Author Archives: sbarrouillet

Ggomi’s Museum Tour

written by Kim Lee-ra and illustrated by Lee Hee-eun

The Coral Preschool are going on a field trip to the museum tomorrow and the students will have to write a field trip report. But Ggomi the eel and his friends Dongri the blowfish and Dakdak the lobster don’t want to do the assignment. Then Ggomi has a great idea…

Hardback / 210 x 250 / 44 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

One Secret Night in a Library

written by Seo Ji-yeon and illustrated by Yoon Jin-hyun

Every night Mr. Librarian comes and delivers the books reports that the children wrote that day in the library. One night, the small book is very sad because he did not receive any book reports so Mr. Librarian decides to do something to make the small book happy.

Hardback / 210 x 250 / 44 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

Candy Tree

written and illustrated by Baek Yoo-yun

A new series of picture book for children aged 4+.
Inspired by the changes in nature, these picture books clearly show lovely and mellow colours to help engage children.
Each book features different seasonal events in the deep woods, with lots of details to explore.

Hardback / 210 x 233 / 40 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

There Is Room Even In The Smallest Space

written by Rieke Patwardhan and illustrated by Katja Gehrmann

“Our apartment is way too small for a pet”, Mum and Dad tell me. But everyone knows that there is space even in the smallest place, right? Even in the tiniest flat there are plenty of suitable spots for animals: A chicken’s nest would perfectly fit in a pot and some animals are flat or can curl up without needing much space. Unfortunately, Mum and Dad still say “No”. But guess what: There is a solution for when you are not allowed to have a pet…

Rights sold: Estonian

Hardback / 25 x 23 / 36 pages / Tulipan Verlag

Pina

written and illustrated by Elif Yemenici

Pina is so happy in his house. His warm home is full of peace. And outside? That’s where Pina gets a little bit scared. Maybe for him, to discover the beauties outside, a moon strawberry or a bird plum is needed…

Loved for her books which she writes and illustrates herself, Elif Yemenici uses a different technique to tell her story this time, combining her illustrations with the models she has created. Depicting the anxiety, courage, and joy of Pina, who is afraid to leave his house, this illustrated story is also a visual feast.

Rights sold: English

Hardback / 22 x 25 / 60 pages / Redhouse Kidz

Hercyclopedia

written and illustrated by Janaina Tokitaka

This is a very different alphabet book. Each biographical story is presented in the form of a humorous little tale about the women portrayed. Discover the history of the English biologist Margaret Fountaine, French chef Eugénie Brazier and many other incredible professionals.

Paperback / 210 x 270 / 64 pages / Companhias das Letras

When We Sleep

written by Anna Lundgren and illustrated by Mia Olofsson

What do adults do when the children are asleep? I’m lying here in bed and can’t sleep. In the room outside, I hear soft voices. It is mother and Seba who are both awake. I wonder what they are up to.

Hardback / 180 x 180 / 28 pages / Olika Forlag

It Could Be Much Worse

written and illustrated by Einat Tsarfati

In this sequel to IT COULD BE WORSE, we follow Albertini and George’s incredible adventures in the jungle where they meet poisonous bubble frogs, a tribe of monkeys and finally reunite a baby bird with its parents. This is the fourth picture book that Einat Tsarfati has written and illustrated.

Rights sold: Danish, Italian

Hardback / 210 x 270 / 48 pages / Einat Tsarfati

Anunnaki

written and illustrated by Vicente Montalbá

Nibiruis a planet inhabited by anthropomorphic reptiles about four meters tall: the Anunnaki. This gigantic planet has such a huge orbit around our sun that it takes several thousands of Earth years to complete it. At some point it passes close to Earth. And that moment is getting closer.

Comic / 215 x 295 / 112 pages / Bang Ediciones

American Dream

written and illustrated by Bazil

American Dream is piece of dark and absurd humour. A real satire of North American society about the situation of the first native Americans who were colonised and sent to reserves and stripped of their own land. A book that also looks at the gap between deep America and its big cities in particular as regards to their perception of homosexuality, patriarchy and racism. Coming in 2021 LIPANDA about the independence of Congo.

Comic / 200 x 270 / 184 pages / Bang Ediciones