Founded in 1863 by Friedrich Loewe, Loewe Verlag had, by the beginning of the twentieth century, become one of the best-known German publishers of children’s books. In 1965, the bookseller Adolf Gondrom bought Loewe Verlag and moved the publishing house to Bayreuth. Due to ill health, however, Gondrom was unable to run the business for more than a few months. That same year his son Volker Gondrom took over the management of the publishing house. Under his leadership, Loewe acquired its present identity and developed steadily into one of the leading publishers of children’s and young adult books in the German-speaking world. His son Christoph Gondrom joined the company in April 2012 as the third generation of the Gondrom family. Since 1. July 2016 he is in charge of the management of Loewe Verlag.
In 1975 Loewe launched a differentiated reading promotion program with the aim of instilling a love of reading even in the youngest children. With this concept for encouraging children to learn to read – above all with the well-known ›Leselöwen‹ series – Loewe not only became a trailblazer in first reading literature but, remains market leader in this category until today. In June 2017 Loewe has started a new concept for encouraging children to learn to read in three stages, adjusted to current reading behaviors and educational guidelines. Over 300 first reading titles are currently available. Besides the ›Leselöwen‹ the warm-hearted tales about the smart meerkat Tafiti inspire children aged 5 years and older.
The main elements of the Loewe program include successful series such as ›Lola‹ by Isabel Abedi and ›Die Vampirschwestern‹ (›The Vampire Sisters‹) by Franziska Gehm, both of which have been made into films. ›Das magische Baumhaus‹ (›The Magic Tree House‹) delights both boys and girls, something just a few other children’s book series have achieved. Loewe’s children’s book program stands for originality, stirring plots and likeable characters such as Frauke Scheunemann’s »Winston«, Sonja Kaiblinger’s »Scary Harry« and Irmgard Kramer’s »Sunny Valentine«.
With Ursula Poznanski, Loewe has not only a German Children’s Literature Award winner in its program, but also one of the most successful writers of recent years. »Erebos«, »Layers« and »Elanus« are gripping thrillers, as many readers have testified. Ursula Poznanski hit the 1st place on Spiegel bestseller list with her 2017 novel »Aquila«. And her latest work »Thalamus« also made it directly to first place on YA bestseller list. A further »literary treat« (dpa) in Loewe’s program is Derek Landy’s ›Skulduggery Pleasant‹ series with fans all over the world.
Football is not only about sports. It is about becoming involved in a team and in society. About not giving up. About succeeding as a team.
Team sports have an integrative power that have no equal. Multiculturalism is common and widely accepted in our National Teams. This signal effect spreads into society and we can support that with publishing books that children want to read.
NO TO RACISM in 64 pages
A stunning board book about interesting processes that happen inside the body.
It’s okay to do things your way! The perfect Easter gift for little rabbit fans and friends.
First reading books of Tafiti’s adventures have sold more than 170.000 copies since 2013.
Now, a Picture book adresses to younger fans of the brave meerkat. Julia Boehme tells an atmospheric bedtime story set in the African steppe with participation elements. Can you help Tafiti find his favourite pillow?
Pepper is skeptical about the end of summer – will school be as much fun as kindergarten? Also, his future teacher Lina Kaminzki is getting nervous: Will her first pupils be little monsters? And what has the butcher to do with all of this? The start of a new funny series!
Irmgard Kramer has worked as an elementary teacher for more than 15 years. She knows all too well about the worries before the first day in school, which will be a simple thing after reading this book within the family!
Spies and schemes in school – exceptionally originial!
Is there something like the one and only love? What if curiosity and desire are stronger than the reasons for being faithful?
A sensitive novel about an open relationship, which changes everything that was precious to Tom and Verena.
A new Coup by Youth Literature Prize winner Ursula Poznanski!
Dorian has been living on the streets since running away from home. Then a stranger appears. He offers to help, and Dorian seizes the opportunity. But, nothing is for free in this life. He is expected to distribute mysterious gifts and soon finds himself being hunted by merciless pursuers.
Is it legit to harm individuals for the benefits of society? Which threats do ‘big data’ and the ‘glass human being’ hold for society?
A collection of thorough, easily understandable historical biographies.
Upcycling with material no one needs to buy. You surely have all neccessary items at home – or you can find them in nature. Welcome to the Craftwork City!
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A baby rabbit is missing, so Ruby Racoon and Panda Pai have to investigate!
Gloria is the first flying female glow-worm ever! Follow her on magical adventures.
Getting a sibling is an exciting thing – but sometimes it also brings all kinds of different feelings along.
This title is part of a best selling series of educational picture books on Emotions and Prevention by Dagmar Geisler, which has sold more than 1 million copies in Germany. Translated into 15 languages world wide, the series is also internationally succesful and well-known.
Lucifer jr. is the devil’s son. He lives in Hell, and one day he has to take over the family business. The only problem, according to the devil, is that his son is still far too nice for the job. He decides to send him off to the land of the living – because where to learn better how to be evil than among humans? And so young Lucy is dispatched to the Saint Fidibus School for Boys, where the plan is for him to learn from the mean boy gang how to be truly mean and nasty.
Upcyling with material no one needs to buy. You surely have all neccessary items at home – or you can find them in nature. Welcome to the Craftwork Forest!
The twins Daka and Silvania move from Transylvania to a German suburb. This is not extraordinary except that their father is a vampire, which makes the girls half-vampires. This new
Vampire Sisters is a spin-off series for younger fans of the extremely successful cinema series. The new series tells the story of what happened before their relocation to the human world with their human mother and vampire father – illustrated in black & pink!
Bulli is the world’s most clever pony by far. But unfortunately no one has realised that so far. Then Lina suddenly came out of the woodwork to the neighboring farm. Bulli is immediately completely giddy with excitement and wants her to become his best friend, But... Lina doesn’t dislike anything more than horses!
When Lina’s mum decides to spend the summer holidays in the countryside, the world collapses on the eleven-year-old from a big city. Then even an annoying pony appears that follows her literally everywhere. An entertaining, original story about an animal that most girls love combined with a case for Lina and Bulli, the new detectives in the countryside. An exciting story that makes reading really fun!
LAST CHANCE. Nika looks in the mirror one Sunday morning, feeling rather hungover, to see this message daubed on the glass. Who wrote it? What does it mean? Where is her flatmate? And why does she feel so terrible this morning – surely she didn’t have that much to drink last night? And it’s not Sunday at all – it’s Tuesday. Two whole days have gone by, and she has no memory of them.
Author Ursula Poznanski (German Children’s Literature Award for her debut in 2011) has again produced a true psychological thriller. Written in reverse, the story keeps the reader on tenterhooks until the very last page. Not until the shocking twist at the end will anyone find out what really happened during Nika’s blackout...
Norbert Pautner makes arts & crafts so easy and fun – a simple and clear layout encourages even very young children to explore the world of colouring, cutting, and gluing for the first time.
A fun and active way for kids to get to know the most common Fairy Tales Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel by colouring!
What does the little dog do? How does the fire brigade sound? Toddlers learn about the sounds by pushing the button and listening. The short rhymes are just as much fun!
An utterly hilarious game for everyone! Fill out a list with cool words and put them into the gaps – bada bing – your own story is created. Most fun when played within a group or in school!
A placid farmyard? Not at all! Wool Sheep and the smart chicken Wild Child founded a detective agency. Because there must be some mud between cabbages, cauliflowers and carrots, right? What a higgledy-piggledy!
The friends now have notepads, they read detective stories and already turned the cooling fan on. Wool does a lot of thinking and snoozes, Wild Child trains wing beats – she’s into Chick-Do, the martial art for chicken. To make a long story short: The Hayloft Gang is well prepared to take over the investigations in their first case! As luck would have it, the pigs saw a stranger sneaking through the farm this morning … long, gray fur – that can only be a wolf! Right away, they make plans to catch the intruder.
Did you know that ants can identify themselves in mirrors and dolphins have names? That rats like to laugh together and orcas are true mummy’s boys?
The approach is not only scientific, it’s a book for everyone who cares about animals: “As long as humans think that animals don’t feel, animals have the feeling that humans don’t think”.
“A crazy game” is what Nick thinks when he’s supposed to visit the secret school of the Federal Intelligence Service in Berlin. Yeah sure, secret agent! His father must have come up with that to surprise him. Nick’s father is ambassador and he barely gets to see him.
This school is everything but a funny birthday surprise though. He is there to become an agent for the foreign secret service. Nick also finds out that his father is missing! The danger for himself is way too big now to get back to normal life. Luckily, he benefits of a special talent: Adrenalin-mediated his ability to react increases a hundredfold. First, he needs to learn to control this talent but Nick is already right in the middle of his first mission! And he is in the dark about being chased as well …
Timo loves nothing more than football! But he’s actually not the best player around and prefers to gamble a Football App. Suddenly one of the football pros rings his doorbell. He only bought him on the App though, didn’t he? Now famous Sergio Mavalli wants to join his local team! They would really need some help … but how can they keep this a secret?
For a project, students turn the school into a constitution – every student has a job within the regime or runs a business. As the project takes its course, it turns out that democracy is not that stable, and intrigues, envy, even violence soon prevail.
Nation X deals with faults of political systems, the machinery of authority and alludes to recent social topics such as freedom of press, populism, and the #MeToo debate.