Author Archives: sbarrouillet

Something

written and illustrated by Aviel Basil

Mouse is digging when rabbit comes by, curious to find out what Mouse is looking for. “Something!” Rabbit joins and starts digging until Hedgehog, then Badger, Tortoise join in this special search.

Rights sold: French, Spanish, Catalan, English, Greek, Hebrew and Lithuanian

Board book or Hardpack / 230 x 200 mm / 36 pages / Zebra Publishing

Absolutely Everything

written and illustrated by Damian Alexander

  • Massachusetts Book Award Longlist, Long-listed, 2026
  • Denny O’Neil Graphic Novel Reading List, Long-listed, 2026
  • Notable Award Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year Selection, Co-winner, 2026
  • VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Honor Book, Commended, 2026

Life feels like a lot for Marcella. Her bestie has new friends; her parents want to move—absolutely everything is stressing her out! A thoughtful graphic story about growing up and ADHD.

Paperback / 6 x 9 inch / 216 pages / Graphic Universe

Everybody Loves differently

written by Büşra Tarçalır and illustrated by Zişan Özeke

Işık has a large family, and each family member has their own house. Each house comes with different rules and ways of living. The rules set by her mother don’t apply at her father’s house. What she does with her aunt isn’t the same as what she can do with her uncle… What they all share is their love for her.

Paperback / 220 x 220mm / 36 pages / Redhouse Kidz

Pappa and the Boy

written by Triinu Laan and illustrated by Anne Pikkov

IBBY Honour List 2026 & 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Jury Recommendation

The boy and granddad are the best pair. A very young man and a very old man can manage together and collect memories full of the joy of life. Full of magical realism with South Estonian flavour, this book shows how to enjoy life and lets the reader join the fun with the active boy and his granddad in the midst of comical mishaps and  incidents.

Hardback / 190 x 255 mm / 64 pages / Paike ja Pilv

Ode to the River

written and illustrated by Emily House

Finalist for the 2026 SCBWI Crystal Kite awards!

High in the mountains where few people go, Water is springing, beginning to flow. It starts as a trickle, builds into a stream. Gently descending, it babbles and gleams. Soon it’s a river, majestic and wide Rushing and gushing it glistens and glides.

Paperback / 215 x 280 mm / 52 pages / Imagnary House

Dust

written by Silke Schlichtmann and illustrated by Maja Bohn

Nominated for the “Science Book of the Year 2026 of “Bild der Wissenschaft.”

Dust has a bad reputation. How unfair! As dust is a true miracle substance that gives us the most beautiful sunsets, that makes it rain or conjures up artistic snowflakes. Dust particles in the ice in Antarctica can tell us about the climate thousands of years ago and fine dust can help to find criminals.

Hardback / 210 x 280 mm / 48 pages / Tulipan Verlag

Super Ninja Kururo Series

written and illustrated by Mark Torres

To become a ninja, you need focus, courage, and decency. Our hero has none of those. Legend has it that beyond the swamps of doom, across the volcanoes of hell, there was the temple of Macha-kón, a sinister place where the most lethal ninjas on the planet were trained.

KURURO 1 THE MAGIC BRACELET

KURURO 2 BRUTAL MASSACRE

KURURO 3 THE LEGENDARY FREE PIZZA

KURURO 4 THE DANGEROUS ROUTE 51

Rights sold: English, French, Catalan, Basque and Galician

Paperback / 170 x 240 / 48 pages / Bang Ediciones

The girl who owned a city

written by O. T. Nelson and adapted by Dan Jollye, Joelle Jones and Jenn Manley Lee

A deadly virus killed every adult on Earth, leaving only the kids behind. With her parents gone, Lisa is responsible for her little brother, Todd. She has to make sure they stay alive. Many kids are sick or starving, and fierce gangs are stealing and destroying everything they find.  Lots of people have given up, but on Grand Avenue, some kids are surviving.

“This graphic novel adaptation of Nelson’s 1975 story maintains the original tension and finds room for political discourse.” —The Horn Book Guide

Rights sold: Danish and Italian

Paperback / 7 x 9 inches / 216 pages / Graphic Universe

Awards:

Winner – Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List 2012

To the last gram

written by Shreya Davies and illustrated by Vanessa Wong

Divya has to negotiate a balancing act between her culture and fitting in, her teenage years where appetites must be managed to keep up appearances and her early adulthood where responsibilities feel overwhelming. TO THE LAST GRAM is an honest and hopeful story of feeling at odds with and finding a home in one’s community, family, and body, and of the yet-unfurling journey to embrace the fullness of life.

Divya’s narration is candid and solid—and when her words falter, Wong’s illustrations, in browns, oranges, and white, fill in the gaps and have a powerful effect. The surreal, sometimes dreamlike artwork captures the irrational thinking that accompanies these disorders and renders them tangible.

Visceral and unflinching.

— Kirkus Reviews

Rights sold: French

Paperback / 148 x 210 / 128 pages / Difference Engine

Awards

Winner — Singapore Book Awards 2026 (Best Book Cover Design)

CORALS: SECRETS OF THE REEF

written and illustrated by Klara Krappell

For over 500 million years, corals have been growing together in the oceans to form huge, brightly coloured coral reefs.
Have you ever wondered who lives in these reefs and why they are so vital for our entire ecosystem?. A cute pygmy seahorse takes young explorers on an adventurous journey into the underwater world.

Rights sold: French, Spanish and Catalan

Hardback/ 220 x 280 / 32 pages / Achse Verlag