Backlist - De La Martinière Jeunesse - Frankfurt 2018

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Picture books

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Princess of the Rising Sun Christine Pompei, ill. by Misstigri 265 X 385 MM - 32 PAGES - HARDBACK- DIE-CUT ON THE FIRST PAGE - €15 - 2014

Sold: Spanish (Latin America) At the Hinata palace, it is still dark and quiet. However, behind a window, a candle is burning, delicately lighting Princess Asahi’s silhouette. She has a secret lover with whom she communicates at night. A beautiful and poetical picture book about forbidden love.

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The Princess with the White Feather Ghislaine Roman, ill. by Sophie Lebot 265 X 285 MM - 40 PAGES - HARDBACK - 1 LASER-CUT PAGE - €16 - 2015

Sold: Spanish (Latin America), Greek The Maharajah’s cruel new wife hated her beautiful step daughter. She held Chedana prisoner on an island, pretending she had died. Each day, the princess turned into an amazing white swan and each night she became human again. Thanks to her protector Ganesh, a young boy Aakar, her cleverness and numerous reads, Chedana will manage to overcome her stepmother’s curse.

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The Scent of Tea Leaves Ingrid Chabbert, ill. by Célia Chauffrey 245 X 345 MM - 40 PAGES - HARDBACK - €14.90 - 2016

Jia lives in the Tibetan plains. She accompanies her mother to pick the scented leaves and learn all their secrets. One morning, she saves the emperor from certain death, they fall so deeply in love that Jia accompanies the emperor back to town where they marry. And so it was that tea was invented.

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The Princess with 1001 Pearls Ghislaine Roman, ill. by Bertrand Dubois 265 X 380 MM – 40 PAGES – HARDBACK – €16 – 2017

In a forgotten kingdom on a now lost continent, an orphan princess named Khouniley learns on the day she turns seven that she will become queen once she’s accomplished the rite of the pearls: each time she proves to be smart and wise, pearls will magically appear on her neckless…

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Lucía Johana Dierickx-Brax, ill. by Justine Brax 250 X 340 MM - 32 PAGES - HARDBACK - €14.50 - 2015

Sold: Greek A beautiful Andalusian tale about timidity, imagination and family love. " Mama is so beautiful when she dances Flamenco! " Lucía thought. Terrified as she has to dance in public Lucía takes refuge in day dreaming, wonderful landscapes and stories…

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