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Foreign Rights Guide Spring 2021 Children's Books │ Middle Grade Non-Fiction │ YA Children's Books Spring 2021 All my favourite vehicles CHILDREN'S BOOKS In the city, on the farm, on the building site or on the race track: there are brilliant cars and trucks everywhere! This book has detailed pictures of the best, biggest, strangest and funniest of them. On every spread there’s a new scene, and alongside vehicles there are many other fun things to discover. Accurately depicted, and set in a fun context: the animals are in the driver’s seat. Oodles of fun for car and truck enthusiasts both young and old! • Fire engines, diggers and police cars – all the most popular vehicles are assembled here • Each spread shows a new, intricate scene with many amusing details • Huge fun for the little ones: animals do the driving Max Fiedler • Precise depictions of vehicles, right down to their Roll up, Roll up! My Book of Wheels technical details Board book for children aged 2+ • Max Fiedler delights young and old vehicle enthusiasts 20 pages | 19,5 x 24,0 cm |Hardcover| with his witty pictures and technical know-how illustrated by Fiedler, Max February 2021 2+ Max Fiedler, born in 1977, is an illustrator, animator and game With colour illustrations designer. He loves depicting technical and scientific subjects in precise detail – for example as the illustrator for the children’s magazine published by the Association of German Engineers. His picture book Antonia’s Been There Before won the Leipziger Lesekompass prize. He lives in Düsseldorf. Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, Foreign Rights Yourrcontact: [email protected] 3 Helps children gain courage and CHILDREN'S BOOKS self-confidence “You’re wonderful just as you are!”: This board picture book makes it easy to aid and encourage children in their development. The warm-hearted and fun rhymes reassure them that they’re loved and supported, and each new step they take in this world is duly praised as the special event that it is. A book to help little ones grow up with confidence and courage! • Encouraging and supporting children with love • First gift book on the trend topic "self-confidence" • Unrivaled for the target age group • Lovely rhymes and joyful illustrations Sandra Grimm My Booster Book: You Are Wonderful! 18 pages | 17,0 x 17,0 cm |Hardcover| illustrated by Strobel, Olga February 2021 Sandra Grimm studied pedagogy, then worked as an editor at a 2 + children's book publishing house, and since then has always dealt with stories for children – whether as an author or as a translator. She lives in Northern Germany with her husband and children. Rights available except: World English Olga Strobel, born in 1980, spent a lot of time as a child browsing through picture books and immersing herself in their fantasy worlds. She studied literature and art history at the University of Augsburg, but her desire to tell stories in pictures never ceased. After numerous illustrator courses, Olga Strobel now works as a freelance illustrator in Augsburg and loves to make children's hearts beat faster with lovingly drawn characters and their colourful worlds. Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, Foreign Rights Yourrcontact: [email protected] 4 Helps children conquer their world with CHILDREN'S BOOKS confidence “You can do it!”: the lively and warm-hearted rhymes in this illustrated board book encourage children to try new things, and not to lose heart if things sometimes go awry. This book is an affectionate companion on their journey to self- confidence, and will help them learn to confront the exciting everyday world with all its challenges, big and small, with enjoyment and curiosity. • Encouraging and supporting children with love • First gift book on the trend topics "resilience" and "self- confidence" • Unrivaled for the target age group Sandra Grimm • Lovely rhymes and joyful illustrations My Booster Book: You Can Do It! 18 pages | 17,0 x 17,0 cm |Hardcover| illustrated by Strobel, Olga February 2021 Sandra Grimm studied pedagogy, then worked as an editor at a 2 + children's book publishing house, and since then has always dealt with stories for children – whether as an author or as a translator. She lives in Northern Germany with her husband and children. Rights available except: World English Olga Strobel, born in 1980, spent a lot of time as a child browsing through picture books and immersing herself in their fantasy worlds. She studied literature and art history at the University of Augsburg, but her desire to tell stories in pictures never ceased. After numerous illustrator courses, Olga Strobel now works as a freelance illustrator in Augsburg and loves to make children's hearts beat faster with lovingly drawn characters and their colourful worlds. Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, Foreign Rights Yourrcontact: [email protected] 5 Time for bed, Matz and Miep! CHILDREN'S BOOKS Matz and Miep are very tired. They’re already starting to fall asleep, even though storytime isn’t over yet! They quickly brush their teeth – it’s part of the bedtime routine. But then Matz has all sorts of problems getting into his pyjamas. Miep does his best to help. Now Matz is finally ready for bed – but suddenly Mietz has disappeared! Where on earth can he be? There’s no way Matz can go to sleep without Miep! • Bedtime is an important parenting topic • Matz and Miep’s adventures are set in the context of children’s everyday lives • Two friends in the venerable tradition of Snoopy & Isabel Kreitz Woodstock, Calvin & Hobbes and Tom & Jerry Matz & Miep: Tired? • Isabel Kreitz is one of the most highly regarded German comic artists 22 pages | 17,0 x 17,0 cm |Hardcover| illustrated by Kreitz, Isabel February 2021 Isabel Kreitz was born in Hamburg and studied at the Hamburg 2 + School of Design, as well as the Parsons School of Design in New York. Her many-layered work has made her one of today’s best Volume 1 known comic artists. She has won several awards, among others the German Comic Prize, the Wilhelm Busch Prize and the Max und Moritz Prize. Rights available except: World English Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, Foreign Rights Yourrcontact: [email protected] 6 It’s all spaghetti to them! CHILDREN'S BOOKS Matz and Miep are hungry! Hooray – it’s spaghetti for dinner! Matz and Miep can eat it all by themselves, too… or can they? Unfortunately, those tasty pasta strings are pretty slithery, and keep slipping off the fork. But they’re deliciously slurpable! If only the tomato sauce wouldn’t splash everywhere… Luckily, spaghetti day is also bath day! • Mealtimes are an important parenting topic • Matz and Miep’s adventures are set in the context of children’s everyday lives • Two friends in the venerable tradition of Snoopy & Woodstock, Calvin & Hobbes and Tom & Jerry Isabel Kreitz • Isabel Kreitz is one of the most highly regarded German Matz & Miep: Hungry! comic artists 22 pages | 17,0 x 17,0 cm |Hardcover| illustrated by Kreitz, Isabel February 2021 Isabel Kreitz was born in Hamburg and studied at the Hamburg 2 + School of Design, as well as the Parsons School of Design in New York. Her many-layered work has made her one of today’s best known comic artists. She has won several awards, among others Volume 2 the German Comic Prize, the Wilhelm Busch Prize and the Max Volumes 3 and 4 to be published in July und Moritz Prize. 2021 Rights available except: World English Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, Foreign Rights Yourrcontact: [email protected] 7 Shake it, rock it, blow and knock on it – CHILDREN’S BOOKS and see what happens! What do you do when a cockerel gets a sore throat? Why is it useful to yell rhymes at vultures? And how did the inventor Eddi manage to get his soap-bubble machine going? This fun picture book encourages children from the age of two to get active: they can shake it, rock it, knock on it and blow on the pages, depending on what the little story demands. A book full of surprises – lots of fun, laughs and thrills! • Little fans have been eagerly anticipating the new interactive book by the bestselling author Nico Sternbaum • What happens when you shake or twist the book? How does the story change when the child sings or crows? Nico Sternbaum • A sturdy book – strong board covers with rounded Tickle the Cockatoo corners, printed on thick paper An Interactive Book for Children Aged 2–4 64 pages | 21,0 x 21,0 cm |Hardcover| • All good things come in threes! The new shake-knock- March 2021 blow-book for children aged 2+ 2+ Even as a child, Nico Sternbaum loved drawing and making up 4c illustrations throughout stories. Together with his parents he explored South Africa among other places, and built himself an adventure-tree house in his grandparents’ orchard. After finishing school he studied at an arts academy, and today he is a successful illustrator and bestselling author. His books have been highly acclaimed by the media, and translated into other languages (including Chinese). Shake the Apple Tree was a Spiegel bestseller, and several of his books have been promoted and recommended by the German Reading Foundation. Nico Sternbaum lives in Wiesbaden. Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe, Foreign Rights Yourrcontact: [email protected] 8 An adorable picture book, perfect for CHILDREN'S BOOKS settling into the bedtime routine In ten minutes it’ll be time for bed. The little fox and his friends aren’t tired at all, but there’s no changing Daddy Fox’s mind.