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LET’S EXPLORE OUR HANDS

written by San-ho Oh & illustrated by Jung-taek Oh

This book explores all facts about our hands – what are fingernails used for, why are there lines in the palm of the hands and what are fingerprints? It also shares interesting facts such as the importance of thumbs, why bones in hands are structured the way they are and some amazing hand tricks that not a lot of people can do. Part of ALL AROUND SCIENCE SERIES.

Paperback / TBC / 40 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

 

DIFFERENT BUT FRIENDS

written by Eun-Mi Hur & illustrated by Hyun-Jee Chung
Min-woo is different – different from me. My skin is pale as a peach, but Min-woo’s skin color is brown. Li Hyang is different – different from us. We are all born in Korea and live in Korea, but Li Hyang is born in Japan and lives in Japan. But all the children share a close friendship despite  the differences in their origins and culture just like flowers in a garden.

RIGHTS SOLD: Simplified Chinese

Hardback / TBC / 32 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

RED BEAN SOUP, GRANDMA & THE TIGER

written by Ho-sang Jo & illustrated by Mi-sook Yun

Once upon a time, there was a grandmother who planted red beans. One day a tiger tried to eat her. “Please, let me at least harvest the red beans, make some soup and eat it.” The tiger wanted to eat the red bean soup so he agreed to come back. Bologna Ragazzi Award. RIGHTS SOLD: Complex Chinese & Japanese

Hardback / TBC / 32 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig

I WISH THERE WAS A DINOSAUR

written by Chunyung Lee & illustrated by Ho Chang

A child sees dinosaurs as he walks along the streets, as he plays with other kids and even on the road in his mum’s car. He asks his mum: “Don’t you wish there was a dinosaur?” Until the mum finally imagines herself sitting with her son on the back of a dinosaur.

Hardback / TBC / 32 pages / Woongjin Thinkbg

Mr Huth’s Hat is to Blame

written by Jochen Till & illustrated by Daniel Djanie

A long time ago a small bird named Hugo had to urgently go to the toilet. Unfortunately, it landed on Mr Huth’s hat. Hugo wanted to apologise but when Mr. Huth saw the mishap on his hat, he was angry and insulted Hugo. And as a revenge, the birds had a nasty plan. Hardback / 220 x 220 / 36 pages / Tulipan Verlag

 

 

The Pale Ghost

written & illustrated by Steffen Gumpert

When Joris learns that his biologist parents are planning to spend a few days on a desolate island, he is everything but enthusiastic. They want to research birds and plants and Joris has to join them. On board the ship that takes them to the small island, the Captain tells Joris that there is a ghost that has scared many tourists almost to death. Joris is thrilled and decides to track the ghost. A creepy-exciting graphic novel for small adventurers and ghost fans.

RIGHTS SOLD: Spanish (Latin America), Dutch

Hardback / 170 x 245 / 64 pages / Tulipan Verlag

Alphabet Factory

written & illustrated by Katia Canton

Even though we are surrounded by WORDS and know how important it is for us to learn how to read and write, we do not usually stop to think about the fun words can bring us. But the truth is, we can make Art, write POETRY, and invent GAMES with the words of our alphabet, and all we need in order to do that is a bit of CREATIVITY and INSPIRATION. So open the doors of this little big factory and with each letter, from A to Z, you will find new suggestions and texts about the VISUAL ARTS, SCIENCE, CULTURE, HISTORY, and LITERATURE, as well as POEMS and ideas for several activities.  Continue reading

Little Factory of Ideas

written & illustrated by Katia Canton

An almanac for children, parents and teachers, divided into the following sections: Making Art, Little Cultural Factory, Once Upon a Time Factory, and Not Mincing Your Words. This book includes a range of more than eighty traditional-style games and activities that are well able to compete with today’s Ipads and the like. As well as being simple and extremely good fun, they involve information about language and literature, the art world and famous artists, ecology and the environment and the many different cultures today.  Continue reading

Teresa’s World

written by Marcelo Romagnoli & iIllustrations by Carlo Giovani

Birthdays change everything. They change our age and they change us as people. Teresa had her sixth birthday and she changed. Before, she was just alive. Now, she believes she has a mission in life, namely to discover the world. And to do so she is going to transform herself into different things, and she is going to experience what it’s like to live like that for an entire day. First she wants to be a little boy, then a dog, a plant, and then a stone… Continue reading

The Book of Collections

written & illustrated by Renata Bueno                                                                                              Mafalda collects leaves and carefully puts them inside a book she received as a gift from her uncle. The snail ate a leaf from Mafalda’s sequence. Can you tell which one? Tiago collects blue things. To continue Tiago’s sequence, what could be the three other blue things to add in? Under the bed of Luca lives a spider named Victoria who collects in her web insects. Can you guess how this sequence was organized? Continue reading