Bologna Rights Guide 2018 CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT
CONTENTS
PICTURE BOOKS 1
MIDDLE GRADE & JUNIOR 19
YOUNG ADULT 35
PICTURE BOOKS PICTURE BOOKS
It’s the first day of school and Oscar is trying hard to be brave. MY FRIEND Oscar’s mum feels sure he will make lots of friends, but Oscar ERNEST isn’t so sure, particularly when Ernest seems so mean and scary. EMMA ALLEN But is he really? & HANNAH From talented picture book creators, award winning Emma SOMMERVILLE Allen and talented new illustrator Hannah Sommerville, comes a book about the joy of making friends. AGES: 3+ Emma Allen’s debut book The Terrible Suitcase (Scholastic) It’s the first day of school won the 2013 CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood and Ernest seems so and was shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Literary Awards. mean and scary. But is he Emma worked as a paediatric speech language therapist for really? many years and is now studying for a PhD in Creative Writing. Emma lives in Canberra. February 2016 | 32pp | 244 x 244mm | Hardback Hannah Sommerville is an emerging children’s book illustrator ISBN 9781460750537 whose first book was Chasing Shadows by Corinne Fenton (Ford Street Publishing, 2013). Hannah lives in Milton, NSW.
Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licenced: UK (Harper360)
Abby was very kissable. Every night she would be kissed. ALL MY Once on the end of her nose. Twice on her forehead. And KISSES countless times all over the bottom of her feet… KERRY BROWN Abby adores her kisses so much that she keeps them all safe & JEDDA in a special bucket. They’re too precious to pass around at Show and Tell. And too fragile to send to Grandma for her ROBAARD birthday. But what happens to kisses when they’re not shared AGES: 2+ Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages A picture book that would Rights Licensed: Complex Chinese (Heliopolis Culture melt even the hardest Group Co. Ltd.), Korean (Neungyule Education Inc.) US heart... (Harper360), UK (Harper 360) This irresistibly cute story is about a little pig who receives too many kisses – and what she decides to do with the overflow! June 2014 | 32pp | 244 x 244mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780733330711
2 PICTURE BOOKS
Every night when dinner was done, Rollo would cry, “I don’t I DON’T want to go to bed!’ WANT TO The sequel to the very funny picture book, I Don’t Want to GO TO BED Eat My Dinner, just when Rollo’s parents think they’ve got the food thing sorted, Rollo announces he doesn’t want to go DAVID to bed... CORNISH From talented author-illustrator David (D.M.) Cornish, AGES: 3+ comes the perfect bedtime story for sleep-deprived parents. The perfect book to The winner of several prestigous awards, David Cornish’s help bring humour to ground breaking Monster Blood Tattoo series has been what can often be a real published to wide critical aclaim internationally. battleground. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages September 2016 | 32pp | 250 x 250mm | Hardback | ISBN 9781460750582 ALSO IN THE SERIES:
The old café on the corner is coming down to make way for WHATCHA something new. Little Davey Durak is gathering scrap − a BUILDING short piece of wood here, a long piece there. But what’s Davey building? Bruce the Builder wants to know, but Davey ANDREW won’t tell... DADDO & Stephen Michael King’s wonderful use of collage with the STEPHEN illustration, beautifully reflects the environmental and MICHAEL KING sustainable themes in the book. A charming story with an important message at its heart. AGES: 3+ ‘A fantastic new offering from two remarkable talents in Bestselling author Andrew the world of picture books, Andrew Daddo and Stephen Daddo teams up with Michael King. Kids have a natural fascination with how award-winning illustrator things are made. They love seeing tools and machines Stephen Michael King to digging, cutting, banging and creating. And most of all, bring you a very special they dream about using those tools themselves to build new picture book something amazing.’ − Sarah Wallace, Kid’s Book Review June 2017 | 32pp | 230x280mm | Hardback | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages ISBN 9780733334153 Rights Licensed: Korean (Hansol Education)
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3 PICTURE BOOKS
‘Alright class, today’s question is, when I grow up I want to be WHEN I a – what?’ GROW UP When the teacher asks her class what they want to be the ANDREW answers range from the hilarious to the baffling to the DADDO & beautiful. But what’s the best thing to be? JONATHAN Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages BENTLEY Rights Licensed: US (Harper360), UK (Harper360), AGES: 4+ Canada (Harper360) What do you want to be when you grow up? The answers are sure to entertain and amuse parents and kids alike! December 2015 | 32pp | 244 x 244mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780733333415
FIRST DAY Are you ready? It’ll be fun. You’ll meet new friends. New BFFs! ANDREW DADDO & You might have to be a bit brave… JONATHAN It’s the first day at school. But who is the most nervous about BENTLEY the big day?
AGES: 4+ Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: UK (Harper360), US (Harper360) A delightful picture book about starting school, with a clever twist all parents will relate to! ALSO IN December 2013 | 32pp | 244 THE SERIES: x 244mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780733331206
From the team who created the award-winning Good Night, CHEEKY Me comes this captivating picture book. Emma Quay’s MONKEY delightful and warm illustrations of a family moving through their day bring to life all the funny and silly names we call EMMA QUAY our children: cheeky monkey, lucky duck, sweet pea, silly AGES: 3-5 billy and more. Simply delightful. Re-release of the bestselling, award- Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages winning Rights Licensed: US (Harper360) children’s picture book. December 2010 | 32pp | 244x244 mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780733328398
4 PICTURE BOOKS
AUSSIE Forget Alpha, Bravo, Charlie... A is for Adam Goodes, B is for Bob Hawke and C is for LEGENDS Cathy Freeman. Meet the ultimate A to Z of amazing Aussies ALPHABET who make this country legendary. Sometimes irreverent, always charming and vividly brought to life by Beck Feiner. BECK FEINER The Luxe design will be at home on both children’s AGES: 3+ bookshelves and coffee tables. A vibrant look at Beck Feiner is an art director, graphic designer and Australian cultural icons. illustrator. She lives in Sydney with her family. October 2017 | 56pp | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages 230x230 pp | Hardback | ISBN 9780733338946
MILLIE ‘Millie trundles through the trees, LOVES ANTS Wildflowers bending in the breeze. If there’s just a chance of ants, JACKIE FRENCH & Millie’s nose will do its dance.’ SUE But just why does Millie the echidna adore ants? Find out DEGENNARO in this glorious new picture book from award-winning author and Children’s Laureate Jackie French, and talented AGES: 4+ illustrator Sue deGennaro. From the talented duo Jackie French is an award-winning writer, wombat who created The Hairy- negotiator and was the Australian Children’s Laureate for Nosed Wombats Find a New 2014-2015 and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In Home. 2016 Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children’s literature and her advocacy April 2017 | 32pp | 250x210 for youth literacy. mm | Hardback | ISBN 9781460751787 Sue deGennaro studied film at university, and after focussing on drawing at art school she became an aerialist and performance artist. Sue is the illustrator of The Tomorrow Book and The Hairy Nosed Wombats Find a New Home. Sue lives in Melbourne.
Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages
5 PICTURE BOOKS
A delightful and entertaining peek into the life of one very busy DIARY OF A wombat! WOMBAT Monday Morning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate. JACKIE Scratched. Night: Ate. FRENCH A typical day. Don’t be fooled. This wombat leads a very busy & BRUCE and demanding life. She wrestles unknown creatures, runs WHATLEY her own digging business, and most difficult of all – trains her humans. She teaches them when she would like carrots, when she would like oats and when AGES: 3+ she would like both at the same time. But these humans are slow learners. Honour Book 2003 Find out how one wombat – between scratching, sleeping and eating – CBCA Book of the Year manages to fit the difficult job of training humans into her busy schedule. Awards. Winner of the Booksellers Choice Award, Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Australian Booksellers Rights Licensed: UK (HarperCollins), US (Clarion Books), Simplified Chinese Association. (King-in Culture Co. Ltd. ), French (Albin Michel), German (Gerstenberg Buchverlag), October 2002 | 32pp | Brazilian Portuguese (Editora Fundamento), Spanish (Ediciones Castillo), 293 x 217mm | Various Korean (Dongsim), Canada (Cengage Learning)
He sleeps. He eats. He gets bored. He creates havoc BABY wherever he goes! WOMBAT’S He’s Mothball’s baby – and he’s even cuter, naughtier and WEEK more determined than his mum. Baby Wombat’s Week is an irresistible picture book by the award-winning duo behind JACKIE the international bestseller Diary of a Wombat. FRENCH & BRUCE Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages WHATLEY Rights Licensed: UK (HarperCollins), US (Clarion Books), French (Albin Michel), German (Gerstenberg Buchverlag) AGES: 3+ Shortlisted in the 2013 YABBA Awards October 2009 | 32pp | 216 x 293mm | Various
It’s Christmas! And it’s Christmas for Mothball the Wombat, CHRISTMAS too. WOMBAT She eats, she sleeps, she scratches, but on Christmas Eve… JACKIE Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages FRENCH & BRUCE Rights Licensed: UK (HarperCollins), US (Clarion Books), WHATLEY French (Ane Baté ), German (Gerstenberg Buchverlag)
AGES: 3+ It’s Christmas – from a wombat’s point of view.
October 2011 | 32pp | 293 x 217mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780732291716
6 PICTURE BOOKS
WOMBAT She sleeps. She eats. She scratches – and finds a hole. When Mothball discovers a new hole, it unexpectedly leads GOES TO her to the local school. The children learn that wombats SCHOOL love carrots and grass, while Mothball learns that lunch boxes contain very few carrots, that sports sheds can be a JACKIE good place to have a nap, and that when you’re brown and FRENCH round, it’s not a good idea to get too close to a ball... & BRUCE WHATLEY Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: German (Gerstenberg Buchverlag) AGES: 3+ She eats. She sleeps. She scratches. She goes to school... October 2013 | 32pp | 210 x285 mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780732295493
Yes, Mothball has become an athlete, albeit a little WOMBAT accidentally. In her never-ending quest for carrots Wombat WINS stumbles upon the children at the local school competing in the school sports. And despite her somewhat limiting JACKIE FRENCH physique and lack of training, Mothball manages to go home & BRUCE with a gold medal. WHATLEY Why puff and pant when you can eat, sleep and scratch? AGES: 3+ Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Forget Rio and the Rights Licensed: German (Gerstenberg Buchverlag) Olympic Games, for us it will be about Wombat… winning. October 2015 | 32pp | 210mm x 285mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780732299576
GRANDMA She eats. She sleeps. She scratches. And like all grandmas, she thinks her grandson is the best WOMBAT behaved baby ever. JACKIE But this baby wombat has other ideas... FRENCH Created by author Jackie French and illustrator Bruce Whatley, this delightfully funny book celebrates the love & BRUCE and joy that being a grandma can bring. WHATLEY Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages AGES: 3+ Rights Licensed: German (Gerstenberg Buchverlag) The latest in the Wombat series, this time about more senior members of the species... August 2013 | 272pp 198x128mm | Paperback ISBN 9780732296179
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Max is a dog who lives life to the full, which is why his NOMAX! master is so often calling out to him – ‘No Max!’ SHANNON From the author of Was Not Me, comes another very funny HORSFALL book about life – as Max the dog sees it.
AGES: 3+ Shannon Horsfall is a graphic designer and illustrator whose illustration work for many corporate, not for profit and arts If this dog is always called organization has won AGDA and BAD awards. ‘NoMax!’ by Dad, why does his bowl have a Shannon lives in Bongaree, Queensland. different name on it? Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages June 2017 | 32pp | 297x210 mm | Hardback | ISBN 9781460753927
WAS NOT ‘I have a naughty twin brother who only I see, ME! A cheeky twin brother. His name is Not Me’. From talented debut author illustrator Shannon Horsfall, SHANNON comes a playful, funny and charming book about a young HORSFALL boy who escapes getting into trouble with his mother by declaring, ‘No, was Not Me.’ AGES: 3+ A very funny book about Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages a cheeky twin brother, ‘Not Me’. Sure to delight pre-schoolers – and their exasperated parents! July 2016 | 32pp | 297x210mm | Hardback | ISBN 9781460752463
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8 PICTURE BOOKS
The wickedly funny, deliciously clever picture book debut THE NOSE from David Hunt with illustrations by award-winning artist PIXIES Lucia Masciullo. DAVID HUNT Oliver has a bad habit. A very bad habit. & LUCIA He just can’t keep his fingers out of his nose, which is a big MASCIULLO problem for the tiny pixies who mine his ‘nose gold’ to keep their cities running. AGES: 4-8 The Nose Pixies return to their kingdom with empty The hilarious debut handkerchiefs night after night. And unless their luck picture book from the changes, they’ll be out of a job... or worse! award-winning author of Girt. This is a book David Hunt is the bestselling author of Girt, which won the with a grossness that kids 2014 Indie Award for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for will love, and a message the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and the ABIAs. parents will adore. Lucia Masciullo grew up in Livorno, Tuscany. In 2006 she August 2016 | 32pp | moved to Queensland and since then has become a much 275x225mm | Hardback | loved, award winning Australian illustrator. Her books ISBN 9780733334870 include The Boy and the Toy, Come Down, Cat and The Wild One and Olive of Groves.
Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages
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THE It’s one of the most amazing stories ever told and it’s true! Funny, frank and embarrassment free, The Amazing Story of AMAZING How Babies are Made gives a fresh take on the incredible tale TRUE STORY of where we all come from. OF HOW Fiona Katauskas is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Sydney. Her work has appeared in a wide range of BABIES ARE publications, including the Sydney Morning Herald, The MADE Australian, The Age. She has also designed cards for the Ink Group and T shirts for Mambo. FIONA KATAUSKAS Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages AGES: 4+ Rights Licensed: Chinese - Simplified (Love Reading Books), Korean (Goraebook Library), The go-to book for Lithuanian (Alma Litera) parents wanting help with THAT talk... August 2015 | 32pp | 244x244mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780733333880
COMING SOON - AMAZING ANIMATION! PRODUCED BY THE CORDELL JIGSAW ZAPRUDER, TO BE RELEASED WORLDWIDE 9 PICTURE BOOKS
Ruby and her grandmother love to travel and now they are in RUBY RED London, the home of red buses, red telephone boxes and red SHOES GOES letter boxes. TO LONDON No wonder Ruby’s red shoes feel especially at home in this wonderful city! KATE Illustrator and artist Kate Knapp graduated from the KNAPP Queensland College of Art in 1990 and started her business, Twigseeds, in the mid-1990s. Twigweeds is AGES: 4-8 famous for its delightful characters and Kate produces art The third book in the prints, cards, stationery and books. best-selling Ruby Red Shoes series. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages December 2016 | 48pp | 230 Rights Licensed: Simplified Chinese (Love Reading Books), x 163mm | Hardback | ISBN Korean (Goraebook Library), UK (Macmillan), Ukrainian 9780732297626 (Vivat)
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10 PICTURE BOOKS
In the jungle there are jaguars, monkeys and parrots aplenty, GWENDOLYN! but there are no penguins. None at all. Because penguins do JULIETTE not live in the jungle, except for... GWENDOLYN! MACIVER & A story about friendship, adventure and finding your home. TERRI ROSE Juliette MacIver is a former musician who lives in Wellington, BAYNTON New Zealand. Her previous picture books include Marmaduke Duck and the Marmalade Jam (shortlisted for the AGES: 2−5 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards) and Queen Alice’s Palaces. A PENGUIN in the Terri Rose Baynton lives in the beautiful seaside town of JUNGLE? Waihi Beach, New Zealand, amongst good friends, warm November 2016 | 32pp | waves and a menagerie of animals. She is a scriptwriter 280x220mm | Hardback | and storyliner for children’s television, working with Weta ISBN 9780733335174 Productions on Jane and the Dragon and The Wotwots, alongside her father, Wotwots creator Martin Baynton.
Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licenced: US (Harper360), UK (Harper360)
WHAT NOISE ‘We all know it’s true, that a cow says, ‘Moo!’ COMES But what noise comes from a giraffe?’ From talented debut author illustrator Craig MacLean comes FROM A a fresh and funny picture book that is sure to delight young GIRAFFE? children as they discover just what noise a giraffe makes... Craig MacLean is a graphic designer/art director turned CRAIG filmmaker. He owns a production company called Mr MACLEAN Smith that specializes in TV commercials and online content. Craig lives in Melbourne. AGES: 2−6 May 2016 | 32pp | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages 244x244mm | Hardback | ISBN 9781460752234
11 PICTURE BOOKS
THE ABC So many different places − special things to do... This charming picture book celebrates the fun and excitement BOOK OF of places we can visit, both close to home and far away. The PLACES TO simple, engaging text explores fascinating places such as the G O library, the zoo, the lighthouse and many more. An adventurous book that is a delightful introduction to the HELEN world beyond our backyard. MARTIN, JUDITH Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages SIMPSON & CHERYL ORSINI Rights Licensed: UK (Harper360), Korean (KIZM Education Group), Korean (Awesome World) AGES: 2-6 From the bestselling creators of The ABC Book of Seasons comes a delightful introduction to the world around us. February 2017 | 32pp | 225x285mm | Hardback | ALSO IN THE SERIES: ISBN 9780733334283
DADDY ‘Daddy up?’ CUDDLE It’s early in the morning and one little rabbit is wide awake... From bestselling author Kate Mayes and award-winning KATE MAYES illustrator Sara Acton comes this gorgeous tale of an early & SARA riser who just wants to play! A book to be loved and treasured ACTON by children and fathers everywhere.
AGES: 2+ Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: US (Amicus Books/Creative Company) An undeniably adorable new picture book for dads everywhere, from bestselling author Kate Mayes and award-winning illustrator Sara Acton. August 2015 | 32pp | 225 x 225mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780733334054 ALSO BY KATE MAYES:
12 PICTURE BOOKS
Every Saturday, with a hop, a skip and a magical twirl, Mia, THE FAIRY Emma and Grace turn into... fairy dancers! DANCERS Enter their enchanted world of fun, friendship, fairy wings NATALIE and dancing. JANE PRIOR & Natalie Jane Prior is the award winning author of CHERYL ORSINI numerous books for children and young adults. She lives in Brisbane with her husband, daughter and two AGES: 3-8 Dachshunds. For every little girl who Cheryl Orsini has illustrated more than twenty children’s loves to dance, comes books, including the much loved ABC Book of Cars, this lavishly illustrated Trains, Boats and Planes. Her work also regularly appears storybook from award- in magazines and exhibitions. winning author Natalie Jane Prior and Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages much-loved illustrator Cheryl Orsini. October 2015 | 48pp |
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The Tales of Mrs Mancini tells the story of a cat who, together THE TALES with her human friend, Filippina, runs a cake shop full of OF MRS delectable treats. Alongside her flair for flan, Mrs Mancini MANCINI also has a special ability to bring lonely children together. A collection of three fully-illustrated stories celebrating NATALIE friands and friendship. JANE PRIOR & CHERYL ORSINI Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages
AGES: 4+ A gorgeous new illustrated storybook from the bestselling creators of The Fairy Dancers. November 2016 | 48pp | 265x190 mm | ISBN 9780733335655
13 PICTURE BOOKS
THE PIRATE Pirate Pete had to pee. As he sailed across the ocean… The toilet is broken onboard Captain Bones’ ship and Pirate WHO HAD Pete needs to pee! TO PEE It’s a race back to town across a vast amount of water. TIM MILLER But with all the splashing, dripping and swirling, will Pete be & MATT able to hang on? STANTON Tim Miller and Matt Stanton are the bestselling co-creators of the picture books There Is a Monster Under My Bed Who AGES: 2+ Farts, The Pirate Who Had To Pee, There Is a Monster Under My November 2013 | 32pp | Christmas Tree Who Farts and Dinosaur Dump. 244 x 244mm | Hardback | With his wife, primary school teacher Beck Stanton, Matt ISBN 9780733332944 also publishes the critically acclaimed This Is a Balland Did You Take the B from My _ook?
Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: UK (Harper 360), US (Harper 360), Spanish (Ediciones Obelisco)
Ever wondered what could remove that smile from the Mona THERE IS A Lisa’s face? MONSTER What could force the Buckingham Palace guards to run for ON MY their lives? HOLIDAY What mighty gust of wind could finally make the Leaning WHO FARTS Tower of Pisa fall? All will be revealed in There is a Monster on my Holiday Who Farts... TIM MILLER & MATT Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages STANTON Rights Licenced in series: US (Harper360), UK (Harper360) AGES: 2−5 The Fart Monster is back! ALSO IN THE And he’s gone global! SERIES: Get your passports ready, we’re about to go around the world in 80 farts. October 2016 | 32pp | 244 x 244mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780733334658
Straight from the prehistoric era comes an ex-STINK-tion DINOSAUR story like no other! DUMP Life’s hard when there’s only one toilet and all the dinos need TIM MILLER to go! There’s a dumping pterodactyl, a plopping stegosaurus & MATT and a T-rex who can’t reach to wipe... STANTON But when it’s finally Mike’s turn, could one tiny bowel movement end in disaster? AGES: 2+ Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages October 2015 | 32pp | 244 x 244mm | Hardback | Rights Licenced: US (Harper360), UK (Harper360), ISBN 9780733334634 Canada (Harper360)
14 PICTURE BOOKS
DID YOU For the Grown Ups: OK. Two things you need to know. TAKE THE Firstly, your favourite thing in the whole world is the letter B. B FROM MY And secondly, you’re about to sneeze and all the Bs are going to _OOK? be blown out of the book. So until you can get your favourite letter back, you’re about to BECK sound really, really silly... And the kids will love it! STANTON Beck Stanton is a mother, primary school teacher and the & MATT creative director/owner of mybabymoments.com.au. She has STANTON worked extensively with children throughout her teaching career and in roles that include before-and-after school care AGES: 3+ centre director, a nanny and youth and children’s worker. From the brilliant brains Matt Stanton is the co-creator of the bestselling Fart Monster behind This is a Ball comes picture book series and has sold more than 125,000 copies of his books. a new giggle inducing They live by the beach in Sydney with their daughter Bonnie and son Boston. bestseller! Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages April 2016 | 32pp | 267 x Rights Licensed in series: German (Klett Kinderbuch), US (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), 192mm | Hardback | ISBN Slovenian (MIS) 9780733334832
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Clarrie is a farmer who loves his chickens and his dog, Bert. CLARRIE’S Clarrie also gets his worms, no! he means his words, mixed up. PIG DAY OUT So when Clarrie and Bert head out in his jar, whoops, he means JEN STORER car, it turns out to be a day filled with fun and surprises. & SUE Young children will love seeing how Clarrie mixes up his words – DEGENNARO and will enjoy correcting them, as well!
AGES: 3+ Jen Storer is the author of the bestselling and very popular Truly Tan series. Her fantasy novel Tensy Farlow and the A very funny picture book Home for Mislaid Children was shortlisted for the 2011 about farmer Clarrie who CBCA Book of the Year. Jen is also the author of The gets his worms − no, his Fourteenth Summer of Angus Jack, and she lives in Melbourne. words! − mixed up. Sue deGennaro studied film at university, and after focussing March 2016 | 32pp | on drawing at art school she became an aerialist and 297 x 210mm | Hardback | performance artist. Sue is the illustrator of The Tomorrow Book. ISBN 9780733334443 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages
15 PICTURE BOOKS
‘It was very quiet in Stanley’s house. There were no brothers STANLEY or sisters, no dads or grannies, not even a cat, a budgie or a COLIN goldfish.’ THOMPSON Stanley lives with his human, Gerald, and Gerald’s mum. Life AGES: 2-5 is peaceful, but sometimes Stanley feels quite lonely... From the creator of But then one day another dog steals his favourite red rubber Fearless comes a new ball at his park, and sets in motion a chain of events that will canine tale. change Stanley’s life forever. Colin Thompson is an internationally renowned author March 2016 | 32pp | and illustrator who has won many awards for his words 270x240mm | Hardback | and pictures. In 2007, his book DUST was awarded ISBN 9780733332852 Honour Book in the Children’s Book Council Awards, and his 2009 picture book FEARLESS was a CBCA shortlisted title and a kids’ choice award winner. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: UK (Harper360), US (Harper360)
In Fearless in Love, Fearless met Primrose, and it was love at FEARLESS first sight… SONS AND Now Fearless and Primrose have puppies. While most of the DAUGHTER litter go to good families, Fearless Jnr stays home with Mum and Dad. COLIN THOMPSON But unlike his dad, Fearless Jnr isn’t afraid of anything… until he gets in over his head. It’s Fearless to the rescue! But can a & SARAH bulldog who’s scared of everything save his son? DAVIS Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages AGES: 4+ Rights Licensed in series: Chinese - Complex (Youth Culture Awards for Fearless: Enterprise), Turkish (Arkadas), UK (Harper360), US Winner, CBCA Junior (Harper360) Judges Children’s Choice Award, Picture Book, 2010; Winner, KOALA Award, Picture Book, ALSO IN 2010; Winner, YABBA THE SERIES: Award, Picture Book, 2010; Winner, COOL Award, Picture Book, 2010; Winner, KROC Award, Picture Book, 2010 February 2015 | 32pp | 210 x 297mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780733330872 16 PICTURE BOOKS
Pip loves to sing, while Pop won’t stop snoring. How are PEAS AND they ever going to work out how to live together? QUIET From award-winning author Gabrielle Tozer and GABRIELLE illustrator Sue deGennaro comes the perfect book about TOZER & SUE friendship and learning how to get along. DEGENNARO Gabrielle Tozer is a senior editor, journalist and copywriter who has edited, sub-edited and written AGES: 4+ for several magazines, newspapers and anthologies Two very different peas throughout the past decade. Gabrielle also writes YA in one small peapod... fiction and her debut novel, The Intern, won the 2015 no wonder Pip and Pop Gold Inky Award. The sequel, Faking it, was published have to find a way to live in the same year. Gabrielle lives in Sydney, NSW. together happily. Sue deGennaro studied film at university, and after focussing on drawing at art school she became an aerialist and performance artist. Sue is the illustrator of The Tomorrow Book. July 2017 | 32pp | 265x192 mm | Hardback | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages ISBN 9781460752395
Danny da Vinci and his best friend Mick Angelo DANNY DA are adventurers – artistic adventurers – who share a VINCI AND passion for painting and sculpture. THE SECRET Every year the Duke of Milan holds an art exhibition, and this year the Duke has asked Danny’s Uncle Leo OF THE to paint his portrait. Danny and Mick want to enter MONA LISA something in the exhibition too, something special. Danny’s sister Lisa has an idea, but why should they BRUCE listen to her? She’s such a moaner! WHATLEY & From talented duo Rosie Smith and Bruce Whatley ROSIE SMITH comes a fresh and funny book that celebrates the extraordinary artistic genius of Leonardo da Vinci. AGES: 4+ Husband and wife team Bruce and Rosie have co-authored many titles, including An artistic adventure from The Ugliest Dog in the Worldand Looking for Crabs. Both award-winning titles are still in talented duo Rosie Smith print. Many of Bruce and Rosie’s early books were based on their family and often featured and Bruce Whatley. their children, Ben and Ellyn – and their unusually ugly dogs! The Secret of the Mona Lisa was inspired by a love for Italy and the genius of Leonardo da Vinci. August 2017 | 32pp | 200x256 mm | Hardback | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages ISBN 9780733326059
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Scarlett loved to dance, and her house was always filled with SCARLETT, rhythm. STARLET Her parents would clap along, and Little Jazzy Jo-Jo’s paws would EMMA QUAY tap-tap-tap in time. AGES: 2+ But when Scarlett’s dreams of dancing on a real stage finally come true, will she find her own rhythm? May 2015 | 32pp | 244 x 244mm | Hardback | Will she shine like a star? ISBN 9780733331589 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licenced: US (Harper360)
You know, the smallest person can make the most noise. Meet SHRIEKING my sister, Violet! Violet shouts the loudest, but that doesn’t make VIOLET her the star. EMMA QUAY A warm and funny peek at family life from award-winning author-illustrator Emma Quay. AGES: 2+ Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages June 2016 | 32pp | 230x252 mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780733335075
Bird had been flying for such a long time. Sometimes everything NOT A looked the same all over. Nothing different. Nothing at all. CLOUD IN Apart from the odd cloud... A beautiful picture book about how THE SKY finding a friend can change the shape of a day. EMMA QUAY Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages AGES: 3+ Rights Licenced: US (Harper360), Korean (Kookminbooks), UK (Harper 360) June 2014 | 32pp | 297x210 mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780733332678
One, two Rudie Nudie, Rudie Nudie in the bath...’ Emma RUDIE Quay captures all the joy and energy of childhood in this NUDIE irresistible rhyming tale. With its charming illustrations and lively text, Rudie Nudie is destined to become an instant EMMA QUAY family favourite! Winner of the Australian Book Industry AGES: 2+ Awards 2012.
July 2014 | 24pp | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages 230x252 mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780733331732 Rights Licenced: UK (Harper360), US (Harper 360)
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Twelve-year-old Ashley is going to stay with her Aunt Micky DEXTER: THE who lives near Byron Bay. Micky has spent many years COURAGEOUS looking after rescued wildlife, but when a freak storm hits and they discover a baby koala and his mother, Ashley is KOALA drawn into the reality of what caring for wildlife, such as JESSE koalas, really involves. BLACKADDER From the author of Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica and Paruku: The Desert Brumby comes a heart-warming and AGES: 9-12 moving story about one of Australia’s best-loved animals. January 2015 | 208pp | Jesse Blackadder is an award-winning author and 198 x 128mm | Paperback | freelance journalist and is fascinated by landscapes and ISBN 9780733331787 belonging. Her historical fiction novels The Raven’s Heart and Chasing the Light were published in 2011 and 2013. Jesse lives near Byron Bay, NSW.
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April Franklin is 13 years of age and has just started high TURNING school. April has also been dancing half her life and while POINTES she loves ballet, she’s not sure if classical is right for her, particularly since she doesn’t have the perfect ballet body – EMMA and of course all of the mean girls at her ballet school do... FREEDMAN There are, however, many ways to dance, and when April has AGES: 9-12 the opportunity to explore them she leaps at the chance, even though she is very aware that her mother has high hopes for A coming of age story that her as a classical dancer. draws on Dancing with the Stars contestant Emma New school, mean girls, stage mothers, big dreams... Freedman’s childhood sometimes finding your feet can be hard. dance experience. Emma Freedman worked for the Nine Network for April 2016 | 240pp | seven years and now co hosts a nightly radio show Scoopla 198 x 128mm | Paperback | with Jules Lund. Emma spent 10 years studying jazz, ISBN 9781460751633 tap, contemporary and hip hop dance. In 2015 she won the 15th season of Dancing With the Stars and was named the best contestant the show had ever had. Emma lives in Sydney.
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When a boat carrying a group of asylum seekers is sunk by REFUGE a freak wave, Faris wakes from the shipwreck in an Australia JACKIE he’s always dreamed of. There are kangaroos grazing under FRENCH orange trees and the sky is always blue. On a nearby beach, Faris meets a group of young people who have come from far AGES: 10+ different times and places. Brilliant in construct, They are also seeking refuge, and each has their own story compelling and of why they had to leave their country to make a new life extraordinarily moving, for themselves. It is only when Faris chooses to return to this is a book that reminds ‘real life’ and find his father in Australia that he learns the us we are all newcomers to extraordinary truth about the friends he made on the golden this country and everyone beach. has a story worth hearing. From one of Australia’s best-loved authors comes a remarkable August 2013 | 272pp | story about Australia’s long history of migration and the 198 x 128mm | Paperback | people who make up our country. ISBN 9780732296179 Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator and was the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2014-2015 and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016 Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children’s literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors, and writes across all genres.
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THIRD ‘I didn’t mean to do it’. Annie is not a witch, but when her mistress Lady Macbeth WITCH calls for a potion to ‘stiffen Macbeth’s sinews’, Annie is caught JACKIE up in plots that lead to murder, kingship and betrayal. Annie FRENCH must also not only choose between Rab the Blacksmith and Murdoch, Thane of Greymouth, but discover where her AGES: 10+ loyalty lies. A searing story of Jackie’s books have been translated into many languages, passion, betrayal, and sold over 4 million copies. battles and love, this is Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages stripped of superstition, and its power and beauty refined into fewer words where good balances the evil and there is a happy ending − for some.
July 2017 | 256pp | ALSO IN 198x128 mm | Paperback | THE SERIES: ISBN 9780732298531
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This is the story of Johannes, and Frau Timmins, and GOODBYE, the strange girl now known as ‘Helga’. MR HITLER It is also the story of how they survived the death camps, the JACKIE vast wilderness faced by refugees in WWII, and eventually FRENCH found happiness in Australia. This moving and compelling book follows on from Heidi’s AGES: 10+ story in Hitler’s Daughter and Georg’s in Pennies for Hitler, Third title following on and shows us that evil must be fought and won. from the award-winning But once you’ve won, the hardest and most necessary battle is and best-selling Hitler’s to understand and forgive. Daughter and Pennies for Hitler. And to learn how to live and love again.
June 2017 | 208pp | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages 198x128 mm | Paperback | ISBN 9781460751299
It’s 1939, and for Georg, son of an English academic living PENNIES in Germany, life is full of cream cakes and loving parents. It FOR HITLER is also a time when his teacher measures the pupils’ heads to see which of them have the most ‘Aryan’-shaped heads. But JACKIE when a university graduation ceremony turns into a pro-Nazi FRENCH demonstration, Georg is smuggled out of Germany to war- torn London and then across enemy seas to Australia where AGES: 10+ he must forget his past and who he is in order to survive. Winner of the Young Hatred is contagious, but Georg finds that kindness People’s History Prize 2013 can be, too. NSW Premier’s History Awards. A companion piece to the best-selling Hitler’s Daughter, this is a story of war-torn Europe during WWII, as seen through June 2012 | 336pp | the eyes of Georg. 198x128mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780732292096 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: US (Harper360), UK (Harper360)
HITLER’S Did Hitler’s daughter, Heidi, really exist? What if she did? The bombs were falling and the smoke rising from the DAUGHTER concentration camps, but all Hitler’s daughter knew was the JACKIE world of lessons with Fraulein Gelber and the hedgehogs FRENCH she rescued from the cold. Was it just a story or did Hitler’s daughter really exist? And if you were Hitler’s daughter, AGES: 10+ would all the horror that occurred be your fault, too? Do things that happened a long time ago still matter? October 1999 | 144pp | 198x128mm | Paperback | First published in 1999, Hitler’s Daughter has sold over ISBN 9780207198014 100,000 copies in Australia alone and has received great critical acclaim, both in Australia and in the12 countries where it has been published.
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This first book in the series tells the story of a young BIRRUNG: indigenous girl, Birrung, who befriends orphaned Barney THE SECRET and his friend Elsie. Birrung is living with Mr Johnson, chaplain to the Australian colony in 1790, and his family. FRIEND Generous in spirit, the Johnson family also take in Barney JACKIE and Elsie who have only just been surviving on their meagre FRENCH daily rations. Despite living with the Johnsons, Birrung’s connection to her people remains strong, and when Mr AGES: 7+ and Mrs Johnson see how Barney’s feeling for Birrung are growing, they gently explain that his friendship with a February 2015 | 160pp | ‘native’ girl and all that she taught him about her language 200 x 130mm | Paperback | and lore must remain a secret – forever. ISBN 9780732299439 Perfect for readers who loved the best-selling and award- winning Nanberry: Black Brother White, The Secret Histories series will be welcomed by all who love the power of Jackie French’s storytelling.
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Barney Bean is keen to make his fortune and he hears a BARNEY AND secret; a sailor’s secret about the treasure of the colony. THE SECRET But how can chasing whales make you rich? Is adventure at OF THE sea worth leaving everything he loves? WHALES Written by award winning author Jackie French and superbly illustrated by Mark Wilson, this second book in The Secret JACKIE Histories series explores how the early colony survived FRENCH with the wealth from whaling, a little known secret from Australia’s past. AGES: 7+ February 2016 | 320pp | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages 198 x 128mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780732299446
By the 1790s orphaned Barney Bean finally has his own farm THE SECRET in the early NSW colony. All his dreams are coming true! OF THE But now we are to learn of Barney’s biggest secret yet: how he BLACK helped Australia’s first bushranger escape. Was Black Caesar a wronged man, an ex-slave who vowed to BUSHRANGER be free? Or was he a laughing villain, a trickster who planned JACKIE to terrorise the colony? FRENCH And in helping him, did Barney do right or wrong?
AGES: 7+ You decide. February 2017 | 160pp | Jackie’s books have been translated into many languages, 198x128 mm | Paperback | and sold over 4 million copies. ISBN 9780732299453 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages
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Jack is in Year 6 now and still loves his photography, surfing, BEING JACK and crazy family. Things are going well for him, particularly SUSANNE at school where he isn’t bullied any more. But he notices that GERVAY his best friend Christopher is being taunted and is starting to miss school and hiding out and avoiding everyone. AGES: 8+ When a football match turns ugly and Jack and Christopher The fourth and witness some unfair dirty play, they know that, again, the concluding book about bullying has to stop. Jack – an ordinary boy who does extraordinary Susanne Gervay OAM is the author of best-selling I Am things. Jack, Super Jack, and Always Jack. She has also written YA titles, including The Cave, Butterflies, and That’s Why I September 2014 | 192pp | Wrote This Song. Susanne lives in Woollahra, Sydney. 198 x 128mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780732296148 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed in series: US (Kane Miller), UK (Harper360), Brazilian Portugese (Editora Fundamento), Turkish (Marti Yayinlari)
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ZOMBIEFIED! Trick or treat?! It’s Benjamin Roy’s first Halloween as a zombie and he’s keen APOCALYPSE to see if being a real ghoul gets him more candy. But it doesn’t C. M. GRAY take long before the tricks become dangerous and the treats turn deadly. AGES: 8+ Then, when the only bridge out of town is destroyed, and The fourth and final book corpses start creeping from their caskets, he realises there’s in the Zombiefied series! something rotten in his town, and it’s not just the zombies... June 2016 | 192pp | But how will Ben save anyone else, when he’s barely alive 170x130mm | Paperback | himself? ISBN 9780733334238 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed in series: Turkish (Nemesis Yayincilik), US (Harper360), UK (Harper360) ), Canada (Harper360), French (City Editions
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From the bestselling author of The Fartionary, The THE Burptionary and The Enormous Book of Hot Jokes for Kool Kids AWESOME comes a hilarious new collection of radical rap, rockin’ rhyme BOOK OF RAP, and vile verse! Andy Jones is an in-demand children’s entertainer. He RHYME AND constantly tours schools with his music and humour- PUTRID based shows.
POETRY Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages ANDY JONES Rights Licensed: US (Harper360), UK (Harper360)
AGES: 6+ A collection of grotty and snotty raps, rhymes and riddles from the master of bodily functions, Andy Jones. Wash your hands and get ready for... ALSO BY ANDY JONES: December 2016 | 272pp | 210x135 mm / Paperback | ISBN 9780733335662
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Two of Perry Angel’s favourite people are Grandma Nell and NELL’S his good friend Jenkins. One night, while listening to Nell FESTIVAL play the beautiful Tennessee Waltz, Perry thinks of the perfect way to bring his two favourite people together: he wants to OF CRISP put on a dance – a proper one with petticoats and posies and WINTER a real band. GLORIES Perry shares his idea with his sisters, and before long the dance turns into a wonderful winter festival. But when GLENDA something happens to Nell, will Perry’s wish come true? MILLARD & STEPHEN Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages MICHAEL KING Rights Licensed: Korean (JajuBora Publishing), UK (Phoenix Yard Press), Chinese - Simplified (Shanghai 99 AGES: 7+ Readers’ Culture Co. Ltd.) The final book in the highly acclaimed, multi- award-winning Kingdom of Silk series is a heart- warming story about the power of love and family.
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When Inge Maria arrives on the tiny island of Bornholm in THE GIRL Denmark to live with her grandmother, she’s not sure what to WHO expect. Her grandmother is stern, the people on the island are strange, and children are not allowed to run wild or express BROUGHT themselves the way they did back in Copenhagen – especially MISCHIEF if you are a girl. KATRINA Inge Maria tries not to feel sorry for herself, but she misses NANNESTAD her mama. And on top of everything else, mischief seems to have a way of finding her no matter how hard she tries to be AGES: 8-12 good… But could it be that a bit of mischief is exactly what In the tradition of Anne Grandmother and the people of Bornholm need? of Green Gables and Heidi Katrina Nannestad grew up in country NSW in a comes a heart-warming neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. She novel set in Denmark in celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her books. 1911 about love, family, She also loves writing stories that make children laugh. grief and joy. Katrina now lives near Bendigo with her family and an June 2013 | 224pp | exuberant black whippet called Olive. She dreams of one 198 x 128mm | Paperback | day owning a spotted pig called Harold. ISBN 9780733332005 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: North America (Houghton Mifflin Company), Japan (Saela Shobo), Chinese – Complex (Rye Field)
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Olive has always dreamed of attending boarding school, but OLIVE OF Mrs Groves’ Boarding School for Naughty Boys, Talking GROVES Animals and Circus Performers is not what she expected. To tell the truth, dear reader, it is not what anyone expected! KATRINA NANNESTAD The headmistress is completely bonkers and Pig McKenzie, school bully and all round nasty swine, is determined to & LUCIA make Olive’s life unbearable. MASCIULLO Olive, however, is clever, sweet and kind, and soon gains the AGES: 8-12 loyalty and devotion of three rats, a short sighted moose, From award-winning a compulsive liar and a goose who faints at the sight of author Katrina Nannestad cherries. comes an unforgettable But will friendship and wits be enough when Pig McKenzie series... puts his Truly Wicked Plan into gear? Or will Olive be cast November 2015 | 272pp | out of Groves forever? 185 x 135mm | Hardback | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages ISBN 9780733333682
‘It’s a... a... What is it? Not a naughty boy. Not a talking animal. OLIVE OF Not even a circus performer. Oh me, oh my! It’s a time traveller!’ GROVES AND When last we met Olive, she had defeated school bully THE GREAT and all round nasty swine, Pig McKenzie, and proved her SLURP OF acrobatic skills, earning herself a place at Groves. But when a twelve year old time traveller lands on the TIME doorstep, trouble is just a minute away, and soon Olive is off KATRINA on an adventure as big as time itself... NANNESTAD Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages & LUCIA MASCIULLO AGES: 8-12 May 2016 | 288pp | 185 x 135mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780733333705
The Queen is coming to Mrs Groves’ Boarding School for OLIVE OF Naughty Boys, Talking Animals and Circus Performers for GROVES AND tea! Nothing, absolutely nothing, could possibly spoil this THE RIGHT right royal moment. Except for the return of scheming villain, Pig McKenzie... ROYAL ROMP and the arrival of a strange, harsh woman called KATRINA Thistlebloom... and the fact that the Inspector of Schools has NANNESTAD promised to close the doors of Groves forever if the Queen’s visit does not run smoothly... & LUCIA MASCIULLO Oh deary, deary me! Nothing ever runs smoothly at Groves! AGES: 8-12 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages The third in this incomparably witty and charming series. October 2016 | 288pp | 185 x 135mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780733333712 27 MIDDLE & JUNIOR
Bella really wants to take lessons at Miss Tweedle’s Ballet BELLA School. When Dad says no, Bella’s barnyard friends hatch DANCERELLA: some plans to help her. Can the animals and Bella convince LOVES TO Dad to change his mind? Bella Dancerella loves to dance! She even dances with her DANCE animal friends in her very own barnyard ballets. But Bella POPPY ROSE dreams of being a real ballerina – a beautiful ballerina dancing on the stage! AGES: 4-7 To discover a whole lot more about Bella, visit her website A gorgeous new series for www.belladancerella.com.au girls aged. Perfect for fans of Pearlie in the Park and Magic Poppy Rose has worked in children’s publishing for many Ballerina. years, and loves writing books for children – especially about dancing! August 2013 | 272pp 198x128mm | Paperback Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages ISBN 9780732296179 Rights Licensed: Brazilian Portuguese (Editora Fundamento), US (Harper 360), UK (Harper360)
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High on a cliff above the gloomy coastal town of Withering- WITHERING- by-Sea stands the Hotel Majestic. Inside the walls of the BY-SEA damp, dull hotel, eleven-year-old orphan Stella Montgomery leads a miserable life with her three dreadful Aunts. JUDITH ROSSELL But one night, Stella sees something she shouldn’t have... Something that will set in motion an adventure more terrifying AGES: 8-12 and more wonderful than she could ever have hoped for... A Victorian fantasy From hugely talented Judith Rossell comes a thrilling adventure, perfect for and gripping Victorian fantasy adventure, the first in an fans of Wildwood, Lemony extraordinarily exciting new series. Snicket and Tensy Farlow. Rights Held: World English (excl. US); Translation – all Winner - 2015 Indie languages Awards, Book of the Year: Children’s & YA Rights Licensed: Japanese (Hyoronsha), German Winner - 2015 Aust. Book (Thienemann-Esslinger), Korean (Bmirae) Industry Awards, Book of the Year: Older Children Honour Book - 2015 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards November 2014 | 304pp | 198 x 128mm | Hardback | ISBN 9780733333002
When Stella Montgomery returned to the Hotel Majestic WORMWOOD cold and wet but exhilarated by adventure, the Aunts were MIRE furious. JUDITH Now they are sending Stella away to the old family home ROSSELL at Wormwood Mire, where she must live with two strange cousins and their governess. AGES: 8-12 But within the overgrown grounds of the mouldering house, The much-anticipated dark secrets slither and skulk, and soon Stella must be brave sequel to the most talked once more if she’s to find out who − or what − she really is... about Australian children’s novel of 2015! From bestselling writer illustrator Judith Rossell comes the thrilling and magical sequel to her multi-award-winning November 2016 | 304pp | novel, Withering-by-Sea. 198 x 128mm | Hardback | Judith has been an illustrator and writer of children’s ISBN 9780733333019 books for more than 12 years. Before that, she worked as a government scientist (not a mad scientist, a normal kind COMING of scientist) and also for a cotton spinning company (that IN 2018: made threads for t-shirts and denim jeans and mops and WAKESTONE teabag strings). HALL She has written 11 books and illustrated more than 80. Her have been published in the UK, the USA and have been translated into more than 10 languages. Judith lives in Melbourne with a cat the size of a Walrus.
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THE In the Selwood house, someone’s always up to no good! One minute it’s the twins, Troy and Adam, pulling pranks and SELWOOD making mischief... BOYS Next second it’s Joel and his sneaky, cheeky antics. TONY WILSON And little Scott just does his best (or make that his worst!) to keep up with the others. AGES: 8-12 With four boys under one roof, there’s madness and mayhem A hilarious new series every day − and footy of course! about four of Australia’s The Selwood brothers are four of the AFL’s favourite favourite football sons. sons. Troy Selwood played for the Brisbane Lions from 2005 to 2010 and his twin brother, Adam Selwood, was a November 2016 | Premiership player for the West Coast Eagles. Joel Selwood 160pp | Paperback | ISBN is a three-time Premiership player, five-time All-Australian, 9780733335457 four-time AFLPA Most Courageous Player and the current captain of the Geelong Cats. Youngest brother, Scott Selwood, was vice-captain of the West Coast Eagles and their 2012 Best and Fairest, before joining Joel at Geelong in 2016. Tony Wilson is the author of The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas, The Cow Tripped Over the Moon, Emo the Emu and many more. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licenced: US (Harper360), UK (Harper360)
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FUNNY Every kid wants to laugh, but Max is the boy who can make it happen. KID FOR He’s the class clown, the punch line and he’s even PRESIDENT volunteered his bottom to be the butt of the joke. MATT Max is the funny kid... and he’s running for class president. STANTON Poop scandals, stalker ducks, surprise debates, psycho sports AGES: 8-12 teachers, tell-all-interviews and the great library vomit-a- geddon are just some of the things in store for Max and his For fans of Diary of Wimpy friends at Redhill Middle School this election season. Kid, Tom Gates and Big Nate, Funny Kid is the Matt Stanton is a bestselling children’s author and hilarious new series from illustrator, with over a quarter of a million books in bestselling children’s print. He is the co-creator of seven bestselling picture author Matt Stanton. books, including the mega hits, There is a Monster Under My Bed Who Farts and This Is a Ball. He launched his December 2017 | 64pp | much-anticipated middle grade series, Funny Kid, 198x128 mm | Hardback | around the world in 2017. ISBN 9780733338229 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: US (HarperCollins US), UK (HarperCollins UK), Czech (Euromedia)
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Way out in the country, Mrs Topple is Tan’s closest TRULY TAN: neighbour. But Mrs Topple has gone on a cruise and Tan TRAPPED! is in charge of security at the Topple cottage. Tan is also looking after the garden and watering the plants. But JEN STORER mostly she’s in charge of security. Which is just as well AGES 8−12 because something suspicious is going on. The next adventure in the A strange car has been coming and going and a shadowy best-selling Truly Tan figure has been spotted snooping around. And now Tan series. has noticed items moving around in the garden — on their own! As tensions mount, Tan decides a stake out is in order. May 2017 | 256pp | 185x135 Little does she know she is walking straight into a trap. mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780733334122 Jen Storer is the author of the bestselling Truly Tan series. Truly Tan: Jinxed was named CBCA Notable Book in 2014, and the series has been shortlisted and awarded for several children’s choice and book awards. Her novel Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the 2011 CBCA Book of the Year. Jen is also the author of The Fourteenth Summer of Angus Jack and Danny Best: Full On.
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Danny Best doesn’t just think he’s The Best. He knows it! DANNY BEST: With his friends Fab, Clancy, Sticks, Dylan and Mae, plus FULL ON trusty dog Pugsley, Danny turns every single day into one crazy adventure. JEN STORER & MITCH VANE And if you don’t believe me, check these out: ‘Danny Best tells lies,’ Olivia aged 7. AGES: 7+ ‘I would like to wrestle Danny Best,’ Joe aged 8. A hilarious new series about a LEGEND named ‘I once saw Danny Best. But then I didn’t,’ Zac aged 8. Danny Best. Best by ‘Danny Best should sit up straight and stop fooling around,’ name, best by reputation. Mrs Gidley, teacher. October 2015 | 320pp | ‘Danny Best is a legend!’ Anonymous aged 8 and three 190x153 mm | Paperback | quarters. ISBN 9780733333330 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages
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Since moving to Australia with their father, Angus Jack and THE his sister, Martha, have moved house constantly. They end FOURTEENTH up living next door to a peculiar old lady called Reafen, who is a second hand dealer. To Angus and Martha, Reafen seems SUMMER OF harmless enough. But who is she really and where did she get ANGUS JACK all the weird stuff in her shop? JEN STORER Without his knowledge, Reafen draws Angus into her world; & LUCINDA into ancient feuds, Wild Magick and bitter rivalries – into the secret dealings of Vikings and goblins and all those who GIFFORD have lived in the Old Realm. Funny, exhilarating and a little AGES: 8-12 bit scary; a bewitching blend of Norse mythology and urban fantasy from the award winning author of Tensy Farlow and Funny, exhilarating and a the Home for Mislaid Children. little bit scary; a bewitching blend of Norse mythology Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages and urban fantasy. September 2015 | 336pp | 198 x 128mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780733334436
Jamie Reign was born 12 years ago, on the first day of the JAMIE Chinese Year of the Dragon. This supposedly auspicious start REIGN: THE in life hasn’t been much use to him, living a loveless existence with his abusive father, Hector, on a salvage boat. Jamie’s LAST SPIRIT mother Mayling died on the day he was born. WARRIOR When Jamie inadvertently summons some fiery orbs from the P. J. TIERNEY air to tackle some local bullies, he doesn’t understand that he has tapped into The Way, the universal energy source. In doing AGES: 9+ so he sets off a chain of events with unforeseen consequences. ‘Intriguing and ingenious… Whisked away by the mysterious Mr Fan to the Chia Wu, a Jamie Reign keeps the plot school for students with special abilities, Jamie is taken under bubbling and the pages the wing of the legendary Kung Fu Master Wu. It is believed turning.’ – John Flanagan, by Master Wu and his staff that Jamie is the Last Spirit author of The Ranger’s Warrior, and as such his life’s purpose is to right the dreadful Apprentice wrongs (climatic and political) taking place in the world. But not everyone believes so – and Jamie himself has doubts. July 2013 | 400pp | 198 x What use is a Spirit Warrior who is hopeless at Kung Fu? 128mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780732295196 Rights Held: ANZ & UK English language
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SELECTED Deep in the bush live some very strange creatures... Bottersnikes live in rubbish heaps along dusty roadsides in ADVENTURES the lonely Australian bush. They have green wrinkly skin, O F cheese grater noses and long, pointed ears that go red when BOTTERSNIKES they are angry. Which is most of the time. Giggling Gumbles live in the bush, too. They are cheerful AND GUMBLES little creatures who can be squashed into all sorts of S. A. WAKEFIELD shapes, but cannot pop back into their proper shape unless & DESMOND helped. This makes the friendly Gumbles useful to the lazy Bottersnikes, who have some very nasty plans... The DIGBY Bottersnikes may have some tricks up their sleeves, but so AGES: 8+ do the resourceful Gumbles. The battle has begun! A new edition containing Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages selected stories of these Rights Licensed: US (Harper360), UK (HarperCollins favourite Australian UK) characters, now released in an animated TV series through Netflix worldwide. January 2016 | 244pp | 198 x 128mm | Paperback | ISBN 9781460751923
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In the sequel to the page-turning Ghost House, Alexander Reade HAUNTED turns up at Sycamore High not remembering how he got there. ALEXANDRA But worse, he doesn’t remember Chloe Kennedy and believes he ADORNETTO has come back to search for his lost love, Isobel. Chloe soon realizes that Alex needs her help surviving in the AGES: 12+ modern world. With his looks and the way he speaks, it’s as The edge-of-your seat though he’s from another century. Which he is. In fact Alex powerful conclusion to has been dead for 157 years, but that doesn’t change how Ghost House. Chloe feels about him. June 2017 | 432pp | Chloe begins to experiences dreams that take her to a past 210x135 mm | Paperback | life and realises they are linked to Isobel. But when Isobel ISBN 9780732299347 appears, Alex and Chloe must accept that the past and the present have collided. Chloe is being hunted by ghosts led by Isobel, who is just as vengeful as ever and out to sever any bond between Alex and Chloe. And she will do so – no matter the cost.
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‘Alex is more real that anyone I’ve ever known. And him being GHOST dead... really doesn’t change a thing.’ HOUSE After the death of her mother, Chloe Kennedy starts seeing ALEXANDRA ghosts again. Spending time at her grandmother’s country ADORNETTO estate in the south of England helps Chloe deal with her grief and the spirits that haunt her. AGES: 13+ Until she meets a mysterious stranger. Following her Alexander Reade is 157 years dead, with a secretive past and internationally best-selling an alluring force that draws Chloe more strongly than any Halo trilogy — licensed in ghost she’s encountered before. But the bond between them 20 territories — comes a infuriates the vengeful spirit of Alexander’s past love, Isobel. new series from Alexandra And she will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who threatens Adornetto, a talented to take him from her. young author who understands her Alexandra Adornetto was born in Melbourne in 1992 audience like no other. and now lives in Los Angeles with her mini Yorkie, Boo Radley. Her first series, The Strangest Adventures, was September 2014 | 320pp | published when Alexandra was fifteen. The YA series Halo 210 x 135mm | Paperback | marked her international debut with publication in over ISBN 9780732299330 25 countries and the first title appearing at No. 4 on the New York Times Bestseller List.
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The school captain: Ryan has it all – or at least he did, until THE an accident snatched his dreams away. How will he rebuild YEARBOOK his life and what does the future hold for him now? COMMITTEE The newcomer: Charlie’s just moved interstate and she’s determined not to fit in. She’s just biding her time until Year SARAH 12 is over and she can head back to her real life and her real AYOUB friends.
AGES: 14+ The loner: At school, nobody really notices Matty. But at home, Matty is everything. He’s been single handedly Five teenagers. Five lives. holding things together since his mum’s breakdown, and he’s One final year. never felt so alone. March 2016 | 336pp | 210 x The popular girl: Well, the popular girl’s best friend... cool by 135mm | Paperback | ISBN association. Tammi’s always bowed to peer pressure, but when 9780732296858 the expectations become too much to handle, will she finally stand up for herself? The politician’s daughter: Gillian’s dad is one of the most recognisable people in the state and she’s learning the hard way that life in the spotlight comes at a very heavy price. Five unlikely teammates thrust together against their will. Can they find a way to make their final year a memorable one, or will their differences tear their world apart?
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Seventeen-year-old Sophie hates Monday mornings, socks HATE IS worn with sandals, and having to strategise like she’s a battle SUCH A sergeant every time she asks her parents if she can go out. But STRONG she especially hates being stereotyped because she’s Lebanese. When New Guy, Shehadie Goldsmith, is alienated at her WORD Lebanese school because his dad’s Australian, she hates SARAH the way it makes her feel. Like she’s just as prejudiced as AYOUB everyone else. Like she could make a difference if she stopped pretending she’s invisible. Like the attraction between them AGES: 12+ might be too strong to fight... But hate is such a strong word... The story of a seventeen- year-old girl caught Can Sophie find the strength to speak out – even if it means between two cultures. going against everything she’s been brought up to believe? September 2015 | 256pp | A brilliant debut novel about identity, love, culture and 210 x 135mm | Paperback | finding your place. Sarah Ayoub is a freelance journalist, ISBN 9780732296841 commentator and postgraduate research student based in Sydney, Australia. Her work has appeared in various print and online publications including Marie Claire, Madison, Sunday Magazine, Cleo, Frankie, Yen, and Girlfriend; and she has spoken at numerous industry events with the Emerging Writer’s Festival, NSW Writer’s Centre, The Walkley Foundation, Vibewire and more.
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BEGIN, END, Bestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars. BEGIN:A This anthology has them all. With brilliantly entertaining short stories from beloved #LOVEOZYA young adult authors Amie Kaufman, Melissa Keil, Will ANTHOLOGY Kostakis, Ellie Marney, Jaclyn Moriarty, Michael Pryor, Alice Pung, Gabrielle Tozer, Lili Wilkinson and Danielle Binks, DANIELLE this all-new collection will show the world exactly how much BINKS there is to love about Aussie YA.
AGES: 14+ Danielle Binks is a writer and reviewer, and youth literature advocate. She is currently editing and Harnessing the power of contributing to Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA the #LoveOzYA social Anthology. media movement, this new anthology features Also contributing to the anthology are Australian authors short stories from ten Amie Kaufman, Melissa Keil, Will Kostakis, Ellie Marney, beloved YA authors. Jaclyn Moriarty, Michael Pryor, Alice Pung, Gabrielle Tozer and Lili Wilkinson. Between them they’ve written May 2017 | 320pp | books that have been recognised in the Inky Awards, 234x153 mm | Paperback | CBCA Awards, Prime Minister’s Awards, Aurealis Awards, ISBN 9781460752319 Indie Book Awards and many more.
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Inside these pages is my life so far, and what I’ve learnt or JAMIE’S haven’t learnt along the way. Read about my cowboy hat WORLD: years, the year I dug a big hole, and the time I pulled down my pants at a badminton game. I’ll tell you my top travel THEY LET tips (drink water), how to have fun at a school ball (don’t go) ME WRITE A and how to be an adult (eat an oyster). And I’ll talk about YouTube, because I suppose that’s what got us into this mess BOOK! in the first place... JAMIE CURRY 19 year old Jamie is creator of Jamie’s World, the social media sensation that’s been entertaining her fans with the AGES: 13+ trials and tribulations of her awkward adolescence ever Allow me to introduce since she first began posting videos from her bedroom myself. I’m Jamie, I’m 19 aged 16. With over 10 million Facebook followers, and years old. I make videos 1.4 million YouTube subscribers, Jamie is probably one on the Internet, and of the most famous people to come out of New Zealand. enough people watched That might be why she was nominated for ‘Favourite them that they let me Internet Sensation’ at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice write a book. I know. Awards this year. What is life?” Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages November 2015 | 224pp | Rights Licensed: UK (HarperCollins UK), US (Harper360) 210x135mm | Paperback | ISBN 9781775540878
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Emily has been best friends with Adriana since Year One. MY BEST At the beginning of Year Ten Adriana’s mother dies suddenly, FRIEND IS A and everything changes. Adriana’s father accepts a job in Borneo. When they return at the end of the year, Adriana has GODDESS gone from awkward to AMAZING and turned into a goddess! TARA Luckily Adriana is no different on the inside. She’s still the EGLINGTON same best friend Emily knows and loves. Emily just wishes that someone would show interest in her for any other AGES: 12+ reason besides being Adriana’s best friend. In the meantime, Two best friends crushing she’s committed to helping Adriana manage the throngs of on one very cute guy... potential suitors that are texting and emailing in the hope of an someone’s going to get introduction to ‘the goddess’. That is, until she sees the brand their heart broken. new guy in art class. The one who’s called Theo James and makes Emily laugh. The one who doesn’t seem all that affected November 2016 | 400pp | by Adriana’s appearance. 234x153mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780732299903 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed (Previous title): US(St Martin’s Press), Brazil (Editora Fundamento)
Eight years ago, Mercer Corporation’s M-Bands became DISRUPTION mandatory. An evolution of the smartphone, the bracelets JESSICA promised an easier life. Instead, they have come to control it. SHIRVINGTON Two years ago, Maggie Stevens watched helplessly as one of the people she loved most was taken from her, shattering her AGES: 13+ world as she knew it. What if a microchip could Now, Maggie is ready. And Quentin Mercer – heir to the identify your perfect M-Corp empire – has become key to Maggie’s plan. But match? as the pieces of her dangerous design fall into place, could What if it could be used Quentin’s involvement destroy everything she’s fought for? In against you and the ones a world full of broken promises, the ones Maggie must keep you love? could be the most heartbreaking.
April 2014 | 416pp | 234 x Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages (ex 153mm | Paperback | ISBN German) 9780732296285 Rights Licensed: Turkish (Yabanci Yayinlari), UK (Harper360), US (Harper360)
You can’t stop technology. You can’t go back in time and have CORRUPTION a do-over. But you can cut off the head of the dragon. JESSICA You can show the world the truth. SHIRVINGTON And you can fight for the people whose lives have been stolen From the author of from them. internationally best-selling And the price for the quest? Embrace series. Possibly everything. AGES: 13+ November 2014 | 336pp | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages 234x153mm | Paperback | (excl. German) ISBN 9780732298609 Rights Licensed: Turkish (Yabanci Yayinlari), UK (Harper360), US (Harper360)
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About the book Inspired by true events, this is the story of MISS LILY’S how society’s ‘lovely ladies’ won a war. LOVELY Each year at secluded Shillings Hall, in the snow-crisped LADIES English countryside, the mysterious Miss Lily draws around her young women selected from Europe’s royal and most JACKIE influential families. Her girls are taught how to captivate FRENCH a man - and find a potential husband - at a dinner, in a salon, or at a grouse shoot, and in ways that would surprise AGES: 14+ outsiders. For in 1914, persuading and charming men is the A tale of espionage, love only true power a woman has. and passionate heroism. Sophie Higgs is the daughter of Australia’s king of corned April 2017 | 528pp | beef and the only ‘colonial’ brought to Shillings Hall. Of all 234x153 mm | Paperback | Miss Lily’s lovely ladies, however, she is also the only one who ISBN 9781460753583 suspects Miss Lily’s true purpose. As the chaos of war spreads, women across Europe shrug off etiquette. The lovely ladies and their less privileged sisters become the unacknowledged backbone of the war, creating hospitals, canteens and transport systems where bungling officials fail to cope. And when tens of thousands can die in a single day’s battle, Sophie must use the skills Miss Lily taught her to prevent war’s most devastating weapon yet. But is Miss Lily heroine or traitor? And who, exactly, is she? Jackie’s books have been translated into many languages, and sold over 4 million copies.
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Could the world’s greatest writer truly put down his pen THE DIARY forever to become a gentleman? OF WILLIAM He was a boy who escaped small town life to be the most SHAKESPEARE, acclaimed playwright of the land. A lover whose sonnets still sing 400 years later; a glover’s apprentice who became a GENTLEMAN gentleman. JACKIE But was he happy with his new riches? Who was the woman FRENCH he truly loved?
AGES: 12+ The world knows the name of William Shakespeare. This book reveals the man — lover, son and poet. Based on new Part comedy, part love story; documentary evidence, as well as textual examination of his the threads of Shakespeare’s plays, this fascinating book gives a tantalising glimpse at what life as drawn from his plays. might have been: the other hands that helped craft those August 2016 | 272pp | plays, the secrets that must ever be hidden but – just possibly 198x128mm | Paperback | – may now be told. ISBN 9781460750575 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages
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FACING THE There have been fires before, but not like this. In 1978, as the hot wind howls and the grass dries, all who FLAME live at Gibber’s Creek know their land can burn. But when JACKIE you love your land, you fight for it. FRENCH For Jed Kelly, an even more menacing danger looms: a man AGES: 13+ (MATURE from her past determined to destroy her. Finding herself alone, trapped and desperate to save her unborn child, Jed’s READERS) only choice is to flee – into the flames. There have been fires Heartbreaking and powerful, Facing the Flame celebrates the before, but not like triumph of courage and community, and a love for the land this. Heartbreaking and so deep that not even bushfire can erode it. powerful. December 2017 | 304pp | Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages 234x153 mm | Paperback | ISBN 9781460753200
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In 1894, 12-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her A WALTZ FOR unknown father and his farm. But drought grips the land, MATILDA and the shearers are on strike. Her father has turned swaggie and he’s wanted by the troopers. In front of his terrified JACKIE daughter, he makes a stand against them, defiant to the last. FRENCH ‘You’ll never catch me alive, said he…’
AGES: 11+ Set against a backdrop of bushfire, flood, war and jubilation, this is the story of one girl’s journey towards independence. It And the book where it all is also the story of others who had no vote and very little but began... their dreams. December 2010 | 496pp | Drawing on the well-known poem by A.B. Paterson and from 198x128mm | Paperback | events rooted in actual history, this is the untold story behind ISBN 9780732290214 Australia’s early years as an emerging nation. Jackie’s books have been translated into many languages, and sold over 4 million copies.
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‘Milo was a discoloured memory with blurred edges and a REMIND ME washed-out palette. Yet five minutes with him and everything HOW came back to me in an instant.’ THIS ENDS Layla Montgomery’s life fell apart at thirteen. After her mum died in a shock accident, Layla’s grieving father packed their GABRIELLE bags and forced her to leave behind everything she’d ever TOZER known.
AGES: 12+ Milo Dark has been stuck on pause since the Year 12 exams. His long-term girlfriend moved 300 kilometres away for uni, A boy-meets-girl-again his mates bailed for bigger things, and he’s convinced he missed story from the award- the reminder to plan out the rest of his life. winning author of The Intern and Faking It. As kids, Layla and Milo shared everything – their secrets, a treehouse and weekends at the river. But they haven’t spoken April 2017 | 288pp | since her mum’s funeral. That is, until Layla shows up five 198x128 mm | Paperback | years later in his parents’ bookshop without so much as a text ISBN 9781460751688 message. Pretty soon they’re drawn into a tangled mess that guarantees someone will get hurt. And while it’s a summer they’ll never forget, is it one they’ll want to remember?
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THE INTERN Josie Browning dreams of having it all. A stellar academic record, an amazing career in journalism – GABRIELLE and for her current crush to realise she actually exists. The only TOZER problem? Josie can’t get through 24 hours without embarrassing her sister Kat or her best friend Angel, let alone herself. AGES: 12+ Josie’s luck changes though when she lands an internship at Funny, insightful and the glossy fashion magazine Sash. A coveted columnist job is written with warmth and up for grabs, but Josie’s got some tough competition in the understanding, The Intern form of two other interns. Battle lines are drawn and Josie is for everyone who has quickly learns that the magazine industry is far from easy, had – and survived – the especially under the reign of powerful editor, Rae Swanson. job from hell! Totally fresh and funny, this debut novel from industry February 2014 | 336pp | insider Gabrielle Tozer reveals just what is behind the 198 x 128mm | Paperback | seeming glamour and sparkle of the magazine industry. ISBN 9780732297053 Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: German (Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH), US (Harper 360), UK (Harper360)
Things are finally looking up for 18-year-old Josie Browning. FAKING IT Her hot new boyfriend James can’t keep his hands off her, GABRIELLE she’s moved into a share house in the city and she’s scored a TOZER coveted job as indi website’s junior writer. But life was never meant to go smoothly, so when indi’s AGES: 12+ features editor Sia announces she’s pregnant and needs time Eighteen just got a whole off, the pressure is on for Josie to prove to her editor Liani lot more complicated that she’s got what it takes to be a real journalist. And when Josie is suspected of stealing from one of magazines’ rising January 2015 | 336pp | queen bees at a luxurious media junket, she is thrown into 198 x 128mm | Paperback | a mystery of lies, theft and deceit that threatens to ruin her ISBN 9780732297060 reputation, love life and career forever. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: German (Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH), US (Harper 360), UK (Harper360) 42 YOUNG ADULT
On the eve of her fifteenth birthday, Claudia is unexpectedly THE RAVEN’S summoned to Rome by the father she hasn’t seen in ten years, WING a wealthy and powerful senator. She finds herself with both a new family and a luxurious new home in the capital of the FRANCES world’s greatest empire. WATTS But Claudia soon discovers a contest of power and ambition AGES: 12+ is secretly being waged and she is the prize. Torn between two rivals for her hand in marriage, she must choose between From bestselling and her duty and her heart... a choice that could have deadly award-winning author consequences. Frances Watts comes the first in an incredibly From multi-award-winning author Frances Watts comes a exciting series of gripping mystery of love and intrigue set in Ancient Rome. standalone historical novels. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages August 2014 | 304pp | 198 x 128mm | Paperback | ISBN 9780733332913
When Kasumi leaves her remote village for the teeming THE PEONY city of Edo, her life is transformed. As a lady in waiting in a LANTERN samurai mansion she discovers a rare talent for art and falls in love with a young samurai. How could she ever return to the FRANCES life of a simple mountain girl? WATTS But Kasumi must set aside her own concerns. Her country is AGES: 12+ on the brink of change and Edo is simmering with tension. And her mistress has a dangerous secret a secret that Kasumi The spellbinding historical is gradually drawn into... novel from multi-award- winning Set against the vivid backdrop of nineteenth-century Japan, Australian author The Peony Lantern is a powerful story of art, love and Frances Watts. friendship, and finding your own path. August 2015 | 304pp | 198 x Frances Watts was born in Switzerland and moved to 128mm | Paperback | ISBN Sydney when she was three. She worked as a bookseller 9780733332920 and editor for nearly ten years before she began her writing career. Her first picture book, Kisses for Daddy (illustrated by david legge), was an Honour Book 2006 CBCA awards and has sold thousands of copies around the world. Her next two picture books with David Legge, Parsley Rabbit’s Book about Books and Captain Crabclaw’s Crew, both won accolades in the CBCA awards. More recently, she won the prime minister’s literary award for Goodnight, Mice! (With Judy Watson).
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