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Foreign Rights Guide 2020-2021 RIGHTS GUIDE 2020 METAICHMIO Publications is considered one of the most important publishing houses in Greece. Its course in the Greek publishing market has proven to be very successful and today its strong presence in the overall market is ensured. METAICHMIO Publications publishes more than 250 titles each year across all genres, about half of which are children’s books: picture books & children’s fiction, translated & Greek original titles. Our list includes many multi-awarded Greek authors and illustrators. Over the years, our original titles (children’s and adult) and our acclaimed contributors have been awarded among others with the following distinctions: • The Greek State Prize (for Adult and Children’s Literature) • Academy of Athens Novel Prize • IBBY awards and nominations • Mentions in the White Raven Catalogue of the International Children’s Library of Munich • Nominations for the Hans Christian Andersen Illustration Award • “Public” Book Awards • Literary Prizes awarded by Anagnostis / Dekata literary magazines METAICHMIO Publications has established fruitful relationships with some of the most important contemporary Greek authors and with some of the most promising new Greek writers. Herewith follows a selection of recent titles for children. Visit our site: www.metaixmio.gr CHILDREN’S BOOKS Peeko and Lola SERIES TITLES: The Dreams, The Excursion, Trip to the Moon, Birthday Party, WRITTEN BY Lina Sotiropoulou To the Doctor, I’m sorry, Lola, The invention, School day ILLUSTRATED BY Natalia Kapatsoulia ABOUT THE SERIES Picture books Hard padded cover This is a new tender series for very young children, written in simple rhyme. Peeko and Lola, a Ages: 2+ dog and a bunny, are two funny little animals that live in a colored magic world. Young children Pages: 36 will have the chance to approach for the first time the important meanings of friendship, kindness Format: 20x20 cm and co-operation. Be careful ABOUT THE BOOK Peeko is afraid of germs. Lola not at all! Peeko doesn’t want to ever get sick; Lola doesn’t think she will ever get sick. What should they do? With a little training, we can learn how to protect our- selves without fear. A timely book about social distancing and basic hygiene rules that we all have to follow, not only with Covid, but always. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lina Sotiropoulou is an accountant, that also likes to write stories that bring smiles to children’s faces. So far she has published more than 15 picture books to critical acclaim. NEW Also available: Peeko and Lola Activity Books Play with Peeko and Lola Drawing with Peeko and Lola My first words Learning the alphabet EXPLORE THE SERIES BY CLICKING HERE 3 CHILDREN’S BOOKS Alexis’ books SERIES TITLES: Have a snack, Jack! Bath time, Jack!, WRITTEN BY Alison Falkonakis Be brave, Jack! Jungle Jack! ILLUSTRATED BY Clair Georgelli FULL ENGLISH TEXT AVAILABLE ABOUT THE SERIES Behaviour books Paperback editions This is a series of children’s books, which aims to encourage children and parents to address daily Ages: 3+ issues (such as bath time, eating snacks, cleaning their rooms and facing fears) in a humorous Pages: 40 way. The books offer sound advice through the wonderfully overactive imagination of a young boy Format: 19.5x23.5 cm who takes the reader with him into his marvelous world. Rights sold to China, Turkey Among the top five Greek books of the «White Ravens» catalogue for 2015. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alison Falkonakis is a British writer who lived for many years in the town of Leonidio in Arcadia. Alison has been shortlisted for the prestigious Bridport Prize for her poetry and her children’s books in Greek were awarded the Public Award. Alison also made the White Ravens list of 2015, amongst the rec- ommended reading list for the whole world. Alongside her own writing, she has translated many Greek stories into English so that they can be shared across the world. “A playful series, full of color and imagination, that helps children understand important issues of everyday life.” 2016 Public Award Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year www.happyparenting.gr 4 CHILDREN’S BOOKS Little Goodnights SERIES ABOUT THE SERIES Picture books Paperback editions Little Goodnights is a series aiming to make convenient the difficult hours of a child’s night sleep Ages: 3+ by ornamenting it with short nice stories being read as goodnights. They can be read either by Pages: 32 parents solely or with the participation of the children. On the one hand they are short but on Format: 14x20.5 cm the other they are full of ambitions: clever and pleasant texts, wonderful illustrations by award- ed artists which will escort children’s dreams. The tales are timed to last about ten minutes. The series includes more than 30 titles (among others: The Useless Wizard, Kitty in Boots, Monster Academy, The Chattering Princess, The Dragon's Name). MORE THAN 260.000 COPIES SOLD IN GREECE EXPLORE THE SERIES BY CLICKING HERE 5 CHILDREN’S BOOKS Picture books My teddy bear the storyteller Hardback edition Ages: 3+ WRITTEN BY Alexandra Mitsiali Pages: 32 ILLUSTRATED BY Efi Lada Format: 21.5x31.5 cm ABOUT THE BOOK Our little hero has a unique teddy bear, that every night transfers him to the land of sleep on beautiful stories. And these stories are so magical, that the boy dreams of learning to read on his own when he grows up. And the teddy bear’s voice does sound a little familiar… Picture books The little shop of kisses Hardback edition Ages: 3+ WRITTEN BY Alexandra Mitsiali Pages: 32 ILLUSTRATED BY Efi Lada Format: 21.5x31.5 cm ABOUT THE BOOK Little Melina has a unique shop and her loved ones enjoy it immensely! But Melina keeps her best creations for her parents only... A tender book about family from an acclaimed author. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alexandra Mitsiali is a teacher and writer of children’s and young adult books. Among many awards and nominations, her book Play ball, ballerina (also published by Metaichmio) was shortlisted for the 2017 Greek National Prize for Children Literature. 6 CHILDREN’S BOOKS Picture books Quilombo, the Scruffy Little Elephant SERIES Hardback editions Ages: 3+ WRITTEN BY Daphne Vloumidi Pages: 40 ILLUSTRATED BY Anna Georgiadou, Antigone MacLellan Format: 20.5x24.5 cm and the Sports Therapist Daphne Vloumidi Illustrations: Antigone MacLellan FULL ENGLISH AND GERMAN TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE ABOUT THE BOOKS Quilombo is a small elephant who arrives to the island of Lesvos from a distant land. Dirty and abandoned, he seems so foreign and different. But he’s just the same as all the children in the world – those living in refugee camps and those sleeping peacefully in their homes with toy animals in their arms. Two unique books about how a welcoming hug is enough to bridge any gap. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Daphne Vloumidi was born in 1956 in Athens. She lives in the island of Lesvos half of the time, where she volunteers in refugee relief. In 2012 she co-founded in Berlin the NGO “Ulysses” (www.Odysseas. at), focusing on educational programs for refugees and immigrants, especially unaccompanied minors. • The author was honored in Italy by the Municipality of Milano, Gariwo and the Italian Jewish Community for her contribution to the aid of refugees at the island of Lesvos in 2015. 7 CHILDREN’S BOOKS Picture books My First Literature SERIES Hardback editions Ages: 4+ TITLES: My first Mark Twain: The prince and the pauper, My first Georgios Vizyinos: Pages: 40 The only journey of his life, My first Zacharias Papantoniou: High mountains, Format: 24x22 cm My first Howard Pyle: Robin Hood, My first Lewis Carol: Alice in Wonderland, My first Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels, My first Charles Dickens: Great Expectations, My first Penelope Delta: A Tale without a Name, My first Penelope Delta: Magas, My first William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, My first Homer: Iliad, My first Homer: Odyssey, My first Alexandre Dumas: The Black Tulip, My first Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote, My first Selma Lagerlöf: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, My first Hector Malot: Nobody’s Girl, My first Vitsentzos Kornaros: Erotokritos, My first Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew, My first Oscar Wilde: The Happy Prince ABOUT THE SERIES MORE THAN My First Literature is a series including monumental works of European literature adapted for small children by the 20 TITLES most acclaimed Greek authors of child fiction. These bright colored, humorous, adventurous stories will make liter- PUBLISHED ature a fascinating experience for the ages of 4+ and also for those who never give up reading! 8 CHILDREN’S BOOKS EXPLORE THE SERIES BY CLICKING HERE 9 CHILDREN’S BOOKS Tales From the Greek Myths SERIES ABOUT THE SERIES This series offers a new reading of the ancient Greek myths. They are not old, worn-out stories, but gripping tales of timeless human adventures, containing all the fears and joys that have marked and continue to mark the human soul. The Labours of Hercules TITLES: The Capture of Cerberus, The Girdle of Hippolyta, The Apples of WRITTEN BY Maria Angelidou the Hesperides, The Cattle of Geryon, The Lernaean Hydra, The Stables of ILLUSTRATED BY Iris Samartzi Augeas, The Hind of Ceryneia, The Erymanthian Boar, The Nemean Lion, TRANSLATED BY Joshua Barley The Stymphalian Birds, The Cretan Bull, Diomedes’ Mares FULL ENGLISH TEXT AVAILABLE Also available in 12 individual editions: Paperback Pages: 40 Format: 14x20.5 cm Collected editions, Vol. 1 & 2 Hardcover editions Pages: 168 Format: 17x24 cm Monsters of Greek Mythology WRITTEN BY Kostas Poulos TITLES: The Minotaur and the Labyrinth,
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