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Beltz & Gelberg Foreign Rights Catalogue Spring 2011 Our agents: Greece: Literary Agency Iris Catherine Fragou Tel: 0030 210 24 32 473 Fax: 0030 210 24 35 042 [email protected] Israel: I. Pikarski Literary Agency Gabrielle Hertzmann Tel: ++972-3-527 01 59 Fax: ++972-3-527 01 60 [email protected] Italy: Agenzia Letteraria Internazionale Sibylle Kirchbach Tel.: ++39-02-865 445 Fax: ++0039-02-876 222 [email protected] Japan: Meike Marx Tel: ++81-45-226-9912 [email protected] Fax: ++81-45-22 69 923 Korea: Agency Chang Hea-Za Yu Tel: ++82-42-477 8816 Fax: ++82-42-477 6858 [email protected] MOMO Agency Geenie Han Tel: ++82-2-337 8606 Fax: ++82-2-337 8702 [email protected] Taiwan Bardon Chinese Media Agency & VR China: Jian-Mei Wang (China) [email protected] Mingju Hong (Taiwan) [email protected] Cynthia Chang (Taiwan) [email protected] Tel: ++886-2-3393 2585 Fax: ++886-2-2392 9577 VR China: Beijing Star Media Co, Ltd. Wang Xing [email protected] www.beltz.de Editorial Beltz & Gelberg 1 Dear Colleagues, again a new catalogue which we happily present to you! There are lots of outstanding titles, for example: Toto the Treasure Seeker: finally a new children’s book by Helme Heine about the greatest treasure in the world – love! A Book for Hanna: In her new novel Mirjam Pressler tells the moving story of 14-year-old Hanna who was deported to the concentration camp Theresienstadt during World War II. A novel based on a real-life story. Or take a look at the adventurous and fascinating novel Call of the Deep by Katja Brandis and Peter Ziemek which takes you to one of the most mysterious places of the world – into the depths of the ocean. These titles and many more can be found in this catalogue. Please let us know which titles you wish to see. Kerstin Michaelis [email protected] phone: ++49-6201-6007 327 Interested in our Foreign Rights Newsletter? Register on http://www.beltz.de/de/verlagsgruppe-beltz/foreign-rights.html. © Illustrationen: Helme Heine, aus »Toto der Schatzsucher« 2 Picture Book Poor little bunny, are you ill …? Anton, you’re a real adventurer! Today Anton goes to the park with Daddy. Anton becomes a real treasure hunter between the duck pond and the trees. Hihi – the little snail tickles on my hand! And we have to take the big, jagged leaf, the sticks and the round rock home with us. It’s a good thing that true explorers always have a back- pack with them! © Stefan Tell Judith Drews, born in 1973, studied Today Anton is soooooo tired. The red dots look illustration and communication de- funny, but the bunny doctors says »Stay in bed!« sign at the HaW in Hamburg. She has received numerous scholarships and Yuck – the medicine tastes bitter. But with the awards for her illustrations, including bear at his side, Anton feels safe. Sleep yourself the »Förderpreis für junge Buchge- stalter« (Promotion Award for Young well again, little bunny! Bookmakers). This year she was nomi- nated for the renowned »Deutschen Designpreis 2010« (German Design Award 2010). Already published: ISBN 978-3-407-00971-5 ISBN 978-3-407-79420-8 ISBN 978-3-407-79421-5 Beltz & Gelberg 3 ✹ discovering nature ✹ becoming familiar with native animals Einbände: Judith Drews ✹ being ill ✹ A caring get-well book Judith Drews Judith Drews Anton fi ndet was Anton ist krank Anton Finds Something Anton is Sick Four-colour cardboard book Four-colour cardboard book 16 pages 16 pages Age 18 months + Age 18 months + 4 Activity Picture Book Boys and girls, welcome to the circus! In this wonderful picture book you will fi nd everything about the circus. Early in the morning, everyone in the city is excited, because – the circus is coming to town! The colourful circus wagons drive through the streets and the elephants march along from the train station to the fairgrounds. No one should miss this extravaganza! Doro Göbel and Peter Knorr capture the excitement of the magic world of the circus in their successful »teeming« books. They take a look both behind and in front of the scenes, observe artists and circus animals and the all the adventures to be found in the glittering world of the circus community in their wonderfully natural illustrations teeming © Beltz & Gelberg with impressions. Young children examine each page with its numerous details, older Doro Göbel, born in 1958, and Peter Knorr, born in 1956, live in ones follow the story with excitement – a book that will long be a Nierstein on the Rhine River. Both of favorite! them illustrate children’s books and design book covers. The »teeming« These things can be discovered in this book: series Der Ausfl ug / The Excursion The circus comes to town ✹ Setting up the tent with obstacles ✹ Every- and Im Zirkus / At the Circus were ✹ ✹ designed and created by the two. day life in the circus community Feeding the circus animals Practice makes perfect – the artists rehearse ✹ Preparing for the grand perfor- mance ✹ The big moment – the show is on! ✹ The grand fi nale ✹ Time for the circus to go to bed Already published: ISBN 978-3-407-79400-0 Beltz & Gelberg 5 Doro Göbel/Peter Knorr Im Zirkus At the Circus A story teeming full of pictures Large format cardboard book 16 pages Age 3 + 6 Picture Book Lion wanted ! Pritzelwitz is getting a zoo! Giraffe, elephant, parrot, camels and many other animals move in. But Willy and Little Bee realize at once what is missing – We haven’t got a lion! Using their creativity and ingenuity, the children set off on an adventurous search for a lion. After a while a crate ends up at the train station. Meow- ing and whimpering sounds are coming out of it. It sounds anything but savage and the crate is quite small... Will the zoo get its lion after all? ✹ the picture book classic as an individual title ✹ timelessly wonderful stories about one of children’s favorite topics – the zoo Fred Rodrian (1926-1985) studied at the Institute for Literature Johannes R. Becher in Leipzig. He was a storyteller, reader, publishing director and author of children’s books. Werner Klemke, 1917-1994, was a graphic desig- ner, book maker and illustrator. In addition to illust- rations for classics of world literature, he also created illustrations to many of the most popular children’s books in the German Democratic Republic. Werner Klemke/Fred Rodrian Wir haben keinen Löwen We Have No Lion Four-colour picture book Hardback, 32 pages Age 4 + Picture Book Beltz & Gelberg 7 $EUDNDGDEUD² 5REHUWLVEDFNDJDLQ Robert had only wanted to make a glass of water disappear, and suddenly he found himself invisible. No more tea cozy and no Robert – simply gone! Not a trace to be found... How wonderful it is to be invisible! Robert thinks as he strolls down the street, baffl ing passersby, makes sure things are fair and in order here and there and playing with animals at the zoo. But no one can actually see all the things Robert does. When you are invisible, you are also quite lonely. Then Robert’s father has an idea... More about Elisabeth Shaw! ✹ a picture book classic Pappe by Elisabeth Shaw ✹ frequently demanded and now again available ISBN 978-3-407-77081-3 ISBN 978-3-407-77084-4 ISBN 978-3-358-03074-5 Elizabeth Shaw (1920-1992) was born in Belfast/ Northern Ireland and lived in Berlin. She created Elizabeth Shaw unique cartoons and illustrated for such famous Als Robert verschwand authors as Mark Twain, James Krüss and Astrid When Robert Disappeared Lindgren. Her own books became children’s classics. Four-colour picture book Hardback, 25 pages Age 4 + 8 Children‘s Book Reading aloud has never been such a pleasure! Papa and Micky, father and son – these two are a very special team. Together they master life in a happy, topsy-turvy style. One day they inherit a small house, which comes with a whole sack full of dreams… No, not only Micky and Papa are moving into Casa Rosa, the house they just inherited from Aunt Rosy… Lots of pests slip into the new home with the boxes of household goods and invade Micky’s dreams – clumsy burglars, shaggy barbar- ians, a huge monster man, a bad-tempered sher- iff… Lots of mischief-makers that wake Micky in the night and keep Papa busy. Britta Nonnast tells ten tales of Micky’s everyday enemies and anxieties and how he overcomes them with imagination and the craftiness of a child with Papa at his side. These are wonder- ful stories that will boost morale and spark the desire to go on adventures – everyday scenes told in a loving way for reading aloud, offering the occasion for many interesting conversations. ✹ Mutmach-Geschichten, die Kinderängste ernst nehmen © Beltz & Gelberg ✹ zum Vorlesen für alle Britta Nonnast, born in 1970, is an economist and worked as editorial journalist for several years. For Kindergarten-Helden Britta Nonnast / Heike Herold a long time, the free journalist has realized that she ✹ wunderschön illustriert prefers books, reading and beautiful stories to fi gures Michi, Papa und ein Haus voller Träume and the stock market. Micky, Papa and a House Full of Micky,von Heike Papa Herold and a House Full of Dreams Dreams is her fi rst children‘s book. Together with her Stories for reading out loud family Britta Nonnast lives in Potsdam. Hardback, 144 pages Age 5 + Children‘s Book Beltz & Gelberg 9 Love – the greatest treasure in the world For his 70th birthday, Helme Heine is giving us a fabulous present – the story of a small hero, an adventurous treasure hunt and great love.