International Youth Library

The White Ravens recommendation list and the yearbook "Das Bücherschloss"[3] (Castle of Books) assist in the discussions about international child and youth literature.

Jella Lepman's idea to promote tolerance, reconciliation and understanding of other life forms and cultures with the help of international child and youth books as influential material, was received by the public with great interest.

The international youth library serves as an archive of the valuable and rare collection, as well as a place for children's gathering and interacting and to promote its objectives.

[4] The international book inventories and historical collections of the library are one of a kind and made available to researchers in a scientific reading room for studies.

The library in Schloss Blutenburg serves home to several literature museums: The Michael-Ende-Museum (opened 1998), the James-Krüss-Tower, the Erich-Kästner-Room, and since July 2005 the Binette-Schroeder-Kabinett.