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BOOKS FOR TODDLERS & PICTURE BOOKS
BE: € 20,00
220 X 250 MM PAGE EXTENT: 56
AND THEY LIVED
Elisabeth Lucie Baeten & Flore Deman
Once upon a time, there was a book full of wonderful stories about princesses who finally get to decide their lives for themselves.
None of them desperate, silent or looking for a prince, the princesses do pretty much whatever they want in these fairy tales.
Ariel does not want to do ballet, but prefers water polo.
Sleeping Beauty is far too tired for an unsolicited kiss. Did you know that Rapunzel sometimes hates her long hair quite a bit?
And Belle’s Beast might be angry for a good reason.
This book shows girls, boys and everyone who reads it that the princesses themselves have always been the heroes of the fairy tale. They star in their story, which is sometimes big and sometimes small. Not as they were, but as they could be.
More than 25,000 copies sold!
Elisabeth Lucie Baeten is a writer, screenwriter and social media phenomenon. Her more than 250,000 followers feast on her satirical videos which earned her a Kastaar, a Belgian Award, for Online Personality of 2023. And They Lived was her book debut.
Flore Deman is an award-winning illustrator with a versatile portfolio. Her delicate, playful drawings are invariably spiced up with a splash of color and gently draw the viewer into the heart of the story.
AND THEY STILL LIVED
Elisabeth Lucie Baeten & Flore Deman
Did you know that Cinderella is much more than just sweet and nice?
And that Aladin is afraid to be completely himself? Pinocchio is different from his friends, from head to toe.
And Snow White has thousands of fans, but still feels lonely.
In this book, the fairy tales are wonderful yet real. Never is it said that they live happily ever after. Princes and princesses are ordinary people, each of them wishing for something very important: to be allowed to say what they think, to speak uncensored and to be free. And you get to be there, at the front row.
A groundbreaking book filled with fairy tales for a new generation of children and their parents.
Second print run within a week!
BE: € 14,50
FEBRUARY 2025
HARDCOVER
250 X 250 MM PAGE EXTENT: 32
HERCULES
Marije Siezenga & Oirik
Do you see those little ants over there? In a veryyy looong train? That’s Hercules’ family. They like to do everything together.
One day, Hercules has had enough. Starting today, he lives alone. No crowds, no chaos, no stress. But is that as convenient?
A beautiful picture book about family, being brave and standing on your own four feet.
By the same author and illustrator:
MOON
MY TEAM
Senne Misplon & Julie Vangeel
Lio moved to the big city last summer. Today is the first day at their new school. With a nervous heart and a trembling tail, Lio sets off to find new friends on the football pitch. But when Lio asks to play with them, the children are confused. They are playing boys against girls, but which team does Lio belong to?
In My Team, norms about boys and girls are questioned in an original way. This book is the ideal conversation starter to talk about ideas and prejudices about gender on a child’s level.
Senne Misplon raises awareness about gender and sexual diversity from his expertise and lived experience as a transman. His mission is to make gender a story of all of us. He makes his debut as a children’s book author with My Team
Julie Vangeel studied Illustrative Design at SintLucas Antwerp. She brings to life the most diverse things with her remarkable style; from birth cards to advertising campaigns.
This book is not about playing hide and seek. In a way, it’s about the opposite of playing hide and seek. It might just be about liking to be found, no matter who you are.
This book is about Albert. And about Jeanne. Because if it was up to Albert, not much would happen.
A hide-and-seek story about the power of finding your friends
BE: € 19,50
OCTOBER 2024
HARDCOVER
210 X 290 MM
PAGE EXTENT: 64
RIGHTS SOLD: FRENCH, ITALIAN, KOREAN, RUSSIAN & UKRAINIAN
THE LONELIEST WHALE IN THE WORLD
Kim Crabeels & Sebastiaan Van Doninck
Lilja lives in a lighthouse at the edge of the world. She is the keeper of the northern lights. Her daddy is away often. He measures and weighs the water, counts the fish, animals and plants, and looks for wonders at sea. After each voyage, Lilja is gifted a shell. Her collection grows bigger and bigger. One day, daddy tells Lilja about a whale that always swims on his own. Other whales can not hear his song, so they do not see him as one of them.
When Lilja is home alone once again, it is quiet in the lighthouse. Until suddenly she hears a song from one of the shells. Is it the whale? And is he singing to Lilja?
This classic is an ode to happiness and the power of imagination.
Kim Crabeels writes picture books, bedtime stories, trivia and audio books for children aged four to fourteen. But adults love her upbeat style with a sensitive twist as well. With her stories, Kim warms the hearts of young and old. She also works as a cultural programmer for young audiences in Leuven: a fascinating cross-pollination of jobs in which fantasy and children always play the leading roles.
Sebastiaan Van Doninck grew up in a foster home, on his parents’ farm. He worked on numerous illustrated picture books that have been translated in more than 26 countries and are often awarded. In recent years, he has been using autonomous practice more as a breeding ground for paintings, drawings, graphics and ceramics.
One dull day, Storia loses her cuddly Beasie in the library. She looks for him amongst metres-high shelves full of dusty books. And no one helps her. Because... Shhh, this is the library! It’s quiet here! And stupid, Storia thinks. Until she gets help from the librarian. As Wordkeeper, he opens book after book, gate after gate to magical worlds. Soon Storia discovers that they are anything but dusty and stupid.
Can Storia find her Beasie? And will he still want to return to the ordinary world with her?
A fairytale story about the magic of books and the library near you.
By the same author (and a different illustrator):
Kim Crabeels, storyteller at heart, and Stephanie Dehennin , children’s and science illustrator, join forces for an atmospheric story about a magical place: the library.
BE: € 19,50
AUGUST 2024
HARDCOVER
195 X 343 MM
PAGE EXTENT: 48
AUGUST
Jacques & Lise
August sacrificed himself to live a new life as a hermit serving the forest. High in a watchtower amid an immense sea of trees, he keeps a close eye on everything; problems he reports immediately. The weeks, months, seasons and years pass by without too much worry. Until one day, the trees begin to disappear at an alarming rate.
A unique adventure from an unprecedented perspective high above the trees, poetic and layered, full of meaning.
Jacques & Lise , the duo Jacques Maes and Lise Braekers, are both graphic designers. The nostalgic finds they dig up at flea markets and the many citytrips they make, often form the basis for their designs. They have won many awards with their illustration work and their books have been translated worldwide.
By the same duo:
RIGHTS SOLD: ARABIC & KOREAN
RIGHTS SOLD: JAPANESE, ITALIAN, POLISH, ENGLISH, KOREAN & FRENCH
RIGHTS SOLD: ITALIAN, FRENCH & KOREAN
PIGEON
RIGHTS SOLD: KOREAN & SPANISH
RIGHTS SOLD: KOREAN & ITALIAN
Recent awards and special mentions for the work of Jacques & Lise:
• Participation Biennale of Bratislava 2023 with Pia
• Third prize at the 2022 Reading Jury for Henry
• Shortlisted Lokomotywa Award 2022 for the Polish translation of Viktor
• Participation in the Bratislava Biennale 2021 with Henry
• Shortlisted Paul Hurtmans Biennal 2021 for the French translation of Viktor
• Shortlisted by the Reading Jury 2020 with Viktor
• Premio Rodari 2023 for the Italian translation of Viktor
OSKAR
VIKTOR
PIA
HENRY
DRAGON QUEST
ALDO & RINO
LIKE SNOW IN THE SUN
HOME SWEET HOME
Lindsey Temmerman & Els Decaluwe BE: € 17,00
Hello! My name is Lively Lyn and today I want to show you something. Because sometimes there is so much I feel. Inside, sometimes it becomes a mess for real. But I am someone who like to fix everything. So keep your eyes and ears open. Because right now I would love to take you On a tour of my little home sweet home.
A much-needed picture book about thriving and navigating in a busy world full of emotions.
Lindsay Temmerman has been working in special education for over 24 years. She is also a children’s coach and co-founder of the social account ‘Teachers for Inclusion’. With Home Sweet Home, she makes her book debut. Empowering children to talk about and regulate their emotions is her greatest wish.
Els Decaluwe is an illustrator who loves sensitive stories. She started her career in animation film and after a few years switched to the world of illustration. The love for movement and emotions that she discovered during her time in animation, she gives a place in her warm illustrations.
People stare at me. If they do that for a long time, they get a stiff neck. Because I am tall. Like, really tall. Up to four meters. My height is always a thing. Just like with basketball players.
People stare at me with open mouths. They also get wobbly knees. I don’t see that, but I know it. Because people are impressed by me. They find it exciting to see me. Because never before did they see a giraffe. And that is what I am: a giraffe. My name is Zarafa and I am the first giraffe in France. It is the year 1827 and I am a gift from the Pasha of Egypt to the King of France. It will take me two years to get from the savannah to Paris. And I will do so wearing a raincoat and custom-made boots.
By
the same author:
Barbara Rottiers is an adventurous storyteller in words and pictures. She finds reality a fantastic source of inspiration for books, newspaper articles and performances. Barbara has worked for VRT, the Belgian public broadcaster, as radio presenter and program maker. She left that job to chase her passions: writing, illustrating and telling stories.
BE: € 17,00
FEBRUARY 2025
HARDCOVER
140 X 210 MM PAGE EXTENT: 176
In the same series:
FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE HOOFBEAT STABLES: RIDING LESSONS
Amber Brabant
Evi is afraid of big animals, but her friend Marli loves horses. Marli takes Evi to the riding school. When Evi goes to help at the stables, the big animals turn out to be less scary than she thought. After she tries riding a horse, she even thinks about taking horseback riding lessons. Has she really conquered her fear?
Second part of the series
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Kamiel De Bruyne & Yarne Daeren
Once upon a time, there may have been a man who ate an airplane.
And a cat who became a mailman. And a knight who invented French fries. Or maybe... not at all.
Once upon a time, there might have been is a book with twenty stories that may have really happened at one time, but maybe not at all. It’s a game that keeps you guessing: is the story true or completely made up? Turn the page and discover the truth!
A book packed with stories to fall over backwards and facts to blow your friends away with. A hilarious book for anyone who loves adventure and mysteries or whales who desperately need to pee.
More than 15,000 copies sold in less than two years!
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN 2
Kamiel De Bruyne & Yarne Daeren
Once upon a time, there may have been a man who got stinking rich with his farts. And a pharmacist who invented the praline. And a canary with ten thousand friends. Or maybe... not at all.
Once upon a time, there might have been 2 is the second book with twenty stories that may have really happened once, but may not have happened at all. It’s a game that keeps you guessing: is the story true or completely made up? Turn the page and discover the truth!
A book packed with stories to fall over backwards and facts to blow your friends away with. A hilarious book for anyone who loves adventure and mysteries or Vikings who turn out to be slightly clumsy.
BE: € 24,50
FEBRUARY 2024
HARDCOVER
170 X 240 MM
PAGE EXTENT: 288
A SMALL WORLD HISTORY IN 100 BIG DATES
Barbara De Munnynck & Isabelle Geeraerts
Why did Cleopatra hide a carpet and did Alexander the Great sit in a tent crying? How did Marco Polo end up in prison and Joan of Arc at the stake? How does the Great Wall of China differ from the one in Berlin?
Roll up your sleeves, pick a year and get ready to be surprised. You might know what happened in 1492 or 1789, but who made the most difficult decision of her life in 1633? Travel from the hanging gardens of Babylon to the temples of Angkor Wat, and from the dark ages of the Crusades to the Age of Enlightenment. Along the way, you will meet wellknown people such as Julius Caesar or Napoleon, and meet fascinating ones like Ana Nzinga and Manuele Sáenz. The adventure begins with Lucy learning to walk on two legs and ends when Greta Thunberg takes the floor at the climate summit.
A Small World History in 100 Big Dates is more than just a historical fact book. Barbara De Munnynck tells real stories – with a tantalizing beginning and a clear punchline. Isabelle Geeraerts connects the stories in a pleasant way, and the full-page popping illustrations are the cherry on top.
This history of the world is not a dull list of important dates. It’s a treasure chest filled with wonderful tales.
Barbara De Munnynck is a journalist. She was editor at ELLE Belgium and is part of the literary collective This Is How We Read. She loves funny stories that also teach something. For this world history, she had a strict test audience at home: her three daughters.
Isabelle Geeraerts is a graphic designer and illustrator with a penchant for children’s books. Maybe her two daughters have something to do with that? She prefers to use a lot of color and humor in her work. As long as she can make the world more beautiful.
Het gevulde tapijt
Cleopatra is misschien wel de bekendste vrouw uit de geschiedenis. Over haar beautyrituelen doen de gekste roddels de ronde. Zo zou ze haar bad hebben gevuld met ezelinnenmelk en haar gezicht gewassen met appelazijn. Maar laat ons de deur van haar badkamer netjes dichtlaten! Bij Julius Caesar vroeg toch ook niemand naar zijn tandenpoetsritueel?
Het is niet zo gek om in een verhaal over Cleopatra te beginnen over Julius Caesar. De laatste koningin van Egypte en de grote dictator van Rome hebben elkaar goed gekend. Ze zijn nooit getrouwd, maar hadden wel een zoon. Hun relatie spreekt al eeuwen tot de verbeelding. Vandaag zie je dat ook bij beroemde acteurs en popzangers: als twee superbekende mensen verliefd worden, ontploft hun roem echt.
Een vies kopje thee
Een loeiende sirene, een oorverdovende knal... Er zijn veel geluiden die bij een ramp passen. De hofdames van de Chinese keizerin dachten zelfs even dat ellende muisstil klinkt. Zij waren doodsbang voor de ‘ramp’ die begon met een zacht plofje.
De Gele Keizer, Huang Di, was een machtige man. Hij had vier gezichten, eentje in elke windrichting, en hield met z’n acht ogen streng toezicht op zijn rijk. Als hij een oorlog had gewonnen – en dat gebeurde vaak – maakte hij een rondje in zijn favoriete voertuig. Dat was een wagen van ivoor, getrokken door olifanten en begeleid door vliegende draken en gevleugelde slangen. Bovendien had hij de perfecte, veeleisende vrouw. Voor Lei Zu, de Gele Keizerin, was alleen het beste goed genoeg.
Als Lei Zu een theefeestje wilde, deden haar hofdames hun uiterste best. Ze droegen een prachtig tafeltje naar de paleistuin en dekten dat met porseleinen servies en verse jasmijnbloemen. Ze zetten de stoel van de Gele Keizerin in de schaduw van een moerbeiboom en wapperden haar koelte toe met een waaier. Alles leek perfect! Op dat vieze plofje na...
BE: € 19,50
MARCH 2025
HARDCOVER
140 X 215 MM
PAGE EXTENT: 208
is an author, ghost writer, marketeer and mom
Her stories focus on imagination and attention for the feelings of children. She already has several picture books and a collection of short stories to her name. Jackie is her first children’s novel.
JACKIE
Liesbeth Talboom & Seren Teke
Every Sunday at 5 pm, Jackie has to take a bath. That in itself is nothing special, but at exactly 5:22 pm hell breaks loose. Because after washing, Mommy combs Jackie’s hair. And Jackie has lots of hair in colorful curls that prefer to tie itself into a hundred and one knots. In their old neighborhood, everyone knew the ritual and collectively put in earplugs around 5:15 pm. But now Jackie and her mom live at Grandma Jacqueline’s house while she is away caring for koalas in Australia. Soon, Jackie and her mom get into an argument with an overzealous neighborhood cop who is anything but happy about their arrival. His daughter Odette also seems determined to give Jackie a hard time.
Without her friends around, Jackie feels very lonely in the new place. Mom has little time, she is far too busy at work. Grandma would certainly understand Jackie, but she can not help her from Australia. Or can she?
A compelling story about being yourself and choosing kindness in a tough world.
Seren Teke makes illustrations, window drawings, personalized bags and vases. Her environment is her inspiration. Jackie is her children’s book debut.
Liesbeth Talboom
of three.
WILLE: THE REVENGE ON MISS HALITOSIS
Van Gas & Melvin
Wille’s father has melted. Not by diving into a volcano – cannonball! – but by the infernal breath of Miss Halitosis, a stinking piece of scum that terrorizes the whole country. Wille is left behind, parentless and sad, but with a head full of books and crackling ideas. He ends up in a very posh foster family with a crazy foster mother and three bullies of foster brothers. No wonder Wille flees.
That’s how he meets Imogen, a girl who wanders around in a double-decker bus full of books and has the bizarre (but quite handy) gift of calling off bad luck on whoever annoys her. Professor De Boneir, who can provoke brilliant ideas by first acting monumentally silly, also joins Team Wille. Together, the courageous trio can take on the world. Together they go in search of Miss Halitosis. The freak has no idea what’s coming for her.
Humor and imagination reign in this exciting story!
BE: € 19,50
SEPTEMBER 2024
HARDCOVER
140 X 215 MM
PAGE EXTENT: 384
By the same illustrator (and a different author):
RIGHTS SOLD: GERMAN, RUSSIAN & CHINESE
BILLIE AND HIS GENES
19|91
Tom Rijpert
In the summer of 1991, a boy disappears from a summer camp on the island Terschelling. The search goes on for weeks on end, but over the years the hope of ever finding him again disappears as well. Eleven years later, in the summer of 2002, Basha Berkel is sent to that same crappy camp. On the bus she hears whispers about a missing boy. At the bonfire the ghost stories get creepier and creepier, and above her bunkbed Basha finds mysterious marks scratched into the wood.
19|91 is a suspensul mystery about two summer camps with eleven years between them. About longing for the past, wanting to stop the now and fearing for the future.
By the same author:
Tom Rijpert began telling stories at an early age. Hearing plays on cassette tapes gave way to a video camera, and movies with Lego dolls and friends led to a career as a director. In 2023 he made the switch to writer with the successful diptych The Seven Keys
THE SEVEN KEYS 2: BEYOND THE FALL
THE SEVEN KEYS 1: THE PATH OF THE ROBBER KING
YOUNG ADULT
THE SEASON TRIALS
Yasmine Van Den Meersch & Jonas De Backer
Rebels are raiding the land. Mother Nature has started to Wither. The Season Trials have begun.
Ayla was never meant to partake in the Trials, but after the death of her sister, she is now heir of the Summer Kingdom. She will have to battle the three other heirs to see who will become the next Ruler of the Realm, while still dealing with her own demons.
Valdemar, Prince of Winter, has a heart of ice. His sole purpose is to become the new Mother Nature, for which he’s been training his entire life. But Ayla’s fire might make him thaw.
With a rebellion on the rise, traitors both outside and inside the palace, Ayla realises none of this will be easy. Yet the best things rarely are...
on several projects about books, but this is definitely the craziest one. The Season Trials is their debut.
Yasmine Van Den Meersch and Jonas De Backer are two friends with a passion for reading. They got to know each other through Booktok and now regularly meet up to buy (way to many) books. Together they already worked
LILY: STEEL
Tom De Cock
Lily Rieder-Dubois is sixteen and president of a broken country. One year after the attack on the Wall, all eyes are on her. The path, omens and timing of the Storm are clear: at the height of the climate shift, life on Earth will become impossible for everything that breathes for at least three years. No one sees a way out, but it is impossible for Lily to resign herself to that.
As smog and ash cast a dark veil around the planet, Lily realizes that a solution must be sought outside the New Union. With the motley crew of her staunchest allies and worst enemies, she faces the ultimate diplomatic mission. She must and will find answers and unite the world. A world full of Walls, behind which the most insane things are brewing…
This is the third volume in the LILY saga. In the Netherlands LILY received the prestigious award Best Book for Young People 2022.
Tom De Cock is constantly puzzled by and interested in literally everything. He can be heard every weeknight on the radio and daily puts his soul into podcasts, television and books. He lives with his husband, daughter, and foster son in Leuven. LILY is his award-winning young-adult debut for anyone who is young or feels that way.
Bjorn Van den Eynde is a young-adult author, television screenwriter and director. After studying Audiovisual Arts at the RITCS (Brussels), he worked as a director for production company Eyeworks. Since then he devoted himself entirely to the creation of fiction, as an author for (young) adults and as a director and scriptwriter. His young-adult series Team Mortis has already sold more than 60,000 copies.
CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER 3: DEALERS
Bjorn Van den Eynde
Antwerp-based Nora Zilessen is seventeen and has been dealing since she was twelve. After the death of her parents, it long seemed the only way to take care of her younger sister. But the suffering she has seen as a dealer is now beginning to weigh too heavily, and she decides to quit for good.
Nora’s cousin Younes convinces her to do one last job. Their heist of a drug boss’s errand boy yields a hefty haul, but then things suddenly go terribly south. Younes is seized and kidnapped by an unknown person. Nora receives gruesome messages with evidence that her nephew is mortally wounded. The kidnapper forces her to do as he says, or Younes will die.
Nora panicks. With no one to turn to, she has no choice but to play along with the perpetrator’s horrific game. And that is only the beginning... It soon becomes apparent that her cousin is not the only one in danger. Nora is dealing with a monster that doesn’t know when to stop.
‘Your worst nightmare... that’s me.’
In the same series: THE GUARDIAN ANGEL FANFICTION
GRAPHIC NOVELS
DON’T WORRY ABOUT US
Koen Aelterman
Twenty-something Kobe decides to leave his life in Belgium behind for a year and move to Australia. He needs a different environment, new people and space to heal his broken heart.
Don’t Worry About Us is the fictional graphic novel that Antwerp-based illustrator Koen Aelterman worked on between 2016 and 2024. He found inspiration in his travel story of the year he himself toured Australia with a backpack and a sketchbook. The result is a compelling mix of Blankets and Heartstopper about queerness, loneliness, connection and, ultimately, self-acceptance.
ARLO
Floor Denil
Floor is in her last year at high school and is hopelessly late everywhere. She gets through classes with her contrarian friends Arlo and Sil. One messy autumn morning, Floor’s world comes to a halt –never to turn the same way again.
Arlo is a powerful graphic novel about loss. With her recognizable and accessible style and language, Floor Denil created an autobiographical debut that gets under your skin and touches your heart.
BE: € 24,50
NOVEMBER 2023
PAPERBACK
150 X 220 MM
PAGE EXTENT: 248
ARAYA
Christina De Witte
After the death of her father, 20-year-old Araya sees no other option than to go live with her mother in Thailand. Only: she has never been there before.
In Araya, the eponymous character sets out to find herself in a country that is completely foreign to her, where she does not speak the language and has no friends. Until she meets Mariko, who drags her into the underground youth culture of bustling Bangkok. Their friendship soon means the world to Araya, until it suddenly collapses.
Araya is a modern coming-of-age story about (self-)love in a constantly changing world, true friendship, a complex maternal bond, and fighting for what you believe in.
EDUCATION & PSYCHOLOGY
BE: € 27,50
DECEMBER 2023
PAPERBACK
170 X 240 MM PAGE EXTENT: 220 RIGHTS SOLD: DANISH
In the same series:
WHAT REALLY WORKS FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE HIGHLY ANXIOUS
Wendy de Pree & Inge Voets
This is a practical guide in which you discover what anxiety can do to children and to you, the ten things these children need the most, and how you can support and guide them in these needs. The book offers concrete tools and simple strategies, so that as a (grand)parent, teacher, therapist, or counsellor, you can find out what really helps the child to be more (self-)confident in life.
The child’s relationship with the adult is the main focus, because children learn primarily by imitation and experience. By investing in the connection, tranquility and your own relationship with fear, the child will feel free to face its own fears. It can then move forward towards a meaningful life, with its fear under control.
What Really Works aims to support parents, teachers, therapists, … in addressing socio-emotional issues and challenges with children. Each guide: – starts from a clear description of the issue or challenge (e.g. ADHD, AUTISM, being highly gifted or very anxious), – identifies the 10 most important needs of a child with this challenge, – shows you how to recognize these needs in behavior, – and offers concrete tools and strategies for dealing with these challenges.
W h At re ALLY WOrks FOr chiLdreN W hO A re hiGhLY GiF ted
W h At re ALLY WOrks FOr chiLdreN W ith A dhd
W h At re ALLY WOrks FOr chiLdreN W ith AutisM
W h At re ALLY WOrks FOr chiLdreN W hO A re hiGhLY seNsitive
SURVIVAL GUIDE: WHAT IF YOU’VE LOST SOMEONE?
Lies Scaut & Michèle Vanparys
Has someone you loved passed away? Is there a lot of sadness around you? Do you sometimes feel sad or even really angry? Then this book might be able to help you!
This activity book explains in a playful way what grief is, how to recognize it and which tips and tricks can assist you in the process. It can be used very widely and provides the necessary language and tools to talk about loss. As a result, children will learn to feel okay again, cope with everyday challenges and come to terms with the immense grief of losing a loved one.
The survival guides are activity books that support children dealing with difficult emotional problems or challenges. These guides explain the issue in a clear way and offer tips and tricks to use at school and at home. With these activity books children get more insight in their own strengths, and they learn to understand their difficulties and how to deal with them.
A lifeline for all children dealing with the loss of a loved one.
In the same series:
W h At iF sOMethiNG tr AuMAtiZiNG h APPeNs tO YOu?
W h At iF YOu h Ave A LOt OF stress?
W h At iF YOu A re hiGhLY seNsitive ?
W h At iF YOu A re GiF ted?
W h At iF YOu A re BuLLied?
W h At iF YOu h Ave A GAMiNG PrOBLeM?
W h At iF YOu h Ave Fe A r OF FA iLure ?
W h At iF YOu h Ave A dhd?
W h At iF YOu h Ave dYsLe X i A?
W h At iF YOu h Ave AutisM?
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Enjoy the advantage of scale with FOB pricing available for orders starting at just 2,000 copies.
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All of our books are produced to the highest quality standards while adhering to strict environmental guidelines. We prioritize sustainable practice, using eco-friendly materials and responsible printing processes where possible.
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If you are interested in co-edition opportunities or would like to receive more information, do not hesitate to get in touch with us. Together we can bring these wonderful books to life in your market and captivate young readers around the globe. Let’s make great stories travel far and wide!
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BE: € 14,50
MAY 2024
SOFT BOOK IN CARDBOARD BOX
145 X 145 MM
PAGE EXTENT: 6
BE: € 14,50
MAY 2024
SOFT BOOK IN CARDBOARD BOX
145 X 145 MM
PAGE EXTENT: 6
HELLO SUNSHINE
Inge Rylant
Who is a ray of sunshine at home, and who is a little bear? Flip the flaps and discover what little faces are hidden behind the pet names.
Super soft and squishy books to look, discover and feel together with your baby.
SWEET DREAMS
Inge Rylant
Bye, penguin. Sleep tight, doggie. Goodnight, big tree. Everyone is ready to go to sleep. Flip the flaps and wish them goodnight.
IS ANT HERE?
Inge Rylant
Is ant over here? Or here? No, there! Behind that bush, black and small. Can you see what other animals are hidden?
Is ant here? is a colorful cardboard book with flaps to playfully discover where ant, snail, owl and other shy critters are hiding.
WHAT DID CRAB EAT?
Inge Rylant
What did crab eat?
A delicious slice of cheese, full of big holes. Can you see what the other animals ate?
What did crab eat? is a colorful cardboard book with flaps to playfully discover what crab, penguin, walrus and other shy critters ate.
CHAMELEON DOES (NOT) LIKE COLORS A (just before) dinnertime story
Lynn Pinsart in collaboration with Vicky De Beule & Henk van der Gugten
Chameleon is different from the rest.
As you can see, he is all white! That’s because he doesn’t like colors. Can you guess what’s in his tummy?
Chameleon only wants to eat white things. Popcorn, macaroni, whipped cream and mashed potatoes. But green veggies or red fruit? He doesn’t want those. No, no, NO!
Take this adorable picture book about positive nutrition with you to the dinner table, because thanks to this colorful story, your picky eater will learn to discover new food. Bite by bite and flap by flap.
A delightful story by Lynn Pinsart, based on a recipe by children’s dietician Vicky De Beule, with juicy illustrations by Henk van der Gugten.
PEEK A BOO!
Guido Van Genechten
This sturdy sized cardboard book hides a surprise in each spread. On every page a series of animals are hidden that turn out not to be who they are after all…
The riddles, sturdy flaps and fun illustrations prickle the curiosity of little explorers. Suitable for toddlers from 18 months onwards.
A masterpiece by internationally published illustrator
Guido
Van Genechten
A non-fiction book series
This appraised an highly imaginative series of nonfiction for toddlers answers their everyday questions. The editions tackle the themes of animals, earth, food and birds.
Every spread opens with a question, and when you flip open the page you get both a fantastical response as well as a scientific answer.
HOW BIG IS A DINOSAUR TURD?
Katrijn De Wit, Inge Rylant, Laura Bergans
Can you hug dinosaurs? Can a T-rex tap its toes? Do carnivores eat vegetables, too? And where are all these dinosaurs actually hidden?
Author Katrijn De Wit, illustrator Inge Rylant and designer Laura Bergans dive under water with the Spinosaurus, pay a visit to the dinosaur dentist, do somersaults with the long-necked dinosaur, and measure the size of a dinosaur turd once and for all.
The fifth part of this wonderful series contains 12 questions children ask themselves today about the dinosaur-kingdom and brings a wealth of fantastic and scientific answers. An extraordinary book that amazes, imagines and expresses.
Now in a brand new hardcover format with more questions than the cardboard editions.
for children to branding for fashion houses and cultural institutions.
with energy and playfulness in all her projects.
Laura Bergans is an awardwinning graphic designer. Her experience ranges from art educational publications
Laura’s style is recognizable
Katrijn De Wit studied Art History and Theater Studies. She is head of communications and marketing of a major international art institution. The amazed view of the world of her two sons inspired her to create the series ‘Wijze weetjes’.
Inge Rylant is an illustrator and print designer. In addition to the series ‘Wijze weetjes’, she has already published baby books and a picture book in Belgium and France. Her projects combine illustration and graphic design in a contemporary way.
THE STRAIGHT STORY OF SLUG
Tom Marien & Eleni Debo
Snail’s road runs straight, dead straight. No flowers nor bushes he avoids. But the sun burns and the road is long. ‘Loosen up’, thinks Centipede. ‘Break free from yourself’, says Ant. But how do you that, Snail wonders. And does it hurt?
The Straight Sory of Slug tells a haunting story about rights and less rights. About holding on. About breaking in and breaking out.
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among others, and has won two World Illustration Awards. When she is not drawing, she is usually out hiking in the mountains or bent over her vegetable garden experiments.
Eleni Debo lives and works in the Italian Alps.
2016, she has
drawing
New York Times
Unesco
Tom Marien is a teacher, alphabet freak and father of two. He incubates stories for small and large children and has written several well-received picture books.
BACKLIST
BOOKS FOR TODDLERS & PICTURE BOOKS
MOLE BAKES COOKIES RIGHTS SOLD: CHINESE
MOLE’S BIRTHDAY RIGHTS SOLD: CHINESE
MOLE BUILDS A ROCKET RIGHTS SOLD: CHINESE
MOLE GOES TO THE BEACH RIGHTS SOLD: CHINESE
MOLE HAS WINTER FUN RIGHTS SOLD: CHINESE
MOLE CAN DO SOMETHING RIGHTS SOLD: CHINESE
MOLE PLUSH
BOOKS FOR TODDLERS & PICTURE BOOKS
SNOW EVERY DAY
EVERYTHING IS CHANGING RIGHTS SOLD: GERMAN
STAND GUARD!
ALWAYS CLOSE TO YOU
THE BIG UNDERPANTS THEFT RIGHTS SOLD: DANISH & ITALIAN
HAVE FAITH RIGHTS SOLD: KOREAN
STAR MOON AND AGAIN TOMORROW
BOOKS FOR TODDLERS & PICTURE BOOKS
MALI AND THE BUTTERFLIES DINOSAURS AND HOW TO HIDE THEM I CAN’T DO THAT, I CAN DO THAT
IN LOVE
FRIEND RIGHTS SOLD: KOREAN & DANISH
THANK YOU
SORRY RIGHTS SOLD: TURKISH
WOOD
BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
BRO’S YOU DO NOT BRING ME PEACE
THE DEATH OF DEXTER DOUWE H FOR HUMBOLDT
FORT FIKTORI
THE SECRET OF TOO MANY TOWERS
LONG LIVE ASTRID AND WHAT ABOUT ME? 4 AND WHAT ABOUT ME? AND WHAT ABOUT ME? 2 AND WHAT ABOUT ME? 3
SEVEN KEYS 1: THE PATH OF THE
THE SEVEN KEYS 2: BEYOND THE
MIRROR WORLD: THE MINISTRY OF STRANGE VISITORS
THE
ROBBER KING
FALL
YOUNG ADULT
SEA SPARKLE RED IT’S DIFFERENT WITH YOU
POLARIS
CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER: THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER: FANFICTION
TOMORROW
LILY
LILY: STORM WE’LL DO THAT
SALT
YOUNG ADULT: TEAM MORTIS
THE ROMEO AND JULIET MYSTERY
CRYSTAL KIDS
THE VENUS GANG
BLOOD LIST
VOICES FROM THE GRAVE
THE MIRROR MURDERS
DROWNED SOULS COLD CASE
More than 70,000 copies sold!
BLIND SORROW
THE SLAVE JOURNEY
GAME OF DEATH
STILL WATERS
THE BLACK SUN
ANGEL OF DEATH
GIRL OF GLASS
BRIDESMAID BORIS
Kim Crabeels & Sam Vanbelle
Today is a BIG day. Doll is marrying Action Man. So naturally Boris had absolutely no time for soccer, much to the surprise of the boys next door. And on top of that Action Man seems to have second thoughts. He kind of prefers... Bear. And Doll? She’d much rather hitch a ride than get hitched. For a split second, Boris is at loss. But then the party erupts...
Bruidsmeisje
A playful picture book on imagination, embracing who you are and loving who and what you want.
