeb
	The true and tragic story of a young boy who opposed the NS regime in the Third Reich
	Level: medium difficult
	Ernst Klett Verlag Stuttgart 2004

Y77	Mensch, be careful!	Emer O'Sullivan & Dietmar Rösler
	A German-English story
	A crime story about the smuggling of jewels with the help of fish, placed in north west Germany.
	Age 13 and up
	Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag Reinbek 2004

Last Updated on 3/31/2007