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Children's Books in German print version

Click for our list of currently available books from Amazon and other sources.
Out-of-print books may be found in libraries or the used book market.

• = some of our favorites

Bartos-Höppner, Sankt Nikolaus, der gukte Mann, Annette Betz Verlag, Vienna - Munich, Austria - Germany, 1986
Lovely, delicate illustrations for the well-known Nicholas legends

Becker-Huberti, St. Nikolaus: Geschichten und Lieder vom Schenken, uccello Verlag GmbH und Bonifatiuswerk/Diaspora-Kinderhilfe, Paderborn, Germany, 2002
Book with stories and songs about giving; also available as CD or cassette

• Bihler, Elsbeth, Nikolaus Feiern: Ideen für Familie, Kindergarten und Grundschule, Lahn-Verlag, Germany, 2006
Colorful book with activity ideas as well as stories, poems and songs

• Bohatta-Morpurgo, Ida, Sankt Nikolaus, Verlag Josef Müller, Germany, 1957 (original copyright 1933)
Small picture book by this well-known artist has been brought out in numerous editions, the charming illustrations have been used on holy cards and tins; also in Suetterlinschrift

• Cratzius, Barbara, St. Nikolaus: Geschichten, Lieder und Legenden, St. Benno Verlag, Germany, 2009
Nicely illustrated stories, songs and legends

• Cratzius, Barbara, St. Nikolaus: Reime, Lieder und Geschichten, St. Benno Verlag, Germany, 2006
Poems, songs, & stories with with colorful illustrations

• Cratzius, Barbara, Vom Nikolaus: den Kindern erzählt, Verlag Butzon & Bercker, Germany, 2004
Stories, songs, activities with attractive illustrations

• Erzählt,  Rica, Nikolaus und das Kornwunder, Verlag Ernst Kaufmann, Germany, 2006
Simple story of Saint Nicholas and the famine in Myra

• Erzählt,  Rica, Nikolaus und die drei Geschenke, Verlag Ernst Kaufmann, Germany, 2008
Simple story of Saint Nicholas and the three gifts, making the transition from the dowry gifts to children's treats

Erne, Thomas, Mein erstes Buch vom Nikolaus, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 1999
Board book story

Gsell-Isler, Lisbeth, Wie schön isch doch die Wiehnachtszyt: Samichlaus- und Wienachts-Gedichtli für gross und chlii, Rex-Verlag, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2001
Verses for Samichlaus (Nicholas) and Christmas

Kleissner, Richard, Der Heilige Nikolaus, Der Katholische Familienverband Tirol, Vienna, Austria, 2005
Nikolaus stories, songs, poems, and recipes

Krauß, Werner, Mein erstes Buch vom Nikolaus, Verlag Herder Freiburg, Germany, 2003
Board book with the stories of St Nicholas

Krenzer, Rolf, Das Geheimnis des Nikolaus, Lahn, Limburg, Germany, 1999
Gifts given in secret

Luthardt, Ernst-Otto, Mein kleines Buch vom Nikolaus, Echter Verlag Würzburg, Germany, 2002
Small book with simple stories

• Lüber, Renate, Wir Feiern Nikolaus, Verlag Ernst Kaufmann, Germany, 1996
Delightful illustrations

Mein Buch vom Heiligen Nikolaus, Coppenrath Verlag, Munster, Germany, 2004
Story of Nikolaus with textured touch panels

• Mayer-Skumanz & Herlinde Almer, Nikolaus, komm zu uns . . ., Schnider's Offense Gesellschaft, Graz, Austria, 2007
Blends traditional stories with contemporary customs and needs showing how Nicholas would respond, lovely photographic illustrations

• Mondschein, Helga, Der Heilige Nikolaus: Geschichten & Legenden, St. Benno Verlag, Germany, 2004
Nicely illustrated introduction to Nikolaus with several legends

Möres, Cornelia, Mein erstes Buch vom Nikolaus, Verlag Herder Freiburg, Germany, 2005
Board book with three stories and a song

Quadflieg, Josef and Renate Fuhrmann, Nikolaus von Myra, Patmos, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2001
Nicely illustrated stories of St Nicholas of Myra

Preußler, Otfried, Brot für Myra: Die Legende vom heiligen Nikolaus, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart/Wien, 2004
Nikolaus stories

Rettl, Christine, Nikolaus und Santa Claus, Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna, Austria, 1998
Sankt Nikolaus and Santa Claus cooperate to deliver gifts on Christmas Eve

Schmid, Ilse, Sankt Nikolaus Kommt, ars edition, Germany, 1964
Sweet pictures of Nicholas with many angel helpers

Schmidt, Annie M. G., Der herrlichste 5. Dezember, Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg, Germany, 1971
Sankt Nikolaus has an adventure in civilian clothes

• Schneider, Antonie, Die Geschichte vom Heiligen Nikolaus, Coppenrath Verlag, Germany, 2003
Nicholas stories, illustrations with gold accents

St. Nikolaus, Christophorus-Verlag, Germany, 1978
Stories and songs

Timmermans, Felix, Sankt Nikolaus in Not, Erste Auflage, 1926
Currently available edition of this classic with text and Else Wenz-Viëtor illustrations both copyright 1926; other editions available, including Insel-Bücherei Nr. 420, which has Timmermans' own drawings

Timmermans, Felix, Sankt Nikolaus in Not, Speer Verlag, Zürich, Switzerland, 1997
Beautifully illustrated version

• Uebe, Ingrid & Ute Thönissen, Die Geschichte von Sankt Nikolaus, Verlag Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2009
Board book version, telling the story of St. Nicholas, especially the dowry and famine accounts, full color illustrations

van Eickels, Maria, Lieber, Guter Nikolaus, Verlag Butzon & Bercker, Germany, 2005
Background, stories, information, songs and activities

von Euw, Aloys, Sankt Nikolaus Begegnen: Ein Werkbuch, Rex Verlag, Switzerland, 1994
Small book with stories and rhymes

Zuckowski, Rolf and Julia Ginsbach, Guten Tag, ich bin der Nikolaus, Coppenrath Verlag, Munster, Germany, 2002
Songs for winter, Nicholas, Christmas; book with CD

• Zünd, Monika, Der heilige Nikolaus, Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Wein, Austria, 2004
Small book with stories and rhymes

Zürcher, Alois Albert, Sankt Nikolaus und sein Knecht Ruprecht, Druck u. Verlag, Freiburg, Germany, undated
SNicely illustrated anthology of stories, poems and songs

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