Written and Illustrated by Anna Haifisch
It’s such a thing with diplomacy in the animal kingdom! You often have different views, but generally try not to step on anyone’s paws or claws too much. But what if the mouse is a racist? And the weasel looks so damn delicious?
Rights sold: French, English and Swedish
Hardback / 200 x 255 mm / 92 pages / Rotopol Press
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Written and Illustrated by Malwine Stauss
“Sola” begins with the narration of a dream in luminous shapes and colours – a utopian place of refuge. But like in a moment of awakening, the harmonious ideal breaks against a reality that offers neither security nor confidence. It is a reality in which crises like climate change threaten the fragile balance of the environment and call the certainties of our everyday lives into question.
Hardback / 170 x 240 mm / 44 pages / Rotopol Press
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Written and Illustrated by Alice Socal
SANDRO is a late coming-of-age story of 26-year-old Pallas, who cannot free himself from the embrace of his childhood friend, Sandro. Undeterred, Sandro penetrates all stages and events of growing up with his tenderness and enormous love, confronting the protagonist with a seemingly insurmountable problem: how can he progress in his life without losing the magic and spontaneity that have distinguished his childhood games and dreams?
Rights sold: Italian
Paperback / 175 x 240 mm / 32 pages / Rotopol Press
Written and Illustrated by Alice Socal
Loosely and yet meaningfully, Alice Socal describes the experiences of her pregnancies in an interplay of irony and perplexity. Combining text and image, she organises her doubts, fears, expectations and wonders of this special time. In the leading roles: a cat as alter ego, a dog as boyfriend and a seal as the pregnancy itself.
Paperback / 165 x 195 mm / 124 pages / Rotopol Press
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Written and Illustrated by Thomas Wellmann
Time never stands still in Dackeltal and there is a lot to explore and to experience – in twelve new episodes: the friends find themselves in an epic snowball fight. Lotte is not happy with the idea of celebrating Christmas with her dad’s new girlfriend. Nika, Lotte and Mangold with an underestimated challenge: child sitting. And much more…
Rights sold: French, Catalan and Galician
Hardback / 165 x 195 mm / 84 pages / Rotopol Press
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Written by Mavisel Yener and Illustrated by Öykü Akarca
Asaf decides to apply what he learned from a documentary. He has learned that everything that is consumed excessively upsets our planet. When he realises that he can start helping the Earth, he examines his family’s daily life. A call for creative thinking from award-winning author Mavisel Yener, nominated for the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Award and the 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA).
Paperback / 150 x 200 mm / 60 pages / Redhouse Kidz
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Written by Gökçe Gökçeer and Illustrated by Uğur Altun
A poetic and touching story written inspired by true events. In 1992, scientists discovered a whale with a different frequency that made it impossible to communicate with other whales. So, scientists gave him the name “52 Hertz Whale” and thought that he was the loneliest whale in the world.
Rights sold: Simplified Chinese
Paperback / 220 x 220 mm / 32 pages / Redhouse Kidz
Written by Nuri Kurucu and Illustrated by Gökçe Akgül
There is something strange about this book! Some words are misused. The narrator asks the readers to replace the wrong words with their antonyms to put everything in order. With the author’s funstyle and Gökçe Akgül’s colourful illustrations, THE WORST DAY EVER invites readers to a fun word game with antonyms.
Paperback / 220 x 220 mm / 32 pages / Redhouse Kidz
Written by Nuri Kurucu and Illustrated by Selin Tahtakılıç
Mr. Third lives on the third floor of house number three, on the third street of the third avenue. One day, a woman asks for five tickets from Mr. Third, who works at the amusement park’s box office. She offers to teach him numbers
Paperback / 200 x 200 mm / 32 pages / Redhouse Kidz
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Written by Göknur Birincioğlu and Illustrated by Merve Atılgan
Merope is one of the many stars in the sky. It is a little shy and afraid of not being able to spread its light. One icy night, it clings to the wind and falls from the sky on warm sheep’s wool! Its journey of self-discovery begins ….
Paperback / 220 x 220 mm / 32 pages / Redhouse Kidz
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