Nadine Reitz

Nadine Reitz (born July 22, 1976 in Hennigsdorf ) is a German illustrator of children's and picture books , graphic artist and author .

Life

Nadine Reitz, born in the summer of 1976, grew up in a rural area in Vehlefanz, northwest of Berlin. She studied media informatics in Berlin and has been working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer "after a few professional detours" since 2011.

Since then Reitz has illustrated numerous children's books and picture book series, including the four-volume series Kati and Azuro by Anna Benzing, the five-volume series Mitmachpappen by Sophie Schoenwald and several cardboard picture books with themes from the animal world by Lena Kleine Bornhorst. She also illustrated three volumes of the adventure series on the Möwenweg by Kirsten Boie and the cover pages of the booklets of four audio CDs with radio plays for children by Karsten Schäfer. By April 2020, more than 20 children's books, which she helped design, had been published.

Aside from her usual subject areas, Reitz designed the dust jacket for Biggi Mestmäcker's non-fiction book Umweg Jakarta in 2017 , which describes the resistance and difficulties encountered in reuniting a Syrian refugee's family in Germany. They also participated in the action illustrators for Refugees , in many illustrators on a website people who work with refugee children or children with a migrant background, own designs as templates for coloring, puzzles and learning under a copyleft - license free for download put.

In March 2020 Reitz published her first book as the author, entitled “The Night Before Easter”.

The artist is a member of the VG Bild-Kunst and the professional association Illustrators Organization .

Private

Reitz is married and lives with her family in Viersen on the Lower Rhine .

Works (selection)

as an author

• Nadine Reitz: The night before Easter . Tree house, Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-8339-0612-1 .

as an illustrator

Series Kati and Azuro Anna Benzing

• Kati and Azuro (1): Save Azuro . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-440-15757-2 .
• Kati and Azuro (2): Azuro takes off . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-440-15756-5 .
• Kati and Azuro (3): hiding on the witches' path . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-440-15764-0 .
• Kati and Azuro (4): Serafina riddle . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-440-16016-9 .

Series Adventure in the Seagull Path by Kirsten Boie

• Adventure in the Möwenweg - We are finally on vacation . Oetinger, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7891-0881-5 .
• Adventure in the Möwenweg - We bake Christmas cookies . Oetinger, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7891-0881-5 .
• Adventure in the Möwenweg - We play in the snow . Oetinger, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-7891-1485-4 .

My animals series by Lena Kleine Bornhorst

• My animals: In the forest . Oetinger, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-7891-1438-0 .
• My animals: on the farm . Oetinger, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-7891-1437-3 .
• My animals: at home . Oetinger, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-7891-1437-3 .
• My animals: In the sea . Oetinger, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-7891-1435-9 .

Series of Mitmachpappen by Sophie Schoenwald

• Press once firmly . Boje, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-414-82487-5 .
• Sleep well, little hedgehog . Boje, Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-414-82521-6 .
• Blow really hard once . Boje, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-414-82528-5 .
• Hello, you want to play with me . Boje, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-414-82544-5 .
• Do you want to be my best friend? Boje, Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-414-82562-9 .

Series Mermaid & hibbel by Kirsten John

• Mermaid & Hibbel (1). Just cool friends . Arena, Würzburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-401-60396-4 .
• Mermaid & Hibbel (2). Really cool Christmas . Arena, Würzburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-401-60396-4 .

Individual picture and children's books

• Linda Chapman : Star Foals, New Friends in Unicorn Land: Magical Stories to Read aloud . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-440-15763-3 .
• Andrea Kuhrmann: Lenni Langohr – A rabbit to love: picture stories for the little ones . Tree house, Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-8339-0611-4 .
• Anne Wolff: The school of the little ponies - A haystack full of secrets: Volume 1 . Boje, Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-414-82566-7 .

Non-fiction

• Biggi Mestmäcker: Detour Jakarta . tredition, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7439-2788-9 (cover design).

Audio CD booklets

• Karsten Schäfer et al .: City stories with Harry and Waldemar: Frankfurt am Main . Eulenberg, 2013, ISBN 978-3-9816336-0-3 .
• Radio play series Die Spürhasen-Gang by Karsten Schäfer:
• The tracker gang (1): The secret of the magic mirror . Eulenberg, Nidderau 2019, ISBN 978-3-9816336-1-0 .
• The tracker gang (2): The mystery of lost love: Adventure in Frankfurt am Main . Eulenberg, Nidderau 2019, ISBN 978-3-9816336-2-7 .
• The sniffer gang (3): In the clutches of the common animal thieves. Adventure in Frankfurt am Main . Eulenberg, Nidderau 2019, ISBN 978-3-9816336-3-4 .

Web links

• Works by Nadine Reitz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website by Nadine Reitz
• Profile of Nadine Reitz at the Illustratoren Organization

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry on Nadine Reitz in the catalog of the German National Library
2. ↑ Nadine Reitz. In: arena-verlag.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Sleep reading evening - Illustrators for refugees. In: illustratorenfuerfluechtlinge.de. Retrieved on April 5, 2020 (coloring page by Nadine Reitz: Sleeping aloud evening ). 
4. ^ Sigrid Tinz: The night before Easter. In: kinderbuch-couch.de. February 28, 2020, accessed April 5, 2020 .