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© Ali Mitgutsch

Open now!

Eyes open! Ali Mitgutsch and the bustling crowd

Foyer & Wehrgang-Gallery

New Project!

Lesen, Reden, Mitbestimmen - Bilderbuchkoffer für Demokratie

©BR/Severin Vogl

Advance ticket sales begin 22nd September

Tickets for NotenTexte: "Pettersson und Findus"

Music and literary event for the whole family

(c) Walter Trier

Second Conference of the European Children's Literature Research Network

European Children's Literature and Sports

Jella-Lepman-Hall

(c) Internationale Jugendbibliothek

Crafting Houses of Lights

Walter-Trier-Gallery & Jella-Lepman-Hall

©Foto:Martina Bogdahn/Cover:Annemarie van Haeringen

Nationwide Reading Day 2026

Jella-Lepman-Hall

Charity event

Going once, going twice ... and sold!

Jella-Lepmann-Hall

(c) Ali Mitgutsch

16. Sep 26 - 21. Mar 27

Exhibition

Eyes open! Ali Mitgutsch and the bustling crowd

Ali Mitgutsch is considered the father of the wimmelbook. ‘Rundherum in meiner Stadt’ (All Around My Town), published in 1968, was his first Wimmelbuch and is now a classic of children's literature. [...]

(c) Stiftung Internationale Jugendbibliothek

Permanent Exhibition

James Krüss Museum 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 [...]

© Chris Riddell, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2007

31. Oct 25 - 2. May 27

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 [...]

Travelling Exhibitions

White Ravens Data Base

IYL Online Catalogue