Mosquito Books catalogue spring 2018

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CATALOGUE 2018

Cover illustration © Totem 2018 by Nacho Eterno

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Mosquito Books Barcelona, SL c/ Ramรณn y Cajal 44, bajos 08012 Barcelona info@mosquitobooksbarcelona.com www.mosquitobooksbarcelona.com

CATALOGUE 2018

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We are drawn to beautiful things.

We read, write and draw whatever we feel like.

We smell books, even the ones that aren’t old.

We’re crazy about bookshops and libraries.

If it has talent, we publish it.

Our books are for children... are they?... that’s up to you

Non fiction project Little but with big ideas, we only have two rules: an extreme care of our aesthetic criteria and high quality illustrated books. From here on, we have decided to debunk some clichĂŠs.

If we spot talent and art, we feel that we have to share it.

We want to move you and, since we are pathologically restless, we create books for curious and creative minds.

Don’t let us tell you the entire story.

Become the author.

Imagine and create stories for our pages.

Play with your imagination and reach as far as you’d like.

Beauty is not trivial.

We are strongly committed to beautiful things.

Art, look and style for all ages.

Everyday things are the most extraordinary ones.

We are colour and drawing lovers.

We like turning normal things into amazing experiences that can make us travel around the word.

Disorganization is not chaos.

Chaos can only be managed by a genius.

Open our books on any page.

Put the book aside for a while and discover it again.

Re-read them again and again.

The four corners of the globe are our white pages.

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Bazaars Format: 235 x 325 mm

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Pages: 40

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Illustrator: Beatriz Castro / Author: Mia Cassany

What do all cities and towns in the world have in common?

From the crowed and busy New York to the smallest village in the Arctic, they all have markets.

Big, huge or small bazaars, they are all full of shops and products. In some bazaars you can find the most beautiful flowers in the country, in others you can buy fresh fish to cook delicious sushi, look for the best Christmas present or even buy a sandwich inside the sea... We invite you to travel around the world discovering its amazing and boisterous bazaars.

Beatriz Castro is one of these illustrators who are able to make people, objects and animals so cute you really want them to become real and take them home. She knows how to create the most exquisite atmospheres. She has published several books in Spain.

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Knolling Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Illustrator: Maria Suarez-InclĂĄn / Author: Mia Cassany

What does knolling mean?

According to Wikipedia, “knolling is the process of arranging related objects in parallel or 90-degree angles as a method of organization.�

Over the past few years many artists have based their photos or projects on this technique and it is obvious that knolling has become a fashion term and a super common practice on blogs, instagram and among influencers. And we are absolutely in love with knolling!

Maria Suarez Inclan is a Spanish illustrator based in London, where she works as a graphic designer in an advertising agency. Her way of using colours and selecting great elements is what make her drawings trendy and rabidly cool.

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in English and German

FlowerLand Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover

Illustrator: Luciano Lozano / Author: Mia Cassany

Flowerland is an incredible book about amazing flowers. The reader will travel to 16 different locations around the world learning about beautiful flowers full of local colour. The text will provide the reader with many information related to flowers, when and how they grow, the meaning of the flower and some other interesting facts about them.

Luciano Lozano is a well-known artist. He is an extremely delicate illustrator who finds art and inspiration among the most mundane things and has the ability to turn them into eye-catching drawings.

His books have been published by Sterling, Walker Books, Eerdmans, Solar, Rabem&Sjรถgren, Thames and Hudson...

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in English, French, German and Chinese

Jungles Format: 275 x 355 mm Pages: 50 Hardcover

Illustrator: Marcos Navarro / Author: Mia Cassany

Jungles is the first title of a series of books which are going to have both a powerful look and an incredible content. The reader will learn about many different jungles around the globe and discover at the same time a handful of hidden animals and surprises on each spread. This book is crammed full of details in its text as well as in the drawings.

Marcos Navarro is an awesome artist with an innovative style, which we believe will be the trend. He knows exactly how to have fun with colours and how to make readers feel his drawings are unique.

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Totem Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-948319-0-4 Illustrator: Nacho Eterno / Author: Mia Cassany

This book is a voyage through the main animals in each of the most renowned cultures in history and the legends and stories that surround them.

It gathers, for the first time, a wide summary of the animals that have played a main role in the history of men and women.

Everlasting animals and symbols that have many secrets to explain...

Nacho Eterno is a multifaceted artist with a strong style that can catch both the adult and children’s attention.

He has worked for the NY Times several times.

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in English and German

Streets of my Life Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Illustrator: AgustĂ­ Sousa / Author: Mia Cassany

This book is an amazing journey through the streets of the world.

Each of them infused with their own personality. Discover a wide range of curiosities that the different streets of the globe can show the reader.

Are you ready for an astonishing trip?

AgustĂ­ Sousa is an artist with a personal and sharp style.

His drawings are easily recognizable and he has the surprising ability to hypnotize with millions of details on his pages.

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ANIMALS

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365 Animals Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover

Author: Edward Gibbs

This book is a special book in which the reader will be able to find 365 animals on each spread and in many different and funny situations and locations.

It is stunning how the animals are placed on all the pages and also, there are other surprises to discover.

Do you want to know which animal you are?

Edward Gibbs is a well-known artist with a long list of successful titles. He has published books for some of the most important publishing houses, creating strong and powerful series of books.

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Animal Kind Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 72 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945616-6-5 Author and Illustrator Pablo Salvaje.

Alma animal is the book that we’d always wanted to have in our shelves; so we had to create it.

More than 250 different animal species, grouped in the most poetic way, telling the most surprising animal curiosities.

Each animal is a handmade stamp, done one by one and ink stamped with extreme delicacy.

A unique book in the world, crammed with animals and overflowing with soul.

A delightful publication created by the well-known stamp artist Pablo Salvaje.

He has turned this book into a handmade carved jewel.

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Houses Format: 235 x 325 mm Mia Cassany Paula Blumen

Pages: 40 Hardcover

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ISBN: 978-84-945616-2-7

Illustrator: Paula Blume / Author: Mia Cassany

Cities and their houses are like kids in a school playground: each of them is unique.

Each house has its own personality, unrepeatable and different from the rest. They have a soul, which has nothing to do with their style, their size or their luxury but with the feeling that they make you feel when you go in. A feeling which is a mixture of the house, the guests and the environment. Take a walk around the four corners of the world through the most amazing, incredible and astonishing homes.

Paula Blume is an extremely delicate illustrator, who walks through streets catching the houses’ souls. She is a true house lover.

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in English, French, German and Ukrainian

Harbors Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945616-8-9

Victor Medina

We think that harbors are the great unknown in each city; they go unnoticed in front of big monuments, famous squares or elegant streets.

But we have fallen in love with harbors and we think that they are as amazing as the most renowned museums. They are true giants full of adventure, movement and unbelievable stories.

In this book, we invite you to travel around the globe jumping from harbour to harbour, from the tinniest ones to the most enormous and extraordinary ones‌

Victor Medina has a great 50’s art, which combines the finest drawings with an amazing use of colour to create this personal and eye-catching style.

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in English and German

Full up Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945556-5-7

Illustrator: Miguel Bustos / Author: Mia Cassany

A great book about a little boy willing to find love everywhere who ends up finding friendship. It is not going to be easy to go through the pages of this book quickly.

Miguel Bustos is a big fan of motley spaces. He fills everyday places with funny and original characters. This book is full up in all its meanings, it is crammed with characters, activities, humour, art and stories on every page.

It is finished using two-colour printing techniques. A daring book that will make you want to open it again and again.

With more than 470 entertaining activities, games and questions to maximize 6 of the most important children’s mental abilities.

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Messy Art History Format: 290 x 300 mm Pages: 98 Hardcover

Illustrator: Brianda Frizt-James/ Author: Pedro Calleja - Plom Gallery Press

6 centuries of art history 13 superpowerful painters 2 iconoclastic villains and an adventure with jumps over time Games, illustrations and 13 different adventures to make the little readers discover the big artist they have inside.

A messy route around the art world through some of its most famous artists, full of surprises and inevitably educational.

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1920-2010 Décadas de Arte y Locura

Crazy years Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40

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Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945616-0-3

Illustrator: Gonzalo Muiño / Author: Mia Cassany

This book is a visual journey through the great decades of the twentieth century. On its astonishing pages, while being delighted by its dreamy drawings, you can find references to art, history, cinema, fashion, music or celebrities.

You can dive as deep as you’d like. You can investigate or learn as much as you feel like… or you can just enjoy a visual trip around the different decades.

Gonzalo Muiño is a fashion expert, with an incredible subtlety and ability to put together all the references in one decade in an amazing poster… and he can even make this look easy…

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Manual del Pintamonas Format: 190 x 250 mm Pages: 60 Softcover ISBN: 978-84-945556-7-1

Illustrator: Asis Percales/ Author: Mia Cassany

One of the funniest books in our catalogue.

Modern and street art get together on the pages of this activity and coloring book to make stressed minds relax. With this book you will certainly get away from routines and bad vibes.

With great humor and strong illustrations, Asis Percales is one of the fastest growing artists in Barcelona.

He has a personal and powerful style and many of the most important brands are working with him. He will be the one filling our lives with humour and art.

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(Not) Ordinary People Format: 230 x 300 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Author: Mikel Casal

After the big success of his first book, Frankfurt, Mikel Casal goes one step forward creating the most ordinary and, at the same time, special book ever.

This book is about the people that we see or meet every day, common people with their daily routines... but if you look closely, if you are able to get to know them better, you will discover that each of them has something magical that makes them unique.

Mikel Casal was the best non-fiction illustrator in the Bologna Fair 2016 and he was awarded the Euskadi Award of Illustration 2016.

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Beautiful Rita, Fatty Cat and Rita Bonita, Gato Gordo

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Format: 255 x 235 mm

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Pages: 32 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945616-4-1

Illustrator: María Hesse / Author: Amaya Ascunce

Beautiful Rita is a beautiful girl, but she hates being called like this. Her cat clearly eats a little too much, and the end of the world… or almost… seems the best adventure to be in during a Saturday evening.

A cute and ironic story about the stories kids make up when they are playing.

María Hesse is a well-know Spanish illustrator whose last book is now in its 8th reprint in less than a year.

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in English, French, German and Chinese

Atlas of the non-existing places Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945556-3-3

Illustrator: Ana de Lima / Author: Mia Cassany

Travelling to the most faraway places, enchanted islands or wonderful depths‌ This is an electrifying and delicate atlas that travels through dreams to the most beautiful places.

Ana de Lima is an oneiric artist that knows how to create made up lands where one would like to travel to‌

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Frankfurt Format: 255 x 235 mm Pages: 32 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-939905-9-6

Illustrator: Mikel Casal / Author: Mia Cassany

Frankfurt is a nice dog with an undeniable and impeccable style. He could live perfectly in peace if it wasn’t for one horrible word… but do not worry… everything has a solution and this one was just in front of our snouts.

Mikel Casal was the best non-fiction illustrator in the Bologna Fair 2016 and he was awarded the Euskadi Award of Illustration 2016.

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Illustrated jobs Format: 255 x 235 mm Pages: 32 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945556-1-9

Illustrator: Elisa Munsó / Author: Mia Cassany

Sometimes I ask myself what I should do when I grow up… It is hard to find an answer because some days I want to be in the water, other days I prefer to visit the stars…

A beautiful book with a clear vintage look drawn by Elisa Munsó, an illustrator, graphic designer, gallery owner and creator of one of the most distinctive styles in Barcelona.

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Greta and her lost ear ESTE LIBRO MOLA TANTO QUE VAMOS POR LA

Format: 255 x 235 mm

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Pages: 32 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-939905-6-5

Illustrator: Anna Grimal / Author: Marta Pallarès

Did you know that when you never listen to your parents, friends or teachers your ears start getting bored and they just go away?

Greta didn’t know that, but suddenly, one morning…

Anna Grimal is a young and promising illustrator who collaborates with the most important newspapers in our country thanks to her fresh, Mediterranean and personal art.

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Mermaid words Format: 255 x 235 mm Pages: 32 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945556-8-8

Illustrator: Esther Gili / Author: Mia Cassany

Where do the words that we have forgotten go? They obviously aren’t on the tip of our tongue, so then?

Discover, together with Vilma, the amazing story of the forgotten words and who is in charge of taking care of them.

Esther Gili is one of the most popular names in illustration in Spain.

Her last book, Encantadas, was an absolute sales success.

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Nowaday pirates Format: 255 x 235 mm Pages: 32 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-939905-7-2 Illustrator: Patricia Geis / Author: Mia Cassany

Ahoy!

It is super easy to become a great pirate nowadays! With mobiles and cool trainers, modern pirates can’t get bored!

Arrrrrr!

Patricia Geis is one of the most well-known illustrators in our country and in this book she offers her tender drawing to show the differences between traditional and modern pirates.

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