Ueberreuter Verlag

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The Publishing House and its History

Ueberreuter was founded by the Salzer family in 1946. In spring 2012 Ueberreuter moved from Vienna to Berlin. Since January 2014 Ueberreuter Kinder- und Jugendbuchverlag and Annette Betz share a joint management with G&G Verlag in Vienna, but remain situated in Berlin.

Program

Ueberreuter Kinder- und Jugendbuch publishes realistic and fantasy literature for children and young adults. The books aim at girls and boys alike and the program’s balanced to treat all kinds of reading preferences. Most famously, our bestselling »Little Bad Book« - series by Magnus Myst (all together almost 320.000 copies sold) inspires reluctant readers (age 8+) to engage in reading through an interactive approach, witty games and an unconventional structure – to the great delight of children and parents alike. »Little Bad Book« has been sold to eleven countries.

Ueberreuter has a long tradition in the literature of the fantastic. Wolfgang Hohlbein, the master of fantasy in Germany, known for his hugely successful »Magic Moon«. Recently we have published the gripping fantasy thriller »Becoming Elektra – They decide who you are« by Christian Handel, the true master of the fantasy world. A story about Elektra´s klon Isabelle, which raises questions as f.e. Can people be replaced? or How far is too far?

Titles available: about 200

Current awards

  • Buchcover Award 2025 – Dritter Platz
    Gregor Wolf: Liva Bärentochter
  • Der goldene Bücherpirat 2025 – Louisa Söllner: Die wundersamen Talente der Kalendario-Geschwister
  • Friedrich-Glauser-Preis 2025 – Kategorie Jugendkrimi
    Andreas Brettschneider: Die Falle
  • Kranichsteiner Jugendliteratur-Stipendien 2024 – Andreas Langer: Schneekinder
  • Der goldene Bücherpirat 2023 – Gregor Wolf: Etzel Zauderkern und die Macht der Wünsche
  • Friedrich-Glauser-Preis 2023 – Oliver Schlick: Rory Shy – Das Rätsel um Schloss Eichhorn
  • Preuschof-Preis für Kinderliteratur 2023 – Rüdiger Bertram/Horst Hellmeier: Mega fette Beute
  • KIMI Kinderbuchsiegel 2021 – Martin Gries: Das Konsortium oder die ungenaue Zeit
  • LovelyBooks Community Award 2021 – Andreas Suchanek: Flüsterwald - Durch das Portal der Zeit (Bd. 3)

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Almost Like Fancy People

  • Katharina Grossmann-Hensel
  • Spring 2025, 32 pages, 21.5 x 27.5 cm
  • Hardcover
  • 4+
  • All rights available
  • Website

The animals are in a panic: the Chief Inspector from the city is coming to visit because the forest has gotten too noisy and wild.The fox takes matters into his own hands, but teaching proper manners to the wild woodland creatures is no easy task. In particular it is the bear who struggles, as long as brushing teeth every day is not a usual thing to do for him. Chewing with a closed mouth? Not punching the rabbit on the nose? Fancy manners are just so exhausting!Just as the chaos reaches its peak, the Chief Inspector arrives … Will things turn out well?

A delightfully quirky and funny forest adventure about good manners and its (almost) fancy inhabitants.

Kalle Does Not Want to Cuddle

  • Jule Wellerdiek
  • Spring 2025, 32 pages, 21.5 x 27.5 cm
  • Hardcover
  • 4+
  • All rights available
  • Website

When Kalle goes to the park, the other dogs greet him with bumps, jumps, and licks, but something doesn’t feel right. But what? He doesn’t always want to be touched nd patted just because he’s small and fluffy. So Kalle decides: starting tomorrow, he’ll be prickly like the cactus on his windowsill. The others are confused until Kalle speaks up. A story with charming dog protagonists about consent and accepting different needs.

The Dino Detective – The Mystery of the Butt Bite

  • Johanna Lindemann
  • Illustrated by Maïté Schmitt
  • Spring 2025, 32 pages, 21.5 x 27.5 cm
  • Hardcover
  • 4+
  • All rights available
  • Website

Dino Detective Byro, a real Byronosaurus, is waiting for his next case. It doesn’t take long before the Puertasaurus lady Mampi hires him: someone has bitten her on the bottom! Byro is tasked with finding out who did it. He’s joined in his search by Rocasaurus Rocky — though reluctantly. But soon Byro realizes that investigating together works much better! A tricky case for the charming dinosaur duo.

All Safe. A Comic Adventure

  • Rüdiger Bertram
  • Illustrated by Horst Hellmeier
  • Spring 2025, 128 pages, 14.8 x 21 cm
  • Hardcover
  • 8+
  • All rights available
  • Website

Flo is cautious. Very cautious. Riding a bike without a helmet? Never! Favorite word: Safe. During the summer, Flo goes hiking with parents in the mountains. Just imagining all the things that could happen there, Flo of course packs a massive emergency backpack, just to be on the safe side. As the trip will show, that decision proves to be very wise.
And then there’s Kaja. Kaja is the opposite of Flo: bold, spontaneous, daring. Safe is definitely not her word and Flo is very impressed. Apart from admiration there is another feeling too … Is Flo in love?

An emotional funny comic with powerful images and big feelings by Bertram and Hellmeier. Other titles by the authors have been translated into Dutch and candinavian languages.

Magic Island – Call of the Spirit Animals

  • Andreas Suchanek
  • Illustrated by Timo Grubing
  • Spring 2025, 256 pages, 14.8 x 21 cm
  • Hardcover
  • 11+
  • All rights available
  • Website

On a seemingly ordinary day on his way to school, Julian is swept up by a magical wave and pulled into an advertising column. It transports him to the dense jungle of an enchanted island, where he meets his spirit animal, the talking husky Askan, as well as a wild, lizardlike pursuer and other magical inhabitants.Julian learns that four teenagers from around the world have been chosen and brought to this island to protect it from evil. However, something has gone wrong, and one of the four has turned out to be a traitor …

Andreas Suchanek, together with Timo Grubing, is the creator of another successful series, “Whispering Forest”, which has sold more than 120,000 copies in the domestic market and have been translated into several languages.

Beneath the Ivy – The Witches of Silvercrest Coven

  • Christian Handel
  • Spring 2025, 384 pages, 13.5 x 21.5 cm
  • Hardcover
  • 14+
  • All rights available
  • Website

Silvercrest Bay is a charming small town where everyone knows everyone. But as ordinary as the Winslow family might seem, they are part of an ancient lineage of witches. Young witch Marissa still considers her life fairly normal. Every day feels just like the one before … until the day that literally becomes true. Suddenly, the entire town is trapped in a sort of time bubble — and Marissa is the only one who notices. Could someone be using dark magic to destroy her family? With all the power she can muster Marissa sets out to uncover the source of the evil. Secrets lurk behind the ivy: a one-of-a-kind cozy fantasy!

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Contact

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Contact Person

Managing Director/Publisher Georg Glöckler

Editorial Department Emily Huggins, Angela Iacenda, Judith Schumacher, Kathleen Neumann, Cassandra Müller

Advertising/Marketing Friederike Kuhlmann (-31), Ariane Folawiyo (-44)

Public Relations Gunde Dorner (-33)

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Foreign Rights Meri Melkonyan (-25)

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