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PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN SERIES

written by Özge Özedemir & illustrated by Ezgi Platin

A series of six books that gives children the perspective to think about everyday problems, evaluate situations and understand common concepts. In each book, students gather at the philosophy club, they listen to a mythological story and then they debate about a specific topic related to that story.

Paperback / 120 x 180 mm / 40 pages / Redhouse Kidz

DANCING WITH THE RAIN

written by Özge Bahar Sunar and illustrated by Uğur Altun

When it starts raining, everybody runs away. The Rain, upset to see that people are annoyed by its presence, vows that it will not rain anymore and stays on the ground. Lakes dry out, green pastures turn yellow, and people are exhausted from the heat. Everything changes when the Rain meets a hearing-impaired little girl who loves dancing to the sound of rain drops.

Rights sold: French & Simplified Chinese

Paperback / 215 x 280 mm / 32 pages / Redhouse Kidz

When You Sleep

written by Gabriella Ballin & illustrated by Daniela Volpari

When you are asleep, the Earth doesn’t stop turning. Many things happen on all the continents: a child in China is getting ready for school, a bear in Canada eats a snack. RIGHTS SOLD: Slovenian

Hardback / 300 x 200 mm / 36 pp / Les P’tits Beret

LET’S GO AROUND THE WORLD

written by Marina Klink & illustrated by Cárcamo
Join the Klink family’s adventure around the world. Daddy’s name is Amyr and Mommy’s, Marina. Laura, Tamara and Marininha are their daughters. One day, mommy had a great idea! Let’s take the whole family with him the next time Daddy went for a travel.

Paperback / 270 x 205 mm / 40 pages / Companhias das Letrinhas

I Love my Colourful Nails

Written by Alicia Acosta & Luis Amavisca and Illustrated by Gusti

Ben likes to paint his nails, until some kids at school started teasing him. When Dad realizes why Ben is sad, he decides to paint his nails too. A touching story of tolerance.

Rights sold: Swedish

250 x 250 / 36 pages

World except Spanish, Catalan, Italian, English (UK/US), Korean & Portuguese (Brazil)

Sand Castle

written & illustrated by Einat Tsarfati

A young girl in on the beach with her parents building a sand castle, but not any castle. A real castle with a seaside view. She is expecting guests – Kings and Queens from all around the world. They are having a good time until trouble starts over breakfast when the guests find sand in their food … Let the adventure begin!

Rights sold: English, Bulgarian, Danish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Turkish & Japanese

Hardback / 210 x 270 / 48 pages / Einat Tsarfati

MARIUS, MAGIC AND LISA THE WEREWOLF

written by Reeli Reinaus & illustrated by Marja-Liisa Plats

Twelve-year-old Marius and his older brother Martin recently moved to the countryside with their parents. Martin, who is very sociable, has already found a lot of friends, but Marius just can’t seem to fit in. Yet when the boy meets Lisa, a loner, at school, the adventures begin with no further ado. WHITE RAVENS 2018.

RIGHTS SOLD:  Latvian, Slovenian

Hardback / 172 x 216 / 220 pages / Paike Ja Pilv

Animals’ Elections

written & illustrated by André Rodrigues, Larissa Ribeiro, Paula Desgualdo & Pedro Markun

The animals couldn’t stop talking about one thing: the Lion had diverted the water from the river to build a swimming pool in his front burrow. This was the last straw. Outraged, the animals started to question whether the Lion should really be the king of the forest.

Rights sold: English (North America), Italian, Greek, Spanish, Catalan, Estonian, Portuguese (Portugal), Japanese, Complex Chinese, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Czech, Hebrew, German, Turkish & Bulgarian

Paperback / 205 x 205 / 48 pages / Companhias Das Letrinhas

Tokyo Sandals

written by Zeynep Alpaslan & illustrated by Vaghar Aghaei

A story of friendship between an old lady and a little girl thanks to a cat named Tokyo. It all started when the old lady ordered a pair of sandals on the internet. One night she hears scratching and meowing coming from the box.  During the night the sandals have magically turned into a real cat! With the help of the cat the old lady overcomes her fears and starts making friends. The illustrations by the Iranian illustrator Vaghar Aghaei are a perfect match to this touching story.

Paperback / 139 pp / Redhouse Kidz

WHEN GRANDMA GOT SMALLER AND SMALLER

written by Inka Pabst & illustrate by Mehrdad Zaeri

Peppi likes spending most of her time with grandma. But one day Peppi noticed something strange. It happened when they were playing French skipping. Normally, Peppi only managed to jump hip-high, as when the rope is on Grandma’s hip it reaches up to Peppi’s neck. But on that day, it only reached up until the belly. 

RIGHTS SOLD: Korean & Persian. Continue reading