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SPRING 2016 RIGHTS LIST CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT BOOKS 2015 CONTENTS Picture books...............................................................5 Fiction 6-9.........................................................32 Fiction 9-12.......................................................42 Graphic novels..................................................48 Young adult.......................................................54 ABOUT US We are a literary agency specializing in children’s and young adult books, based in Stockholm. We represent independent publishers, authors and illustrators. We handle licensing rights, co- productions, fi lm and TV rights and much more. Catharina Lantz +46 76 546 86 94 [email protected] Carin Bacho Text © Eva Lindell, 2016 +46 70 849 44 10 Bild © Cecilia Heikkilä, 2016 © Berghs Förlag AB, 2016 [email protected] Tryck: Scangraphic, Polen 2016 ISBN 978-91-502-1964-7 www.berghsforlag.se KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 · KOJA AGENCY himmel o pannkakak inlaga.indd 4 2016-01-05 09.56 We and the Others Never Satisfied! Lasse Arnell & Anna-Karin Garham Mathieu Pierloot & Baptiste Amsallen Siv and Jim are two tough blue tits. They like to hang out Isn’t it always fun to receive presents? But why are people on the camellia balcony with their friends, munching on never satisfied? This is the first book by Mathieu Pierloot and chips. But suddenly the weather changes. It thunders and Baptiste Amsallem published by La Pastèque. Parents and kids hails like there was no tomorrow. The purple birds also want will no doubt recognize themselves in the situation… to find shelter on the balcony. Siv thinks that there’s room for everybody. But Jim says absolutely no! He thinks that the Mathieu Pierloot was born in the very year The Cure released purple birds should stay over there, on the other side of the Seventeen Seconds, but he never got into music. He chose garden and hide under the rhubarb leaves… writing instead, unleashing his creativity in the realm of comics, novels and children’s books. He lives in Brussels with his wife, A lovely picture book with a highly topical theme. Who are his daughter and a cat. “we” and who are “they”? Baptiste Amsallem works both as an illustrator and as a comic strip artist. He published his first book in 2010, and then a second came, and a tenth, and a fifteenth… He particularly enjoys writing for toddlers, and he works with many publishing Title: Vi och dom andra houses. Published by Hippo, May 2016 230 x 260 mm, 32 pp Title: Jamais contents! Published by La Pastèque, 2016 190 x 240 mm, 32 pp 6 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 · KOJA AGENCY Dragon Fire At Night We Fly Åsa Mendel-Hartvig & Ane Gustavsson Hannah Arnesen No one notices Millie sneaking out in the middle of the This is Anna. Åsa Mendel-Hartvig & Ane Gustavsson Åsa Mendel-Hartvig & Ane Gustavsson Åsa Mendel-Hartvig & night. Just the trees watch. During the day she’s slow. She hurries in her boots and rescues worms along the way. Turn around, they sing. Go back little one! The dragon has But at night... Pari unda solupta dolorepudit expliquat. Quiandi squibus solorum voluptaqui bernatent audis come. You’re not safe here! But the stars twinkle at Millie, At night she is a lion queen, running barefoot in the savannah esequam faccaestium dolore dolo omniet entio expe- rum enimolo rrundit velent. Dem volut vel iusdam facea eleceatetur? the moon flowers smell wonderful, and it was long since the Luptatur suntin consed quas amet eatisqui beatur and is faster than the sun. simusam quam quiaesed et velitis tionsequo od ulpa voluptatus ilit dolor modipsum as cusaesequo bere audicabo. Ficitia dolore voluptate plis dusdandit vol- humans understood the trees’ language. At home, big sister uptati debissim faccum et omnime ipietum et alitat audis plitatur? Drakeld Vid qui res eri dolorestrum nonsequi beat optaturia pos dolorene aut eiciis ped ea sitium endam fugiam Malva wakes up with a jolt. A tap on the window, maybe a During the day, the children in the neighborhood are ordinary branch? Little sister’s bed is empty. Malva senses the danger kids. They live in apartment blocks, listen to the radio with and runs after. grandpa or pick their nose, they are bored and want out. But at night, they do everything they dream of doing. Someone By the spring in the woods, there are water lilies and singing stands on the roof and plays the trumpet, another one hands frogs. With a delighted shriek, Millie throws a stone in the out hot dogs to all the children and is friends with everybody in water. Then the dragon opens its mouth. It’s just a newly- the whole city. Drakeld hatched, little dragon – unaware of its powers to burn when An imaginative, accessible and fun picture book for children frightened. Look out! Malva screams. But it’s too late. who dream of freedom and self-determination, and for the Katalogomslag_Drakeld.indd 16-18 2016-01-08 13:47:23 adults who might need to remind themselves to dream a bit Title: Drakeld Through enchanting imagery, a special tale of sorrow, sister- Title: På natten flyger vi more. What would you do at night, if you could? Published by Natur & Kultur, August 2016 Published by Natur & Kultur, 2016 hood and love’s liberating powers is told. 220 x 290 mm, 32 pp 210 x 280 mm, 32 pp Hannah Arnesen is a visual artist. She studies picture book Åsa Mendel-Hartvig and Ane Gustavsson is a strong storytelling at HDK, the School of Design and Crafts in Gothen- picture book duo, who has previously created the books burg and works in a bookstore. At Night We Fly is her debut. about Otis and Wake up, My Chestnut. 8 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 · KOJA AGENCY 9 The Pancake Party Eva Lindell & Cecilia Heikkilä When Mambrass invites his friends to a party, all the hungry guests help out in the kitchen. They whisk, mash, munch, slurp and get all sticky! An original and humorous story for the youngest party people. A pancake recipe for up to 134 guests is included. Title: Himmel och pannkaka Published by Berghs, March 2016 267 x 220 mm, 32 pp himmel o pannkakak inlaga.indd 28 2016-01-05 09.58 Nu blev det fart på gästerna att hjälpa till med baket. De vispa, knäckte ägg och vände pannkakor i taket. himmel o pannkakak inlaga.indd 22 2016-01-05 09.58 himmel o pannkakak inlaga.indd 23 2016-01-05 09.58 10 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 · KOJA AGENCY 11 Today I Don’t Know Who I Am The Seed Ida Sundin Asp Jennie Ekström In the mirror there is someone else. In a wordless picture universe that somehow reminds of Is that me? I have to look for myself. Hans Arnold’s and Maurice Sendak’s, we get to meet a boy “Where am I? Are you my granddaughter?” who with the help of a magical seed, a message in a bottle I recognize you, but I don’t know who you are. and a little luck, makes a new friend. Thanks to the seed that Do I have a cat? the boy sends to the girl, stuck on the island of loneliness, she is able to grow a plant that stretches above the sea. And Ida Sundin Asp debuts as both author and illustrator with he can climb up on their plant and meet her. a drastic and empathetic picture book about dementia. The sharp and straightforward prose together with the A black and white book full of details and fi ne lines, printed illustrations create a melancholic yet humorous portrait on thick beautiful paper. A book to get lost into, telling a of a forgetful grandfather that rediscovers life every day. new story every night. Jennie Ekström is an illustrator. She makes detailed, intimate illustrations in ink, often inspired by nature. She has worked with everything from advertising campaigns, magazines, books, clothing collections to more artistic colla- borations and projects. This is her fi rst book. A book for fans Title: Fröet of Shaun Tan and Jimmy Liao. Title: Idag vet jag inte vem jag är Published by Natur & Kultur, September 2016 Published by Urax, March 2016 170 x 230 mm, 64 pp 210 x 285 mm, 32 pp 12 KOJA AGENCY · RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 RIGHTS LIST SPRING 2016 · KOJA AGENCY Words Where Are You? Klara Persson Words where are you? is a story about love. About Solvej who really likes Mitten but doesn’t know how to tell her. When she opens her mouth it’s like the words are stuck inside or like they’ve disappeared altogether. What do you do when the words are gone? And how do you really tell someone how much you like them? Just like Klara Persson’s other books, Words Where Are You? is an innovative picture book for all ages with a playful yet – �et �r �u jag som �ill�r �ig �er än b�d�i�ton, sv�rade ������. accessible language. – Är det? sa ���v�j. Me� �a� gi�l�r dig mer än ��pcorn. – Du b���dar ���� ��� he�� t���� ! �a �a�ten. Jag gil��r ��� �er än po�c���. Klara Persson is an illustrator, author and graphic designer. She studied at HDK , School of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg and debuted in 2012 with the picture book Molly & Sus for which she received the Swedish Slangbellan Award and Snöbollen, the Award for the best Swedish Title: Orden var är ni? OTHER BOOKS BY KLARA PERSSON Published by Urax, 2015 Picture Book of the Year.