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Dear Partners around the Globe,
Board Books
+ 4
We not only celebrate our new Spring program in 2022, we have a much bigger anniversary to
celebrate: 200 years of Kosmos publishing!
Since 1822 Kosmos and our program stand for high quality nature-related titles, with beautiful
guide books for young and old.
Our kids’ program is younger, but just as successful. Our series of the The Three ??? and The Three
??? Kids continue to lead the national bestselling lists, and have been redesigned with a modern
look (pages 19 + 21).
Our Kids Nature Guides with over 15 titles have also received a new design and we are starting
this spring with 5 titles in the series (page 8).
If you are looking for beautiful board books on nature subjects for the very young: we offer
co-editions for our Look-Into Series (page 4).
Please let us know, if you are interested in seeing pdfs or copies. We are hoping to catch up with
you in Bologna and/or Frankfurt this year.
Best wishes from Stuttgart
Kirstin Kreppel, Julia Courmont & Franziska Lautenschlager
Non-Fiction
Children´s Fiction
+ 6
+ 12
+ 19
+ 20
+ 23
+ 26
The numbers of copies sold refer to sell-out data from MC Met November 2021.

BOARD Kategorie BOOKS
preschool
Discovering Nature
Lisa Apfelbacher, Regina Schwarz
Take a look into the Earth
Already available
approx. € 13,– [D]
each title, 24 pages, 11 coloured illustrations
board book, 20 x 20 cm
978-3-440-16380-1
series: all rights available
Preschool
— Highlights
Here is a selection of our most successful books
for preschoolers. Focussing on nature discovery,
these title address our kids’ natural instinct for
knowledge and curiosity.
Format: various sized board books.
preschool
BOARD Kategorie BOOKS
Who are you? – At the Zoo
€ 36,– [D]
978-3-440-15590-5
Rights sold: US,CN
upcoming
co-edition
please
inquire
▶ Nature discovery for the youngest
▶ 6 titles available
▶ Spyholes pull kids into the books
Beautifully illustrated books with short texts invite
toddlers as well as preschoolers to discover more about
the world around them. Nature Discovery at an early
age invites children to learn about the wonders of nature.
The texts are very short and easy to understand.
Clap your hands in the city
978-3-440-16072-5
Rights sold: US,CN
What do you eat?
978-3-440-16866-0
All rights available
Does the monkey laugh at all?
978-3-440-16031-2
Rights sold: CN, US, DK, HU
Who is the Tallest?
978-3-440-15122-8
Rights sold: DK, Fi, NL
Each title has a different focus.
I spy with my little eye -
Vehicles
978-3-440-15379-6
Rights sold: CN, UK, US
Which bird is that?
978-3-440-16843-1
All rights avaialble
What’s crawling here?
978-3-440-16842-4
All rights available
Who are you? Around the House
978-3-440-15901-9
Rights sold: US, CN
Take A Look - The Seasons
€ 13,– [D]
978-3-440-17159-2
Take A Look - Deep Into
the Night
€ 13,– [D]
978-3-440-17157-8
Take a Look - Deep Into
the Forest
€ 13,– [D]
978-3-440-16941-4
Take A Look -
€ 13,– [D]
978-3-440-16942-1
Take A Look -
€ 13,– [D]
978-3-440-16384-9
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5

Are We Related?
New
Non-Fiction
NON-FICTION
Kategorie
— Highlights
5 and up 5 and up
Jule Ambach
Native Animals and Their Wild
Relatives
January 2022
€ 15,– [D]
40 pages, 80 coloured photographs,
Laminated Paperback, 28 x 21,40 cm
978-3-440-17262-9
All rights available
Discover birds, the return of the wolf
or the world of science…
Wonderful titles on nature and
science are our core products.
NON-FICTION
Kategorie
Whales and Dolphins
978-3-440-16869-1
Rights sold: SK
Jule Ambach has her best ideas
when travelling on a train. When
she is writing, she loves coffee with
cinnamon and loud music to go
along with it. She lives as a freelance
author in Stuttgart and spends as
much time as possible in Sweden.
▶ Learn about domestic animals and
their wild anchestors
▶ KOSMOS nature know-how for
children aged 5 and older
Domestic cat and lynx, horse and zebra: animals at our
doorsteps have wild relatives – some live in faraway
countries. Some animals look alike, other times the
relation is surprising and only recognizable in specific
features. An exciting title about animal relations.
Tomatofrog and Blue Dragon
978-3-440-17184-4
Rights sold: CZ
Nasty Lodgers
978-3-440-16988-9
All rights available
My Bird Book
978-3-440-16965-0
Rights sold: CZ
Wolves
978-3-440-16987-2
Rights sold: CZ
Kosmos Book of Technology
978-3-440-17312-1
Rights sold: RU, UA
My big Kosmos Space Atlas
978-3-440-16035-0
All rights avaialble
Nasty Critters
978-3-440-17270-4
All rights available
6
7

Kids Nature Guides
Making Fire
8 and up 8 and up
New
NON-FICTION
Kategorie
Holger Haag
What’s Flying There?
January 2022
€ 10,– [D]
112 pages, 80 coloured photographs,
Paperback, 19,30 x 13,20 cm
978-3-440-17244-5
Selected titles sold to CZ, HU, Korea, PL
Astrid Schulte
The Book of Fire for Children
– Everything About Lighting a
Fire
March 2022
€ 24,– [D]
80 pages, 30 coloured illustrations
laminated paperback 22 x 20 cm
978-3-440-17163-9
All rights available
NON-FICTION
Kategorie
Over 500.000
copies
sold
▶ Relaunch of bestselling series
▶ Interactive titles for nature discovery
The KOSMOS Children’s Nature Guides are practical,
comprehensible, and interactive. With more
than 15 titles in former the series, KOSMOS age-appropriately
invites children aged 8 and older to discover
and experience nature themselves.
In Spring 2022, the series is newly published in a revised
and updated edition. Here are the first five
titles; more will be published in Autumn.
▶ The carving books are bestselling
titles
▶ The fire title comes with a piece of
flint metal for fire making
Lighting a fire done right! When and where am I allowed
to light a fire at all, what materials can be used, what are
the different kinds of fire, how do I put it out correctly
(with tips from a firefighter) and what do I have to keep in
mind then? On top of answers to these questions, the book
contains instructions on how children can craft their own
grilling equipment and a lot of recipes, all of which can be
prepared over the fire, ranging from muffins to popcorn
and to fried egg in bread.
Caution: Use only under adult supervision.
Astrid Schulte is trained in nature
pedagogy and an expert for the topic
“woodcarving with children”. Apart
from offering carving courses for
children, she also teaches children
the art of lighting a fire with a fire
steel they make themselves.
Over 15
titles
available
Which Tree is that?
978-3-440-17245-2
all rights available
What’s Crawling There
978-3-440-17242-1
all rights available
What’s Blooming There?
978-3-440-17246-9
all rights available
Guide to Animals and
Plants
978-3-440-17243-8
all rights available
My Carving Workshop
978-3-440-16379-5
all rights available
My Carving Workshop 2
– 50 new ideas
978-3-440-17000-7
all rights available
8
9

All About Horses
Living with Animals
New
edition
New
preschool
6 and up
8 and up
NON-FICTION
Kategorie
Andrea & Markus Eschbach
The Language of Horses for
Children
March 2022
€ 14,– [D]
80 pages, 150 coloured photographs,
Laminated paperback, 27 x 22 cm
978-3-440-17226-1
former edition, rights sold: NL, PL, UK
and US
Sarah Bude
The Horse Book for Kids
January 2022
€ 15,– [D]
80 pages, 100 coloured photographs,
Paperback, 21,5 x 18,5 cm
978-3-440-17235-3
All rights available
NON-FICTION
Kategorie
Andrea and Markus Eschbach are
well-known and well-reputed in the
world of riding and riders. They are
originally from Switzerland and are
experienced horse trainers with a
focus on Horsemanship.
▶ New edition of bestselling title
▶ Understanding horses at a young age
Riding without bridle, groundwork, horsemanship – by
now, alternative approaches to riding have found their way
into almost every riding stable. Especially leisure riders are
more and more interested in the topic „communicating
with the horse as an equal“. And that is just the same for
all girls and boys who love horses. The incredible success
of the nonfiction book The Language of Horses for
Children with almost 55,000 sold copies is proof of that!
▶ The newest title in our kids‘ series
▶ Tips and tricks to keeping your pets
Many join-in ideas teach children how to behave when
handling horses. The author knows what children enjoy
doing and how you become friends with horses and
ponies. That way, child and horse become a great team.
Sarah Bude was also introduced to
horses when she was a child and
knows what children are excited
about.
The Big KOSMOS Horse
Encyclopedia
978-3-440-17064-9
all rights available
My Big Book on Learning
How to Ride
978-3-440-16739-7
rights sold to: HU, SL
My Horse Quiz
978-3-440-17182-0
all rights available
The Choatic Horse
978-3-440-16426-6
all rights available
The Beekeeping for Kids
978-3-440-16791-5
Rights sold: SL
The Chicken Book for
Kids
978-3-440-17192-9
Rights sold: NL
The Dog Book for Kids
978-3-440-16290-3
Rights sold: Korea, SL
The Cat Book for Kids
978-3-440-17192-9
Rights sold:Korea, SL
The Fishing Book for Kids
978-3-440-16937-7
rights sold: CZ, HU
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Pumuckl
Book Heroes - First Readers
5 and up 6 and up
FICTION
Elis Kaut, Nataša Kaiser
Pumuckl and the Castle Ghost
Already available
€ 12,99 [D]
144 pages, 30 b/w illustrations
brochure, 21.4 x 28 cm
978-3-440-17274-2
Selected titles sold to: HU, JP, RU
André Marx, Boris Pfeiffer
The Wild Friends – Adventures
Below the City
Already available
€ 9,– [D]
48 pages, 48 coloured illustrations
Laminated Paperback, 21.50 x 15.20 cm
978-3-440-15672-8
Selected Titles sold:
Spanish for South America
FICTION
Over 90.000
copies
sold
Ellis Kaut (1920-2015) received
many important awards for her
Pumuckl stories during her long life.
Inventive and comic, anarchically
likeable and timelessly good – her
cheeky goblin easily wins the hearts
of children.
▶ Classic Pumuckl story - now as newpicture
book
▶ Cheeky fun for the whole family
Pumuckl is a goblin - and that means he used to live
on ships and he is invisible to humans. Except for
Master Eder! In this classic volume Pumuckl makes
his name as a haunting castle ghost. But every
once in a while he returns to Master Eder where
he seems to have made a home for himself …
▶ Exciting Adventure Stories for Early
Readers
▶ 48 pages, 4c illustrations
A bunch of zoo animals have escaped from the zoo.
An old underground station is now their hide-away.
When Ludwig, the monkey, collects food for all the
animals, he falls into a dark shaft. Who dares to go
down? And what else can be discovered there?
Easy Series for Early Readers: These
exciting and funny stories which can
be easily managed by beginning
readers aged 6+. Illustrations and a
reading riddle at the end of each
chapter make the books rich in
variety, provide a sense of achievement,
and boost the motivation to
read. That is how you make the first
steps into reading books yourself
really fun.
New
Pumuckl - Summer
Stories
978-3-440-15859-3
Pumuckl - Winter Stories
978-3-440-17030-4
Pumuckl Arrives at
Master Eder’s
978-3-440-16561-4
Book Heroes: Pumuckl on
the farm
978-3-440-16800-4
The Wild Friends –
Where is Oskar?
978-3-440-15806-7
all rights available
Ella and the little
Unicorn
978-3-440-16822-6
all rights available
Ella and the little Unicorn
– The Magic Stone
978-3-440-16304-7
all rights available
Schlupp From the
Green Star
978-3-440-16943-8
all rights available
12 13

A Great Investigation Team
Science meets Adventure
8 and up 8 and up
FICTION
Kirsten Vogel
TKKG – Scandal at the
Skatepark
Febuary 2022
€ 10,– [D]
128 pages,
Laminated Paperback, 19,5 x 13.2 cm
978-3-440-17291-9
All rights available
Kati Naumann, Josy Jones
Never Press the Red Button
– Or the Dinosaurs Are Going
Crazy!
Already available
€ 12,– [D]
160 pages, approx.40 b/w illustrations by
Josy Jones
hardcover, 13.5 x 21.7 cm
978-3-440-16328-3
FICTION
All rights available
English
sample
translation
available
Over
100.000
copies
sold
▶ Well-known newly adapted series
▶ Sold over 100,000 copies
▶ Action-packed stories with black and
white illustrations
TKKG – that’s Tim, Karl, Klößchen (Dumpling), and Gaby.
The four friends and their dog Oskar courageously solve
every case and are up for any thrilling adventure. Gaby
and Tim want to participate in a skating contest and are
practicing their coolest tricks at the skatepark. But wherever
the detectives are, criminals never seem to be far away: someone
tries to harm fellow skaters. TKKG have a new case!
▶ Successful new series with three volumes
– will be continued
▶ Easy learning of facts – illustrated in
comic book style
▶ Cool experiments for readers to try
This time, strange animal tracks appear in the forest.
And Ben claims to have seen a real dinosaur.
Can it be true? In any case, Egon and Jojo build a
dinosaur trap and again stumble from one catastrophe
to the next. Funny chaos is guaranteed!
Kati Naumann wrote song lyrics
and screen plays, published several
novels and developed successful
children’s radio play series.
Josephine Schwan-Jones started her
freelance career as a graphic artist
and illustrator in 2015. She designs
books and magazines for children
and adolescents in her office in
Wörth am Rhein.
Series with
15 volumes
+ special
editions
Nights of the Wolves
978-3-440-17139-4
all rights available
Caution: Snappy!
978-3-440-16025-1
all rights available
The Hidden Treasure
978-3-440-16848-6
all rights available
The Robot Dog
978-3-440-16760-1
all rights available
Never Press the Red Button
– Or the Volcano Erupts
978-3-440-16327-6
all rights available
Never Press the Red Button
– Or the Robots Attack
978-3-440-16328-3
all rights available
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Welcome to Andor
Kids Fiction
FICTION
— Highlights
8 and up 8 and up
Jens Baumeister
Andor Junior - The Attack on
Riet Castle (Vol. 2)
Febuary 2022
€ 13,– [D]
144 pages, 42 coloured illustrations
Laminated Paperback, 21,5 x 15,2 cm
978-3-440-17144-8
All rights available
English
sample
translation
available
Here is an overview of our most recent children‘s
fiction. From Horse titles to a wonderful
Elven adventure (Lilly), from an action
packed adventure animal series (Wild Pack)
to our fantasy series Moonlight Wolves: there
is something for everybody here...
15
vols.
Blossom Hill Band:
Dreaming of Victory (Vol. 2)
€ 13,– [D]
192 pages
Hardcover 21x 14cm
978-3-440-17058-8
all rights available
FICTION
Jens Baumeister has worked as a
screenwriter for TV series and lives
as an author in Berlin. He likes
writing kid‘s books best.
Michael Menzel (*1975) lives near
the Rhine river. He is award-winning
creator of the Andor Game and
has illustrated this novel to his
game.
▶ The award-winning fatasy adventure
as book series for young heroes
▶ Game was voted best children‘s board
game in 2020
▶ Andor is in the Top 35 board game
brands* and sold over 800,000 units**
▶ Volume 2 of the thrilling adventu re
series
The Wild Pack
978-3-440-11037-9
The Wild Pack Makes a Plan
978-3-440-11038-6
Lilly and the Twelves –
Icing and an Elf‘s Kiss
978-3-440-16939-1
for
teens
Blossom Hill:
Stormy Start (Vol. 1)
978-3-440-16356-6
By chance, Thorn, Eara, Chada, and Kram discover a
skral child in the cellar of Riet Castle, a feared monster
that is supposed to spy for the magician Varkur. But the
skral child rather wants to bring about peace and become
friends with the young heroes. Meanwhile, Varkur
gathers an army of dark creatures and monsters for another
attack. Will the heroes succeed in saving Riet Castle?
The Forest of Exceptional
Animals
978-3-440-15952-1
rights sold: RU and UA
Pepper Mint and the Amazing
Wacky Science Book
978-3-440-16558-4
Moonlight Wolves The
Secret of the Shadow
Wolves (Vol. 1)
978-3-440-16560-7
Moonlight Wolves (Vol. 2)
978-3-440-15672-8
Andor Junior, The Curse of
The Red Dragon Volume 1
978-3-440-17142-4
all rights available
Andor Junior - The Board
Game
400-2-051-69895-9 *npd group Retail Tracking Germany Toys; Value sales in €; YTD Oct. 2021
**Sell-in GAS since publication
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Kategorie
preschool
→ Target age 10+
Meet The Three ??? – an investigative
team of 3 boys: Justus, Peter, and Bob.
Set in Rocky Beach, Southern Califonia, they solve
mysterious and exciting cases. Often with the help of the
local police they find a solution, when no one else can.
Author Robert Arthur created the series in the US in the
1960's under the editorship of Alfred Hitchcock.
While the series came to an end in the US after only
50 volumes we in Germany decided to continue with
the brand and thus started one of the biggest success
stories German children's literature…
To this day we publish 6 volumes each year, as well as
special editions, and calendars. Together with the
ever-present audio dramas by Sony it has become a
#1 top of mind brand.
→ Over 19 million German copies sold
→ Over 200 volumes + 30 special editions,
including graphic novels and comics
→ Each story volume: 192 pages,
no illustrations
- New Design
new
Design
The 3??? Kids:
Danger in the House of Mirrors
Febuary 2022
€ 10,– [D]
128 pages,
Laminated Paperback, 21 x 14.5 cm
978-3-440-17315-2
Selected Titles sold to:
NL, Spanish for South America
8 and up
THE THREE ??? KIDS
→ Target age 8+
The Three ??? Kids
→ 7.7 million sold copies
→ Over 85 volumes + 83 special
editions, including comics
→ Each story volume: 128 pages,
black and white illustrations
▶ Over 90 volumes available
▶ A new case in each book
An old House of Mirrors confuses the Three ?? Kids
with strange light signals and creepy riddle chants.
The three friends hope to get some clarification from
the famous riddle inventor Mr. Think, but he is nowhere
to be found. Was Mr. Think abducted?
About the authors: The entire series
is written and illustrated by a pool
of wonderfully talented authors and
artists.
In 1999 Kosmos developed a new brand – a spin off for a younger target audience:
The Three ??? Kids. We meet the same investigative team of Justus, Peter and Bob,
but in these stories they are 8 to 12 years old. Already they have started to solve
their first cases. These are not as exciting, but just as mysterious.
Over
7.7 million
copies
sold
15
Flight to Nowhere
978-3-440-17314-5
all rights available
Theft at the Ice Cream
Parlor
978-3-440-17143-1
all rights available
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THE THREE Kategorie ??? KIDS
8 and up
The Three ??? Kids
— Overview
Further to the 90 volumes in the series, we
carry a number of different special editions:
interactive titles, easy readers, comics, graphic
novels – all around the team of the 3 ??? Kids.
interactive
Panic in Paradise
€ 10,– [D]
144 pages, 30 b/w illustrations
Laminated Paperback,
21 x 14,5 cm
978-3-440-17301-5
interactive
New
Ben Nevis
The 3 ??? and the Devil’s Cliff
Febuary 2022
€ 11,– [D]
160 pages,
Laminated Paperback, 21 x 14.5 cm
978-3-440-17185-1
All rights available
New
Christopher Tauber
The 3 ??? and the Haunted
Castle
Msrch 2022
€ 18,– [D]
128 pages, 200 colour illustrations
Laminated Paperback, 24 x 17 cm
978-3-440-17091-5
All rights available
10 and up
THE Kategorie
THREE ???
Radio Rocky Beach
€ 10,– [D]
144 pages, 30 b/w illustrations
Laminated Paperback,
21 x 14,5 cm
978-3-440-17302-2
interactive
Invasion of the Flies
€ 10,– [D]
144 pages, 30 b/w illustrations
Laminated Paperback,
21 x 14,5 cm
978-3-440-17303-9
easy
reader
Your Case: The Spooky Castle
€ 10,– [D]
128 pages, 400 illustrations
Laminated Paperback,
28 x 21,5 cm
978-3-440-16869-1
easy
reader
The Craziest Book ever
978-3-440-17250-6
all rights available
easy
reader
▶ New volume in the series
▶ Over 200 titles available
Peter cannot believe it: he is accused of having
pushed a man from the viewpoint down into the
sea. While the Second Detective is being questioned,
Justus and Bob throw themselves into investigating.
Can they prove Peter’s innocence?
▶ Graphic novel based on the 1st
volume
▶ Illustrations in the original style
of the series
A very special treat for all those who love the classic
era: “The Three ??? and the Haunted Castle”, an all-time
favourite of the cult series, unfolds an irresistible charm
as a graphic novel. Christopher Tauber translates the
thrilling story about a haunted castle and a peculiar
silent movie star into atmospheric and strong images
– entirely in 60s retro style. A must-have for fans!
New
New
Graphic
Novel
Graphic
Novel
Mission Graffiti Code
978-3-440-16821-9
all rights available
Dragon Alarm
978-3-440-17031-1
all rights available
A Ghost in the Desert
978-3-440-17276-6
all rights available
Chaos in Rocky Beach
978-3-440-16790-8
all rights available
in the Forest of Dangers
978-3-440-16689-5
all rights available
Satan’s Manuscript
978-3-440-17352-7
all rights available
Rocky Beach
978-3-440-16562-1
all rights available
The Golden Salamander
978-3-440-17140-0
all rights available
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10 and up
The Three ???
— Overview
The Three !!!
THE THREE ???
Riddles
Escape
Further to the 200 volumes in the series, we
carry a number of different special editions:
interactive titles, riddles, escape novels – all
around the investigative team of the 3 ???.
Selected Titles sold to: ES, FR, GR, SK
Escape
Calendar
and the Prison Island
€ 10,– [D]
978-3-440-17320-6
all rights available
→ Target age 10+
→ Over 7 million sold copies
→ 87 volumes + 31 special editions
→ Each story volume: 160 pages,
no illustrations
An All Girls Detective Series
– Bestselling Success Story
In 2006 we decided to create another spin-off to balance
the investigative boy trio with an all girls trio:
The Three!!! were born. These stories are based on a
team of three girls Franzi, Kim and Marie, set in Germany.
The best friends have solved more than 90 exciting
cases together already. There are special editions
with a first love interest (hearts on the cover), there
are do-it-yourself titles with creative ideas for kids,
cases based on fairy tales, topological titles set in big
cities, and many more…
Kategorie
Brainteasers with Justus
Jonas
978-3-440-17330-5
all rights available
The Crazy Professor
978-3-440-16288-0
all rights available
And the Train to Hell
978-3-440-16720-5R
all rights available
The Strange Calendar
2023
978-3-440-17493-7
all rights available
Graphic
Novel
Graphic
Novel
And the Crystal Skull
978-3-440-16687-1
all rights available
The Ruby’s Curse
978-3-440-17173-8
all rights available
The Snake Ritual
978-3-440-16298-9
all rights available
The Village of Devils
978-3-440-15471-7
all rights available
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Original Series
Spin-off Travel Series

The Three !!! - New Titles
New
New
The Three !!!
10 and up
— Overview
10 and up
The Kategorie Three !!!
Further to the 90 volumes in the series, we offer
our special TRAVEL EDITION, which includes
information on favorite travel locations as well
as an exciting story around the team of the 3 !!!.
The Kategorie Three !!!
Jule Ambach
Eerily Glowing Sea
Febuary 2022
€ 11,– [D]
160 pages,
Laminated paperback, 14.5 x 21 cm
978-3-440-17353-4
selected titles sold: Fr
Ann-Katrin Heger
Secret Book: Mysterious
Shadows at School
Febuary 2022
€ 14,– [D]
192 pages,
Laminated paperback with Japanese
bookbinding, 14.5 x 21 cm
978-3-440-17345-9
Thieves, Donuts and a
whole lot of New York
160 pages ,12,5 x 19 cm
Paperback with 2 flaps
978-3-440-17331-2
all rights available
All rights available
▶ A new case for the team
▶ Special edition with closed pages
▶ Over 90 titles available
▶ Several interactive titles available
During their vacation at the North Sea, the Three !!!
observe strange things going on. Someone seemingly
wants to keep away tourists from the little
town Lütke Beach. And the abandoned lighthouse
suddenly sends light signals. What does it
all mean? Will an old legend of a sunken island
bring the three detectives on the right track?
Kim, Franzi, and Marie are “The Three !!!”. With courage
and intelligence, the three detectives investigate and
solve any case – this time with the help of the reader:
This special edition with uncut pages and cipher disk
for a secret code invites you to solve the case.
Creepy shadows are making trouble at Marie’s school.
The three friends start their investigation and come
across a strange story about a mysterious treasure.
Now, it’s up to their fans: join in and solve the riddle!
Sabotage, Sachertorte and
a whole lot of Vienna
978-3-440-17332-9
all rights available
Perpetrator, Tortilla and a
whole lot of Barcelona
978-3-440-16529-4
all rights available
Crime Scence, Tea and a
whole lot of London
978-3-440-16530-0
all rights available
Chaos, Currywurst and a
whole lot of Berlin
978-3-440-16531-7
all rights available
DIY
title
New
New
Betrayal, Baguette and a
whole lot of Paris
978-3-440-16532-4
all rights available
Spies, Spaghetti and a
whole lot of Venice
978-3-440-17146-2
all rights available
Crooks, Gouda and a whole
lot of Amsterdam
978-3-440-17151-6
all rights available
Endangered Paradise
978-3-440-17077-9
all rights available
Trap in the old Cinema
978-3-440-17354-1
all rights available
Adventure Kisses
978-3-440-17081-6
all rights available
Secret Book: The
Mystery of the Owls
978-3-440-17086-1
all rights available
Secret Book:
Heavenly Signs
978-3-440-16807-3
all rights available
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preschool
#
1 Escape Game
Brand in Germany
EXIT – Kids Titles
New
8 and up
Kategorie
What:
→ Wide range of escape games and escape crimes
in novel format.
→ Different levels of difficulty, highly interactive.
→ Need to be solved by cutting, folding, puzzling.
→ Can be played and read only once.
Inka & Markus Brand,
Jens Baumeister
The Trace in the Mirror
March 2022
€ 16,– [D]
176 pages, 30 coloured illustrations
Paperback with 2 flaps, 21.5 x 15.2 cm
978-3-440-17355-8
Selected Titles sold to: CZ, FI, FR, HU, IT,
JP, GR, PL
Kategorie EXIT
→ Sold over 8.4 Mio
games in 2020
Winner Games Awards
#1 of German ESCAPE
games & titles
→ Sold over 1/4 Mio books
→ Different Levels of
difficulty:
Kids
▶ Another Escape Adventure for kids to
solve
▶ Each adventure with a new team and
story
Lili is 10 years old and has the most brilliant home: a
hotel in the mountains. But her parents have financial
problems, and only the secret heirlooms of her greatgreat-grandfather
can save the hotel from having to be
sold. Together with her friends Sia and Oskar, Lili begins
searching for the lost heritage. Clues can be hidden
anywhere in the book; you have to find creative solutions.
Cutting out, drawing, folding – anything is permitted.
Inka and Markus Brand are international
stars in the game scene – their creations
have enthralled many kids, families and
adults around the globe. They have created
the EXIT games brand and many other
award-winning games. They live with their
kids in Gummersbach, Germany.
Jens Baumeister knew as a child that he
wanted to write books. As an adult, he has
worked as screenwriter for TV series for
several years and nowadays, he lives as an
author in Berlin. He has already published
many stories in many different types of
media but he likes writing children’s books
most of all.
Beginners
Advanced
14
Professional
The Baffling Bank
Robbery
978-3-440-17131-8
The Secret Treasure
978-3-440-16663-5
The Pirates‘ Mystery
978-3-440-16899-8
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Wir müssen
die richtige Zahlenkombination
finden.
Angeblich
schnappt das Schloss
bei einer falschen Kombination
ein und lässt sich
wochenlang nicht
bewegen.
Keine Ahnung —
aber es muss Hinweise
geben, die uns helfen
können …
Und wo
kriegen wir die
Kombination
her?
Kannst du Tina, Yannik und Eli helfen die
Tür zu öffnen? Dafür musst du dir diese
Seite noch einmal ganz genau ansehen. Die
Tür gibt dir einen ersten Tipp, was wich tig
ist. Gib anschließend die richtige Lösung
auf deinen Decodierstreifen ein.
Sehr witzig.
Sollen wir den Code
ausprobieren?
0 1 8 0 1 9
Das
haben Rätsel
so an sich.
Wenn man’s
kapiert hat, ist
es gar nicht so
schwer.
EXIT
EXIT
12 and up
— Overview — O verview
14 and up
EXIT
For readers aged 12 and older we have a
growing selection of EXIT novels available.
Print: 4c. Difficulty level: from beginners
to advanced regarding the riddles.
Graphic
Novel
Homepage
required
EXIT
Selected Titles sold to: CZ, FI,
FR, HU, IT, JP, GR, PL
For readers aged 14 and older we have one
other type of Escape books: our black and white
riddle titles that require a homepage to solve
the codes. The level is mostly quite difficult.
The Woman in the Mist
€ 16,– [D],128 pages
250 coloured illustrations
Flap brochure 17 x 24 cm
978-3-440-17165-3
Level 6
144 pages,
Brochure 14,1 x 21,6 cm
70 b/w illustrations
978-3-440-17141-7
The Basement of Secrets
978-3-440-15697-1
The Hospital of Shadows
978-3-440-17022-9
The Hidden City
978-3-440-16255-2
Diary No. 29
978-3-440-16037-4
Diary of Time
978-3-440-16556-0
Logbook 1907
978-3-440-16324-5
all
ages
Over
250.000
copies
sold overall
The Fair of Fear
978-3-440-16251-4
Advent Calendar: Disaster
at the North Pole
978-3-440-17214-8
The Ryan Creed Case
978-3-440-17221-6
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Our Recommendations
Our Agents Abroad
Here is a wonderful title on how to make
fire, including the necessary safety instructions,
the best materials and also the
most important rules to making fire.
Thanks goes to our agents abroad*:
Exit – there are many individual titles to
choose rom. Here is our newest title for
kids aged 8+ where the reader must solve
a number of puzzles to get to continue the
story.
Andor Junior – This is second volume to
our exiting adventure story around the
medieval and mystical land of Andor.
Jens Baumeister has created the perfect
backstory to the kids games.
China
Hercules Business & Culture GmbH
Mr. Hongjun Cai
cai@hercules-book.de
+49 6101 407 921
France
Leor Agency
Ms. Yannaelle Boucher
yannaelle@leor.bzh
+33 7 67 69 39 13
Hungary
Balla Literary Agency
Ms. Rita Tillai
ballalit@ballalit.hu
+36 1 462 0880
Japan
Meike Marx, Literary Agent
Ms. Meike Marx
Meike.marx@gol.com
+81 16 42 51 466
Netherlands
Ms. Marianne Schönbach Literary Agency bv
Ms Roos Vroonhof
r.vroonhof@schonbach.nl
+31 20 62 000 20
Russia + Ukraine
Maria Schliesser Literary Agent
Ms. Maria Schliesser
schliesser.maria@gmail.com
Spanien + Portugal
ST&A Literary Agency
Ms. Susanne Theune
susanne.theune@stasociados.com
+34 6293 88043
*some territories may have additional representation, please inquire
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