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Board Books 3
Picture Books – Fiction 3
Picture Books – Non-Fiction 4
Picture Books – Science & 5 Nature Series
Middle Grade – Fiction 6
Middle Grade – Fiction Series 6
Middle Grade – Non-fiction 9
Young Adult 9
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IN THE SNOW Elizabeth Spurr / Manelle Oliphant
Simple and evocative language and charming illustrations describe a girl's experience on a snowy day.
In this gently rhyming board book, a young girl makes a snowman, sleds, and has other winter fun!
Elizabeth Spurr and Manelle Oliphant together create a perfect sit-in-your-lap reading experience for toddlers.
BB | 5⅞ x 6½ | 22 pages | Ages 2-6|$6.95 | 10/17 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
PICTURE BOOKS - FICTION
FLOWERS FOR SARAJEVO John McCutcheon / Kristy Caldwell
The moving story of a young boy who discovers the power of beauty and kindness during a time of war.
Drasko sells flowers with his father in Sarajevo, but when war threatens and his father is called to the battlefront, Drasko must take over the business. After a mortar shell hits Sarajevo's bakery, killing twenty- two people, a cellist named Vedrun Smailovic goes to the crater and plays the most beautiful music. Inspired, Drasko looks for ways to ease the sorrow of those around him.
Based on real events of the Bosnian War, award-winning songwriter and storyteller John McCutcheon tells a tale of beauty in the face of violence and suffering. The included CD features an original song by McCutcheon and a performance by Smailovic of the melody that he played in 1992.
HC w/ CD | 10⅜ x 9⅜ | 32 pages | Ages 7-10 |$19.95 |04/17 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
MADELINE FINN AND THE LIBRARY DOG Lisa Papp
Madeline Finn does NOT like to read. But she DOES want a gold star for being a good reader.
Fortunately, Madeline Finn meets Bonnie, a library dog. Reading out loud to Bonnie isn't so bad; when Madeline Finn gets stuck, Bonnie doesn't mind. As it turns out, it's fun to read when you're not afraid of making mistakes. Bonnie teaches Madeline Finn that it's okay to go slow. And to keep trying.
With endearing illustrations, Lisa Papp brings an inspiring and comforting book to all new readers who just need a little confidence to overcome their fears.
HC | 9½ x 11 | 32 pages | Ages 4-8 | $16.95 | 10/16 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers Previous rights sold: Catalan; Chinese (complex characters); Chinese (simplified characters); Dutch; French (Canada); French (France); Greek; Japanese; Korean; Portuguese (Brazil); Portuguese (Portugal); Romanian; Russian; Slovenian; Spanish; Thai; Turkish; UK
MIGUEL'S BRAVE KNIGHT Margarita Engle / Raúl Colón
This fictionalized first-person biography in verse follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don Quixote, the first modern novel.
The son of a gambling vagabond of minor nobility, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra escapes from his family's troubles through colorful daydreams. During a time when imaginative books are thought to be evil, Miguel spins tales of his own after being inspired by the storytellers and wandering actors who perform at festivals. At nineteen, four of Miguel's poems are published, launching the career of one of the greatest writers in the Spanish language.
Told in a series of free verse poems, award-winning author Margarita Engle's distinctive depiction of the childhood of the father of the modern novel is beautifully enhanced by Raúl Colón's stunning illustrations. Back Matter: note from the author and illustrator; additional information on Cervantes and Don Quixote.
HC | 9⅝ x 12 | 32 pages |Ages 8-12|$17.95 |10/17 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
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Page 3 of 10 MRS. MCBEE LEAVES ROOM 3 Gretchen Brandenburg McLellan / Grace Zong
Join the children of Room 3 as they find their own ways of saying good-bye.
It's not just the end of the school year at Mayflower Elementary. Mrs. McBee is leaving! Jamaika, William, and the other kids in Room 3 want to plan a special celebration for their beloved teacher. But everyone has a different idea. How can they arrive at an agreement?
With Grace Zong's charming illustrations, Gretchen Brandenburg McLellan brings readers an amusing and touching story about transitions and the importance of observing them.
HC | 9 x 12 | 32 pages | Ages 3-7 | $16.95 | 04/17 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
ZEBRA ON THE GO Jill Nogales / Lorraine Rocha
An energetic read-aloud about the circus running away with itself!
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages: the circus is beginning. Fierce Lion and speedy Zebra are stepping into the ring to perform their act—but wait! Things aren't going quite according to plan…with one little mistake. Zebra is on the go—and Lion is in hot pursuit!
Jill Nogales' rollicking text keeps readers on their hooves—er, toes—while newcomer Lorraine Rocha's vibrant illustrations bring the whole circus to life.
HC | 10⅞ x 9⅝ | 32 pages |Ages 4–8|$16.95 | 04/17 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
PICTURE BOOKS – NON-FICTION
FANTASTIC FLOWERS Susan Stockdale
It's hard to believe that these flowers are real—but they are!
With engaging rhymes and bright, bold images, award-winning author and illustrator Susan Stockdale introduces young readers to a wide range of unusual flowers. Can you imagine a flower that looks like a ballerina? A baboon? A napping baby?
Back Matter: provides further information (including color photographs) and describes the pollination process
HC |10⅜ x 9⅜ |32 pages | Ages 2-6| $16.95 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
DANGEROUS JANE Suzanne Slade / Alice Ratterree
Jane's heart ached for the world, but what could she do to stop a war?
This inspiring biography of activist Jane Addams focuses on the peace work that won her the Nobel Peace Prize. At first, Jane's efforts were focused on poverty which led to the creation of Hull House, the settlement house she built in Chicago. For twenty-five years, she helped people from different countries live in peace at Hull House. But when war broke out, Jane became a dangerous woman for the sake of peace.
Suzanne Slade's powerful free verse illuminates this inspiring figure while Alice Ratterree's magnificent illustrations breathe life into the world of Jane Addams.
Back Matter: biographical information on Jane Addams, timeline, and selected bibliography.
HC | 9½ x 11 | 40 pages | Ages 6-10|$17.95 | 09/17 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
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Page 4 of 10 MARCHING WITH AUNT SUSAN Claire Rudolf Murphy / Stacey Schuett
An inspiring story of the fight for women's suffrage, based on the experiences of a real girl.
All Bessie wants is to go hiking with her father and brothers. But it's 1896, and girls don't get to hike. They can't vote either. When Susan B. Anthony comes to town to help lead the women's suffrage campaign, Bessie joins the movement and discovers that small efforts can result in big changes.
Based on the diary of a girl who lived in California during the suffrage campaign, author Claire Rudolf Murphy and illustrator Stacey Schuett offer a thought-provoking introduction to the fight for women's rights.
PB | 9½ x11 | 36 pages | Ages 6-10 |$7.95 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
PICTURE BOOKS – SCIENCE & NATURE SERIES
This award-winning series introduces readers ages 6-10 to today's pressing environmental issues. A Place For… While reminding children of the interconnectedness of our world, this series helps them learn basic facts about each species, including where they live, what they eat, and how they benefit plants and other animals.
UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers Rights sold in series: Chinese (simplified characters)
A PLACE FOR BATS Melissa Stewart / Higgins Bond
This fact-filled, colorful look at the amazing world of bats includes a call-to-action to protect these creatures and their habitats.
A Place for Bats uses informative language to show young readers how human action or inaction can affect bat populations. Various examples provide an intriguing look at bats, the ecosystems that support their survival, and the efforts of some people to save them.
Back Matter: award-winning author, Melissa Stewart, offers suggestions on how to help protect these special creatures in their own communities
HC & PB | 10⅜ x 9⅜ | 32 pages| Ages 6-10 |HC: $16.95 |PB: $7.95| 04/17 All rights available
Award-winning series highlights the defining characteristics of habitats, including plant and animal life, using examples from around the world. About Habitats Series has sold over 75,000 copies to date. Titles include: deserts, grasslands, mountains, oceans, wetlands, forests, polar regions, and sea shores.
UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers Rights sold in series: Chinese (simplified characters); Korean; Japanese
ABOUT HABITATS: SEASHORES Cathryn Sill / John Sill
This beginner's guide explores the major attributes of seashores and showcases their remarkable diversity using examples from around the globe.
In this addition to the About Habitats series, award-winning author Cathryn Sill uses easy-to-understand language to teach children about seashores and what kinds of animals and plants live there.
John Sill's detailed, full-color illustrations reflect the wide variety of seashore topography.
Back Matter: a glossary and afterword provide further fascinating details about the wetlands to inspire readers to learn more.
HC | 10 x 8½ | 48 pages | Ages 3-8| $16.95 | 08/17 All rights available
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MIDDLE GRADE – FICTION
ANNA'S BLIZZARD Alison Hart / Paul Bachem
When a fierce blizzard suddenly kicks up on a mild winter day, a young Nebraska girl must find the courage and strength to lead others to safety.
It is 1888. Twelve-year-old Anna loves life on the Nebraska prairie where she lives with her parents and four- year-old brother in a simple sod house. When an intense Nebraska blizzard traps Anna, her schoolmates, and a young teacher in a one-room schoolhouse, Anna knows they must escape before it is too late. Does she have the courage and strength to lead her school through the whiteout to safety?
Back Matter: an author's note provides more information about prairie life in the late nineteenth century and about the great storm that hit Nebraska in 1888, now known as "The School Children's Blizzard"
PB | 5 x 7 | 156 pages | Ages 7-10 | $7.95 | 10/17 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
MIDDLE GRADE – FICTION SERIES
A loveable dog helps his human solve mysteries.
King & Kayla King, a golden retriever, and Kayla, King's human, combine their talents to solve the little mysteries of daily life in this fun and funny, easy-to-read, illustrated mystery series.
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KING & KAYLA AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING DOG TREATS Dori Hillestad Butler / Nancy Meyers
Kayla made peanut butter treats for Jillian's new puppy, Thor. But now the treats are missing.
What does Kayla know? One: there are three treats missing. Two: King was in the kitchen. Three: King's breath doesn’t smell like peanut butter.
What does King know? One: There's an intruder in the house.
How will they solve the mystery?
HC | 6 x 9 | 48 pages | Ages 7-9| $14.95 | 03/17 All rights available
KING & KAYLA AND THE CASE OF THE MYSTERIOUS MOUSE Dori Hillestad Butler / Nancy Meyers
King and Kayla are playing fetch with their friends, Jillian and Thor. Jillian throws King's favorite ball too hard, and now it's gone missing!
What does Kayla know? One: King's ball went over the fence. Two: Jillian brought back a ball, but it wasn't King's ball. Three: None of the other balls next door are King's.
What does King know? One: There was a cat under the porch next door. Two: The cat said a mouse took my ball.
How will they solve the mystery?
HC | 6 x 9 | 48 pages | Ages 7-9 | $14.95 | 09/17 All rights available
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Page 6 of 10 KING & KAYLA AND THE CASE OF THE SECRET CODE Dori Hillestad Butler / Nancy Meyers
Kayla and Mason both got mysterious letters, written in code.
What does Kayla know? One: the same person left both letters. Two: it's someone she and Mason both know. Three: the two letters are the same, except for the second word.
What does King know? One: Jillian left the letters.
What do the letters say?
HC | 6 x 9 | 48 pages | Ages 7-9| $14.95 | 03/17 All rights available
Engaging historical fiction from a dog's perspective.
Dog Chronicles Each book features a dog in a historical setting who must overcome adversity to save his human friends. The back matter features the history behind the story.
UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers Rights sold in series: Chinese (simplified characters)
DARLING, MERCY DOG OF WWI Alison Hart / Michael Montgomery
An action-packed, heartwarming story of a World War I canine hero.
When the British military asks for dogs to help the war effort, Darling's family reluctantly sends her to be trained as a mercy dog. It's Darling's job to find injured soldiers on the battlefield. After saving many lives, Darling suddenly finds herself in need of rescue. Will she ever make it back to England?
The first installment in Alison Hart's Dog Chronicles series is a touching, exciting introduction to WWI.
PB | 5 x 7 ⅛ | 160 pages | Ages 7-10 | $7.95 | 04/17 Previous rights sold: Chinese (simplified characters)
LEO, DOG OF THE SEA Alison Hart / Michael G. Montgomery
A heroic and heartwarming story of a hardened old sea dog on Magellan's journey to Spice Island.
After four ocean voyages, Leo knows not to trust anyone but himself. Yet when he sets sail with Magellan on a journey to find a westward route to the Spice Islands, he develops new friendships with the crew. They experience hunger and thirst, storms and doldrums, mutinies, and violence. Will they ever find safe passage?
In the fourth book of their Dog Chronicles series, Alison Hart and Michael Montgomery bring readers an exciting tale of friendship and loyalty.
HC | 5 ½ x 7 ½ |176 pages | Ages 7-10| $12.95| 04/17 All rights available
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A fun series for boys from two-time Grammy-Award Winner Bill Harley!
The stories use humor to get across some important values such as taking responsibility, being helpful, and making the best of a bad situation. Charlie Bumpers
vs… "The swift-paced story is powered by peppy repartee between Charlie and the people in his life, as well as his droll internal monologue … Dynamic and skillfully drafted ink-and-watercolor spot illustrations … help chronicle the hijinks."
– Publishers Weekly (Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year)
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CHARLIE BUMPERS VS. HIS BIG BLABBY MOUTH Bill Harley / Adam Gustavson
Charlie convinces everyone at school that his dad would be the greatest Career Week speaker ever! What will happen when Charlie's friends find out the truth about his dad's job?
Charlie gets carried away, boasting his dad is the president of his company and there will be free calculators for everyone! With expectations soaring, Charlie promises his teacher, Mrs. Burke, that his dad will show up for Career Week. Just before the big event, however, the worst of the worst happens: Charlie's dad is left without a job! How will Charlie explain it all to his class? Will his dad even still come for Career Week?
This fun series for young readers from Grammy–award winning author, Bill Harley, uses humor to illuminate important values such as learning to live together as a family and making the best of a bad situation. HC| 5½ x 7½ | 160 pages | Ages 8-12| $14.95 | 09/17 All rights available
CHARLIE BUMPERS VS. THE PUNY PIRATES Bill Harley / Adam Gustavson
Charlie Bumpers is finally on the same soccer team as his two best friends, and they're sure the Pirates will be the best team ever! But their high hopes are crushed on the first day of practice.
This season, Charlie and his best friends are finally on the same soccer team—the Pirates! But when they show up for their first practice, they're shocked to meet a bunch of shrimpy, rooky teammates and a new coach who doesn't believe in star players. Boogers!
Grammy Award-winner Bill Harley continues his fun series for young readers, using humor to illuminate working together as a team and making the best of a bad situation.
PB | 5½ x 7½ |176 pages| Ages 7-10| $6.95 | 09/17 All rights available
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Baseball, basketball, American football, and soccer stories for sports fans and reluctant readers.
Washington Post columnist Fred Bowen has written 21 books on sports, which have sold over 400,000 copies to Fred Bowen date.
Sports Stories "Bowen is quickly joining the ranks of today's most popular sports-fiction authors … he skillfully interweaves fact and fiction and uses historical sports plays and concepts as a backdrop for the story."
– School Library Journal
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Bowen: OUTSIDE SHOT Fred Bowen
Eighth-grader Richie Mallon has always known he was a shooter, but will his amazing shooting talent be enough to keep him on the team?
Eighth-grade basketball player Richie Mallon, known as "the shooter," scores most of the baskets on his team. Richie never plays any other role on the court; his teammates do the assisting and rebounding. When the team gets a tough new coach, however, Richie’s no longer a starter. Now, Richie must find a way to become a more well-rounded player.
Fred Bowen continues his Sports Stories series with full court, play-by-play action that's sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats!
HC & PB |5 1/4 x 7 1/2 |144 pages | Ages 7-12 |HC: $14.95 | PB: $6.95| 03/17 All rights available
MIDDLE GRADE – NON-FICTION
FAULT LINES IN THE CONSTITUTION The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect Us Today Cynthia and Sanford Levinson
Many of the political issues we struggle with today have their roots in the US Constitution.
Readers are taken back to the creation of this historic document to examine how contemporary problems were first introduced—and possible solutions. From the Electoral College, gerrymandering, even the Senate—many of us take these features in the US system for granted. But they came about through haggling in an overheated room in 1787, and the US is still experiencing ramifications today.
From the award-winning team, Cynthia Levinson, children's book author, and Sanford Levinson, constitutional law scholar, Faultlines in the Constitution will encourage exploration and discussion from young and old readers alike.
HC | 7x9 | 192 pages | Ages 10-14| $19.95| 09/17 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
YA
BELIEVAREXIC J.J. Johnson
Asking for help is only the first step.
Jennifer can't go on like this—binging, purging, starving, and all while trying to appear like she's got it all together. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized at the Samuel Tuke Center, her journey is only beginning. As Jennifer progresses through her treatment, she learns to recognize her relationship with food, friends, and family—how each is healthy or unhealthy.
J. J. Johnson tells an inspiring story based on her own experience when she was hospitalized for an eating disorder as a teenager. J.J.'s innovative format uses blank verse and prose, workbooks, forms, journal entries, and changes in tense and voice to mirror Jennifer's progress toward a healthy body and mind.
PB | 5½ x 8½ | 464 pages |Ages 12-16 | $9.95 | 09/17 UK/Aus, Translation, Audio, Dramatic: Peachtree Publishers All rights available
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Literarische Agentur Silke Weniger JLM Literary Agency Alexandra Legath – [email protected] Tatiana Moukakou – [email protected]
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POLISH RUSSIAN
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SCANDINAVIA SPANISH & PORTUGUESE
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TURKISH UK / AUS, BALTICS & BALKANS
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JAPANESE
We work non-exclusively with several Japanese sub-agents, including:
Japan Uni: Maiko Fujinaga – [email protected] / Takeshi Oyama – [email protected] Motovun: Mari Koga – [email protected] / Akiko Mieda – [email protected] Tuttle-Mori Agency: Solan Natsume – [email protected]
KOREAN
We work non-exclusively with several Korean sub-agents, including:
Agency PK: Pauline Kim – [email protected] Agency Sosa: Seyoung Chon – [email protected] EntersKorea: Sungwoo Ahn – [email protected] / Anna Kim – [email protected] Eric Yang Agency: Nari Shin – [email protected] Shin Won Agency: Yona Kang – [email protected]
DRAMATIC RIGHTS
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ALL OTHER LANGUAGES & RIGHTS
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