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BORN FROM THE HEART<br />
by Berta Serrano<br />
Illustrations: Alfonso Serrano<br />
age: 4+<br />
Sterling<br />
New York, <strong>2014</strong><br />
40 pages<br />
Sold to Spain!<br />
Every child is born from the heart—whether or not<br />
the mother gave birth to that baby.<br />
This poetic and magical parable celebrates the<br />
richness of family as Rose and Charlie embark on<br />
the search for the child they so desperately<br />
want.<br />
As Rose's dream gets closer to coming true,<br />
her heart grows and grows…<br />
until it<br />
bursts with happiness,<br />
laughter,<br />
and wonder when she finally<br />
kisses the<br />
beautiful face of her new<br />
baby.<br />
First time author<br />
Berta Serrano and her<br />
brother Alfonso Serrano<br />
are the author-illustrator<br />
team behind this warm and<br />
quirky love letter for<br />
Berta's adopted son.
A LITTLE DARKNESS<br />
age: 4+<br />
by Cristina Petit<br />
Il Castoro<br />
Milano, <strong>2014</strong><br />
32 pages<br />
An essential, tiny but powerful story to<br />
make children acquainted with the<br />
darkness.<br />
With simple and neat illustrations Cristina Petit<br />
- in Italy a very famous blogger and teacher -<br />
copes with the children’s biggest fear.<br />
Are those big scary red lights the eyes of a wolf<br />
that maybe wants to eat me? Are those flickering<br />
yellow lights the teeth of a tiger?<br />
It’s just a little darkness for me / And I am<br />
brave, I can see what it is! That’s what Talla<br />
tells to herself, in her little journey across<br />
her home at night.<br />
And she’s right, because there are no scary<br />
creatures in the various rooms - just the lights<br />
of some very common domestic appliances: the TV<br />
screen, the stereo, the washing machine... and in<br />
the end, there is even mummy’s reading light!
OSMAN THE FISHERMAN<br />
Text & illustrations by Anne Hofmann<br />
age: 4+<br />
Rights sold to Italy<br />
Winner | Troisdorf Illustrated <strong>Book</strong> Prize<br />
Aladin<br />
Hamburg, 2013<br />
32 pages<br />
No matter where Osman is fishing.<br />
In the water, on roof tops, during trips through<br />
town.<br />
He’s catching everything but fish.
SERIES:FANTASTIC FAIRIES age: 5+<br />
By Silvia Roncaglia<br />
Illustrations: Sara Not<br />
Children today are more savvy and ironic, used to<br />
the new narrative rhythms and a more modern<br />
language: even fairies can change and break out of<br />
their old stereotypes.<br />
The series Fantastic <strong>Fair</strong>ies offers a new magical<br />
universe where even the old Council of <strong>Fair</strong>ies has<br />
been modernized.<br />
Their organization looks a bit like a business<br />
management team, with a President, a Big<br />
Government Office and a secretary who uses fairy<br />
sphere-PCs: computers that have replaced the old<br />
magic crystal balls.<br />
In short, the spell of magic, mystery potions and<br />
the charm of a magic wands remains, but these new<br />
fairies are the funnier, more ironic and, above<br />
all, more modern than ever before.<br />
Emme Edizioni<br />
Trieste, <strong>2014</strong><br />
56 pages
From Owl Diaries
OWL DIARIES #1<br />
EVA'S TREETOP FESTIVAL<br />
Text & illustraions by Rebecca Elliott<br />
age: 5+<br />
Scholastic<br />
New York, 2015<br />
80 pages<br />
An adorable early chapter book series<br />
for young girls who love friendship<br />
stories starring animal characters!<br />
Eva Wingddale gets in over her head when she<br />
decides to creare a Bloomtastic Festival at<br />
school.<br />
Even with her best friend Lucy's help, there's no<br />
way she will get everything done in time.<br />
Will Eva have to ask Sue (a.k.a. Meanie Meanerson)<br />
for help?<br />
Or will the festival have to be cancelled?<br />
BRANCHES is Scholastic's early chapter book line,<br />
which is aimed at newly independent readers.<br />
With easy-to-read text, high-interest content,<br />
fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every<br />
page, these books will boost reading confidence<br />
and stamina.<br />
BRANCHES books help readers grow!<br />
DRAGON MASTERS #1<br />
RISE OF THE EARTH DRAGON<br />
by Tracey West<br />
age: 6+<br />
Scholastic<br />
New York, <strong>2014</strong><br />
96 pages<br />
DRAGON MASTERS has it all! Dragons, a<br />
Dragon Stone, a king, a wizard, and<br />
magic!<br />
In the first book in this fully-illustrated series,<br />
8-year old Drake is snatched up by King Roland's<br />
soldiers to be trained as a Dragon Master.<br />
At the castle, he is joined by three other young<br />
Dragon Masters-in-training: Ana, Rori, and Bo.<br />
The Dragon Masters must learn how to connect with<br />
and train their dragons—and they must also uncover<br />
their dragons' special powers.<br />
Does Drake have what it takes to be a Dragon<br />
Master?
THE UNFORTUNATE BUSINESS<br />
OF RICHARD CLUMSY HEART<br />
By Pierodomenico Baccalario<br />
& Alessandra Gatti<br />
Illustrations: Andrea Castallani<br />
age: 7+<br />
A mix of text and cartoon – a highly<br />
successful combination!<br />
5 titles available, more will come.<br />
Slacker by vocation, a knight by mistake, the<br />
brave Richard travels far and wide throughout the<br />
county, riding the giant and unruly horse Titan.<br />
Followed by his faithful squire Rosebush, quick to<br />
run away and sit at the table. Richard goes from<br />
one task to another, between unpardonable blunders<br />
and memorable disasters.<br />
Always managing (who knows how) to come out<br />
unscathed, ready for a glorious new adventure!<br />
Edizion EL<br />
Trieste, <strong>2014</strong><br />
128 pages
SERIES:DINOSAUR MINUS age: 6+<br />
Text & illustrations<br />
By <strong>Ute</strong> Krause<br />
Amusing story with a couple of absolutely<br />
adorable heroes<br />
For all children wishing for a pet<br />
For reading aloud and for reading on your own<br />
cbj | Random House<br />
München, <strong>2014</strong><br />
80 pages<br />
Dinosaur Minus would so love to have a pet. He'd<br />
even be happy with a prehistoric fish!<br />
However his parents don't believe he is<br />
responsible enough to take care of a pet.<br />
"I'll prove it to you both!" yells Minus and has a<br />
plan of action: He makes a poster advertising pet<br />
care.<br />
Very soon there are customers lining up at the<br />
door.<br />
T. Rex has to be bathed; triceratops "Topsy" has<br />
to be taken for a walk; and stegosaurus needs his<br />
claws trimmed.<br />
After the boisterous pets have all left again and<br />
he has tidied up the havoc left behind, worn out<br />
Minus collapses into bed.<br />
For the time being he's had his fill concerning<br />
pets! But then his parents appear with a surprise<br />
for him…
THE YETI FILES<br />
age: 7+<br />
#1 Meet the Bigfeet<br />
by Kevin Sherry<br />
Scholastic<br />
New York, <strong>2014</strong><br />
128 pages<br />
Kevin Sherry’s series is<br />
’s next<br />
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS!<br />
Kevin Sherry is a picture-book talent who's making<br />
his chapter-book debut.<br />
Kevin Sherry has got boundless creativity, is a<br />
tireless promoter, and this topic is particularly<br />
dear to him.<br />
Kevin Sherry will have you believing in Yeti and<br />
Bigfoot by the time you're through reading this<br />
book!<br />
2 book series with the possibility for more!<br />
From the artist’s sketch-book
THE SCHOOL<br />
OF MAGICAL ANIMALS<br />
Text: Margit Auer<br />
Illustrations: Nina Dulleck<br />
age: 8+<br />
So far more than 120.000 copies sold<br />
4 titles available, more will come<br />
Sold to Greece and Turkey<br />
A new series for boys and girls about talking<br />
to animals like your best friends!<br />
Every child dreams of having a talking<br />
animal. But who will be lucky enough to get<br />
one today?<br />
They’ll be by your side through the most<br />
daring of adventures – the kind of friend you<br />
could only wish for.<br />
Carlsen<br />
Hamburg, 2013/<strong>2014</strong><br />
224 pages
Gianni Rodari one of the 20 th century’s greatest authors for children<br />
TWICE UPON A TIME THERE<br />
WAS BARON LAMBERTO<br />
Illustrations by Bruno Munari<br />
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 112 pages<br />
Rights sold: English (worldwide), Castilian, Catalan, French, Chinese,<br />
Turkish, Japanese<br />
Old Baron Lamberto is very rich and ill. He lives with his butler in<br />
a villa on the island of San Giulio. He has to reckon with his avid<br />
nephew, with terrible bandits and with a crowd of<br />
people that keep repeating his name.<br />
age: 11+<br />
<br />
Free<br />
for<br />
Brazil &<br />
Portugal<br />
MR. CAT’S BUSINESS age: 8+<br />
Illustrations by Elena Temporin<br />
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 72 pages<br />
Rights sold: Castilian, Galician, Valencian, French, Chinese, Russian<br />
A collection of stories and rhymes about cats. The main story is<br />
about Mr. Cat who wants to become rich. After many ideas he<br />
decides to set up in business with the tin’s mouse<br />
beef production. No easy job to convince mice to go into<br />
business with the cat!<br />
<br />
Free<br />
for<br />
Brazil &<br />
Portugal<br />
THE GHOST GONDOLA<br />
Illustrations by Adriano Gon<br />
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 112 pages<br />
Rights sold: Castilian, Galician, Valencian, French, Chinese, Russian<br />
A collection of stories and rhymes about cats. The main story is<br />
about Mr. Cat who wants to become rich. After many ideas he<br />
decides to set up in business with the tin’s mouse<br />
beef production. No easy job to convince mice to go into<br />
business with the cat!<br />
age: 9+<br />
<br />
Free<br />
for<br />
Brazil &<br />
Portugal
Gianni Rodari one of the 20 th century’s greatest authors for children<br />
TYPEWRITTEN STORIES<br />
age: 11+<br />
Illustrations by Valerio Vidali<br />
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 240 pages<br />
Rights sold: Castilian, Catalan, Greek, Japanese, Hungarian, Chinese,<br />
German<br />
A masterpiece by the great Gianni Rodari, who winds his way<br />
through the vices and virtues of our current way of living.<br />
Weird characters and funny unexpected situations.<br />
<br />
Free<br />
for<br />
Brazil &<br />
Portugal<br />
TALES ON THE PHONE age: 6+<br />
Illustrations by Bruno Munari<br />
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 176 pages<br />
Rights sold: German, Castilian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Japanese,<br />
Portuguese (Brazil), Greek, Korean, Bulgarian, French, Chinese, Hebrew,<br />
Bosnian, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Russian, Estonian<br />
Every night, at nine o’clock, wherever he is, Mr. Bianchi, an<br />
accountant in a company, rings his daughter up and tells her a<br />
story. There are seventy short stories, one for each phone call.<br />
A wonderful mix of reality and vivid fantasy.<br />
<br />
Free<br />
for<br />
Portugal<br />
A PIE IN THE SKY age: 9+<br />
Illustrations by Bruno Munari<br />
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 128 pages<br />
Rights sold: French, Castilian, Catalan, Albanian, Chinese, Turkish,<br />
Portuguese (Brazil), Vietnamese, Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian<br />
Castilian, Galician, Valencian, French, Chinese, Russian<br />
A little town is deranged by a mysterious ‘flying saucer’.<br />
Adults think of an alien invasion and are ready to call in the<br />
army, scientists and researchers. But two children don’t believe<br />
it is an alien invasion and the facts prove them right.<br />
<br />
Free<br />
for<br />
Portugal<br />
ONE & SEVEN age: 9+<br />
Illustrations by Vittoria Facchini<br />
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 32 pages<br />
Rights sold: Castilian, Portuguese (Brazil), Greek<br />
This is the story of a child who really is 7 children.<br />
Each child lives in a different part of the world with<br />
different fathers... Gianni Rodari was the first writer to<br />
tell children about such an important issue as peace.<br />
His message is as crisp and modern as ever.<br />
Free for Portugal
THE ISLAND<br />
OF NIGHTMARES<br />
by Bob Konrad<br />
Illustrations: Artur Bodenstein<br />
age: 9+<br />
Recommended by<br />
Arena Verlag<br />
Würzburg, <strong>2014</strong><br />
200 pages<br />
A debut that turns any child’s room into an adventure<br />
zone! An incredibly exciting and hilariously funny journey<br />
into the land of nightmares.<br />
A strange city constructed like a maze, neither built by<br />
humans nor built for human residents, a boiling abyss and<br />
a girl with glass marble eyes – what a nightmare!<br />
Unfortunately, it comes true for Rocky when he lands on<br />
the Island of Nightmares one night.<br />
There he runs into weird guys with small horns on their<br />
heads, bears ready to attack and nightmarish creatures<br />
with hundreds of eyes.<br />
To make things worse: He will have to overcome his<br />
greatest fear to get away from there!
BOMBAY BLUES<br />
age: 13+<br />
by Tanuja Desai Hidier<br />
fictious cover<br />
The long-anticipated sequel to Tanuja<br />
Desai Hidier's groundbreaking BORN CONFUSED!<br />
Scholastic<br />
New York, <strong>2014</strong><br />
320 pages<br />
In BORN CONFUSED, Indian-American just-turned-seventeenyear-old<br />
Dimple Rohitbhai Lala found love, friendship,<br />
art--and home--where she least expected it.<br />
But a lot's gone on in the years that have followed. And<br />
what happens if what you thought you wanted wasn't what<br />
you wanted after all?<br />
As she learns during adventures that take her from India<br />
to New York to London and back, with a little luck and a<br />
lot of vision, the journey home might prove just as<br />
magical as what you left behind to make it.<br />
Over<br />
110.000 copies sold<br />
Foreign rights to:<br />
Italy, Germany, Sweden,<br />
Finland, Norway, Japan
THE DARK KISS<br />
OF THE STARS<br />
by Nina Blazon<br />
age: 13+<br />
cbt | Random House<br />
München, <strong>2014</strong><br />
420 pages<br />
Romantic!<br />
Sinister!<br />
Gripping!<br />
Eerie!<br />
Canda, a young woman belonging to the highest<br />
caste in Ghan, wakes up from a terrible nightmare<br />
and can no longer recognize herself in the<br />
mirror.<br />
It is certainly her face that is looking at her,<br />
but something is missing. The sparkle she used to<br />
charm everyone with is missing. And Tian, her<br />
financé, has disappeared without trace…<br />
Her own family casts her out and has her locked<br />
up. But Canda manages to escape – only to meet up<br />
with Mégana, the ruler of the country, who<br />
suggests an amazing deal. But the price Canda has<br />
to pay for this is high and her search leads<br />
along unexpected paths…
ROAD TO NOWHERE<br />
age: 14+<br />
by Marian De Smet<br />
A story about grief, friendship, love and sorrow<br />
Sold to Germany, France and Denmark<br />
Awards<br />
Winner ‘Gouden Lijst 2013’<br />
Honorable mention at ‘Woutertje Pieterse Prijs’<br />
Selected title Young Jury <strong>2014</strong><br />
Nominated for ‘Boekenleeuw 2013’<br />
Nominated for the Flemish Children and Youth Jury <strong>2014</strong><br />
Uitgeverij Moon<br />
Amsterdam, 2012<br />
224 pages<br />
Eppo is taking a trip. Hitchhiking to France he is picked up by<br />
Tabby, who has her own reasons for leaving home.<br />
Tabby talks nineteen to the dozen; Eppo is an introvert. Through<br />
his eyes we join them on their journey, which has more to do with<br />
what lies behind them than with where they are going.<br />
In flashbacks we gradually learn more about Eppo’s motives: he is<br />
fleeing his sorrow at losing his foster brother, who meant more<br />
to him than a brother. Marian De Smet uses a poetic, pared-down<br />
style, with never a word too many. The two damaged souls,<br />
apparent opposites, reveal their stories only very gradually.<br />
De Smet presents a powerfully developed psychological novel with<br />
characters that stay with the reader long afterwards.<br />
The Flemish Literature Fund grants translation aid
THE UNDERGROUND SUN<br />
age: 15+<br />
by Friedrich Ani<br />
Winner of the German Crime Prize<br />
Winner of the Adolf Grimme Prize<br />
Winner of the Bavarian TV Prize<br />
cbt | Random House<br />
München, <strong>2014</strong><br />
336 pages<br />
A book about violence, humanity and the endless<br />
power of remembering<br />
An island. A house. A basement. Five teenagers<br />
who are being kept there by force. No daylight.<br />
And each day, one of them is taken upstairs.<br />
But nobody speaks about what is happening there.<br />
For anyone who does, they are told, will die.<br />
Their position seems hopeless.<br />
Fear, anger, pain, desperation and longing almost<br />
make the young people go insane. Yet nothing can<br />
save them from the terrible things that are going<br />
on.<br />
Until a new boy joins them who is not prepared to<br />
accept the violence.
PAN – THE SECRET<br />
LEGACY OF PAN<br />
by Sandra Regnier<br />
All age<br />
Funny, imaginative, great dialogues<br />
First published in e-book:<br />
30.000 copies sold in only 2 months<br />
10.000 copies sold in print edition<br />
Carlsen<br />
Hamburg, <strong>2014</strong><br />
416 pages<br />
Felicity Morgan is not exactly what the world of the Elves<br />
would have imagined, according to their predicted savior.<br />
She is eighteen, still wears braces, has no fashion sense<br />
for clothes and never seems to get enough sleep.<br />
Leander FitzMor is the new novelty act at Felicity's<br />
school and is possibly by far the best-looking guy in<br />
London. He is always quick to comment in any situation and<br />
Felicity also thinks he is intelligent. Thank God, as she<br />
doesn't fall for arrogant womanizers.<br />
However, Leander is always surrounded by the strange yet<br />
attractive scent of hay and moss and he looks at her<br />
sometimes, as if he could read her mind. But the worst<br />
part of it all is that he just does not want to leave her<br />
side.
THE ISLAND<br />
by Manuela Martini<br />
age: all<br />
1 st volume of a two-book thriller series<br />
2 nd volume follows in Autumn <strong>2014</strong><br />
Arena Verlag<br />
Würzburg, <strong>2014</strong><br />
400 pages<br />
A paradisiacal island that holds a disturbing<br />
secret, a gripping yet confusing game that<br />
centers around an unsuspecting young woman and an<br />
unscrupulous cult leader who turns out to be a<br />
master of manipulation.<br />
Manuela Martini knows better than any other<br />
writer how to combine exotic settings with<br />
gripping thriller plots.<br />
A breathtaking read that doesn’t lose its<br />
suspense even for a second, surprising its<br />
readers with a touch of eerie mystery.<br />
Welcome to The Island!
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