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Luxembourgish children's books: which ones, and how to read them without speaking the language.

By the Kawi team · Updated 28 October 2026

You are looking for books in Luxembourgish for your child aged 3 to 6, and mostly find books in German or French. That is normal: there are not many books in Luxembourgish. But they do exist, some of them can be listened to, and almost all can be borrowed for free. Here is what we checked, book by book, and how to read them even if you do not speak the language yet. This page adds to our guide to helping your child learn Luxembourgish.

Six Luxembourgish books to start with

• De Grüffelo: The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, translated into Luxembourgish by Martine Schoellen (Éditions Guy Binsfeld, revised 4th edition 2024, ISBN 978-2-87954-237-9). Its strength: the story also exists in your language. Read it together in English, Portuguese or French first, then in Luxembourgish. Your child already knows what happens next and can focus on the words.
• BILL! E Mupp, dee miaut an sech villes traut, by Marc Weydert (Éditions Schortgen): a dog who can do everything except one thing, and a story about the right to be different. The publisher recommends it from age 3, and a QR code lets you listen to the story. The book also exists in French, as BILL, un chien doué qui sait même miauler.
• The Lalumi stories, by Paulette Thinnes-Kauffmann and Luc Marteling (Éditions Schortgen): a little caterpillar that turns into a butterfly. The book D'Lalumi a seng Reesen tells three adventures, and an audio CD has seven more, read by well-known voices from RTL radio, 36 minutes in all.
• D'Maus Kätti, by Auguste Liesch (Éditions Schortgen): the Luxembourgish classic of the country mouse and the town mouse. Kätti lives in Biermereng and has a visit from her cousin from Clausen. Generations of pupils have read it: keep it for the end of this age range.
• The Luxemburg Wimmelbuch (Buchfink, published in May 2026, mostly illustrated by Ricco Martini): large scenes of the country to explore, from Luxembourg City to Vianden Castle. You look for things and name what you see, in whatever language you like. It is the right book while you cannot read Luxembourgish yet.
• Lëtzebuerger Wuertschatz: Déierewelt, from the series by the Zenter fir d'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch, the official institution for the language: 248 words and expressions about animals, each with an example, a colour illustration and its translation into German, French, English and Portuguese. It is a picture dictionary for you more than for your child: it gives you the words to talk about the animal books you already have.

For the rest of what is available, the children's catalogue of Éditions Schortgen gives a good idea. We do not quote prices or shops: this guide is not sponsored.

Luxembourgish stories to listen to

If you cannot read Luxembourgish, start with listening. Public radio station 100,7 offers the Kannerkëscht: stories and radio plays in Luxembourgish for children aged 3 and over, with no screen and no adverts, on its website and in its app. With the QR code in BILL! and the Lalumi CD, you have enough to let your child hear the language every evening, even if you do not speak it.

Songs work the same way: listen first, sing later. Ours are in the Luxembourgish nursery rhymes to sing together.

Borrowing them for free

Borrow before you buy. The National Library's Bicherbus runs 15 tours a week and stops in more than 80 towns and villages. Registration is free and done on board on your first visit. You can borrow up to 20 items at a time, for 42 days.

Local libraries often have a children's corner with books in Luxembourgish. To find out where a particular title is, look it up in a-z.lu, the shared catalogue of the Luxembourg library network.

Reading in Luxembourgish when you do not speak it

Tell the story from the pictures, in your language. A book in Luxembourgish is still a picture book. Point, name, ask questions: your child makes the link with what they hear at school.

Listen first, read afterwards. The QR code or the CD reads the text once, then you go back through the book following the pictures.

Pick a story your child already knows. The Gruffalo in your language, then in Luxembourgish: your child guesses the words from the story.

Keep three or four words per book. The ones that come back on every page are enough. To hear them pronounced properly, open our first Luxembourgish words to listen to.

Let your child correct you. Your accent will make them laugh, and that is fine: for once, they are the one who knows.

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