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Why modern children's books are important

Trans-Mama Jenny Willkens explained in an interview with the Parents Hotline that people tend to think the world is "simpler" ( Jenny Willkens interviewed). That is why we are confronted with clear assignments from an early age. But actually the world is much more "ambiguous" and therefore more exciting.

Those who like to read know that books are much more than just printed paper. They form a picture of our world and also of its possibilities. They can create barriers in the mind or even give courage! Depending on how "big and wide" or "narrow and small" the world being shown is.

The parents' hotline has put together a list of books that is guaranteed to be unprejudiced and encourages children to believe in themselves. Children's books with adventures for girls and boys, black astronauts, patchwork families, heroes with physical limitations and male mermaids!

You can order all books from the bookstore around the corner

Various children's books for children from 3 years

Transgender and "being different"

• Teddy Tilly" by Jessica Walton
• "Somehow Different" by Kathryn Cave and Chris Riddle

• "I'm different from you - I'm like you" by Constanze von Kitzing

Same-sex relationship

• "King and King" by Linda de Haan and star Nijlan
• "A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo" by Jill Twiss
• "Not afraid in the other way: A tale from the other side" by Olivia Jones

All skin colours, adventures and big dreams

• "Little People, Big Dreams" by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
• "Akissi: Ready for the cats!" by Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu Sapin
• "Nelly and the little Berliners" by Karin Beese and Mathilde Rousseau

Breaking with gender stereotypes

• "Mr. Seahorse" by Eric Carle
• "Julian is a mermaid" by Jessica Love
• "Real Guys" by Manuela Olten
• "Definitely not a princess!" by Grzegorz Kasdepke

Various families

• "The nine colourful kingdoms. Queer fairy tales - not only for children" by Frank Thies
• "Two Mamas for Oscar. How a wish becomes a miracle" by Susanne Scheerer
• "All family! From the child of the new girlfriendof the brother of daddy's former wife and other relatives" by Alexandra Maxeiner

Various children's books from primary school age

Equal rights

• "Good-Night Stories for Rebel Girls" by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
• "Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different" by Ben Brooks
• "Intrepid" by Penelope Bagieu

Self-confidence and big dreams

• "Little People, Big Dreams" by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
• "The Guide to Self-Love: Love Your Body" by Jessica Sanders
• "What's a girlfriend for?" by Rose Lagercrantz
• "Wild Wilma. Tallyho and Digging" by Jochen Till

Anti-Racism

• "Hidden Figures: Unknown Heroes" by Margot Lee Shetterly
• "The Word That Makes Stomach Ache" by Nancy J. Della
• "The Book of Anti-Racism" by Tiffany Jewell
• "All there! Our colorful life" by Anja Tuckermann

Various families

• "My Two Homes" by Ben Fuhrman
• "The Family Book" by Edward Summanen
• "The Zebra Under the Bed" by Markus Orths
• "The inventions of Titus Knatterberg. The Trojan stink ball and the underwater telescope" by Ina Krabbe

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Published on 23.11.2020