spring 2016 - London Book Fair

SPRING 2016
SPRING 2016
Contents
My Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Life and I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Let’s Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
I Love You When… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Masks in the Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Backlist
Legendary Routes of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Small World of Paper Toys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Let’s Bake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Madame Eiffel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Elsa and the Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Issun Bôshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Night Watchman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The Honey Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Story of Mademoiselle Oiseau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mademoiselle Oiseau and the Letters from the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Little Red Riding Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Puss in Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Hello Goodbye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
How Big Is Big? How Far Is Far? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Alphabetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The Incredible Three and a Half Superheroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
That’s What You Think! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Does This Happen to Everyone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Plip, the Umbrella Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lou Caribou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Ava & Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Petting Zoo Memo Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Imprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
NEW
My Body
Explained and Illustrated
Illustrations by
Golden Section Graphics
Texts by Antje Helms
Category: Non-Fiction
Recommended for: ages 8 and up
Translation: Jen Metcalf
Release: March
Features: Full color, hardcover,
48 pages, 24 × 28 cm
Price: $ 24.95 £ 16.95 € 19.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-712-1
The human body is
astounding. This book
explains how our body
works in illustrations
and texts that are
created for children
but are also fascinating
for adults.
nerves, and brain, it imparts fundamental knowledge in a way that
is understandable for children. It
also provides fascinating information such as the fact that adults
can be taller in the morning than
they are at night or that giraffes
Golden Section Graphics, a Berlin-based
have the same number of neck
agency founded by Jan Schwochow, is an
bones (seven) as humans do.
innovative and internationally respected
My Body’s vivid illustrations
­visualizer of information and data. Schwochow
and engaging texts make the book
and his team set high standards in journalism
Children are curious about their
wonderfully suitable for children.
and playful c
­ reativity. Their work is in great
bodies. They not only want to
It takes them on an entertaining
demand and appears regularly in leading
know how they breathe and where
anatomical adventure that fur-
media such as the New York Times Magazine
their food goes after they swallow
ther stimulates their own natural
and Die Zeit.
it, but are also generally interested
curiosity.
Antje Helms works as
in how their bodies look on the
a freelance journalist with
inside and everything that hap-
a focus on topics related
pens there.
to family, natural sciences,
The book My Body takes its
and travel. She also
readers on a fun and compelling
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develops editorial con-
journey through the human body.
cepts and is responsible for creating the model
Exploring how we breathe, where
for Dein Spiegel, the youth edition of
our blood flows, how we digest,
Germany’s most widely read weekly news
our senses, skeleton, muscles,
magazine, Der Spiegel.
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NEW
Life and I
a
Life andD I
Story
about
eath
A Story About Death
by Elisabeth Helland Larsen
und Marine Schneider
Category: Picture Book
Recommended for: ages 4 and up
Release: April
Features: Full color, hardcover,
48 pages, 22 × 27.5 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.95 € 14.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-771-8
This sensitively-told
story for readers of all
ages illustrates the
inseparability of life
and death.
acceptance that readers of any
A native of Norway,
age will turn the last page with
Elisabeth Helland Larsen
a smile and a tear.
studied theater in Paris at
Larsen and illustrator Marine
de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq
Schneider weave a tapestry out
and children’s literature in
of direct, poetic words and handdrawn pictures to give voice to
Rosy-cheeked and wrapped in blue, emotions that are moving, real,
with a flower in her hair, Death
rides a pink bike. Death, a green-
the Ecole Internationale
Author Elisabeth Helland
and most of all, honest.
Oslo at the Norsk Barnebokinstitutt. She has
worked as a clown for more than 20 years in
hospitals and hospices, as well as refugee
camps, circuses, and theatres. Her experiences with children there are reflected in her
sensitive stories.
eyed little girl in this pastel world,
visits small animals with soft fur
Marine Schneider has
and big animals with sharp teeth.
drawn since she could
She lingers with a kindly grand-
hold a pencil. The young
mother as they knit one last scarf
Belgian illustrator
together. She wanders through
just received her degree
from the LUCA School of
surroundings of gentle beauty and
she tells us who she is.
Arts. Life and I is her c
­ hildren’s book debut.
For parents of children f­ acing
the loss of a family member, a
friend, or a pet, this book finds
words to express what is often
so difficult to explain. It ends
with such a feeling of uplift and
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NEW
Bird Food
Do you know what a
seed bomb is? Well, it’s a
small ball of soil and seeds
that you can throw on to empty
land and other boring places
that need to be refreshed
with flowers. Try making
your own seed bomb
sometime.
Bird Food
When your sunflower has bloomed, you can
save the seeds and plant new sunflowers next year.
Or you can use them to feed the birds.
Now we will show you how to do that!
o u T:
TAKe
pens
Let’s Garden
A Step by Step Introduction
twine
5OO grams coconut fat
by Clara Lidström and
Annakarin Nyberg
sauce pan
coffee mugs or
plastic cups
sauce pan
65O grams bird seeds
and different kinds
of nuts
knife
a pair of scissors
fe
kni
twine
coconut fa
t
pens
nuts
bird
Category: Non-Fiction
Recommended for: ages 6 and up
Translation: Victoria Lindbäck
Release: March
Features: Full color, hardcover,
48 pages, 19 × 24 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.95 € 14.95
ISBN: 978-3-89955-747-3
ed s
se
r of scissors
a pa i
mugs
coffee
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BEANS & BEAN GAmES
If you want, you can make
a bean competition.
Try placing different kinds
of beans on top of wet
cotton and see
which one grows
the quickest.
Beans grow very quickly and there are many different kinds
to choose from. Wax beans, French beans, or beans with
beautiful flowers! We used large white broad beans that
we bought from the grocery store. We made a game out of
the beans that were left over.
ouT:
n
t to
co
e
TAK
twine
BEANS:
cotton
Whether in a big
backyard or on a small
city balcony, children
will have a blast with
this do-it-yourself book
full of great gardening
ideas.
dried beans
pot or a mold to grow in
saucer to place
underneath the pot
soil
pot
sticks
dried beans
twine
BeaN gaMe / TIC-TaC-TOe:
colored pens
a piece of a leftover
board or a piece of
cardboard
colored pens
dried beans
sticks
saucer
soil
ard
cardboard/bo
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garlic and using it to flavor home-
Clara Lidström (left)
made cream cheese, Let’s Garden is
is one Sweden’s best-
full of inventive ideas. Step-by-step
known bloggers. On her
instructions are presented along-
blog she tells charming
side whimsical illustrations and
stories from her daily
photographs, inspiring children to
life and shares ideas for
get their hands dirty!
DIY handicrafts, baking, and cooking. She and
her family live in a small house in northern
Sweden. Annakarin Nyberg (right) also lives
in northern Sweden, where she works at Umeå
SUNFLOWER
Sunflowers can grow really tall. The world’s tallest
sunflower was planted by a Dutch man and grew over 7 meters
tall. That is even taller than a house! How tall can
your sunflower grow?
ouT:
TAKe
science and writes books, gives lectures, and
ment or a large yard: Let’s Garden
holds workshops with a focus on social media
is a true DIY book that children
and the digital economy.
can easily follow to take their first
pot
steps in gardening. Inspired by
soil
saucer to place
underneath the pot
their own children’s fascination
sunflower seeds
supporting stick
with everything that sprouts, Clara
twine
stick
University. Nyberg has a degree in computer
No need for sophisticated equip-
lower
sunf
seeds
soil
If you want your sunflower
to grow really tall, try
watering it with "gold water".
Mix 1OO milliliters of pee with
9OO milliliters of water.
Sunflowers really
like gold water.
teamed up to create a book that
would encourage others to interact
with their surroundings, whether
twine
saucer
Lidström and Annakarin Nyberg
in the countryside or the city.
pot
From planting a sunflower in
a pot and feeding the birds with
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leftover seeds to growing your own
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7
NEW
I Love You When…
Secret
a Mother’s
I Love You When…
A Mother’s Secret
by Astrid Desbordes
and Pauline Martin
Category: Picture Book
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Translation: Noelia Hobeika
Release: April
Features: Full color, hardcover,
40 pages, 20 × 23 cm
Price: $ 17.90 £ 10.50 € 12.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-765-7
I Love You When… is
an ode to motherly
love that approaches a
timeless topic with
elegant simplicity and
refreshing honesty.
timeless subject, I Love You When…
Astrid Desbordes studied
beautifully recounts a mother’s
philosophy before she
unconditional love for her child.
began writing children’s
books such as I love you
when…. After its release in
2014, this title quickly
became a bestseller in her native France.
A native Parisian, Pauline
Martin has already worked
With a simple question, “Mom,
with Astrid Desbordes on
will you love me my whole life?”
numerous children’s books.
Archibald sparks the most hon-
She also illustrates graphic
est and relatable of answers from
novels for adults.
his mother, who goes on to tell
her son about all the moments in
life through which she loves him.
“I love you when you behave and
when your good behavior doesn’t
last” and “I love you when you look
your best and when you’re feeling
your worst” are some of the scenes
author Astrid Desbordes and illustrator Pauline Martin s­ ucceed
in depicting with heartwarming
candidness. A refreshing take on a
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NEW
Masks in
the Forest
A Story Told With Masks
by Laurent Moreau
Category: Novelty
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Translation: Noelia Hobeika
Release: February
Features: Full color, with nine pre-cut masks
40 pages, 27 × 32 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.95 € 14.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-763-3
Don these pop-out
masks and plunge
into make-believe
adventures in an
enchanted forest.
Nine pre-cut pop-out masks
allow children to act out the
Laurent Moreau applies
story with family and friends.
his unique analog
Slipping into the roles of the
approach to hand-drawn
book’s creatures, they can also cre-
graphics and page-filling
ate delightful tales of their own
designs and creates a
and lose themselves in a land of
make-believe.
In an enchanted forest of paper,
Author and i­ llustrator
world where humans are the strangers and a
child’s sense of wonder at Mother Nature
reigns.
paint, and whimsy, a hapless
hunter bumbles after creatures
large and small, from a mother
fox and her pups to forest giants
and vivid birds. Bold illustrations
with dream-world colors bring the
woodlands to life.
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RECENT
Legendary Routes
of the World
by Alexandre Verhille
and Sarah Tavernier
Category: Pop-Up
Recommended for: ages 5 and up
Translation: David Henry Wilson
Features: Full color, hardcover,
16 pages, 21 × 25.5 cm
Price: $ 29.99 £ 16.95 € 24.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-759-6
An ingenious
pop-up book that brings
to life five legendary
routes and expeditions
with masterful, aweinspiring paper
engineering.
travel narratives; and the impres-
Influenced by the writ-
sive lunar expedition of 1969.
ing of Jack Kerouac and
Each one of these legendary
Jack London, as well as
routes is inventively presented
the comics of Hugo Pratt,
as a double-page pop-up spread
Alexandre Verhille
accompanied by interesting anec-
­creates illustrated maps
dotes and information. This is a
visually striking gift book whose
clever engineering and iconic
Legendary Routes of the World takes
illustrations inspire wonder in
its readers on a splendid pop-
both children and adults.
for a variety of international newspapers
and magazines. When he’s not making maps,
he plans trips around the world and illustrates
children’s and travel books.
A visual artist with
a degree from the
up journey through some of the
planet’s most famous itinerar-
European School of Arts
“A visual treat.” Booklist’s Bookends
and Materials, Sarah
ies. It includes the pioneering
Aéropostale, which was the first
French airborne mail delivery sys-
journey, not the destination, that matters
tem that connected France with
most won’t go amiss.” Kirkus Reviews
South America; the transatlantic
single-handed yacht race dubbed
the Rhum Route; the Silk Road
Tavernier works as a
“The lighthearted suggestion that it’s the
­colorist and designer in
the fields of architecture and illustration. For
the last several years she has also focused
on paper engineering and has invented and
modified pop-up systems for children’s books
as well as other projects.
connecting the Asian continent’s
east and west through trade;
Route 66 in the United States,
which is ingrained in popular culture as the setting for countless
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RECENT
The Small World
of Paper Toys
by Gérard Lo Monaco
Category: Pop-Up
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Translation: Noelia Hobeika
Features: Full color, hardcover,
landscape format, 24 pages, 20 × 15 cm
Price: $ 24.95 £ 16.95 € 19.95
ISBN: 978-3-89955-746-6
A beautiful pop-up
book brings classic
toys to life with a
touch of nostalgia.
Gérard Lo Monaco’s talent with
paper is used to create an inge-
originally from Buenos
nious three-dimensional world of
Aires, Argentina. Before
toys presented through endearing
founding his own graphic
vignettes dreamt up by a child’s
design agency called Les
creative mind. Lively onomatopoe-
Associés Réunis in Paris
The timeless charm of old-style
ias add playfulness to every page,
wooden toys emerges from every
making it fun to read this pop-up
page of this paper pop-up. Simple
book aloud while turning its pages.
shapes and vivid colors bring classic toys such as the red fire truck,
Gérard Lo Monaco is
in 1995, he was involved in the creation of a circus, a puppet-making company, and a woodenhorse merry-go-round—all of which toured
throughout France. In parallel, he designed
album covers and posters for which he was
“Delightful … The book has no fragile
the baby bassinet, and the farmer’s
moving parts, meaning it should survive
­tractor to life.
repeated use.” Booklist’s Bookends
awarded a prestigious prize from the Musée
des Arts Décoratifs de Paris.
Through the voice of a young
child full of imagination, each toy
“A playful tour of some beloved play-
is given a storyline. At the end of
things that makes each one feel special.”
the day, the child bids goodnight
Publishers Weekly
to all the toys scattered across the
bedroom, promising to pick them
up tomorrow.
“A cavalcade of diminutive, neatly
designed pop-ups evokes toys of yesteryear … A tidy showcase.” Kirkus
Reviews
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RECENT
RECENT
Let’s Bake
One of Ten
New York Times
Best Illustrated
Children’s Books
of 2015
A Step by Step
Introduction
A fun do-it-yourself
recipe book that
inspires children to be
confident and creative
in the kitchen and
beyond.
Category: Picture Book
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Translation: Noelia Hobeika
Features: Pantone colors, hardcover,
32 pages, 20 × 30 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.95 € 14.95
ISBN: 978-3-89955-755-8
is one Sweden’s best-
Bake make it easy, safe, and fun
known bloggers. On her
for children to learn how to make
blog she tells charming
delicious recipes including rasp-
stories from her daily
berry fluff, fudge cookies, and
life and shares ideas for
the opportunity to take control
tional books that speak directly
and ask for help from an adult
to children without involving
only when they want to do so.
vated authors Clara Lidström and
Category: Non-Fiction
Recommended for: ages 5 and up
Translation: Victoria Lindbäck
Features: Full color, hardcover,
48 pages, 19 × 24 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.95 € 14.95
ISBN: 978-3-89955-751-0
step by step instructions in Let’s
Why aren’t there more educa-
their parents? This thought moti-
by Alice Brière-Haquet
and Csil
Clara Lidström (left)
from this book, children are given
The Love Story
of the Eiffel Tower
by Clara Lidström
and Annakarin Nyberg
ones who did all the baking! The
blueberry muffins. With guidance
Madame Eiffel
DIY handicrafts, baking, and cooking. She and
A heartwarming
fictional story of why
Gustave Eiffel built
the Eiffel Tower
accompanied by
evocative illustrations.
her family live in a small house in northern
Sweden. Annakarin Nyberg (right) also lives
in northern Sweden, where she works at Umeå
University. Nyberg has a degree in computer
his own hands and build a tower
Alice BriÈre-Haquet is
that will reach the clouds in an
an avid reader who was
born in a small town in
attempt to restore her health.
Normandy and has three
Csil’s poetically minimal illustrations in black, white, and pink
children. After her stu­dies
are incredibly evocative, and
she began writing and has
Alice Brière-Haquet’s words are a
delight to read aloud.
now published books that have been translated into 16 languages.
Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower,
yet no one knows the love story
Csil is a French illustrator.
“The artwork and text combine to create a
After studying visual com-
science and writes books, gives lectures, and
that led to its construction. Author
delightful fairy tale … Pure joie de vivre.”
munication and o
­ btaining
holds workshops with a focus on social media
Alice Brière-Haquet and illustra-
Kirkus Reviews
a Diplôme National
and the digital economy.
tor Csil have pooled their creative
Supérieur d’Expression
Annakarin Nyberg to create books
talents to tell this touching story
that encourage children to be con-
about overcoming hardship with
behind the Eiffel Tower … romantic and
fident and do things themselves.
clever invention fueled by love.
utterly charming.” nytimes.com
Playfully illustrated and carefully
Mr. and Mrs. Eiffel are a happy
explained, Let’s Bake is one of those
couple enjoying living in the most
books. Its sequel Let’s Garden will
romantic city in the world, Paris.
come out next spring.
Until one day, Mrs. Eiffel begins
Nibbling on dough, eating
“[An] imaginative telling of the story
Plastique (DNSEP), a
post­graduate degree in the visual arts, she
now works as an art director at a communications agency and creates images for v­ arious
children’s publications.
to feel desperately unwell. The
cookies fresh from the oven, and
experts are unanimous: the only
frosting a cake. What child doesn’t
thing that can save her is fresh air.
enjoy doing these things? And
Her husband, a bright engineer,
even more so when they are the
decides he will take matters into
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Elsa and
the Night
­The ­Huffington
Post’s Kids
Award 2014 for
“Best Dark/­
Mysterious”
one of the
New York
Public Library’s
top 100 titles
for reading and
by Jöns Mellgren
Born in Sweden in 1976,
her adventures with her friend, an
Jöns Mellgren is an
elephant named Olaf. Elsa tells the
author, illustrator, and
night that she is very sad because
Olaf got sick and no ­medicine was
able to help him. The night not only
listens to Elsa, but also accompanies
Can one make friends with the
her on a heartwarming and mov-
night? In this story, Elsa can! How,
ing journey where it cares for her,
may you ask, could someone even
protects her, and finally carries her
meet the night? Well, one day Elsa
through the town in its arms.
© José Figueroa
has the chance to hear her talk about
filmmaker. In 1999, he
published his first children’s picture book called
2014.
by Mustafa and the Storm in 2009 and Rufus
Night, Mellgren has added another beautifully
poetic picture book to his triptych.
is sitting at her kitchen table and,
because she is bored, counting the
“Strange and memorable, it’s the kind
This classic Japanese
fairy tale tells the
story of Issun Bôshi,
the tiny son of an old,
long childless couple.
right equipment: a needle was his
Icinori are Mayumi Otero
sword, a soup bowl was his boat,
and Raphaël Urwiller.
and a chopstick was its rudder.
Mayumi Otero is a French
Bôshi is tested in several adven-
books whose drawings
tures. He handles himself so bravely
and etchings are often
Tiny and brave —these are the two
Urwiller is a graphic
most striking characteristics of
Issun Bôshi. His mother had longed
designer and illustrator
“You rarely find such a meticulous com-
who works for news­
to have a child for so many years
bination of stunning art and melodic text
that she finally added “even if it is a
as located here … One of the finest folktale
in addition to creating children’s books.
very small one” to her wish. When
adaptations you’ve ever seen. High praise.
Together, Otero and Urwiller designed Issun
Bôshi in a style reminiscent of Asia.
Great book. Must buy.” School Library
denly hears a sound coming from
Publishers Weekly
a son, he turned out to be only one
Journal
papers and magazines
inch high. He was thus called Issun
Bôshi, Japanese for one-inch boy.
“[An] ingenious and gorgeously drawn
ing the noise, she realizes that it’s
book.” New York Times Sunday Book
­neither an animal nor a ghost. It’s
Review
Although his parents raised him
very lovingly, Issun Bôshi realized
“The lively text reads aloud well … Children
will enjoy the plucky hero and the vivid,
eclectic illustrations.” Booklist
one day that he would not grow
the night.
night in her cookie jar —and giv-
colleague Raphaël
with just the right princess.
the elderly couple did in fact bear
Because Elsa winds up hiding the
playfully ironic. Her
that, in the end, he is rewarded
of story whose fans will be passionate …”
gates and catches the thing mak-
illustrator of children’s
As in any proper fairy tale, Issun
raisins in her cereal. She then sudunder the sofa. When she investi-
by Icinori
Category: Picture Book
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Translation: Nicholas Grindell
Features: Pantone colors, hardcover,
40 pages, 21 × 33 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.50 € 14.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-718-3 Night in the Jungle. This debut was followed
in the Underworld in 2010. With Elsa and the
The One-Inch Boy
sharing in
Category: Picture Book
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Translation: Anita Shenoi
Features: Full color, hardcover,
32 pages, 24 × 29 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.50 € 14.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-716-9 In a very poetic way,
Elsa and the Night
tells the story of
an extraordinary
friendship.
Issun Bôshi
any taller. He then left his home
“[A] beautifully dark and touching tale.”
to set off on a jour­ney to find his
Huffington Post
ing it a few of her raisins —the day
place in the world. Because he saw
outside doesn’t end. When she takes
himself as a swordfighter, a samu-
the night out of its hiding place, it
rai, he made sure to take along the
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RECENT
by Karthika Naïr
and Joëlle Jolivet
Category: Illustrated Novel
Recommended for: ages 8 and up
Translation: David Henry Wilson
Features: Pantone colors, hardcover,
192 pages, 16.5 × 22 cm
Price: $ 24.95 £ 16.95 € 19.95
ISBN: 978-3-89955-749-7
Category: Picture Book
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Features: Pantone colors, hardcover,
52 pages, 24.7 × 30 cm
Price: $ 24.95 £ 15.00 € 17.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-730-5
Jérémie Fischer (left) is
of suspense, The Night Watchman
a young French illustra-
tells a fascinating tale of surveil-
tor who graduated from
lance, betrayal, friendship, and
Strasbourg’s Haute École
love. Jérémie Fischer’s remark-
des Arts du Rhin in 2011.
able images elevate the book to an
His work is inspired by the
artful illustrated novel, and JeanBaptiste Labrune’s words render it
relatable on many levels.
who live in this fortified city are
not allowed to leave their homes
by Jérémie Fischer
and Jean-Baptiste Labrune
A beautifully written story full
a modern classic with a narrative
For their own safety, the people
The Honey
Hunter
Russian Constructivists, artists such as Henri
Matisse and Paul Klee, as well as the designers Enzo Mari and Bruno Munari. Fischer has
already designed several children’s books
One year, the seasons in
Karthika Naïr was born in
Sundarban get mixed up and the
India but moved to Paris in
region is plagued by powerful
2000 to study culture man-
cyclones followed by drought and
agement. She continues to
hunger. Shonu becomes so unbelievably hungry that he sneaks into
the mangrove forest and breaks the
golden rule: he takes honey from
the hives even though it is not yet
live in the French capital,
where she has worked for
institutions including the Cité de la Musique
and the Centre National de la Danse. Naïr
published two volumes of poetry, Bearings
and DESH: Memories Inherited, Borrowed,
The story of the honey hunter
harvest time. Shonu doesn’t quite
begins in Sundarban, a land of
realize that what he has done could
ration with Jean-Baptiste Labrune. Having
eighteen tides and six seasons,
get him into deep trouble with the
Joëlle Jolivet lives near
almighty demon tiger …
Paris, where she works
using a similar silk-screen and cut-out style.
The Night Watchman is his second collabo-
“Blurring the lines between picture book,
Featuring exotic images
and empathetic
language, this modernday Indian fairy tale
teaches children to
respect and appreciate
nature.
© Mujib M.K.
Striking illustrations
and a suspenseful
story: The Night
Watchman is an
attention-grabber
that captures the
imagination.
The Night
Watchman
Invented, before she wrote the Honey Hunter.
after dusk. After curfew, a strange
fiction, and comics, this distinctive illus-
graduated from the Sorbonne in Paris, Labrune
where three rivers meet in a huge
character with a lamp —the Night
trated novel by a European team defies easy
now works as an elementary school teacher
mangrove forest. At first, every-
Watchman —patrols the winding
categorization; part noir detective story
and author. He has been friends with Jérémie
thing is peaceful for the thousands what can happen when someone
streets and alleyways, assisted by
and part fable, Labrune’s narrative flexes
Fischer since the seventh grade. The first
and thousands of honeybees that
interferes with nature’s rhythm.
birds on the rooftops, dogs in the
and shimmers with bold magical realism.”
children’s book on which they collaborated,
live there not far from the Bay of
It teaches children to respect
lanes, and rats underground. As
­publishersweekly.com
L’éléphouris, was released in 2012.
Bengal. They fly from flower to
and appreciate the environment.
flower, collect nectar, and sup-
Inspired by Muslim and Hindu
“The action is as stylized as Fischer’s art-
ply both people and a­ nimals with
myths, author Karthika Naïr and
hunt down any intruder who threat-
deco screen-print illustrations...both the
their sweet, liquid gold. Everyone
illustrator Joëlle Jolivet have created
close to her heart. In addition to c
­ reating
ens the peace and security of his city.
tone and the distinctive art play up (the
who lives in Sundarban loves
a compelling narrative style and
her own books, Jolivet designs ­covers for
Nothing and no one has disturbed
story’s) melodrama.” Kirkus Reviews
honey, but one most of all: a small, visual language to tell their tale.
art books and illustrations for n
­ ewspapers
black-haired boy named Shonu.
and magazines.
both guardian and policeman, the
Night Watchman will relentlessly
his nightly routine —until now …
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as an i­ llustrator. She
This modern fairy tale reveals
studied graphic design
and a
­ dvertising. Because
of her love for engraving
and ­printing, she spent one year w
­ orking in
the lithography studio at the École Nationale
Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Since
then, the linocut printing ­technique remains
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The Story of
Mademoiselle
Oiseau
Mademoiselle
Oiseau and the
Letters from
the Past
by Andrea de La Barre de Nanteuil
and Lovisa Burfitt
by Andrea de La Barre de Nanteuil
and Lovisa Burfitt
Category: Illustrated Story
Recommended for: ages 8 and up
Translation: Anna Hedman
Features: Full color, hardcover,
144 pages, 19.5 × 27 cm
Price: $ 24.95 £ 16.95 € 19.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-757-2
Category: Illustrated Story
Recommended for: ages 8 and up
Translation: Anna Hedman
Features: Full color, hardcover,
144 pages, 19.5 × 27 cm
Price: $ 24.95 £ 16.95 € 19.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-734-3
In this delightful tale,
Mademoiselle Oiseau
helps turn shy Isabella
into a confident girl.
This is a story about
friendship, dreams,
and growing up.
The sequel to
The Story of
Mademoiselle Oiseau,
this book unveils
the secrets of
Mademoiselle Oiseau’s
mysterious past and
cements the unlikely
friendships that were
formed through her
eccentric charm.
Mademoiselle Oiseau’s. She is so
unremarkable that she’s practically
invisible. One day, when Isabella
comes home from school and gets in
the elevator, she accidentally presses
the number for the sixth floor rather
than the fifth. She doesn’t even realize her mistake until she sticks her
key into the lock and Mademoiselle
On the top floor of a lovely
old Parisian apartment building in the Avenue des Temps
Oiseau opens the door.
When Isabella and Mademoiselle
Oiseau meet, a wonderful friend-
the shy and unremarkable nine-
Andrea de La Barre de
year-old she had helped turn into
Nanteuil lives in Paris,
a confident girl.
where she works as a
Mademoiselle Oiseau had flown
for a large fashion house.
away to Venice to see her sister,
Her passion is writing—
the Marquise Luisa. Mademoiselle
Oiseau and the Letters from the Past
uncovers a long-lost older sister
who makes her way back into her
younger sisters’ lives with a little
was inspired by the Paris of the 1920s and 1930s
as well as long walks by the River Seine.
Lovisa Burfitt lives in Aix-
Mademoiselle’s great-niece, Isis.
An enchanting tale brought to
is one of Scandinavia’s
most successful illustra-
Mademoiselle Oiseau. No one
together exploring Mademoiselle
knows exactly how old she is. In
Oiseau’s rooftop garden, as well
Mademoiselle Oiseau’s quirky
life through magnificent illustra-
fact, since she never leaves her
as her apartment full of mysteri-
character continues to delight in
tions reminiscent of high-fashion
house, nobody really knows her at
ously changing rooms, or —to the
the sequel to Andrea de La Barre
sketches, Mademoiselle Oiseau and
all. Sometimes, though, one can
amazement of everyone —mak-
de Nanteuil and Lovisa Burfitt’s
the Letters from the Past prolongs the
catch a glimpse of this elegant
ing it snow on a spring day. Soon,
The Story of Mademoiselle Oiseau. This
journey into Mademoiselle’s uni-
lady with her unkempt curls and
Isabella has become a much braver,
second illustrated story reveals the
verse full of reverie, mystery, and
endlessly long pearl necklaces
more confident girl.
seemingly ageless Mademoiselle
surprises, to the enjoyment of chil-
Oiseau’s tumultuous childhood,
dren and adults alike.
Isabella is a 9-year-old girl
Mademoiselle Oiseau, her children’s book debut,
en-Provence, France and
ship begins. They spend their days
amid her countless cats and birds.
ideally while enjoying the view of the city’s
rooftops from her kitchen window. The Story of
bit of meddling from Isabella and
Perdus lives the slightly odd
when she’s out on her terrace
­public relations manager
At the end of the first book,
tors. Her style is reminiscent of fashion sketches
with a quick line that is impressionistic and
poetic. She is best known for her work for
H&M as well as for magazines and newspapers including Vogue, Elle, Glamour, and the
Sunday Times.
which she makes peace with
“[A] beautiful book.”
thanks to strong sisterly bonds,
vsmagazinelive.com
and her friendship with Isabella,
who lives in the apartment under
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23
Little Red
Riding Hood
Puss in Boots
by Charles Perrault,
illustrated by Clémentine Sourdais
by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm,
illustrated by Clémentine Sourdais
Category: Novelty
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Features: Full color, accordeon fold,
28 pages, 17.5 × 14 cm
Price: $ 16.95 £ 9.99 € 12.95
ISBN: 978-3-89955-723-7
The traditional story of
Little Red Riding Hood
is given new
dimensions in this
striking play between
light and shadow.
This classic fairy
tale gets a visual
update —as a
read-aloud book with
cut-out illustrations
that can be used to
create an enchanting
play of shadows.
the big bad wolf, and grandmother’s house come alive on the page,
but they can also be transformed
into a dancing play of shadows on
a wall. Held in front of a light and
unfolded, this book becomes a true
adventure, inviting its young readers to marvel at and experience
Little Red Riding Hood is a fairy
Little Red Riding Hood’s journey in
tale loved the world over. Almost
a whole new way.
“The classic Little
Each page reveals another step
Red Riding Hood
studied at the Mediter­
changes the future of his master for
ranean College of Art
the better. All of the key scenes are
and Design in Marseille
depicted by an image packed with
and the École Nationale
detail and fantasy —the purchase
Supérieure des ­Beaux-
of the boots, the transformation
of the evil magician into a mouse,
the happy-end castle wedding of
Almost everyone knows the cun-
illustrations not only give a con-
ning, boot-wearing feline who
temporary look to the 200-year-
girl who was lured from the forest
seems new again in Little Gestalten’s ver-
helps a poor miller achieve a life
old narrative, but they can also be
path by the evil wolf. Now, every-
sion, with cutout images that can be held
of riches. In this edition of the
transformed into a dancing play of
one can rediscover it with this
up to the light to cast shadows on the wall
fairy tale, the classic story is given shadows when held in front of a
enchanting little book by French
until it’s time to say, ‘My, what big, tired
an added dimension. Because the
light. In this way, the cut-outs truly
illustrator Clémentine Sourdais,
eyes you have.’” The New York Times
book can be completely unfolded,
make the story come alive for its
who gives a contemporary look to
Sunday Book Review
its cut-out illustrations can be
young readers.
this t­ raditional tale.
Clémentine Sourdais
in the process by which the sly cat
the miller and the princess. These
every child knows the story by
the Brothers Grimm of the little
Category: Novelty
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Features: Full color, accordeon fold,
32 pages, 17.5 × 14 cm
Price: $ 16.95 £ 9.99 € 12.95
ISBN: 978-3-89955-727-5
Arts de Lyon. She has already brought her
­signature illustration style to several books that
have been published in France: Mes maisons
du monde (My Houses in the World), Tout
sur le printemps (All About Spring), and Tout
sur l’été (All About Summer).
projected as shadows onto walls
Created with loving attention
and experienced in an entirely
to detail, Sourdais’ cut-out images
new way.
give the book an extraordinary
haptic quality that make it a pleasure to feel and behold. Her unique
settings not only make the woods,
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RECENT
Hello
Goodbye
How Big Is Big?
How Far Is Far?
The Magic of
Opposites
Fun Comparisons for Kids
Illustrated by Jan Van Der Veken
by Delphine Chedru
Category: Novelty
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Features: Pantone colors, hardcover,
red/blue viewer, 44 pages, 23 × 28.5 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.95 € 15.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-753-4
An entertaining,
interactive book, Hello
Goodbye uses a red
and blue color filter
to make an image
disappear and its
opposite magically
appear.
red filter makes the red illustra-
Delphine Chedru
tion disappear and the blue appear,
studied at Strasbourg’s
and vice versa.
renowned Haute École des
Arts du Rhin and works
The interactive quality of the
book catches children’s attention
as a freelance graphic
and encourages them to make
designer in Paris. When
connections with words they are
Category: Non-Fiction
Recommended for: ages 5 and up
Translation: Jen Metcalf
Features: Full color, hardcover,
48 pages, 24 × 28 cm
Price: $ 24.95 £ 15.00 € 17.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-732-9
Imaginative
comparisons help
children comprehend
various units of
measure.
she became a mother, she decided to illustrate
children’s books. Since then, Chedru has cre-
the other end. When the world’s
Jan Van Der Veken is an
oldest living tortoise was born,
illustrator and graphic
there were no electric lights, tele-
artist from Ghent whose
phones, cars, or airplanes.
work is firmly rooted in
the Belgian school of
How Big Is Big? How Far Is Far?
is full of amazing facts for children thirsting for knowledge.
comics and illustration.
Heavily influenced by the Ligne Claire of
master illustrator Hergés, his distinctive style
How fast is 120 kilometers per
Intelligent and witty illustrations
hour? How heavy are 4 tons?
by Jan Van Der Veken help young
Units of measure are abstract —
readers better understand how
Sometimes the simplest ideas
until, that is, they are contrasted
large, far away, heavy, or old some-
occasions, most recently on his monograph
are the best. Taking twenty-one
with other quantities. The enter-
thing actually is when they come
Fabrica Grafica.
images and their reverse, Delphine
taining juxtapositions in How Big
across a unit of measure.
Chedru has created a fun and
Is Big? How Far Is Far? make dimen-
engaging book for young children
sions and measurements more
to learn the ­associations between
comprehensible for children.
familiar with —all while keeping
them entertained.
ated numerous visual books for young children.
words and their opposites.
Hello Goodbye wittily presents
contemporary visual language. Van Der Veken
has collaborated with Gestalten on numerous
“Bright primary-color accents and bold,
graphic layouts bring a powerful visual
The book features amusing
impact to this idiosyncratic blend of math,
comparisons that make units of
science, and art.” publishersweekly.com
pairs of words such as light and
length, distance, weight, speed, and
heavy, night and day, and near and
time easier to grasp. The Queen
far in amusing illustrations that
of England’s crown, for example,
are easy on the eye and supply a mildly
come to life, one word at a time,
weighs more than 100 portions
retro vibe to the discourse. Many of the
thanks to an included viewer with
of cotton candy. It would take
comparisons are likewise imaginative.”
two filters —a red one and a blue
eight days of travel in an elevator
Kirkus Reviews
one —that is very easy to use. The
through the Earth’s center to reach
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melds the tradition of Belgian comics with a
“The simple graphic-style illustrations
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The Incredible
Three and a Half
Superheroes
Alphabetics
An Aesthetically
Awesome Alliterated
Alphabet Anthology
by Frank Schmeißer,
illustrated by Jörg Mühle
by Patrick and Traci Concepción,
illustrated by Dawid Ryski
Category: Picture Book
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Features: Full color, hardcover,
64 pages, 17 × 24 cm
Price: $ 16.95 £ 12.50 € 14.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-728-2
From Atticus, the
altruistic astronaut,
to Zooey, the zonked
zombie, this book
revamps the ABCs.
Although the lettered tales are
meant to be humorous and fun,
Concepción are the par-
they also serve a commendable
ents of a lovely daughter
purpose. Complex words are intro-
who has inspired them
duced to expand children’s vocabu-
to create this children’s
laries and linguistic horizons. The
book. Patrick is the
book includes a glossary so that
C is for cat? D is for dog? Not in
readers can look up any terms that
this book! Here, Colossal Cornelius are ­unfamiliar to them.
captures his companions with his
camera and Daisy the diver dares a
Patrick and Traci
Category: Illustrated Novel
Recommended for: ages 8 and up
Translation: David Henry Wilson
Features: Full color, hardcover,
224 pages, 14 × 21 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.50 € 14.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-740-4
The top secret, totally
true adventures of the
child superhero team,
the Incredible Three
and a Half.
founder of Conceptión Studios, a design studio
based in California’s San Francisco Bay Area,
that specializes in graphics for the music
industry. Clients range from Paul McCartney to
Lady Gaga.
Koslowski, and Martin’s imaginary
Frank SchmeiSSer lives in
friend Dickie, “the Chicken.” Young
Cologne, Germany and is
readers will find out why Aunt
the author of several chil-
Boadicea’s birthday ended in disas-
dren’s books in German.
ter; why Dolittle, the class hamster,
The Incredible Three and
wound up wearing camouflage;
and how Sebastian was almost
Most superheroes hide behind
arrested while wearing a giraffe
masks as they battle against injus-
costume. Most importantly, they
tice in the world and, for their own
will discover why everyone must
protection, their true identities are protect the secret identities of the
“A glorious book … a fun, challenging, and
death-defying dip with dinosaurs.
illustrative adventure which equates to the
Born in 1982, Dawid Ryski
kept top secret. But for reasons
Incredible Three and a Half to save
In Alphabetics, each of the alpha-
best kind of learning.” mom.me
lives and works in Puławy,
beyond his control, incorrigible
the world from terrible danger!
Poland. He has illustrated
sixth grader Sebastian Appleby-
bet’s twenty-six letters is depicted
with an awesome alliteration —not
numerous newspaper and
“A is for apple, B is for BORING …
to mention an illuminating illus-
Ho-hum. This is NOT that book …
tration —that will captivate and
A lphabetics
stimulate young minds.
alphabet book that both parents and kids
is a unique and enjoyable
will love.” Bergers Book Reviews
magazine articles and
created countless concert
posters, album covers, and graphic designs
for apparel companies. He is the drummer of a
Warsaw-based band called the Black Tapes.
his first book published in English. Schmeißer
enjoys reading printed books rather than digital
ones, although ever since several of his books
sank while he read them in the bathtub, he
would rather listen to audio books there. If he
had a superpower, he would want it to be endless patience.
Jörg Mühle studied at the
Krumble is forced to write down
Offenbach University of Art
“A great choice for reluctant readers, boys,
his exploits as part of the super-
comic or graphic novel enthusiasts, or
hero team the Incredible Three
the young comedian in your life… [It]
and a Half.
sucks you in from the start and keeps
The Incredible Three and a Half
you chuckling until the last page.” Holly
Superheroes is a humorous, behind-
Schindler’s Character Driven
the-scenes tale of the action-packed
and Design and the École
Nationale Supérieure des
Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
Since 2000, he has worked
as a freelance illustrator. His hobbies include
listening to music, reading, horses, and playing the recorder.
adventures of Sebastian, other-
“ Grab this book for your middle
wise known as “the Brain,” and
his friends Barbara “Action Barbie”
a Half Superheroes is
grade reader who likes to laugh.”
unconventionallibrarian.com
Bakewell, Martin “the Chameleon”
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This book provides
insightful, easy-tofollow answers to
children’s questions
about the brain
accompanied by
fun, enlightening
photographs.
That’s What
You Think!
Does This Happen
to Everyone?
A Mind-Boggling Guide
to the Brain
A Budding Adult’s Guide
to Puberty
by Jan von Holleben,
Michael Madeja, and Katja Naie
by Jan von Holleben and Antje Helms
Category: Non-Fiction
Recommended for: ages 11 and up
Translation: Jen Metcalf
Features: Full color, hardcover,
184 pages, 17 × 24 cm
Price: $ 24.95 £ 16.95 € 19.90
British and American English editions
U.K. Edition ISBN: 978-3-89955-724-4
Category: Non-Fiction
Recommended for: ages 11 and up
Translation: Jen Metcalf
Features: Full color, hardcover,
160 pages, 17 × 24 cm
Price: $ 24.95 £ 16.95 € 19.90
British and American English editions
U.K. Edition ISBN: 978-3-89955-520-2
U.S. Edition ISBN: 978-3-89955-725-1
U.S. Edition ISBN: 978-3-89955-521-9
gray ­matter of earthworms, ants,
A photographer trained
and sperm whales.
as an educator, Jan von
Holleben’s original images
The images created by Jan von
Holleben capture our personal
representing abstract top-
control rooms in action —as we
ics are in high demand. His
taste, get scared, study, juggle, and
work is regularly featured
sleepwalk. These fun, enlightening
in notable newspapers and magazines.
Insightful and
­­conside­­­rate answers
to 70 questions boys
and girls have
about ­puberty and
young love.
is both fitting for kids and appeal-
Jan von Holleben’s
ing to adults.
original images representing abstract topics are
Does This Happen to Everyone? is
an empathetic and entertaining
in high demand, and his
book that radiates joy, imaginative-
work is regularly featured
ness, and fun. It provides answers
in notable newspapers
to the most important questions
about puberty in words and images
and magazines. Trained as an educator, von
Holleben often works with children and young
photographs clearly demonstrate
Michael Madeja is a
that even when we do nothing at
neuroscientist and ­doctor,
Even before they experience
all, our brains are hard at work.
as well as a professor at
puberty themselves, girls and boys yet suitable for children. The book
the Goethe University in
have many questions about sex.
takes questions, worries, and fears
Antje Helms works as a
that are relaxed and uninhibited
people. Little Gestalten has also published von
Holleben’s That’s what you think!
We use our brains every day, but
That’s What You Think ! is pub-
how do they actually control our
lished in American English and
Frankfurt, Germany. He is
Parents often don’t know the best
seriously and responds to them in
freelance journalist with a
British English versions.
also one of the directors
way to answer them or how to
a direct yet sensitive way that any-
focus on topics related to
start a conversation about sexu-
one can understand.
family, natural sciences,
thoughts, our movements, and
our feelings? Does the brain turn
itself off at night? Can people who
research the brain read minds?
In That’s What You Think!,
of the Hertie Foundation, where he oversees the
neuroscience and university divisions. A father of
three, Madeja takes great joy in sharing the mysteries of the brain with children and adults alike.
ality. Yet it is extremely important to address the topic of sex
published in American English
education with children proac-
and British English versions.
experts respond to 80 questions
Katja Naie holds a degree
tively and give it the attention it
posed by children about the brain.
in biology and a PhD in
deserves. As daunting as it might
Their answers explore how our
neuroscience. She is
be for parents to take the lead,
approach to sex education, von Holleben and
brains develop, what they are made
the director of a website
leaving the internet or a class-
Helms blend humor, factual information, and
of, and how they work. They
­dedicated to the brain
mate to “explain” sexuality is not
candid advice. A valuable resource that nor-
reveal astounding information
(www.dasGehirn.info),
an option. Thankfully, this book
malizes and affirms sexuality while suggest-
offers a ­welcome alternative with
ing that puberty is a time of both physical and
a ­contemporary look and feel that
intellectual growth.” Publishers Weekly
and facts not only about the
human brain, but also about the
where she engages with a broad readership and
shares her fascination for the brain and the role
it plays in our feelings, thoughts, and actions.
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and travel. She also devel-
Does This Happen to Everyone? is
ops editorial concepts and
is responsible for creating the model for Dein
Spiegel, the youth edition of Germany’s most
widely read weekly news magazine Der Spiegel.
“Taking an empathetic and respectful
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Plip, the
Umbrella Man
Lou Caribou
Weekdays with Mom,
Weekends with Dad
by David Sire and Thomas Baas
by Marie-Sabine Roger
and Nathalie Choux
Category: Picture Book
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Translation: David Henry Wilson
Features: Full color, hardcover,
landscape format, 40 pages, 30 × 23 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.95 € 14.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-736-7
Category: Picture Book
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Translation: David Henry Wilson
Features: Pantone colors, hardcover,
40 pages, 23 × 31 cm
Price: $ 19.95 £ 12.95 € 14.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-738-1
The constant rain gets
Plip so down that he
decides to become an
umbrella. But even as
an umbrella man, life
isn’t always easy.
break over him and his umbrella
David Sire enjoys getting
can’t hold up. It turns inside out
children and young people
and collects a whole sea of rainwa-
to think about life’s ques-
ter that gets heavier and heavier
tions—both big and small.
until Plip has no choice but to pour
He writes books and
himself out …
music and is the founder
With his story of Plip, author
David Sire explores important
of a concert series called Bidulosophie. On
stage, Sire plays guitar, sings children’s songs,
and tells stories. He also teaches young people
A young reindeer lives
with his mother and
visits his father on
weekends. The story of
Lou Caribou will help
small children come to
terms with their own
parents’ separation.
This book shows that parents
Marie-Sabine Roger dis-
who live apart still lovingly care
covered her love of words
for their child, and that their sepa-
at the young age of four.
ration has not diminished their
Before she became an
love for him. Adoring gestures all
author of novels and chil-
throughout the book prove that
dren’s books, she taught
the young reindeer is loved by both
of his parents in equal measure.
in a kindergarten. She has now published
numerous books in French, some of which
have been translated into other languages.
Plip came into the world as an
facets of life including doubt, love,
ordinary man. But when it started
and confidence. To emphasize the
to rain, he became more and more
inner workings of Plip’s psyche,
unhappy. At first, he thought the
illustrator Thomas Baas works
Thomas Baas studied with
only with cool blue tones and one
the French children’s
green forest. Every weekend, Lou
learned how to design
Plip decided to live the rest of his
warm red. The metaphor of rain
book illustrator Claude
visits his dad who lives on the other
and build marionettes in
life as an umbrella man.
and its various meanings inspire
rain would stop. When it didn’t,
Plip now walks through the
world protected from raindrops,
dren in Africa and South America.
Lapointe at the School of
Applied Arts in Strasbourg.
young readers to think about how
they deal with their own emotions.
but he’s lonely. When he meets
an umbrella woman, they try to
about writing and plays music with school chil-
He now lives in Paris,
where he has worked on numerous children’s
books. To Baas, atmospheric colors and
“The perfect precursor to get young people
hug, but their umbrellas get in the
discussing, facing up to, and tackling their
way. This makes Plip even sadder
own emotions.” picturebooksblogger
unusual type are especially important to help
communicate a story’s message.
Through Lou’s story, small children can better comprehend and
After completing her studies in applied and decora-
A little reindeer named Lou Caribou relate to the separation of their
lives with his mom at one end of a
end of that forest. To prepare for the
trip, Lou has to pack his suitcase
with everything he needs for his
stay —things like his toothbrush,
his stuffed animal, and his favorite
sweater. Lou’s mother brings him
tive arts, Nathalie Choux
own moms and dads.
Prague. Creating characters and personalities still fascinates her.
Choux not only writes and illustrates books,
but she also makes animals and fantastical
creatures out of ceramic. These figures, in turn,
influence the direction of her illustrations.
to the bus and in no time he is with
and he finally closes himself up
his father. Together, they ride their
and leaves the umbrella woman
bikes to a pool or go canoeing on
behind. Feelings rage inside of him.
a lake. On Sunday evening, Lou is
Cyclones, tornadoes, and typhoons
back home with his mom.
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Ava & Lucas
Magnetic Dress-Up Dolls
Petting Zoo
Memo Game
by Judith Drews
by Christoph Niemann
Category: Game
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Features: Magnetic foil,
die-cut figures, 21 × 29.7 cm
Price: $ 14.95 £ 7.95 € 9.95
Lucas ISBN: 978-3-89955-721-3 Category: Game
Recommended for: ages 3 and up
Features: Full color,
36 pairs of cards, 19.2 × 19.2 × 2.5 cm
Price: $ 19.90 £ 12.99 € 14.90
ISBN: 978-3-89955-710-7 Ava ISBN: 978-3-89955-720-6
The lovable dress-up
dolls Ava and Lucas
are magnetic—perfect
for decorating the
refrigerator of any
family with children.
onto the doll base. They can
Judith Drews is an
change the dolls’ clothes quickly
illustrator, designer, and
with no damage done.
author. She illustrates for
both adults and children
Ava and Lucas have been lovingly designed in meticulous detail.
and published her first
Although they are each available
children’s book in 2008.
separately as an A4 format magnet
set, buying them as a pair will give
Christoph Niemann’s
lovable Petting Zoo
illustrations are now
featured in this
colorful memo game.
Her many awards include recognition by the
Art Directors Club of Germany.
The Petting Zoo Memo Game is
Christoph Niemann
not only a “must-have” for fans of
is an award-winning
Christoph Niemann’s work, but
illustrator, graphic
also an attractive gift for any occa-
designer, and author.
sion. The cards, which are made
He is best known for
out of stable cardboard, can be
his work for publi-
easily grasped by even the smallChristoph Niemann’s w
­ himsical
est hands and are made to last.
Ava and Lucas can change their
kids even more options for swap-
hand-drawn animals made his
Combining classic educational fun
outfits at lightning speed. Only a
ping clothes around in different
Petting Zoo app an international
with contemporary design, this
few moments ago Ava was dressed
combinations.
sensation. The broad range of per-
memo game makes a great addi-
as a princess with a crown on her
sonalities created by the famous
tion to any household.
head; now she’s disguised herself as
illustrator proved to be popular
a cat. Lucas had just been decked
with children and adults alike.
out to go and get some exercise;
Now, 36 of them can be found on
now he’s in his Batman costume.
the colorful cards of this memo
Cut-out dolls were once a stan-
cations such as the New Yorker, Time,
Wired, and the New York Times Magazine.
Niemann has also drawn live from the
Venice Art Biennale, the Olympic Games in
London, and the New York City marathon—
while actually running it.
game. The whole family will
dard feature in any playroom. But
enjoy finding matches among the
because the dolls themselves, as
charming collection of characters
well as their clothes, were made of
and training their memories in
paper, they never lasted long. Ava
such an enjoyable way.
and Lucas are different. Because
they are magnetic and wear magnetic garments, kids can simply
stick any outfit of their choosing
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