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German reading session cancelled

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James Krüss Tower reopened with new exhibition

James Krüss Tower

Woltz: ©Merlijn Doomernik / Kluitmann: ©Luc Nijenhuis (2)

Reading for Grad 6 to 8

Reading with Anna Woltz "De spin en de sleutel"

Jella-Lepman-Saal

Ceremonial Event

James Krüss Prize 2026

Jella-Lepman-Hall

(c) Conrad Piepenburg

Anniversary Conference

100 Years of James Krüss: Narratives and Perspectives on the Work and Author in the Context of History, Language and the Arts

CS-Hall (International Youth Library) & Studio Stage (LMU Munich)

Czech children's literature at the IJB

"Sauber abg’czeckt!" A reading with Ondřej Buddeus

for school classes/ Jella-Lepman-Haal

(c) Stiftung Internationale Jugendbibliothek

Permanent Exhibition

James Krüss Tower

The permanent exhibition, which has been completely redesigned and revised with new content, is dedicated to the life and work of James Krüss and illustrates how closely his biography was linked to [...]

© Sara Lundberg, 2024

16. Feb 26 - 6. Sep 26

Exhibition

Down by the river

The river in current picture books around the world All over the world, rivers shape the landscape they cross. From their source to their mouth, the Amazon, Danube, Mekong, Mississippi, Murray and [...]

© Chris Riddell, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2007

31. Oct 25 - 31. Oct 26

Exhibition

Crazy machines!? Vehicles, robots, and other incredible inventions

Children's literature is full of funny inventions and fantastic machines: There is the excessive-heat-school-closure-regulator, flying bicycles or the good-morning wake-up machine of the two Finnish [...]

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