Toad of the month

The toad of the month is a literary award that (like the owl of the month ) is awarded by the STUBE, the study and advice center for children's and youth literature, an area of adult education in the Archdiocese of Vienna in cooperation with the Austrian Library .

Book price

Above all, children's and young people's books from the last few years that, in the opinion of the jury, have not received enough attention are awarded. The winning books can often be found later on the lists of winners for the German Youth Literature Prize or the Austrian State Prize for Children's and Youth Literature .

Excellent books

2005

January: Sarah Mayor Cox : Robert Ingpen - Pictures tell stories
February: Manfred Mai (ed.): The literature reading book. German literature from 10 centuries
March and April: Hans Christian Andersen : The Princess and the Pea
May: Karl Bruckner : Sadako wants to live
June: Angelika Kaufmann : A horse tells
July: Brigitte Schär and Jörg Müller : The Christmas Show
August: Geoffroy de Pennart : little red hat
September: Nicola Davis and Neab Bayton : The Must-Do Book
October: Joanne K. Rowling : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
November: The Lord's Prayer. Rediscovered for children by Regine Schindler . Illustrated by Eric Battut
December: Zoran Drvenkar : The night my sister kidnapped Santa Claus

2006

January: Pnina Moed Kass : real time
February: Emily Gravett : Watch out, Wolf!
March: Bali Rai : Rani & Sukh. A forbidden love
April: Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and Anne Romby : Beauty and the Beast
May: Bruno Blume , Verena Ballhaus , Quint Buchholz , Nadia Budde , Jacky Gleich and Susanne Janssen : whoever reads is
June: Thé Tjong-Khing : The cake is gone! An exciting chase
July and August: Betty Hicks : The summer my sunflower was killed
September: Bart Moeyaert and Wolf Erlbruch : Olek shot a bear and sewed a hat out of the fur
October: Dagmar H. Mueller and Verena Ballhaus : autumn in your head. My grandma Anni has Alzheimer's
November: Sharon Creech : Lucky with Sauce
December: Heinrich Heine : Loreley . Illustrated by Aljoscha Blau

2007

January: Jürg Schubiger , Franz Hohler and Jutta Bauer : It's all beginning
February: David Klass : When he comes, we'll run
March: Sheila Och : Balaban Neumann, the dog
April: Marie-Aude Murail : Simple
May: Franz Fühmann and Jacky Gleich : A Midsummer Night's Dream. A fairy tale based on Shakespeare
June: Joanne K. Rowling : Harry Potter and The Deathy Hallows
July and August: It bounces around in my head. Poems for children . Collected by Manfred Mai . Illustrated by Almud Kunert
September: Susie Morgenstern and Chen Jianghong : I will work miracles
October: Ole Könnecke : Anton and the leaves
November: Astrid Lindgren : Great-Pippi
December: On the Christmas tree. The 24 best Christmas carols to watch, hear and sing along to . Music by Nils Kacirek , pictures by Franziska Biermann . Based on an idea by Susanne Koppe .

2008

January: Ulrich Hub : At the ark at eight . Illustrated by Jörg Mühle
February: Philippe Lechermeier : Princesses . Illustrated by Rébecca Dautremer
March: Joyce Carol Oates : After the accident, I swung myself up, spread my wings and flew away
April: Heinz Janisch : The gods also love football . Illustrated by Artem
May: Thu van Ranst : raven hair
June: Antonie Schneider and Isabel Pin : Bananas are crooked, but not stupid
July: Annette Mierswa and Stefanie Harjes : Lola on the pea
August: Sebastian Meschenmoser : 3 wishes for Mopsmann
September: Andreas Steinhöfel : Rico, Oskar and the Tieferschatten
October: Armin Abmeier (ed.) And Rotraut Susanne Berner : Alphabet and pencil. The world of images by Rotraut Susanne Berner
November: Oliver Jeffers : The Way Home
December: Dirk Walbrecker and Germano Ovani : Aladin, Ali Baba and Sindbad. The most beautiful fairy tales from 1001 nights

2009

January: Valérie Zenatti : Will you give me your look? A friendship between Jerusalem and Gaza
February: Menena Cottin and Rosana Faría : The black book of colors
March: Soledad Bravi : Beep, beep, beep. The book of tones and noises
April: Stan van Elderen : Why Charlie Wallace?
May: Andreas Steinhöfel and Peter Schössow : Rico, Oskar and the heartache
June: Vera Ferra-Mikura , Renate Habinger and Linda Wolfsgruber : 1, 2, 3 then I ride through the whole sky. Stories and poems
July: Marlene Röder : Zebraland
August: Truus Matti : Please change trains!
September: Atelier community LABORATORY : children artist scribble book. Color in, continue painting, paint yourself
October: Rotraut Susanne Berner : Book diary
November: Holly-Jane Rahlens : Wallflower
December: Heinz Janisch and Linda Wolfsgruber : How was it at the beginning

2010

January: Antje Damm : Nothing and nothing again. Occasions to think about nothing together
February: Christoph Mauz : Motte Maroni. Attack of the allotment garden zombies
March: Saskia Hula and Ulrike Möltgen : At 3 on the trees
April: Jenny Valentine : Broken soup
May: Ulrich Plenzdorf and Stefanie Harjes: Bedtime story
June: Gerda Anger-Schmidt and Renate Habinger : The book, against which there is no herb. Herbs and spices from eyebright to cinnamon
July and August: Dorothea Binder : The Heidi cookbook. Swiss recipes
September: Frida Nilsson : Me, Gorilla and the Monkey Star
October: Wolf Haas and Teresa Präauer : The goose on the contrary
November: Monika Helfer and Michael Köhlmeier : Rosie and the great-grandfather
December: Franz Kafka and Stefanie Harjes: Kafka

2011

January: Alexandra Maxeiner and Anke Kuhl : Everything family! From the child of the new friend from the brother of Papa's ex-wife and other relatives
February: Ole Könnecke : The big book of pictures and words
March: Alain Serres : How to Teach Your Parents to Love Children's Books
April: Rolf Fänger and Ulrike Möltgen : From the beginning of the world. A story of creation
May: The Metropolitan Museum of Art : What Do You See?
June: Shaun Tan : The Bird King and other sketches
July and August: Jenny Han: The summer when I was beautiful
September: Edward van de Vendel and Fleur van der Weel : Be nice, Superguppy!
October: Willy Puchner : Willy Puchner's world of colors
November: Max Lang and Jakob Schuh : The Gruffalo (film)
December: Michael Roher : ... 6, 7, 8, good night

2012

January: Iwona Chmielewska : Blumka's diary
February: Timothée de Fombelle : Vango . Between heaven and earth
March: Adolfo Serra : Little Red Riding Hood
April: Tamara Bach : what's left of summer
May: Heinz Janisch and Ingrid Godon : Rita
June: Susann Opel-Götz : Extra-terrestrial is somewhere else
July and August: Nina Blazon : Wolf Time
September: Einar Turkowski : The Rough Mountain
October: The Wild Dozen : Who Can For Bad Dreams. The Secret Grimm Files
November: Reinhard Ehgartner and Helga Bansch : The little color table
December: Benjamin Lacombe and Sébastien Perez : The Elven Identification Book

2013

January: Gabriella Ambrosio : Heaven over Jerusalem
February: Sonja Eismann , Chris Köver and Daniela Burger : Do it yourself . Do it yourself for girls
March: EE Cummings and Linda Wolfsgruber : The elephant and the butterfly
April: Louis Jensen : 33 cents to save a life
May: Boulet and Pénélope Bagieu : like a blank sheet
June: Elisabeth Steinkellner and Michael Roher : Who is afraid of purple salmon?
July and August: Heidi Trpak and Laura Momo Aufderhaar : Gerda Gelse
September: Saskia Hula and Ina Hattenhauer : The coolest school in the world
October: Dirk Steinhöfel : The children in the wind
November: Regina Kehn : The literary kaleidoscope
December: Linda Wolfsgruber : Arche

2014

January: Mehrdad Zaeri : Princess Sharifa and the brave Walter
February: Anna Czerwinska-Rydel and Marta Ignerska : The key players
March: Claude K. Dubois : Akim is running
April: Christina Röckl : And then the head bursts
May: Ruth Ozeki : History for a moment
June: Verena Hochleitner : The cook in love
July and August: Marissa Meyer : The Luna Chronicles
September: Friedrich Schiller and Valentina Corradini : The cranes of Ibykus
October: Chen Jianghong : The little fisherman Tong
November: Jutta Richter and Aljoscha Blau : I want to go to sleep in the evening. A bedtime book for everyone who cannot fall asleep
December: Andreas Steinhöfel : Different

2015

January: Ursula Poznanski : The betrayed / The conspirators / The annihilated
February: I am me , Mira Lobe and Susi Weigel
March: Kim Fupz Aakeson and Julie Völk : The Lion Girl
April: The Bible , told by Philippe Lechermeier . Ill. V. Rébecca Dautremer
May: Holly-Jane Rahlens : rustling leaves
June: Karsten Teich : Are you looking for a fight?
July and August: Aaron Becker : The journey
September: Christian Duda : Elke
October: Kathryn Lasky : The Clan of Wolves I - V
November: Elisabeth Steinkellner : Rabensommer ; Verena Hochleitner / Thomas Rosenlöcher : The daisy, the cat and the fence ; Kathrin Steinberger : Sometimes life just turns around ; Lilly Axster : Atalanta runner
December: Anthony Browne : Adventure with Willi

2016

January: Kirsten Fuchs : pack of girls
February: Kenneth Oppel and Jon Klassen : The Nest
March: Stories from the Bible , told by Heinz Janisch . With pictures by Lisbeth Zwerger
April: Kirsten Boie and Jan Birck : Everything will be fine
May: Nils Mohl : Time for astronauts
June: Elisabeth Steinkellner and Michaela Weiss : the night, the Falter and me
July and August: Peter Goes : Die Zeitreise. From the big bang to today
September: Aleksandra Mizielińsca and Daniel Mizielińsci : Under the earth. Deep in the water.
October: Tamara Bach : Fourteen
November: Mats choice : Stormland. Volume 1 to 3
December: Annette Herzog and Katrin Clante : Pssst!

2017

January: Oliver Scherz : We'll be back later, we have to go to Africa shortly
February: Carson Ellis : Wazn Teez?
March: James Brown and Richard Platt : The great hodgepodge of knowledge
April: Gilles Bachelet : Behind the scenes
May: Anna Woltz : Hundred hours of night
June: Flurin Jecker : Lanz
July and August: Arnould Wierstra : Babel
September: Nacha Vollenweider : footnotes
October: Anais Vaugelade : I'm building a big brother for myself. How does our body work
November: Andy Lee : Stay away from this book
December: Andreas Steinhöfel : Rico, Oskar and Vomhimmelhoch

2018

January: Carlos Spottorno and Guillermo Abril : The Rift
February: Emmanuel Bourdier and ZAÜ : Hazelnut Days
March: Christina Röckl : Chewing gum sticks up the stomach. Not so true a book
April: Michael Roher : Frog and the adventurous hunt for Matzke knife
May: İlker Çatak : Once upon a time there was Indian land
June: Gilles Clément and Vincent Gravé : A large garden
Toad of Summer:
- Marci Lyn Curtis : That moment, terrifying and beautiful
- Dianne Touchell : Forget Foster
- Haley Long : The closest place
- Jean Webster : Dear enemy
September: Anja Tuckermann , Mehrdad Zaeri and Uli Krappen : The man who wanted to be a flower
October: A hippopotamus is stuck in the lighthouse - animal poems for children , German Academy for Language and Poetry , International Youth Library Foundation and Lyrik Kabinett Foundation (ed.)
November: Atlas of Swiss Children's Literature. Expeditions & Panoramas , Swiss Institute for Children's and Youth Media (Ed.)
December: Joanne K. Rowling and Lisbeth Zwerger : The fairy tales of Beedle the Bard

2019

January: Stefan Klein and Stefanie Harjes : The dream wolf
February: Rudyard Kipling and Gabriel Pacheco : The Jungle Books
March: Sybille Schenker : The Frog King
April: Lilly Axster and Christine Aebi with Henrie Dennis and Jaray Fofana : A little like you / A little like you
May: Annet Schaap : Emilia and the boy from the water
June: Lena Raubaum : Jellyfish in the hospital
Summer: Bart Rossel and Medy Oberendorf : The wonderful world of insects
September: Nikolaus Heidelbach : Alma and Grandma in the museum
October and November: Michał Libera and Michał Mendyk : How that sounds! New sounds from all over the world
December: Linda Wolfsgruber and Reinhard Ehgartner : Star Messenger. a Christmas Story

2020

January: Susan Kreller : Electric Fish

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