OPEN BOOKS KIDS
Book Fair
begin 18.10.2025, 10:00
end 18.10.2025, 19:00
location Frankfurt am Main
No Book Fair would be complete without OPEN BOOKS KIDS, the programme for young readers. On the Saturday of the Book Fair, the German National Library will have something for every young and young-at-heart reader aged 6 and up. The morning will get off to a magical start when Karsten Teich introduces his new book "Jim Salabim" and his brave rabbit Jim. The fantasy theme will continue with Lena Hach's heroine Liv at "Jahrmarkt der Zeitreisenden", while bestselling author Magnus Myst will present "Spooky!", the latest in his successful series "Das kleine böse Buch". One of the late afternoon's highlights will be Flix, famous especially for his graphic novels, who will be visiting the German National Library with his first novel. We will also welcome Leslie Niemöller, whose "Gurkentruppe" has been nominated for the Children's Literature Award. And in his latest non-fiction book, logo! host Sherif Rizkallah asks, "Kennst du deine Rechte?"
OPEN BOOKS KIDS is the children’s part of the OPEN BOOKS reading festival that accompanies the Frankfurt Book Fair. It is organised by City of Frankfurt Department for Culture (Kulturamt) in cooperation with various publishers of German-language children’s books and the German National Library.
The complete programme can be found at www.openbooks-frankfurt.de
Book cover "Jahrmarkt der Zeitreisenden"
Book cover "Immerland"
Book cover "Das kleine Böse Buch"
Book cover "Die Gurkentruppe hält zusammen"
Book cover "Kennst du deine Rechte?"
Information and contact
The event will be held in German.
Venue: Lecture hall, German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
Costs: Free admission
Booking: Free tickets available from mid-September at www.openbooks-frankfurt.de
Cloakroom info: Please leave your coats, jackets and bags in the cloakroom. You can also use our lockers, for which you will need two two-euro coins. Instead of two-euro coins, you can also use tokens, which can be purchased at our automatic pay station using a debit or credit card. A combination of two-euro coins and tokens is also possible.
Accessibility: The area in which the event will be taking place is barrier-free accessible.
Contact: veranstaltungen@dnb.de
Address and getting here
German National Library
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Getting here
We advise you to use public transport.
1 / By public transport
By rail
From the main railway station (underground level), take the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 10 minutes.
By plane
From the airport (regional station), take S-Bahn S8 in the direction of Hanau or the S9 in the direction of Offenbach and get off at “Konstablerwache”. Change to the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 30 minutes.
By bus
The “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek” bus stop is served by the number M32 bus.
2 / By bike
The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main can easily be reached by bike. You can get to the DNB by taking the cycle paths on Adickesallee, Nibelungenallee, and Eckenheimer Landtraße.
Covered bicycle racks are located right at the main entrance.
3 / By car
The address for navigation devices is Eckenheimer Landstraße 165. The building is accessed from the underground car park. The maximum entrance height is 2.0 m.
Approaching from the west
Take the A66 to the end of the autobahn in Miquelallee and follow the signs for Fulda/Hanau; at the third intersection, turn right into Eckenheimer Landstraße in the direction of the city centre; follow the signs and turn right into the underground car park.
Approaching from the north
Take the A661 to the Eckenheim exit, get into the lane for the city centre/Eckenheim, continue straight on to the third major set of traffic lights and cross these. The entrance to the underground car park is located at the German National Library building around 100 metres further on the right.
Parking
Our car park has 100 parking spaces for visitors on the first basement floor.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 6:00 to 22:00, Saturday 8:00 to 18:00.
Fees: 2.00 Euro/hour, cash or card payment.
The permanent rental of parking spaces is not possible.
For on-street parking spaces in the Holzhausenviertel district, the City of Frankfurt of Main charges 50 cents per quarter hour or part thereof from Monday to Friday between 7:00 and 19:00.
4 / Accessibility
The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main has designated disabled parking spaces in its car park and next to the building in Schlosserstraße. The Library's public rooms can be accessed by lift from the underground car park. Barrier-free access to the main entrance is also available from Schlosserstraße.
Last changes:
21.08.2025
