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Hodder Children’s Books, 338 Euston Road,

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United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7873 6000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7873 6380

Hall 25, Stand B51

Managing Director: Marlene JohnsonDeputy Managing Director: Clare SomervillePublishing Director: Anne McNeilLicensing Executive Manager: Karen LawlerGroup Rights and Digital Director: Andrew SharpHead of Rights: Nirmal SandhuSenior Rights Manager: Susannah PalfreyRights Manager: Naomi JonesSenior Rights Executive: Fabrice BlanchefortRights Executive: Kasia Bogadkowska

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Front cover image © Ellie Sandall 2014

Ellie Sandall

From a bright young star comes a picture book bursting with lemurs!

With a great playfulness, and that all-important rhythm and repetition.

Lemurs are the essence of fun, mischief and childlike curiosity.

If you like Emily Gravett, you’ll love Ellie Sandall!

• HB PICTURE BooK • 250x275MM • 32PP • AGE RANGE: 3-5 years • PRICE: £11.99 • PUB DATE: May 2015 • RIGHTS: World

• RIGHTS SoLD IN CoPyCAT BEAR: English (USA), Korean, Chinese (simplified) • LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: United Agents

• FILES DUE: 24-oCT 14 • Ex-WoRKS: 10-FEB 15

From a rising talent comes

a brand-new character.

Meet Mr Panda!

• HB PICTURE BooK • 265x260MM • 32PP • AGE RANGE: 3-5 years • PRICE: £11.99 • PUB DATE: Jan 15 • RIGHTS: World

• RIGHTS SoLD IN THE QUEEN’S HAT: Korean • LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Hachette Children’s Books

• FILES DUE: 25-JUN 14 • Ex-WoRKS: 01-NoV 14

A truly hilarious story about the importance of “please” and “thank you”.

Deliberately understated with delectable results.

With a Jon Klassen appeal, Steve is definitely a talent to watch.

A wonderfully funny tale illustrated with humour and elegance.

Alex is the official World Book Day Illustrator 2014.

Part of a growing series with 6 fiction books published to date and more to come.

TV rights optioned by Sixteen South.

Rights to Claude fiction sold in sixteen languages.

• HB PICTURE BooK • 245x245MM • 32PP • AGE RANGE: 3-5 years • PRICE: £11.99 • PUB DATE: Nov 2014 • RIGHTS: World

• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Hachette Children’s Books• FILES DUE: 06-MAy 14 • Ex-WoRKS: 01-SEP 14

For the first time, the bestselling Claude sets sail into a picture book!

From an award-winning duo comes a zany, laugh-out-loud

counting book!A bright, bold, fun, energetic picture book

with a strong counting theme.

Packed with over 20 animals, the silliness of this story will have children in fits of laughter!

By the award-winning Kes Gray and illustrated by the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field.

• HB PICTURE BooK• 245x245MM • 32PP• AGE RANGE: 3-5 years• PRICE: £11.99• PUB DATE: Feb 2015 • RIGHTS: World

• RIGHTS SoLD IN oI FRoG: USA• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/

FILM/TV: Fizzbomb Ltd/ United Agents

• FILES DUE: 24-JUL 14• Ex-WoRKS: 01-DEC 14

A sparkling new series for girls from the author of the global success Angelina Ballerina.

• HB PICTURE BooK• 245x245MM • 32PP• AGE RANGE: 4-7 years• PRICE: £11.99• PUB DATE: Sep 2014 • RIGHTS: World

• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Hilary Delamere @ The Agency (London) Ltd

• FILES DUE: 15-MAy 14• Ex-WoRKS: 01-SEP 14

For all those who love fairies, friendship, fun and pink!

With bespoke glittery pink covers.

Illustrated by the bestselling and award-winning Sarah Warburton.

Angelina Ballerina sold over 6 million copies worldwide and was translated into 19 languages.

Katharine Holabird & Sarah Warburton

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With a strong bedtime theme, a host of adorable animals, and a fantastic read-aloud story.

Timeless, warm, subtle artwork from a brand-new talent to the Hodder list.

An utterly charming bedtime tale.

• HB PICTURE BooK • 265x260MM • 32PP • AGE RANGE: 3-5 yEARS • PRICE: £11.99• PUB DATE: March 2015 • RIGHTS: World • LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV:

Eunice McMullen/United Agents • FILES DUE: 21-AUG 14 • Ex-WoRKS: 01-JAN 15

The perfect bedtime story for any child who enjoys snuggling their favourite toys.

There are two sides to this funny and charming story.

Highlights the importance of seeing the world in different ways.

Perfect Pet was the winner of the USA 2011 IRA Children’s and young Adult’s Primary Fiction Award.

• HB PICTURE BooK• 265x260MM • 32PP• AGE RANGE: 3-5 years• PRICE: £11.99• PUB DATE: Jan 2015 • RIGHTS: World • RIGHTS SoLD IN

PREVIoUS TITLES: English (USA), French, Hebrew, Chinese (simplified and complex), Korean, English (Australia)

• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: David Higham Associates

• FILES DUE: 25-Jun 14• Ex-WoRKS: 01-Dec 14

Fiona Roberton

FUNNY BUNNIES

Coming soon: the sixth Hugless Douglas

picture book. Discover the fun that Douglas has at little school!

A brand-new series for the very young from the bestselling creator of Hugless Douglas.

Discover opposites and all kinds of weather in these delightful first concept board books.

David Melling is a critically acclaimed artist with a hugely successful

international record.

These funny rhyming stories are perfect for toddlers everywhere.

• BoARD BooKS • 195x195MM • 11 SPREADS • AGE RANGE: 1-4 years • PRICE: £5.99• PUB DATE: July 2014 • RIGHTS: World • RIGHTS SoLD IN HUGLESS DoUGLAS: 26 languages • LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Hachette Children’s Books

• FILES DUE: 15-MAy 14 • Ex-WoRKS: 01-Sep 14

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Kipper’slittle friends

Mick Inkpen

A brand new Kipper story.

Discover different baby animals with Kipper and Arnold.

Kipper is an instantly recognizable pre-school character and the Kipper books have sold millions worldwide.

• HB PICTURE BooK • 260x260MM • 32PP • AGE RANGE: 3-5 years • PRICE: £11.99 • PUB DATE: Sep 2014 • RIGHTS: World • RIGHTS SoLD: 16 languages

• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Valerie Hoskins Associates • FILES DUE: 15-May 14 • Ex-WoRKS: 01-Sep 14

Kipper is 25 – and what better way to celebrate

than with a new book?

Tooth Fairy’s Christmas

A tale of what happens when The Tooth Fairy and Father Christmas unite!

With laugh-out-loud artwork by Garry Parsons, the bestselling

illustrator of The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas.

Two magical childhood characters in an

entertaining story by the

winner of the Roald Dahl

Funny Prize.

• HB PICTURE BooK• 270x270MM • 32PP• AGE RANGE:

3-5 years• PRICE: £11.99• PUB DATE: oct 2014 • LICENSING/

MERCHANDISING/ FILM/TV: Hachette Children’s Books/United Agents

• FILES DUE: 15-May 14• Ex-WoRKS: 01-Sep 14

PETER BENTLY and GARRY PARSONSThe

• PB• 185x140MM • 96PP• AGE RANGE: 5+ years• PRICE: £4.99• PUB DATE: Jan 2015 • RIGHTS: World• RIGHTS SoLD:

Spanish (w), German, Korean, Turkish

• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: United Agents/Hachette Children’s Books

• FILES DUE: 25-Jun 14• Ex-WoRKS: 01-Nov 14

From the irresistible pairing of Tim Healey and Chris Mould comes the fourth title in this wacky series.

With hilarious illustrations and short chapters; perfect for new readers.

For all those children who love Horrid Henry!

Classic school stories with timeless appeal – and an unforgettable main character.

New full colour covers and black-and-white line drawings from rising star Kate Hindley.

Each book includes a special section containing stories, photos and facts which relate to Enid Blyton’s childhood and her teaching career.

• PB FICTIoN • WoRD CoUNT: 25-40,000 words • 198 x 129 mm • 63 PP – 240 PP• AGE RANGE: 9+ • PRICE: £5.99 • PUB DATES: May 2014 • RIGHTS: WoRLD • RIGHTS SoLD: Chinese (simplified), Indonesian, Portuguese (PT), Spanish (W), Turkish • LICENSING/MERCHANDISING FILM/TV: Enid Blyton Estate (Hachette Children’s Books)

For more than 70 years, the Famous Five’s adventures have helped foster a love of reading in children throughout the world.

These eight original Blyton Famous Five short stories, first published in the 1950s, have been illustrated in full-colour by talented contemporary artist Jamie Littler.

A perfect introduction for new readers, and an exciting way to enjoy classic Blyton tales for existing fans.

• PB FICTIoN • WoRLD CoUNT: 2,000 words • 198 x 129mm • 80 pp • AGE RANGE: 7+• PRICE: £5.99 • PUB DATE: 1-2 Feb 2014; 3-4 April 2014; 5-6 Sept 2014; 7 (Christmas) oct 2014;

8 Nov 2014 • RIGHTS: World • LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM /TV: Enid Blyton Estate (Hachette Children’s Books) • FILES DUE: 13-Jun 14 • Ex-WoRKS: 15-Sep 14

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Blyton’s global sales exceed 500 million copies, and she is the world’s fourth most translated author!

Enid Blyton, 1897-1968, wrote over 600 books for children, and is still regarded as one of the most popular of all children’s writers.

Two more instalments of eight-year-old Mattie’s chaotic family life. Whether it’s planning a birthday surprise for Mum, or moving home, she has plenty to add to her Worry List!

Beautifully illustrated, feel-good stories perfect for children just moving on to chapter books from an award-winning author.

Rights now sold in seven languages!

• PB FICTIoN• 198 x 129 MM• 144 PP• AGE RANGE: 7-9• PRICE: £4.99• WoRD CoUNT: 14,000 words• PUB DATES: My Funny Family’s

Got Talent: March 2014;

My Funny Family Moves House: July 2014; My Funny Family Saves the Day: March 2015

• RIGHTS: World• RIGHTS SoLD: German, Danish,

Spanish (W), Turkish, Russian, Hebrew, Polish.• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING FILM/TV:

Hachette Children’s Books

A smart sassy heroine – Sesame is the number

one detective on skates!

This three-book series is charmingly illustrated by Sarah Horne.

• PB FICTIoN• 198x129MM• 224PP• AGE RANGE: 7+• PRICE: £6.99• WoRD CoUNT: 25,000 words• PUB DATE: Apr 2014

• RIGHTS: World• RIGHTS SoLD:

German, English (USA)• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/

FILM/TV: Kirsty McLachlan, David Godwin Associates

Illustrated byLee

WildishChris HigginsMy Funny FaMiLy

These books have short chapters, lots of black and white illustrations, and feature popular subjects such as football, aliens, pirates and superheroes.

Ian Whybrow is a well-loved author, best known for his Little Wolf and Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs (also on TV).

• PB FICTIoN• 198x129MM• 64PP• AGE RANGE: 5+• PRICE: £4.99• WoRD CoUNT: 6,000 words• PUB DATES: 14-16: May 2014• RIGHTS: World • LICENSING/MERCHANDISING FILM/TV: Jodie Hodges, United Agents

• PB FICTIoN• 198 x 129 MM• 144 PP• AGE RANGE: 7-9• PRICE: £5.99• WoRD CoUNT: 8,000 words• PUB DATES: 1 June 2014; 2

Aug 2014• RIGHTS: World• LICENSING/

MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Ian Wilson, I M Wilson

BoyFACE ANTELoPE has been waiting his whole life to turn ten and be allowed to enter his parents’ stripemongering shop. on the morning of his tenth birthday he finds his parents ill, and they ask him not just to go in the shop but to look after it on his own! Can he handle the delivery of five irritable tigers and keep the stripemongery running smoothly?

Illustrated throughout with hilarious detail by Mark Weighton, this laugh-out-loud series will appeal to fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Roald Dahl.

An hilariously surreal adventure seriesby children’s comedian

Danny Woo is half-Chinese, half-British – and in search of the person who killed his parents, who is now after him.

Danny lives in the world of the circus, where cultures from all over the world come together – and where deception and danger are lurking round every corner.

• PB FICTIoN• 198 x 129 MM• 360 PP• AGE RANGE: 9+• PRICE: £6.99

• WoRD CoUNT: 60,000 words• PUB DATE: July 2014• RIGHTS: World • RIGHTS SoLD: German, Dutch, Russian• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Kirsty McLachlan,

David Godwin Associates

Asgard is on the brink of war and there’s only one person who can stop it. Meet Freya, the Valkyrie…From the author of PEGASUS comes an exciting heroine based on Norse mythology.

Expect epic battles, monstrouscreatures and legendary chases as contemporary and mythological worlds collide. Will delight fans of Pegasus and Percy Jackson.

The Pegasus series has been published in eight countries including the US.

• PB FICTIoN • 198 x 129 MM • 352 PP • AGE RANGE: 9+• PRICE: £6.99 • WoRDS: 71,000 • PUB DATE: May 2014 • RIGHTS: World• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Veronique Baxter, David Higham Associates

Enter the world of Odin and Thor

Long ago, the world was full of dragons. These pages are taken from the notebooks of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third and will tell you how to find dragons, how to track them, how to ride and train them, and how to deal with them if they attack. Featuring Cressida Cowell’s exquisite illustrations in full colour for the first time!

The major motion picture, How to Train your Dragon 2, out Summer 2014!

• HB FICTIoN WITH FULL CoLoUR ILLUSTRATIoNS

• 200 x 153 MM• 224 PP• AGE RANGE: 7+• PRICE: £12.99• WoRDS: approx.

15,000 words• PUB DATE:

June 2014 • RIGHTS:

World ex US• LICENSING/

MERCHANDISING: Caroline Walsh, David Higham Associates

• FILM/TV: Sold to DreamWorks

• FILES DUE: 26-May 14

• Ex-WoRKS: 26-Aug 14

Fiction rights sold

in 35 languages!

The Da Vinci Code for kids – an extraordinary six-book series with real codes, real mysteries and real danger.

Based on a real-life unbroken code known as the Voynich Manuscript.

Readers work alongside the characters to crack the code themselves!

An original and brilliant adventure that takes the characters across the globe.

• PB FICTIoN • 198 x 129 MM PB • 352 PP• AGE RANGE: 9+ • PRICE: £6.99 • WoRD CoUNT: 60,000 words• PUB DATES: Book 5 – May 2014; Book 6 – oct 2014• RIGHTS SoLD: Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese (BR), French, Chinese (simplified)• RIGHTS: World • LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Hachette Children’s Books

The start of a thrilling, action-packed trilogy from Charlie Fletcher, set in a world where statues come to life and dragons and heroes battle.

Something dark has woken in the British Museum, and it has stopped time, literally freezing the city in its tracks. The people are there, but unmoving, unseeing - like statues. The statues, on the other hand, can move, and are astonished at what they see.

The Stoneheart trilogy was published in 22 languages and movie rights to Stoneheart have recently been sold to Paramount.

• PB FICTIoN • 198 x 129 MM PB • 240 PP • AGE RANGE: 9+ • PRICE: £5.99• WoRD CoUNT: 30,000 words • PUB DATE: July 2014 • RIGHTS: World• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Karolina Sutton, Curtis Brown

Dreams of celebrity and musical stardom come true in this series, while characters are still rooted firmly in the real world.

Global sales of award-winning CHERUB series now over 6.5 million copies, with rights sold to 28 countries and a film in production.

• HB FICTIoN• 234x153MM• 384PP• AGE RANGE 11+• PRICE £12.99• WoRD CoUNT: 77,000 words• PUB DATE: Feb 2014• RIGHTS SoLD: French,

German, Danish, Portuguese (BR), Portuguese (PT)

• RIGHTS: World excl. USA• LICENSING/

MERCHANDISING FILM/TV: Clare Pearson, Eddison Pearson Literary Agency

Ten years. Fifteen missions. one top-selling author. And now a new look for the spy series that kids believe is real!

Tried and tested adventures for fans to get immersed in, with global online community for them to join, and brand-new websites available.

Graphic novel and unabridged audio of first book available.

• PB FICTIoN• 198x129MM• 400PP• AGE RANGE 11+• PRICE £6.99• WoRD CoUNT: 70,000 words• PUB DATE: April 2014• RIGHTS: World• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING FILM/TV:

Clare Pearson, Eddison Pearson Literary Agency

• RIGHTS SoLD: Danish, Belgian, Czech, Serbian, Norwegian, French, Portuguese (BR), Portuguese (PT), Polish, Swedish, German, Japanese, Turkish, Dutch, USA, Estonian, Slovakian, Chinese (simplified)

An ingeniously plotted historical novel with an unreliable narrator who may be guilty of murder.

Patricia Elliott has been shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and longlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.

• PB FICTIoN• 198x129 MM• 400 PP• AGE RANGE: 12+• PRICE: £6.99• WoRD CoUNT: 85,000 words• PUB DATE: March 2014 • RIGHTS: World• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV:

Elizabeth Roy, Elizabeth Roy Literary Agency

For Grace Becker, The 100 Society is more than just a game; it’s an obsession. 100 locations around the city must be grafitti tagged, each location growing in danger and risk.Having convinced her friends to play, Grace will stop at nothing to reach 100. But the REAPER is one step behind them, determined to end their game. And before they know it, Grace and her friends are each being threatened. But it’s too late to turn back …

Friendships unravel and lives are risked in this tense debut thriller in which no one is above suspicion.

• PB FICTIoN • 198 x 129 MM • 352 PP • AGE RANGE: 11+ • PRICE: £6.99 • WoRD CoUNT: 68,000 words • PUB DATE: September 2014 • RIGHTS: World ex US • LICENSING/MERCHANDISING/FILM/TV: Stephanie Thwaites, Curtis Brown

Of the thousand letters a week that agony

expert Alex Hooper-Hodson receives, 52 key

problems emerge that affect

teenage girls everywhere. Delivered with sensitivity,

practical tips and sound advice, Alex gets to the

bottom of the real-life problems of puberty,

body issues, relationships, self-esteem, depression,

cyberbullying and online social networking.

Agony Expert Offering Real Life Solutions to Real Life Problems!

Written by a teen agony expert

The ultimate guide to today’s teen issues

Tackles online bullying & social networking

Brilliant self-help resource for 12+

Dear Alex...

• HB 210 x 150MM • 96pp • AGE RANGE: 12+ • Price: £6.99• PUB DATE: 52 Teen Girl Problems & How to Solve Them: March 2014;

52 Teen Boy Problems & How to Solve Them: April 2014• RIGHTS: World • Licensing/Merchandising: Hachette Children’s Books

The Colour ThiefTheir life was full of joy and colour until one day a thief came and took it all away…

This is a story of hope and love for families who are touched by the overwhelming effects of depression.

Andrew Fusek Peters and Polly Peters are award-winning authors of poetry and picture books.

Critically acclaimed Karin Littlewood beautifully captures the despair of a young boy seeking the father he once knew.

Gives parents and teachers a starting point to discuss depression with young children.

• HB 275x 250mm • 32pp• AGE RANGE: 7-10

• PRICE: £11.99• PUB DATE: August 2014

• RIGHTS: World• LICENSING/MERCHANDISING: Hachette Children’s Books

• FILM/TV: Hachette Children’s Books• FILES DUE: 1st May 2014

• Ex WoRKS: 1st August 2014