BOLOGNA 2017

VEROK AGENCY

Hall 25 Stand B46

Illustration from “Grandma Z” (Scribble, Australia)

MR POSTMOUSE INCREDIBLE TRAVELS “Les voyages extraordinaires de Facteur Souris” by Marianne Dubuc (Casterman, France. 32pp)

Mr Postmouse returns for a journey through the heart of the imagination! Mr Postmouse gets up just like every other morning to do his rounds, but this morning instead of his little post van he

finds a rocket… Whether in a world filled with sweets, robots, mermaids, unicorns or even monsters, whether he is 20,000 leagues under the sea or very high up in the clouds, in the land of elves or

among the giants, nothing will stop Mr Postmouse when it comes to delivering his parcels! A beautiful picture book in the form of an imaginative journey, full of fantasy and surprises!

View HERE all

the other titles

from Marianne

Dubuc

NEW!

For Fall 2017

“A walk to

the mountain”

New title in the

bestselling series

“Mr Postmouse”! Our little family is

back, in a third title!

Can you believe

our adventures are

published in 20 foreign

editions, wowww!

GOOD NIGHT? (“Bonne nuit ?”)

by Coralie Saudo & Kris Di Giacomo

(Frimousse, France. 32pp)

Little Elephant wants to sleep in his parents’ bed and their “no” doesn’t seem to

deter him. As soon as the light is turned off, he rushes to their bedroom! But Big

Elephant snores, takes all the duvet, squashes his son’s blanket, changes positions all

the time, until the little one ends up on the floor and decides to get back to his own

bed. But, as he finally closes his eyes to get a bit of well deserved sleep, could it be

too late and morning already?!

CAN YOU SEE? (“Tu vois?”)

by Michaël Escoffier

(Frimousse, France. 30pp board book)

Can you see the egg in shape of a zero, the

snowman in shape of a three, the jumping

fish in shape of a four and the child in his

mother’s tummy, in shape of a nine? A

cleverly designed book to learm how to

count visually.

THE LESSON (“La leçon”)

by Michael Escoffier & Kris Di Giacomo

(Frimousse, France. 44 pp)

A farmer’s hunt of the wolf killing all his fowls. As he finally comes face to face

with the animal, the trap closes on him and he is faced with an impossible life or

death decision.

THE COW INSIDE THE CARTON OF MILK (“La vache de la brique de lait”)

by Sophie Adriansen & Mayana Itoïz

(Frimousse, France. 32pp)

No doubt: if there is a drawing of a cow on cartons of milk,

there must be cows inside! But why is there no mooing

coming from the inside, how do they survive in pitch black

and are they smaller in the green cartons that mum buys

since she’s started a diet? All a big mystery!

MY LITTLE BROTHER IS A MONSTER (“Mon petit frère est un monstre”)

by Isabelle Wlodarczyk & Nicolas Rouget and Thierry Manes (Frimousse, France. 32pp)

My little brother is a real monster: he breaks all my toys, eats all my dresses, screems so loud that he shatters

all glasses at home, collects spiders and worms. And he is ugly! Surely, this is an exaggeration…or maybe not!

CARROTS’ TIME! (“L’heure des carottes”) by Estelle Billon Spagnol (Frimousse, France. 32pp)

This morning, Carlos the rabbit is lazy and can’t get out of bed. He just feels too tired to get a few carrots for lunch.

Luckily for him, Squirrel is just passing by and he asks him to bring him a few. Without success. Neither do the ducks and

turtle. As he finally decides to stand up to get some food, dusk has settled and it’s too late. And, as he wakes up early on

the next day, ready to find some carrots, he might discover that someone else has already beat him to it!

SHUSH, BABY SEAL IS SLEEPING! (“Chut! Pas de bruit. Bébé phoque dort”)

by Richard Marnier & Aude Maurel (Frimousse, France. 32pp)

Mummy seal takes her baby for a walk, in his stroller. But the city is noisy! The woodcutter with his

chainsaw, the garderner with his mower, the bus driver with his buzzing motor, the police with its

shouting siren…no easy surroundings to keep a baby sleeping. Thankfully she comes up with solutions

to bring the noise down..But as the sound of a lullaby sends off eveyone to sleep, this is when baby seal

decides to wake up!

THE POSTMAN BLANKET (“Le Facteur Doudou”)

by Ingrid Chabbert & Stéphanie Marchal (Frimousse, France. 32pp)

Every child has a blanket. But who said it needs to be a piece of cloth or a

cuddly toy? What if it was…the postman? Would he not make the perfect

blanket, following you everywhere, always ready to play and coming back

every day, when making his round? But, in the past days, the postman has

disappeared. Time to find another blanket! As the policeman passes by, it

shouldn’d take long to do so!

THE LOVE VIRUS («Jean L’elephant. Le virus de l’amour»)

by Laurie Cohen & Nicolas Gouny

(Frimousse, France. 36pp)

In the last few days, John the elephant has been

feeling quite strange, as if something is rumbling

in his tummy. It makes him turn all red and say

nonsense, while mumbling. He decides to go to

the doctor to find out if it’s serious. That could

well be… a serious case of love sickness!

Oh la la,

John is

IN LOVE!!

Two other titles in the

series: “John doesn’t want

to fart” & “Mini poo”!

BEWARE OF THE MONSTER! (“Plus gros que le ventre”)

by Michaël Escoffier & Amandine Piu

(Frimousse, France. 32pp)

BEWARE…this book contains a monster with

two enormous eyes! Close it quickly, otherwise

he’ll eat you, like everything coming his way.

Are you sure you want to turn the page?

We’ll have warned you!

IF YOU DON’T GO TO BED… (“Si tu ne vas pas te coucher…”)

by Ingrid Chabbert & Séverine Duchesne (Frimousse, France. 32pp)

What parents have not struggled with that “I don’t want to go to bed” moment?

As Louis’ mum desperately tries to convince him to go to sleep and tells him a

bear might come and sleep in his bed if he doesn’t hurry to do so, she ends up

being caught at her own game!

KOLOKO « Koloko» by Alain Chiche & Sylvain Diez (Frimousse, France. 32pp)

Koloko always listens to his mum. As he has a bad toothache one morning and she advices

him to go eat up an hippopotamus, here he goes. But, when he arrives in front of the hippo,

this one convinces him this is not the right remedy, sending him to the giraffe, who sends him

to the hairy gorilla, who sends him to the zebra…Will he eventually find a way to feel better?

Two other titles in the

series: “If you don’t eat

your soup” & “If you

don’t clean your room”!

IF YOU PUT (“Si tu mets”) by Ingrid Chabbert & Éléonore Zuber

(Frimousse, France. 30pp board book)

If you put an elephant on an ice field, you will hear a CRAAAACK! If you put an

hippopotamus in a swimming pool, you will hear a SPLAAAAASH! If you put a

rhinoceros on a sofa, you will hear a SCRAAAAAATCH! If you put an elephant,

an hippopotamus and a rhinoceros together on a boat, you will hear a………

THE BALL (“Le ballon”) by Ingrid Chabbert & Maurèen Poignonec

(Frimousse, France. 32pp)

Two children fighting over a ball. “Mine is bigger!”, “Mine is cuter!”.

But, as it rolls down the hill and brings about chaos on its way, the two

partners in crime are well embarassed. “It was your ball”, “No it was

yours!”. And the quarell starts all over again !

MOUET AND POUETTE (“Mouët et Pouette”)

by Séverine Duchesne (Frimousse, France. 32pp)

Mouet and Pouette are tired of their little corner of the world. They decide to go

and travel, to meet their cousin Gaetan. The two seagulls have never felt

happier, flying above the sea. But they soon discover that life away is not as fun

as they’d imagined it and that, there was no need to look for happiness on the

other side of the world. It was already right there in front of them…

THE WHITE KNIGHT (“Le Chevalier blanc”)

by Michaël Escoffier & Stéphane Sénégas (Frimousse, France. 36pp)

White Knight wants to free a Princess he thinks captive of a dangerous

dragon. But, as he attemps his attack on the castle, armed with a ladder,

he realises that reality might not be exactly what it seems and the pretty

Princess could well be…the dragon herself!

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LITTLE SPARKLE SERIES (Ptites Etincelles”) by Edouard Manceau (Frimousse, France. 30 titles available. 24pp/title)

A series of mini picture books, each featuring a different animal and explaining, in a humorous way, why they are the way they are.

Why do zebras have black stripes? Why do pigs have a curly tail? Why do snakes dance at the sound of music? Why do millipedes

have so many legs? Find out with those funny little books! Rights sold in Spain (Spanish & Catalan), Brazil, China & Korea.

WHO IS SCARED? (“Qui a peur?”)

by Alain Chiche

(Frimousse, France. 32pp board book)

Everyone is scared of something. Even

little ghost (of silence), little vampire (of

light), little dragon (of water), little witch

(of snakes)…but there is one who isn’t

scared of anything. He is hairy, has pointed

teeth...do you know who that is?

“The masked cats” (two titles) Duchesne by Nancy Guilbert & Séverine Duchesne (Frimousse, France. 36pp)

The Masked cats, it’s Catito, the athletic one and king of rolls and somersaults , CativariI the artist, who can immobilize people just by staring at

them and Catoufou the inventor, who can turn any object into something else. When together, they are the best trio of detectives! “The Masked

Cats” is a fun interactive fiction series for first readers, in which children can help our trio in the course of the stories by decoding messages,

looking out for objects and clues hidden in the images, counting elements….

“Fun Game” (one title) by Nancy Guilbert & Séverine Duchesne (Frimousse, France. 48pp)

Without knowing how, Stan and Julie find themselves trapped inside a video game. To free the creature that is inside, they will have to face

mega-dangerous missions. An interactive read, containing many mysteries to solve, to help the heroes moving forward with their adventures.

One day, Plouf the fish, met a pretty lady fish and fell head over heels for her! But she didn’t find him pretty enough and left

him. He was very sad and cried a lot…until a specialist of love heartaches consoled him and brought a smile back on his face,

by giving him a cute new little heart… Since then, he’s been feeling like the most loved red fish of all!

NEW!

“I read &

Play Series”

New title

in the

series!

JATAKAS. SIX BUDHIST TALES (“Jatakas. Seis cuentos budistas”)

by Marta Millà & Rebeca Luciani (Pequeño Fragmenta, Spain. 40pp)

Six beautifully illustrated Jatakas, old tales in which Budha and his

disciples transmit love and respect towards their surroundings and others.

HARUS’S SCHOOL (“La escuela de Haru”)

by Flavia Company & Luciano Lozano (Pequeño Fragmenta, Spain. 48pp)

Follow the five years apprenticeship of four students and their master Haru in a Dojo,

through nine episodes focusing on Oriental disciplines such as origami, callygraphy, taichi or archery.

THE SIXTH SENSE (“El sexto sentido”)

by Laia de Ahumada & Mercè López

(Pequeño Fragmenta, Spain. 40pp)

Next to the five senses, there is another one that enables us to

see and feel what we can not see with our eyes or with the

touch. A beautifully illustrated book about listening to what

we feel inside, intuition and sensitivity.

A SERIOUS THOUGHT (“ÖÖMÕTTED”)

by Jonas Taul (KirjastusDraakon & Kuu, Estonia. 64pp)

When a little boy goes to bed at night, thoughts start to

circle his mind; beautiful thoughts, dangerous thoughts,

frightening thoughts. Thoughts that reach far and wide

and take him on a journey to look for answers. Rights

sold in France and Korea.

HOW TO WRAP A PRESENT IN 10 STEPS

(“Cómo envolver un regalo en 10 pasos”)

by Pepe Serrano & Raùl Guridi (Apila Ediciones, Spain. 40pp)

10 steps to follow very carefully to wrap a present. To practice you can wrap the

juicer, the television, the cat, a spoon, a cup of coffee, a shoe or even this book!

PINK MONSTER (“Monstruo rosa”) by Olga de Dios (Apila Ediciones, Spain. 36pp)

Pink Monster has always been different: pink while everyone else is white, big while everyone

else is small, cheerful while everyone else is glum, clumsy….But one day he decides to go and

travel the world, discovering he isn’t the only one to be different. A powerful picture book about

diversity and how it makes us who we are. Rights sold in France, Greece, Brazil, Turkey,

Japan, Korea and China.

YELLOW BIRD (“Pajaro Amarillo”) by Olga de Dios (Apila Ediciones, Spain. 40pp)

Yellow Bird can’t fly because his wings are too small but he is an ingenious inventor! One day,

his birds’ friends fly away to other places, leaving him behind. But he comes up with a great idea

to take off and travel the world himself - helping others unable to fly like him- on the way. Rights

sold in Greece, Brazil, Turkey, Japan, Korea and China.

17,000

copies

sold in

Spain!

KOSMO & KLAX series: Bedtime, Seasons & Friendship stories

by Alexandra Helmig & Timo Becker

(Mixtvision, Germany. 96 pages/title. colour illustrated)

Alexandra Helmig writes about the adventures of the squirrel Kosmo and his friend Klax,

a little red ball. Timo Becker has painted colorful pictures for those 20 reading-aloud

stories per book. Whether it is a summer party or a visit to the dentist in “Friendship

tories”, a nightly walk or a dance of the fireflies at the treehouse in “Bedtime Stories”;

sleighrides in winter or april fools in spring in “Seasons Stories”, Kosmo & Klax’s fun

world always has something in store for them and their group of friends.

IS IDA HERE? (“Ist Ida da?”)

by Antonie Schneider & Julie Völk

(Mixtvision, Germany. 32pp)

Everyone is waiting for Ida in the garden; everything without her is so boring. They are

searching for the little girl, until the postman arrives with a letter from her. Ida will be there

soon and when she is, it’ll be fine. A poetic story about the art of waiting and the passing of

time. Because waiting for good friend is always worth it.

WHAT’S BEING DEAD LIKE? (“Und wie ist Totsein?”)

by Anne Lehner (Mixtvision Verlag, Germany. 32pp)

Every one of us has different notions about being dead and none of them is right or

wrong. The importance of grieving and that it is nothing to be ashamed about is at the

heart of this book. This book offers points of discussion for parents and children to talk

about a topic that is hard to grasp: What happens when someone is dead? Do they go to

heaven? Do people still think about them? Anne Lehner, a young artist, has managed to

create a gentle approach to the topic. Grief counsellor Mechthild Schroeter-Rupieper has

written a helpful afterword for this powerful picture book.

Three titles in

the series!

View HERE

a trailer

DO FISH SLEEP? (“Schlafen Fische?”)

by Jens Raschke & Jens Rassmus (Mixtvision, Germany. 64pp)

Jette's brother Emil has passed away. He isn’t here anymore. Her mother hasn't

stopped crying and Jette is painting clouds of anger. But the good times with Emil

are always on her mind. She will always remember the holidays spent together and

the day when Emil and her played funeral. Dramatist Jens Raschke tells the reader

about Jette's endless questions about the purpose of life, grief, hope and a great

love between siblings. A touching, heartwarming story about grief - told in a

hopeful, at times even humorous tone. Based on a wildly successful theater play of

the same name that was staged in Germany, Mexico City, Stockholm, Poland,

Hungary and Austria and translated in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic,

Finnish, Arabic, Polish, Spanish, Hungarian, Russian, Estonian, and Romanian.

(Swedish, Spanish, Polish, Hungarian and Arab versions available for review).

Both the play and the radio play have won numerous awards.

JARA’S JOURNEY (“Jaras Reise”)

by Philipp Löhle & Pe Grigo

(Mixtvision, Germany. Colour illustrated inside. 96pp)

Jaras best friend Frida moved from southern Germany to Berlin.

Now Jara is supposed to wait for the next holidays to see Frida

again. No way she can wait that long! So Jara sets out to walk to

Berlin on her own. Luckily she doesn't stay alone for long. A

story about a brave girl, real friendship and a journey between

reality and fantasy at the crack of dawn.

Fiction

MR SHAHA’S RECIPES FOR WONDER by Alom Shaha & Emily Robertson (Scribble, Australia. 64pp)

Why does the …? What is …? How does …? Why is …? What are all the parts of a flower? How does a wine glass sing?

I don’t know! But soon you will. Every child is a scientist with the help of Mr Shaha’s Book of Wonder. There are

experiments galore to do at home from making a balloon-powered car to dissecting a daffodil. With beautiful and detailed

illustrations by Emily Robertson to accompany the experiments, this is the perfect book for a scientific young mind.

GRANDMA Z by Daniel Gray-Barnett (Scribble, Australia. 32pp)

Albert’s life is very ordinary. But when Grandma Z roars into town on her

motorcycle he is swept into a very extraordinary adventure. Will life ever be

the same again? A rollicking adventure story featuring a thoroughly modern

grandmother with stunningly imaginative illustrations.

RHYME CORDIAL by Antonia Pesenti

(Scribble, Australia. 24pp)

Fingernails or fingerSNAILS? Loudspeaker or loudSNEAKER?

Rhyme Cordial is a book of delightfully weird and wonderful wordplay.

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how the

book works!

Non-

fiction

NU DANG AND HIS KITE by Jacqueline Ayer (Enchanted Lion, USA. 40pp)

“In a sunny, sleepy place halfway around the world in Siam, on the banks of a long brown

river, there once lived a little boy whose name was Nu Dang.” Thus begins this enchanting

story about a small boy who loves his kite more than anything else. But sorrow arrives one

windy day, when the string slips from his hand and his kite disappears! But rather than

sinking into gloominess, Nu Dang sets out to find his kite. In his small boat he paddles down

the long brown river, asking the sweet-cakes vendor, the pork butcher, the cloth merchant -

all the people he meets - if they have seen his kite. But nobody has seen it, so he finally

makes his way home, where a joyous surprise awaits him.

THE PAPER-FLOWER TREE by Jacqueline Ayer (Enchanted Lion, USA. 40pp)

One wonderful day, an old peddler came to the small village in faraway Thailand where a

little girl called Miss Moon lived. With him he brought a tree, fashioned of brightly colored

paper flowers. How Miss Moon longed to have such a tree! When the old man, in parting,

gave her one of the flowers, she planted its seed; a black bead, and tended it faithfully.

Though beads will not grow, Miss Moon’s faith was nevertheless rewarded.

THE JUNGLE by Helen Borten

(Enchanted Lion, USA. 40pp)

Out of the morning mist a vast ocean of leaves

appears. What lies beneat - the varied teeming

life of animals and plants- is vividly portrayed

through the cycle of day and night in the jungle

world. Considered Helen Borten's masterpiece,

The Jungle was inspired by a trip to Guatemala

in 1967 to seek out images and stories to share

with children back in the US.

RE-ISSUE FROM

THE LATE 60’S

RE-ISSUES

FROM THE

LATE 50’S

THE GOLD LEAF by Kirsten Hall & Matthew Forsythe

(Enchanted Lion USA. 48pp)

A gold leaf appears in the forest. As soon as the animals notice it, each wants it more

than anything else in the world. But in their struggle for it, the leaf is destroyed.

Heartbroken, the animals wonder: will they ever again see such a leaf? Rights sold

in French.

MACANUDO Series (3 titles) by Liniers (Enchanted Lion, USA. 96-104pp/title)

You are embarking on one of the coolest journeys of your life - your journey

into the world of Liniers’ Macanudo. Liniers has been building those comic

strips, so there are many paths to go down and many places to go. Here you

will find a vast world of logic and illogic; a world where you’ll be ambushed,

caught off guard, poked, and taken by surprise. You’ll be touched by

melancholy and by an ineffable sweetness, as we always are when we come

face-to-face with what we know deep down to be pure and true. And then

there’s this: it just feels good to spend time in this wonderfully rendered and

lovely world.

5 CHERRIES by Vittoria Facchini (Enchanted Lion, USA. 56pp)

Two siblings travel into the depths of their own imaginations through a simple

game of make-believe with a handful of cherries. A mother gives her two

children five cherries each. One is excited; the other disappointed. "What can I

do with five cherries?" they ask. Some colored ribbons and two pairs of shoes

are all we have to distinguish the children. When these are discarded in the

spirit of play and exploration, we are made to confront the ways our own

expectations of gender shape our reading of the world at large.

English language

rights, excl. North

America, available

With gold

foil on the

inside leaf

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