written by Marina Moskvina & illustrated by Anne Pikkov
On the ground, there is an egg. The shell cracks and Crocodile freezes as a tiny bird with a yellow beak comes out. Despite the pressure from his peers, Crocodile decides to look after Birdie. A powerful story about tolerance and diversity with wonderful illustrations.
Awards: 2014 – 5 Best-Designed Children’s Book.
Rights Sold: Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Romanian & Dutch
Hardback / 170 × 240 / 40 pages / Päike ja Pilv
written by Aidi Vallik & illustrated by Elina Sildre
A little snowflake floated in the arms of a grey cloud in the sky, staring down at the world below. It couldn’t wait to go to work on the ground one day. The cloud spread its arms, and light snowflakes floated down all on their own. The snowflake tumbled and fell through the wintry air, and whirling, twirling and whirling over and over again…
Hardback / 200 × 200 / 32 pages / Päike ja Pilv
written by Epp Annus & illustrated by Katrin Ehrlich
Little boy Uku is just enjoying bread with honey, when a head appears behind his window! This is a giraffe who is very hungry. Will he share his bread with a stranger?
Epp Annus (1969) is actually a literary scholar who sometimes writes stories for and about children. Why? Well, because she has three of these creatures at home. Because they know some things better than she does, so to write from their perspective is a way of learning about world for her. Continue reading
written by Epp Annus & illustrated by Katrin Ehrlich
Uku is having a snack before going to bed. Meanwhile, a giraffe pokes its head through his bedroom window, sees his comfortable bed and goes to sleep. A sleepy elephant walks by, pushes the giraffe out of bed and goes to sleep. Imagine Uku’s surprise when he finds in his bedroom a giraffe and an elephant. A perfectly charming and playful bedtime story.
Epp Annus (1969) is actually a literary scholar who sometimes writes stories for and about children. Continue reading
written by Hilli Rand & illustrated by Catherine Zarip
Two cats live in a small hous, surrounded by a large garden with two high posts at the gate. Amadeus and Ludvig. One snowly white, the other pitch black. They are good friends. One day, their family goes on a trip, leaving the cats guarding the house. The book tells us, how they succeeded and whom they met.
RIGHTS SOLD: Polish, Slovenian & Latvian
Catherine Zarip (1966) had two dreams in childhood: to become an astronaut or a book illustrator. In 1995 she graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts as a ceramist but soon switched over to book design and illustration. Continue reading
written by Hilli Rand & illustrated by Gerda Märtens
In an ordinary house in a typical room there is a cabinet that also seems to be ordinary. It’s huge, made of pinewood and has some scratches. Everything looks quite normal, everything but the second drawer from the bottom! On these nights, when somebody has not closed the drawer properly, a small evening story comes out through the gap. And then this story reaches either a father or a mother or a brother or a grandfather or anybody else. You just have to catch it and tell it to your kids! The book includes eight bedtime stories. Continue reading
written & illustrated by Kristi Kangilaski
The main character of this book is the Sun. She gets tired and wants to go on a holiday on Earth. As she loves cats, the Sun turns herself into a yellow cat and jumps out of the sky. On Earth she meets a little boy offering her a cozy home. However, what is going to happen to the people and the world, if the Sun is not in the sky any more? How long can she be on a vacation?
Kristi Kangilaski (1982) graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts graphics department. Continue reading
written & illustrated by Kristi Kangilaski
A dove lived in a big city. She loved to eat ice cream in the summer. But like all doves, she had no money to buy it. People always threw her white bread, nothing else. The dove was tired of it, as her appetite for bread was long gone. She would have loved a cone of vanilla ice cream with raisins. Nicely cold and peckable. Fortunately the dove meets a little girl Tiu, and will soon discover that too much of good may turn out bad. 2015 WHITE RAVENS.
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written by Kätlin Vainola & illutsrated by Kertu Sillaste
“How do you know, that you love me?” asked Sarah’s mother. “I just know it, I feel it here and here and here,” said mother and pointed at her heart and head and stomach. Where is love, if you cannot feel it? Is it alive? What color is it? Can you touch it? What can you do with it? Can you get rid of it?
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written by Epp Petrone & illustrated by Kristi Kangilaski
What is yellow and shiny? Or gray and squeaky? A fork’s husband? Or a ladle’s child? Inside, riddles can be found in both words and pictures.
Epp Petrone (1974) has written seven books for kids and she has tens of them in her head. She loves writing for kids, telling stories to kids, playing with kids. The sources of her stories are everyday life, fairy tales and nature. Epp has 3 children herself. Continue reading