Author Archives: sbarrouillet

THE NEW GIRL CODE

Niki Smit

Tumi Letsatsiis a 15-year old living in Rondebosch, Cape Town. Her favourite colour is yellow, she’s still trying to figure out how not to dent her afro on the bus, and how one goes about “french kissing”. She stumbles across the magic of coding and creates an app called “Project Prep” that goes viral and rockets her and her friends to fame. But everything starts soon to fall apart.

+10 / 285 pages

World exc. English & Swedish


LIEFIE

Jessica Bosworth Smith

Liefie is an incredibly heart-warming and humorous take on a family of otters, who have a surprise child born longafter their siblings! It explores maturity and growing up and understands family relations

148 x 210 /34 pages

World except English (South Africa, UK)

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD THIS CAN BE

written and illustrated by Mary-An

A warm and inclusive picture book that celebrates the diversity in the world with humour and delight. Children can delight in discovering the incredible animals of the world, different people and cultures, and maybe just learn something about what it means to be kind.

RIGHTS SOLD: Swedish, English (UK), Turkish & Italian

Paperback / 210 x 297 / 38 pages / Imagnary House

THE HOLIDAY BOOK

written by Johanna Ivarsson, Karin Salmson, Emil Åkerö & illustrated by Maija Hurme

Children think big thoughts and ask big questions. The mutual aspect of the many holidays in a year, both religious and cultural ones, is to give an opportunity to think together. An inclusive handbook that reminds us about the mutuality in our holidays and what it means to be human!

Paperback / 180 x 270 / 270 pages / Olika Förlag

ZERO WASTE

written by Sima Özkan and illustrated by Zeynep Özatalay

It’s the first day of school. Deniz is surprised to see one of his classmates drink from a glass water bottle. Deniz’s classmate tells how she decided to reduce waste after visiting the landfill in her town. Simple actions can make a big difference!

Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil), Greek, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese & Romanian

Paperback / 200 x 200 / 32 pages / Redhouse Kidz

MIRROR MIRROR

Renata Bueno

Each page of this book can be read one way or another – is the basket full or empty? Is this animal a spider or an octopus? It all depends on where you position the mirror. Full of surprises this book introduces children to the concept of symmetry.

Bayard / 180 x 180; 30p
World excl. French

HOW TO PLANT A STUFFED BUNNY

written and illustrated by Sun-mi Hwang & Hee-eun Lee

Mum has prepared a basket with a hoe, a towel, a lunch box, a water bottle and some beans. Eunsong has prepared her basket too with a stuffed bunny and a small shovel. What would happen if Eunsong planted her stuffed bunny? Would she get a bunny tree? An imaginative picture book by Korea’s most acclaimed author and the international seller THE DOG WHO DARED TO DREAM.

Paperback / 210 x 270 / 32 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

GREAT PEOPLE SERIES

written by Marcin Jamkowski  and illustrated by Maciej Szymanowicz/Karol Banach

THE GREAT PEOPLE is a series dedicated to prominent figures in world history.  THE GREAT EXPLORERS presents twenty-six travelers and the background for their biggest geographical discoveries. In THE GREAT INVENTORS the author introduces people from the past and present whose inventions changed the world and in THE GREAT SCIENTISTS we met the world’s most outstanding scientists and thinkers. New title: THE GREAT MUSICIANS.

Rights Sold: Czech & Simplified Chinese

Hardback / 250 x 290 / 128 pages / Dwukropek