ttipi agency _ Fall 2021 _ Rights List

ttipi agency Fall 2021

the publishing houses This list shows some highlights among the publishers' new titles. There are many more gems to be discovered in each rights list of the following independent, creative and committed publishing houses.

Amaterra is a publishing house based in Lyon, France. They make a point to create books that will surprise young readers and develop their curiosity, whether it is by exploring technical possibilities of paper (die cuts, pop-ups, flaps, moving parts, special inks…), or by presenting themes through a different angle. Each year they publish an average of twenty books for children. Pleasure and discovery have to be part of every project. Their books have been translated into many languages around the world. Original language: French. Represented worldwide.

Founded in 2019 by Sarah Hamon and Angela Lery, La Cabane Bleue is a French publishing house of books for children from 3 to 10 years old which tell them why we should protect the planet, rather than how, in a positive light.Their books have a singular take on environmental issues, with picture books, entertaining documentaries and docu-fictions, with high quality illustrations. They work and produce their books ethically and ecologically. Original language: French. Represented worldwide,.

Lecturita is an independent Argentinian publishing house born in 2019, dedicated to nourishing children's love of reading. Sharing enthusiasm for reading from the very first months of a child’s life helps them to develop critical cognitive abilities and interpret the world around them. They derive their greatest pleasure from knowing they are contributing to a well-rounded education for their young readers. Original language: Spanish. Represented worldwide.

Talents Hauts is an independent French children’s books publishing house founded in 2005 by Laurence Faron. Talents Hauts publish striking, strong and funny books that challenge clichés. They endeavour to highlight talented new authors and illustrators, with the same humanist values as theirs.

Their catalogue addresses all ages from toddlers to teenagers, with picture books, tales, and fiction, and their books have already been translated into many languages. Original language: French.

Represented worldwide.

Tra Publishing creates beautifully crafted books that celebrate art in all its forms, as well as its creators.

Tra works closely and often collaboratively with artists and writers to create books about fine and decorative arts, architecture, and design that inspire social, cultural, and environmental awareness. Tra was founded in 2016 in Miami by Swiss-born graphic designer and author Ilona Oppenheim and started their children's list in 2020 with bestselling picture book "And the People Stayed Home". They are distributed by Simon and Schuster. Original language: English. Represented worldwide, all languages except for English in the USA and the UK. Victionary was founded in 2001 by Victor Cheung. Publishing and book design has been at the core of victionary's creative pursuit. Since 2001, they have produced over a hundred publications and design references noted for their high standards in visual and editorial direction. They believe thoughtful details in book design illustrate real quality and thus, their endeavour to explore new printing techniques, materials and applications is constantly a work in progress. Based in Hong Kong, their books are distributed by Thames & Hudson. Original language: English. Ttipi agency represents their children's imprint Viction Viction worldwide except for Asian languages and English.

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backlist highlights Yummy!

Who is Meowing?

Hector Dexet-17x17cm-14 pp-board book-pull-tab and die-cuts-1+ Fun and surprising reads to discover what animals eat and who is hiding behind two similar silhouettes...

Nap Time Géraldine Cosneau-19x21.5cm-24pp-hardback-sound book €16.90-1+ Warmth, well-being, the soft cries of grasshoppers, swallows, cuckoos, orioles, frogs... the peacefulness of the countryside in the early afternoon.

Sold in three languages Also available in the same format: Night Animals

- Hug Time - So Do I 20x23.5cm-24 pp-board book with die-cuts 12.90-0+ - Hugs can solve many problems!

- Babies and baby animals look similar when it comes to being with friends, playing, weeing, showering or cuddling.

Tender, playful and colourful board books with die-cut pages for many surprises.

15 board books by Hector Dexet available, translated into 10 languages.

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Bringing Stereotypes Down 170 x 170 mm – 16 pp – board book, round corners – €11.90 – 1+ The unmissable themes of toddlers books - toys, animals, imagination, music... - with a nonstereotyped representation of families and of the world.

Toddlers' books are not exempt from stereotypes: most women are mothers and most men are either absent or superheroes. Illustrations are far from being neutral: colours, symbols, roles are gender oriented.

This new board book series conveys a non-stereotyped representation of the world to the youngest.

- Rock n' Roll by Julien Castanié A vocabulary book full of good vibes! Because all toddlers wildly tend to turn everyday objects into music instruments...

- Cat! by Claire Garralon A story for toddlers about consent and respect. A cat is not a toy and the child gets to understand that the sole proof of love is respecting the other's will.

- My Doll by Annelise Heurtier, ill. by Maurèen Poignonec A child plays with his doll, hugs her, worries about her needs. An old lady interrupts him: "Are you playing mommy?". "No I"m playing daddy" - he replies.

Six new titles will be published in 2022.

- Female Animals by Fred L. A vocabulary book simply showing female animals.

- Revue Parents Challenging genre stereotypes, the content is relevant, the dialogs are genuine and the ending, very mischievous! It should be in the hands of all the little ones and their relatives...

-APGL – Association des Parents Gays et Lesbiens In My Doll, tenderness doesn’t care much about prejudices. 'Dolls would be for girls only'? What a strange idea! A lovely board book, warm and simple that gives a good lesson to sexist stereotypes.

- Télérama, *** three starred review

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At last, sexism-free books for toddlers! (...) a very subtle result.

My Leporello Vocabulary Books - series

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Natasha Durley 128 x 165 mm – 30 pp – light board leporello closing with a magnet – €13.90 – 1+ On the Earth: A Volcano, tracks, a bear, houses... 30 colourful, graphic and poetic images to look at what we see or imagine on the ground.

A gifty leporello format closing with a magnet.

3 titles available: Up in the Air / On the Earth / Under the Sea (2022)

Up in the Air

On the Earth

Under the Sea

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Lively texts, sweet illustrations, flaps and die-cuts make these books entertaining reads full of surprises for readers aged 18 months to 3 years old.

New 2021 title: The Bear

My Little Nature - series

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Magali Attiogbé, Olivia Cosneau 170 x 170 mm – 18 pp – board book with die-cuts and round corners €9.50 – 18 months+ A bright, engaging board book series, already published in 10 languages.

Each book follows a simple story about an animal and is the perfect introduction to nature for little ones. Each page features bright, bold illustrations and includes a window or flap to encourage children to read on and discover what happens next.

16 titles available in the series ill. by Magali Attiogbé: Bear, Hedgehog, Mouse, Cat, Owl, Rabbit, Leaf, Ladybird, Bee, Ant, Squirrel, Snail ill. by Olivia Cosneau: Frog, Bird, Apple, Butterfly

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backlist highlights Head for the Treasure of Dreadful Z! This Way or That Way? series S. Misslin, A. Piu-23x32cm-44pp-hardcover with tabs The third title in bestselling This Way or That Way? series.

Jack and Mary are looking for the island of parrots where mysterious Dreadful Z has invited them. Thanks to the pictograms after the text on each spread and the tabs on the right pages, the readers can choose what's next in the story. 32 possible plots filled with fun, adventures and surprising twists!

Series rights sold in 11 languages. Next coedition for the three titles: Files in December 2021 / delivery Ex Works Poland in March 2022.

Art'bracadabra Raphaël Garnier-21.5x25cm-52pp hardcover-5+ A stunning book with pop-ups, transparent sheet, pull tabs and pantone colours to discover the basic elements of an art piece: the dot, the line, colours, tools, volumes, perspective...

FILAF 2019 Best Children's Art Book.

Sold: Italian, Korean, Spanish (America), Simp. Chinese

Day and Night Outer Space Meel Tamphanon-21.4x33.4cm-Concertina book,7-panel double-sided panoramic scenes-glow-in-the-dark-hardback-6+ Explore the exciting possibilities of life in outer space by taking a closer look at what extra-terrestrials get up to across two 1.4-metre panoramas.

In the same series: Day and Night Rainforest Day and Night Metropolis

Sold in 5 languages

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Camille Ferrarri-24x32cm-46pp hardback, light board with die-cuts-3+ Cheeky Kitty has escaped! Paul and Rita go search for him throughout the city.

The young reader helps them find him in a market, a museum, a cinema, a pet shop, a haunted house… Kitty Kitty is having a lot of fun, and so is the reader through these stylish die-cut pages.

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Once Upon Your Time

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Coralie Saudo, ill. by Jessica Das 220 x 240 mm – 40 pp – hardback with tabs – €14.90 – 3+ A fun interactive fairy tales series: The readers put themselves in the shoes of the fairy tale protagonists and "rewrite" the story as they please. On each spread, they can make a choice that determines what happens next, and find the corresponding page thanks to the tab system.

22 possible plots, 5 fun and unexpected endings!

A great way to foster the pleasure of reading, imagination and memory.

2 titles available: -What If You Were the Eldest of the Three Little Pigs?

-What If You Were Little Red Riding Hood?

Coming soon in 2022: -What If You Were Little Thumb?

-What If You Were Goldilocks?

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Fear Street

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Gilles Baum, ill. by Amandine Piu 180 x 260 mm – 24 pp – leporello board book closing with a magnet, flaps to lift and die-cuts – €18.00 – 3+ A fun leporello book about fears and tolerance. In Fear Street, if you open the houses doors, you can find a Cerberus, a Cyclops, a Minotaur, a Yeti...

A little girl, a little bit afraid, has to walk along those houses to go to her grandpa's. She learns that in each monster there's a sensitive soul and that she should not judge a book by its cover!

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In the Secrets of Burrows

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Cécile Jacoud 300 x 300 mm – 44pp – hardback with die-cuts – €39.00 – 6+ Dive into the tunnel-like illustrations made of seven successive die-cut plans that take you into the burrows of different animals.

Hiding, disappearing from the outside world… discover the field mouse, the sand martin, the cricket, the earthworm, the little owl, thanks to this incredibly delicate work and the short poetic and informational texts.

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Autumn Fauna and Flora

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Guénolée André, ill. by Clémentine Sourdais 220 x 300 mm – 24pp – soft cover with one page of stickers – €7.50 – 5+ The new title in "My Nature Sticker Book" series, translated into 14 languages and sold over 10 million copies.

Colouring, stickers, non-fiction information and a quizz to discover Autumn Fauna and Flora. Children can finish drawing mushrooms, fill in burrs with chestnut stickers, colour in Halloween pumkins… Both entertaining and educative, a new elegant activity title.

17 titles available in the series: Winter Fauna and Flora - Summer Fauna and Flora - Clever Animals - Animals of the Mountain - The Tropical Forest - The Sea Side - Birds of the World - Animals of the Forests - Dinosaurs - In the Forest Vegetable Garden - Animals of the Savanna - The River and the Pond - Oceans - Butterflies of the World - Garden Insects

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Lila and the Thousand Colours Flower

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Elodie Jean, ill. by Kim Consigny 200 x 200 mm – 40pp – spiral bound – €12.50 – 3+ Humourous and precise, a great book to read a bedtime story and pratice yoga together, kids and parents!

Postures to make, with the family, all along the story.

Large illustrated scenes take place in a house. The parents transform a room with what they have at hand, ingenuity and creativity, to follow the story, like an improvised theater. The humourous illustrations mixed with the precise technical aspects of yoga pratice make it a great tool to do yoga together joyfully.

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Sleeping Beauty

Sweet People Are Everywhere

C. Gastaut-29x32cm-56pp-hardcover

A. Walker, Q. Torres-26x27cm-48pp-hardcover

A stunning die-cut book, like a golden jewelry case enclosing Charlotte Gastaut's enchanting illustrations of the story of the ballet and delicate die-cut pages.

A beautiful picture book from Pulitzer prize winner Alice Walker’s large-hearted poem. This poem is a powerful celebration of humanity and globalism.

First printrun in the US: 45,000 copies.

Publisher's Weekly Top Indie Picks (August 2021)

Sold: Italian

Sold: Korean, Portuguese (Brazil)

C'mon Grandma!

G. Baum, A. Piu-22.5x28cm-44pp-hardcover The sweet story of a little girl whose strict grandma teaches how to ride a bike. This book subtly and tenderly deals with differences in education between generation.

Sold: Italian, Korean, Greek

Once Upon A House P. Nessman, C. Nicolazzi-21x27.5cm-32pp-hardcover A powerful ecological tale about the threats to biodiversity. Shortlisted for the UNICEF award.

Sold: German, Italian, Korean

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Gus and the Cranes

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Capucine Lewalle, ill. by Aurélie Guillerey 215 x 325 mm – 32 pp – hardback – €14.90 – 4+ Once upon a time, there was Gus. Gus worked on a crane, because one day his dad had told him with his big voice: ""My son, when you are old, you will work on a crane."

Trouble was... Gus was afraid of height.

Aurélie Guillerey's illustrations express Gus' clumsiness and unease with a lot of humour.

A beautiful and humourous picture book that deals with finding your own vocation and with masculinity.

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Paul Farrell 200 x 280 mm – 28pp – hardback with one large flap – €15.90 - 5+ Mauricette has a shop full of cheeses. Round, triangular or square, blue, pink, or orange. She delivers them to the forest animals, who are eagerly awaiting her! By lifting a shutter, the reader will help Mauricette choose the cheeses for Maurice, the last customer. Mauricette loves Maurice.

But still, her favorite thing is cheese!

A very graphic book to play with shapes.

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Eleonora Garriga, ill. by Sabine A. Schurmann 200 x 230 mm – 36 pp – hardback – 4+ If you could choose any super power, what would it be?

The protagonist wants a stop button so she can stop time whenever she wants.

She could start dinners from the end, make Summer last longer, she could make bedtime stories never end...

A beautiful, joyful and soft book about time passing by and children's small or big fears and joys.

Recommended by the Fundacion CuatroGatos.

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My Body

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Ivanke y Mey 170 x 220 mm – 32 pp – hardback with one spread to unfold – 3+ Our bodies are unique and amazing and they're designed to be enjoyed from head to toe.

The protagonist has a mouth to sing songs about dinosaurs, hands to draw the things she can't put into words, and her body grows up, filled with memories.

A joyful book for kids to love their unique bodies and their amazing abilities!

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It's Happening All Around Us

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(When Nothing Happens) Eleonora Garriga, ill. by Ana Sanfelippo 170 x 220 mm – 32 pp – hardback – 3+ You don't have to go very far to find an adventure. Just keep your eyes peeled.

The gap between the adult's repeated demands to watch out, hurry up etc. and the girl's busy mind looking at and admiring every little detail around makes this book both very realistic and humourous.

ES ESPECIALISTA EN ESCONDITES.

¡NO TE QUEDES ATRÁS!

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Just Before Bedtime

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Laura Wittner, ill. by Natalia Bruno 170 x 220 mm – 32 pp – hardback – 3+

We ask the most interesting questions before we go to bed.

Poetic and positive answers a mother finds to the many, light and deep questions her daugther asks when she is about to go to bed.

A tender book, with wonderful and soft illustrations in a dreamy atmosphere, mixing reality and imagination like children do.

¿Qué son las canciones de cuna?

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At Your Side

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Yael Frankel 190 x 270 mm – 36 pp – hardback – 3+ A simple story about how amazing and wonderful it is to watch our children grow. This mother remembers sweet memories about her child and her and is amazed at how her child has evolved. Is the child the only one who has changed at his mother's side? "And although we have forgotten to measure me, I have grown at your side, too." - she simply and tenderly ends.

A positive and moving book about time passing by, growing up, motherhood and memories.

Yael Frankel has received many awards, including: - White Raven 2015, A simple vista, Chile - Finalist in 2016 for Silent book contest, Italy - Selected in 2017, Bologna book fair Illustrators exhibition - Best picturebook 2017, Ibby Argentina "Contame más" - First award illustration 2019, Sharjah Children Festival - White Raven 2020, El ascensor, Argentina - Fundación cuatrogatos award 2021, El ascensor - USSBY 2021 outstanding books, The elevator, US - Nami concours 2021, green Island prize, El ascensor

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A Book

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Andrés Lopez 190 x 270 mm – 40 pp – hardback – 4+

What do books mean to you? This beautiful, poetic and original book gives personal yet universal answers and opens the possibility for young and older readers to think of many more.

"A book is... a costume that suits anyone who wears it. ...a river that always takes me somewhere new. ...a roar I’ve never heard before."

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Sisters and Brothers

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Séverine Huguet 195 x 260 mm – 32pp – hardcover– 4+ A humourous book about becoming a big sister, challenging stereotypes about girls and boys' games.

"This morning, I'm racing with Mom. She takes the elevator, I take the stairs."

Our heroine gets a head start, and, on each storey, snoops through the neighbors' doors: sisters and brothers are having a great time! Sisters can be cowgirls and brothers can be nurses. Phew! At the end of the race we learn that Mom is pregnant. The big sister-to-be is reassured: in a few months, she will be able to play all the games, no matter if she has a little brother or a little sister!

Available by the same author: En Guarde!

A brave and clever soldier leads an army of lazy good-for-nothing to victory through an absurd fight, filled with sun chairs and hammocks instead of swords!

"THE FUTURE IS NOW"

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Zelia Abadie, ill. Gwenaëlle Doumont 160 x 200 mm – 80pp – paperback – 7+ A new endearing heroine who speaks true about light and serious topics, making us laugh and think!

Awa is seven years old. She lives in Belgium with Maia, her older sister, her parents, her mother Fatou, who was born in Guinea, and Tonio, originally from Italy.

She feels Belgian, Guinean, Italian… and lefthanded.

She has a lot of friends, some “no friends”, she is good at school and raises a lot of questions.

She is curious, funny, stubborn and is ready to share her daily life with her readers…

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The Hidden Side of Insects Clara Corman-29x32cm-44pp-hardcover+flaps Lift the insect's wing, open a cocoon and admire plenty of fascinating insects in this elegant book.

In the Eggs

Sold: Korean, Italian. Simp. Chinese Next coed delivery February 2022

A fascinating book to discover hidden secrets of nature: what's inside the eggs.

Clara Corman-21x24cm-24pp-hardcover-light board-flaps

Sold: Italian, Japanese

Incredible Bugs R.Rurans-21x28cm-40pp-hardcover Incredible Bugs magnifies a fascinating world of small creatures through charming illustrations and fun facts that highlight their superhero-like capabilities.

Little Known Facts - Animals / Human Body Diarmuid Ó Catháin-19x23.5cm-48pp-hardcover Surprising facts about animals and the human body enhanced by stunning visuals to make this read enjoyable and memorable.

Published: English, Slovenian

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Amazing Living Beings Claire Lecoeuvre, ill. by Marta Orzel 165 x 230 mm – 72pp – softcover – €17.90 – 8+ How to lure, munch, terrify, adapt, parade, disappear, communicate… Living beings are surprising and fascinating!

Do you know that octopuses play Lego bricks? That Japanese macaques clean sweet potatoes before eating them? That an elephant fish communicates with electric signals? That there are kamikaze ants? That before mating, the male scorpio anaesthetizes the female with their poison, otherwise shecan kill him? That the largest flower in the world imitates the smell of carrion to lure flies? Do you know that living being are amazing?

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Why Orang-Utans Don't Like Toothpaste Emmanuelle Figueras, ill. by Tristan Gion 210 x 275 mm – 32pp – hardback – €17 – 6+ An entertaining and enlightening book to get to know the consequences of our daily life actions on the planet.

How can a cyclist in Paris save bears in the North Pole? Which pieces of the world can you find in a game console? Why do tomatoes prefer if you don’t flush the toilet?

Through a series of questions that are less foolish than they seem, this book deals with the consequences of basic daily life actions on nature, close to us or on the other side of the world.

Avoiding pessimism or moral lessons, the lively text and wonderful illustrations take the readers on a migratory trip with the swallows, invites them to understand how internet datas cross the oceans or what a goldfish becomes when you free it back into the river.

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Follow My Path The Elephant Benoît Broyart, ill. by Laura Fanelli 210 x 275 mm – 32pp – hardback – €17 – 4+ An entertaining non-fiction series to discover amazing endangered species On a path that winds from one page to the next, children can choose what they will read next by deciding which elephant they want to follow. Each time they will open their book again, they will have a new reading experience!

Birth, food, threats, migrations… plenty of interesting and complex facts are simply and entertainingly explained.

Scientific proofreading by Elephant Haven, European Elephant Sanctuary.

In the same series The Bee (Suzy Vergez), The Polar Bear (Marta Orzel), The Wolf (Evelyne Mary), The Turtle (Félix Rousseau), The Bat (Margaux Grappe)

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Olga and the Cry from the Forest

Archibald of Holyclaws

Laure Monloubou -140pp-black illus. throughout-8+

S. Ayangma, ill. KMie-128 pages-softcover-8+

Olga is 8, hard of hearing and full of resources that will prove indispensable in this gripping story filled with fantasy: a lopsided house, strange woods, an elf, a pityless witch... Thanks to a weird elf, a grumpy cat, her intelligence and her lazy ears, she manages to put an end to a terrible spell.

Archibald comes from a noble bloodline and deserves to be treated with royal care. Lila adopts the posh cat and falls in love with her neighbour. The women are soon expecting a child. Although Archibald tries to uphold his conservative family traditions, he can never resist salmon patties or a good hug! A humourous middle-grade novel filled with family love.

Sold: German

Sold: Spanish (Latin America)

English synopsis and sample available 2018 Millepages award

The People of the Rainforest Marion Achard-96pp-12+ Deep in the Amazon rainforest, a native tribe comes across the bulldozers of a deforestation company. The men from the company kill all the tribe, save two sisters. One of them will adapt to a new culture whereas the elder one has only one thing in mind: going back to the forest.

Sold: German Shortlisted for 13 French awards and 2 German awards

The Fox and the Crown Yann Fastier-544pp-14+ "A fabulous reading adventure: imaginative and free-thinking, subversive and fulll of gusto, a gripping page-turner with plenty of food for thought." - Télérama.

Europe, Late 19th century. The adventures of Ana, a young orphan, from living with a group of street children, to being adopted by a French naturalist, deceivingly getting married, and ultimately discovering her incredible origins, love, her personality, her political opinions, and her place in the world.

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The Immemorants Solène Ayangma 380 pp – softcover – €18 – 13+ A suspenseful and chilling dystopia starting with a supposed accident in a laboratory.

«You are an immemorant. Following the accident at the Sanophen laboratory on July 8, 2012, you lost your ability to preserve your memories. Each time you go into REM sleep, your brain destroys the information stored during your wakefulness. Your last memory goes back to the day of the accident.»

It is with this destabilizing message that the 30,000 immemorants living in the Institute managed by Sanophen have been waking up for 10 years. In reality, Sanophen, in connection with the army, is looking for a truth serum and uses them as guinea pigs. Emma, a researcher at the Institute, decides to kidnap four immemorants in order to develop a real treatment and to denounce the laboratory.

Alecto The Immortal's Egg Yann Fastier 208 pp – softcover – €16.00 – 13+ Paris, early 20th century. While strange crimes worry the capital, Sidonie Jolibois, a young novelist, finds on her doorstep a certain Sasha Alexandrovna Vlasenko, who claims to be her guardian and imposes herself on her quiet life. Sidonie soon suspects that Sasha is the murderer who spreads terror by transforming herself into a raven before killing her victims.

Sasha reveals to her that she is in fact in pursuit of Voron, the demonic creature, whom she accidentally freed by returning the egg that contains her death...

The two girls will join forces to stop him from doing any harm.

A new breathkaking novel by the author of bestselling adventure novel The Fox and the Crown.

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Esther & Mandragore Volume 5, Ten Little Witches Sophie Dieuaide, ill. by Marie-Pierre Oddoux 140 pp – softcover – black illustrations throughout - €8.00 – 8+ Students from the Witches’ School have landed on Earth!

Accompanied by Lady Cyrielle, they are visiting Esther as part of a school trip to discover the Other World. Their mission: to learn everything about humans. Their adventures will not be easy for Esther and her cat, who will have to improvise as tour guides. Will they manage to avoid using magic?

A humourous middle-grade series which gives a witch look on our human condition. Readers love the duo of this ingenious witch and her whinging cat.

Series already sold in three languages, more than 10,000 copies of the first volume sold in France.

"It is as funny as the plot is clevery built."

- Le Monde des livres

Alexander The Conqueror Jean-Luc Langlois, ill. by Daniele Catalli 48 pp – softcover – €7.50 – 8+ The fascinating life of Alexander the Great, one of the most famous figures from Antiquity, and one of the greatest conquerors in history. Thanks to the beautiful illustrations and the lively style, children will enjoy getting to know this character and through him, a piece of History.

Also available in the series "Great Historical Figures told to Children": Buddha, Calamity Jane, Cleopatra, Electre, Orpheus.

Simon The Invisible Boy Aymeric Jeanson 248 pp – softcover – €13.90 – 10+ Simon's talent is to make himself inconspicuous, to become invisible.

His family has just moved to the countryside, for his sister's health. Simon is used to gratuitous nastiness, and is worried about his first day at school. Rightly so, as he will soon meet Mountain, whose real name is Brice, and his sidekicks who make him their punchbag. But he will also meet Gwen, a litte guy with a dark shock of hair who will take his defense. And who will in fact turn to be a girl, the daughter of the sports teacher...

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Mystery in Blueberry Land Pascal Bettochi 140 pp – softcover – €13.90 – 8+ A country-style investigation filled with action and shivers, with a sweet and funny ending for young readers.

In Bourfahy, a village in the East of France, Brimbelle Frisotis and her brother Fricadel lead an investigation after their sheep have mysteriously disappeared. Who is hiding behind this fiendish conspiracy? Will they find the key to this mystery?

Watchers, volume 2 The Forbidden Gap Camille Noyer 383 pp – softcover – €13.90 – 12+ Niels, his girlfriend and brilliant inventor Mathilde, the fanciful Framboise, Emilio and Anibale the vampire face the members of the Agence Secrète, a very mysterious organisation. The latters will do anything to get the cursed ventilator and lay hands on Mathilde's latest invention, a teleportator. What is the aim of the Agence Secrète? Will Mathilde and Emilio choose to join it?

The second volume in breathtaking fantasy series The Watchers.

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