Publishing high-quality books for children and young adults RIGHTS CATALOGUE 1 Contents Ford Street Publishing o Younger readers 162 Hoddle Street Abbotsford, VIC 3067 o Middle readers Australia o Older readers Ph: +61 3 9416 4062 Email: Paul or Abigail [email protected] Web: fordstreetpublishing.com 2 Morphing Murphy Dingle Dangle Jungle Younger Written by Robert Favretto and illustrated by Written by Mark Carthew and illustrated by Tull Suwannakit Dave Atze Readers hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 4-7 years hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 4-7 years Release date: 1 February 2020 Release date: 1 February 2020 Murphy likes his life just the way it is – In the Dingle Dangle Jungle, you’ll find swimming in his weedy pond, slurping up monkeys, rats and shrews. Pumas, sloths algae and rotting water plants. and marmosets. But then things begin to change . and he’s Which ones would you choose? not the only one caught by surprise! Come along on a rollicking romp through the jungle. 3 MoonFish Tulip and Brutus Pippa By Harry Laing Written by Liz Ledden and illustrated by Written by Dimity Powell and illustrated by Andrew Plant paperback • 32 pages • 6+ years Andrew Plant hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 3+ years hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 3-6 years Shortlisted – Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Pippa is a little pigeon with big blue-sky ambitions: Tulip the ladybug and Brutus the stinkbug never to fly solo and explore the world beyond her nest. MoonFish is Harry Laing's sparky new collection of play together. But then disaster looms. Can the Her parents are less than thrilled with their risk- poems featuring eye-catching and fresh art by bugs team up and save themselves? taking feathered fledging and smother her with well-meant yet suffocating warnings until one day some of Australia's best known illustrators Tulip and Brutus is a funny, stinky story about she ignores them all, and takes the leap into the including Shaun Tan, Leigh Hobbs, Judy Watson differences, teamwork and friendship. unknown . alone. and Anna Pignataro. Children will love the humour and catchy rhymes of the twenty-nine poems featuring manic TVs, monsters and everything in between. 4 Super Nova Playground Circus Grace’s Mystery Seed Written by Krys Saclier and illustrated by Bec Written by Chrissy Byers and illustrated by Written by Juliet M Sampson and illustrated by Timmis Simon O’Carrigan Karen Erasmus hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 4+ years hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 3-6 years hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 4-9 years A family visit to the playground becomes a circus ‘Polly likes these stripy seeds,’ Grace said. Nova’s brother thinks she gets away with too much, extravaganza. This little girl can do anything, if only ‘What are they from?’ until he finds out what she’s really planning. And it’s ‘Let’s find out,’ said Mrs Marino. out of this world. Will he keep her secret? her mum would look up from her phone and join in the fun. Grace and her neighbour plant a mystery seed. Super Nova tells the story of the most powerful Uniquely written through the eyes of a child They wait and wait for ages. force in the universe – a little sister. growing up in a technologically driven Then a little green shoot starts to grow . and society, Playground Circus is a gently amusing grow . and grow . until, at last, Grace story about the magic of imaginative play and discovers the truth about her amazing mystery what we miss when we’re not paying attention. seed. 5 I Need a Parrot The Greatest Book in the Great Goal! Marvellous Mark! Written and illustrated by Chris McKimmie World Written by Katrina Germain and illustrated by Janine Dawson hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 3+ years Written by Matt Porter and illustrated by Dave Atze hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 4-6 years hardback, paperback • 32 pages Notable Book – Children’s Book Council of In this laugh-out-loud read, Rudolf Wordsmith Australia requests that readers finish his rhyming couplets A book about wanting and needing what a child and admonishes them when they’re tricked into wants and what a wild bird needs supplying a ‘rude’ rhyme. Get ready for a great game of football. There’s plenty of action and masses of mud. Who will kick This trickery is achieved through clever text and the first goal? Who will take the best mark? And lively illustrations. As the reader’s ‘rude’ rhymes will the yellow team win? cause the illustrator to draw Rudolf in humiliating A zippy, colourful, wet and muddy children’s predicaments, he becomes increasingly frustrated. weekend footy game that relates to all budding This culminates in a surprising and hilarious ending AFL champions and their families. that will have children howling with laughter. 6 Jacaranda Magic My Dog Socks Spark Written by Dannika Patterson and illustrated Written by Robyn Osborne and illustrated by Written by Adam Wallace and illustrated by by Megan Forward Sadami Konchi Andrew Plant hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 4-7 years hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 4+ years hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 6-10 years I began as a tiny spark in the dry grass. Notable Book – Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Book for Picture Book of the Year – Shortlisted – Speech Pathology Australia Book of the All I wanted was a friend. Children’s Book Council of Australia Year I found one in the wind, who helped me grow, who helped me to fly! Five friends are feeling bored on a hot sticky day. Join Socks in his secret world, where imagination But was the wind really my friend at all? Just when they think they’ll never find anything rules and the everyday becomes extraordinary. fun to play, a simple gust of wind changes Socks is not just an ordinary dog. Through a child’s everything . eyes he becomes an enchanted character of many disguises. One day he’s a contented cow rolling in Jacaranda Magic is a unique rhyming picture book grass, the next a sleek seal basking on rocks. Socks that celebrates imaginative play and highlights the offers unconditional love and loyalty, for ‘when he value of boredom and nature in inspiring is by my side, he is my best friend’. creativity. 7 The Perfect Leaf Welcome Home Glitch By Andrew Plant By Christina Booth Written by Michelle Worthington and illustrated by Andrew Plant hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 4+ years hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 7+ years hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 3-6 years Rights sold: Korea The Perfect Leaf takes the simple joy of leaf-kicking and turns it into an extraordinary flight of the Notable Book for Picture Book of the Year – imagination. The autumn theme promotes WINNER – 2014 Environment Award for Children’s Children’s Book Council of Australia discussions of seasons, time and colours for early Literature: Picture Fiction by The Wilderness Society readers. Glitch spends his life searching through mountains Welcome Home is the story of a young boy and a of mouldy mess at the dump. He wants to make The Perfect Leaf is a glorious celebration of the whale as she swims into the harbour seeking the fastest billycart ever. power of invention, and of the joys of being a safety and a resolution to the violent past child. This year, he will be competing in the Big Race! But relationship between whales and man. Can the will his twitch stop him from winning? boy make amends for the past? Can the whale forgive and return to what was once her ancestor’s home? 8 Big and Me Ready, Steady, Hatch Riley and the Grumpy By David Miller By Ben Long and David Cornish Wombat: a Journey around hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 7+ years hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 2-5 years Melbourne Written by Tania McCartney and illustrated by Kieron Pratt hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 6-10 years Notable Book – Children’s Book Council of Big and Small are machines that work together as Australia a team. ‘But some days Big goes a bit wobbly, and I get a lot worried.’ Big malfunctions in a variety of Round and bright and creamy white. Amid the ways and Small tries to help with the assistance of pumpkin patch, a clutch of eggs was sprouting Riley has discovered a wombat in his nanny’s The Boss and Mechanic. legs. Ready, steady, hatch! garden. But why is this furry creature so grumpy? The story is a metaphor for a child living with an Join Riley and his friends as they zoom around the adult who suffers from mental illness. Big and Ten chicks are excited to discover the world stunning sights of Melbourne in search of a Me is dramatically illustrated with paper sculpture. outside their eggshells, but the smallest is soon wombat that simply needs a place to call home. separated from the rest. Where can she be? A rollicking adventure about curiosity, camaraderie and, above all, having a play along the way! 9 Riley and the Jumpy Home of the Cuckoo Clock The Chocolate Vampire Kangaroo: a Journey around Written by Robert Favretto and illustrated by By Michael Salmon David Eustace Canberra hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 5+ years Written by Tania McCartney and illustrated by hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 6+ years Kieron Pratt hardback, paperback • 32 pages • 6-10 years Count Munch was a very unusual vampire. He The village of Schoenwald is frozen in time. With didn’t like doing those creepy things that other no clock to measure their lives, the townsfolk live While visiting Canberra, Riley encounters a very vampires did – scaring lonely travellers in the dark in chaos.