publishing projects AST Publishers

ST Publishers is one of the lead­ NATIONAL MANUSCRIPT ing companies on the Russian book CONTEST OF THE YEAR market. More than half of books in OLGA MURAVIEVA, our rich catalogue are children’s ti­ In 2009, the national award Manuscript of the Head of AST tles. In 2018, AST published around Year was founded. Only the authors who have children’s department A5,000 children’s and young adult books with never been published take part in the com­ the total print run of 22 mln copies.­ We work petition. Applicants automatically get the with different genres: fiction, non-fiction, chance to be published. Thanks to the award, early learning, preschool, leisure books and such authors as Narine Abgaryan, Maria Ru­ encyclopedias – and we always look for new pasova, Nadezhda Sherbakova and many oth­ trends and projects! AST cooperates with the ers gained popularity. The total circulation of world’s leading publishing houses and agen­ the prize winners’ books has already exceeded cies. However Russian books remain the most 600,000 copies. important and impressive part of our cata­ In 2014, the literary courses Master of the log. AST is constantly cooperating with top Text were opened. Russian authors and illustrators. Children’s 1990 illustrated classics are still in high demand and WE BUY BOOK RIGHTS AST PUBLISHERS we are proud of working with prominent Rus­ ESTABLISHED sian artists of classical fine art: Erik Bulatov, The share of translated children’s editions in Oleg Vasiliyev, Viktor Chizhikov, German Ma­ 2018 was 14.3 % of the total number of titles zurin and many others. Eduard Uspensky and released. In 2019, the share grew by 2-3 %. We Grigoriy Oster are considered to be the most cooperate with thousands of large and small successful contemporary children’s writers. foreign publishers. The total print run of their books (published 2012 by AST) has reached 4 mln copies for the last AST PUBLISHERS five years. At the same time, AST children’s WE STARTED SELLING RIGHTS JOINS EKSMO-AST imprints are seeking to discover new names IN 2017 HOLDING and support young artists and illustrators. AST is delighted to present its highlights and We sell book rights to China, Bulgaria, Poland, bestsellers and encourages you to discover the Romania, Ukraine, Estonia, etc. 2015 world of Russian literature together. HOLDING JOINS RUSSIAN BOOK UNION, Olga Muravieva AST Publishers foreign rights team: SUPPORTS FEDERAL Head of AST children’s department Tatiana Ratkina Foreign Rights Director AND INTERNATIONAL [email protected] [email protected] PROGRAMMES TO +7 (499) 951-6000 (ext. 435) +7 (499) 951-6000 (ext. 729) POPULARISE READING Anna Plotnikova Foreign Rights Sales Manager Elena Pugovishnikova [email protected] Deputy Director of Marketing Communications +7 (499) 951-6000 (ext. 712) THE HOLDING [email protected] +7 (926) 914-4236 +7 (499) 951-6000 (ext. 745) RANKS 1ST IN THE 6, Bldg. 2, Presnenskaya Naberezhnaya, Floor 14-15, P.O. Box 5, MIBC Imperia Tower, Moscow, Russia, 123317 TOP 10 https://vk.com/ast.deti BOOK PUBLISHERS https://www.facebook.com/ast.deti IN RUSSIA https://www.instagram.com/ast.deti https://www.instagram.com/williewinkiebooks/

26 book industry AST children’s department has five imprints: MALYSH AVA N TA EDUCATIONAL WILLY WINKY ASTREL SPB. It was created in 1957. It was established PROJECTS It was created DETSTVO Fiction, picture in 1992. It was created in 2017. It was created books, board Encyclopaedias, in 1998. Foreign bestsellers in 2004. books, preschool popular science Educational and and new books by Contemporary educational books, books, non-fiction for reference books for Russian authors for fiction and activity books children 4-15. children 6-16. children 0-8, edutainment for for children 0-9. Pavel Kostrikin Pavel Stelliferovskiy middle grade books. children 5-12. Natalya Gusarova Editor-in-chief Editor-in-chief Tatyana Mantula Alexander Procopovich Editor-in-chief [email protected] [email protected] Editor-in-chief Editor-in-chief (Malysh. Fiction) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Svetlana Khudyakova Editor-in-chief (Malysh. Preschool educational) [email protected] Natalya Shutyuk Editor-in-chief (Malysh. 0+) [email protected]

Alice What a Holiday! in Wonderland Book-adventure, book- Collectible edition celebration! A detailed of the famous and vivid story by fairytale with Tatyana Dolmatova about three-dimensional the festive traditions illustrations and of the whole world – from drawings by the Japan to Mexico, with artist Maxim illustrations by Polya Mitrofanov. Book Plavinskaya, a graduate designer Oksana of the British higher Ivanova. Bestseller! school of design. Top list of Non-fiction Book fair 2019!

How to Fly into Space Big Funny Book The book by Alexander Monvizh- of the Pompon Cat Montvid introduces you to the history Nikolai Vorontsov (a famous of cosmonautics, tells you when Russian illustrator and the first rockets and satellites were cartoon artist) is the author designed, how cosmonauts were and illustrator of this book. prepared for the flight, and what Its main characters are cats animals helped people to study Pompon and his friend space. Why are space vehicles made Trundel. The book has a lot multi-stage? Was Yuri Gagarin worried of didactic tasks and fun before the flight? What happens to exercises. Pompon the Cat various objects in weightlessness? The series was awarded a Russian series is a hit. Its total circulation is illustration prize. more than 1 mln copies.

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I Want to Know Everything The City of the Future. Sci- Brain. How it works and Da Vinci’s cat. About Theatre ence with Schrödinger’s cat what to do with it Birthday Kidnapping A fascinating journey through A futuristic book by Andrey The brain is the most Funny stories about the the ages with Anastasia Konstantinov for preschoolers mysterious human organ. The adventures of a detective cat Sergeeva: from the ancient about smart things and artificial author Ilya Martynov presents by one of the most successful Greek theatre to European intelligence. It is a joint project the key points of the brain children’s authors. The and Russian theaters. Top list with popular science magazine structure and on their basis total circulation of Katya of Non-fiction Book fair 2019! “Schrödinger’s Cat”. explains the mechanisms of Matyushkina’s books is 3,000,000 behaviuor not only of a person, copies. Top 10 Russian children’s but also of society. For readers detectives according to Forbes! over 10 years old.

The Secret of the Old Chest Tales about Masha Mouse Song Old Women Were Falling The total circulation of Narine and Oika A fairytale by Ekaterina from the Sky Abgaryan’s books is already more Masha is a well-mannered, kind Karganova with the main Manuscript of the Year award than 700,000 copies. Martin and diligent girl. Oika is her character, who was lazy and in the Best Children’s Book and Matilda go to visit their opposite. She is capricious and unfriendly. He didn’t want category. Maria Rupasova grandfather Oscar. They look rather lazy. Masha and her little to work at all, he just wanted is a modern Russian writer. forward to incredible adventures: pet teach Oika to be kinder and to relax and sing songs. The Her works are funny, kind and they travel through time, meet more attentive to others. Sofia forest animals decided to a little bit hooligan. They sound real Vikings and search for Prokofieva is a famous Russian show him that it is better to be contemporary and at the same a chest that contains a magical children’s writer, author of more hardworking and make friends. time completely beyond time. artifact. Bestseller! than 40 books. Bestseller! Bestseller!

28 book undustry publishing projects Russkoe Slovo Publishing House MARINA LOBZINA, Executive Director usskoe Slovo has been publishing educational and methodological literature for pre-school and school education and children’s fiction for 25 years. In 2013, it started publishing books for the youngest category of readers. Children’s books include developmental and educational aids and play books, as FOUNDED IN well as a series of therapeutic fairytales Mother Mouse Fairytales («Сказки мамы- Rмышки»), which help children tackle difficult situations in their lives. For the Youngest («Для самых маленьких») series of tales relates kind and warm-hearted stories with an 1994 educational twist. For Kids about Nature («Малышам о природе»), an educational series, gives children a popular insight of the multi-faceted world around them. Play books Guess and Play («Отгадай, поиграй!») turn reading into a game, developing speaking and listen­ ONE OF THE TOP ing skills, whereas Play. Draw. Fantasise («Играем. Рисуем. Фантазируем») books provide THREE LARGEST for the development of creativity, imagination, memory, attention and manual dexterity. EDUCATIONAL Encyclopaedia for the Youngest («Энциклопедия для самых маленьких») and Do-It- PUBLISHING HOUSES Yourself of Paper («Сделай сам из бумаги») leisure books, activity and colouring books, anthologies, crosswords, etc. shape our publishing portfolio, which is continually expanded IN RUSSIA due to active cooperation with modern Russian authors and leading global publishers. PORTFOLIO Awaiting Spring EXCEEDS By G. Shanina What a Rainbow-Bow! Nursery rhymes 1500 TITLES

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march 2020 29 publishing projects Eksmodetstvo Publishing House LIUDMILA KONDRASHOVA, Director, he department for children’s and In 2019, EKSMODETSTVO (eksmo_kids) re- EKSMODETSTVO teenage literature was established ceived an honorary award from Disney Publish- Publishing House in 1996 as part of Eksmo Publishing ing Worldwide for Retail Marketing Excellence. House. It was transformed into the imprint EKSMODETSTVO (eksmo_ The large distribution system of the EKSMO- Tkids) in 2012. DETSTVO holding ensures that books are de- livered not only to different parts of Russia, FOUNDED IN It specialises in the production of books for but also abroad. The system of branches al- children and teenagers, including those for lows for the fastest possible delivery of books young adults and new adults. These are clas- to all regions. 1996 sical and modern fiction books, books for children’s leisure and creative activities, Books by EKSMODETSTVO (eksmo_kids) can educational literature for preschoolers, aids be found in large book chains, hypermarkets, EKSMODETSTVO for schoolchildren and encyclopaedias. It is children’s shops, in small private shops and in (EKSMO_KIDS) an imprint for children of the largest Rus- the Post of Russia offices. IS THE IMPRINT sian publishing house, Eksmo. The permanent FOR CHILDREN portfolio of the publishing house includes Long-term mutually beneficial and trusting re- 593 authors and over 16 thousand titles. lations with partners allow us to give children OF EKSMO, a daily joy of communication with our books. THE LARGEST Every 5th children’s book in Russia is PUBLISHING published under the EKSMODETSTVO We are always open to cooperation and pay HOUSE IN RUSSIA. (eksmo_kids) logo. The annual total run of great attention to meetings with partners at books is almost 20 million copies. annual book fairs in different countries. We focus on the most interesting books for chil- PORTFOLIO OF The authors of the published books belong to dren. the classics of foreign and Russian children’s literature: By expanding cooperation with foreign pub- H. C. Andersen, W. and J. Grimm, R. Kipling, lishers, we overcome divides between coun- 17,000 A. C. Doyle, A. de Saint-Exupery, L. Tolstoy, tries. TITLES I. Krylov, A. Barto, N. Nosov, A. Volkov, etc. EKSMODETSTVO (eksmo_kids) tries to make There are also books by contemporary authors every child’s childhood a happy one. For this, who have secured their readers’ love: we help families in difficult situations. We have R. Bradbury, T. Pratchett, R. Riordan, J. Stroud, cooperated with the charity foundation Sozi­ H. Webb, S. Kinsella, E. Verkin, D. Emets, etc. danie (Creation) since 2016. Part of the money from book sales is transferred to cover com- Our portfolio includes well-known global plex neurosurgical interventions, treatment and Russian brands: and rehabilitation programme for children. We Contacts: Disney believe that childhood should be joyful, bright, 1 Zorge St., 125252, MARVEL interesting, full of adventures and discoveries. Moscow, Russia STAR WARS Rights and Licensing Pixar Our main mission is to diversify children’s Department LEGO leisure time with the help of books, gener- Tel: +7 (495) 411-68-86 Nadezhda Zhukova ate positive emotions, fascinate with reading E-mail: [email protected] Lomonosov School and give joy.

30 book industry The Nutcracker The Little Prince Yearly Training Course Animals. Complete and the Mouse King Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Годовой курс занятий) Encyclopaedia (Животные. Полная энциклопедия) Ernst Theodor Amadeus Every person has their own Taisia Mazanik Julia Shkolnik Hoffmann Little Prince and their own The series consists of aids for The famous Christmas fairy book about him – favorite, big different age groups, developed This book introduce the reader to tale by E. T. A. Hoffmann with or small, heavily used or a new on the basis of recommendations a variety of species, amazing us festive illustrations by Anastasia one. Several generations have of experienced teachers and by the generosity of nature. Bats Basyubina and die-cuts. been brought up by this tale, and psychologists. Tasks are based and harbor seals, monkeys and A wonderful gift for the New quotes from this immortal work on real possibilities of children lizards, tigers and elephants... Year, good not only for reading, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery of certain age. The manual may Indeed, the diversity of the wild but also for entertaining. have become their cultural code. replace a range of educational life is infinite! The book presents guidebooks and become the kid’s the most incredible, sometimes favorite book for a long time. paradoxical facts from the life of all creatures great and small who exist near us on the Earth.

Watering-place Watch Babykins’ Riot The Sea, the Sea... Diary 3 (Страж водопоя) (Бунт пупсиков) (Море, море…) Alex Hirsch Edward Verkin Dmitry Yemets Exquisite drawings made with Gravity Falls series of books Edward Verkin is one of the Dmitry Yemets is a famous a capillary pen will surely based on an animated cartoon brightest contemporary children’s writer. His books, awaken the imagination of any series is one of the most Russian authors, the winner with the total number exceeding beginning artist. Each refined, successful franchises on the of prestigious literary awards. 5,000,000 copies, are read by delicate and detailed drawing Russian book market. It has In 2012, Verkin’s novel Friend- children of all ages. Besides, awaits your creative touch. Take headed the top sales of Eksmo April was included in the White Dmitry is the father of a large thin felt pens, colorful gel pens for several years. Ravens Catalogue of especially cheerful family, every day of and immerse yourself in the noteworthy books of the world, which is filled with noise, bustle, fabulous underwater world! compiled by the International discoveries, little wonders, and – Youth Library in Munich. most importantly – with care for each other and love!

march 2020 31 publishing projects MOZAIKA Kids Publishing House DARIA DOROFEEVA, Director of the MOZAIKA Kids Publishing House Our educational publishing house was founded in 1989 on the basis of a private kindergarten. In 30 years of its existence, it has become one of the leading publishers of children’s books. The House’s portfolio contains more than 1000 titles, the majority of which are continually republished. In 2017, FOUNDED IN the Publishing House was awarded the honorary title PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR.

1989 OZAIKA Kids has been for We pay equally serious attention both to form 15 years publishing one of and content. The Publishing House boasts the most popular educational a large team of methodologists and psy- PUBLISHING book series SCHOOL OF SEV- chologists. Even the simplest looking books HOUSE EN GNOMES («ШКОЛА СЕМИ are child-friendly; they are in line with the OF THE YEAR MГНОМОВ»), its total number of printed cop- child’s age and psychological development, ies exceeds 30 million. The 84-book series which makes them efficient from the educa- was translated into 6 languages, including tional point of view. We proudly call ourselves Chinese. In 2020-2021, this leading project of experts in pre-school education. Our educa- 2017 the Publishing House will be renewed and re- tional program, launched in 2004, has been ACCORDING branded in line with pre-school taken up by more than 70% of TO THE RUSSIAN education, design and printing kindergartens in Russia. We BOOKS UNION techniques updated within the publish educational literature past 15 years. Besides, we have for children, which is in high plans to publish 147 new titles. demand, on the basis of edu- PORTFOLIO It is a project targeting the in- cational methods developed by EXCEEDS ternational market. prominent Russian and foreign teachers and scholars. The Publishing House has al- ways focused on the develop- Our portfolio currently pre- 1000 ment of cross-border relations. sents a wide range of formats, TITLES Regular participation in inter- such as tactile and EVA foam national fairs is the key to our books, books for bathing and success. We consider it neces- constructors, musical books sary to follow the latest de- and books with puzzles, first velopments in the book world, readers and sticker books, etc. study the experience of leading publishers The elaborate musical and tactile books are and achieve a similar level of performance. We hugely popular at present. We publish them have been regular participants of annual book as a consolidated print run in China, as it is an fairs in Frankfurt and Bologna since 2004, as unprofitable undertaking for smaller publish- well as other exhibitions all over the world. ing houses. Our style of design and illustra- The Publishing House sells rights to its own tions, which is a cross between the traditions books and acquires projects of particular in- of the East and the West, cater for the tastes of Address terest for the Russian market. We are learning representatives of many different countries. 78, block 2, Marshala Zhukova and gaining experience. We usually attend in- Prosp., 123103, Moscow ternational fairs as a team of experts, includ- Our main goal is to create a universal mass Tel: +7(495) 380-22-68; ing editors, designers and illustrators, repre- product of the highest quality, striking bal- www.MSBOOK.RU; sentatives of the production shop and sales ance between artistic and educational values e-mail: [email protected] managers. in a book.

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Logical Chain Tactile Tales Fairytale Theatre A Letter to Santa How The Frog Grows Bunny’s Hut Thumbelina Christmas story

These wonderful books tell This series’ illustrations Interactive fairytale board Christmas is a time for about lifecycles of a butterfly, drawn by Lyubov Yeremina- books for children aged 3 wishing and for writing to a rooster, a frog and Noshin are loved both by and over to play with and Santa. Join a heartwarming a sunflower in an appealing those who prefer classic and to learn from. story of a little Penguin who way. Take off the pieces of modern illustration style. Include stand-alone, easy-to- dreams of a Christmas tree. puzzles, complete the chain Each spread contains a tactile assemble play pieces, which Take a trip around the world, and learn the sequence area, where the child can bring the characters to life. meet different animals and of stages. Lovely pictures touch different types of fur or Hours of fun for little see how they help Penguin’s along with nice rhymes leather. readers! letter to Santa reach the will entertain children and North Pole. broaden their outlook.

Stickers with Riddles Reading on My Own Play the Fairy Tale Sound Books Put Parts Together Poems Little Red Riding Hood The Kitten. Good Night!

These wonderful books Your child will have fun The series features clever Children will certainly love combine tasks with stickers reading poems about animals mechanisms and magical these sound books. Press the as well as funny riddles and their friends. illustrations H. Twist, turn button and hear voices of about animals from different Large letters and will make it and slide the scene to join different domestic animals. habitats. They also help easy for the child to read the the fun with the heroes of While listening to the to develop hand and eye text. Funny illustrations will the worldwide famous fairy amusing rhymes children coordination, speech and fine help to keep them interested. tales. Books of the series also get acquainted with the motor skills. will be the perfect choice for so-called magic words “good toddlers. morning” and “good night”.

march 2020 33 publishing projects ROSMAN Publishing House BORIS KUZNETSOV, ROSMAN is a specialised publishing house. We have been publishing books only for Director, children and teenagers for the LAST 12 YEARS. The decision to focus on this niche ROSMAN Publishing must have been the most important one in the history of the company House and have determined its fate for many years.

OSMAN is one of the first independent ROSMAN has issued numerous educational publishing houses of the post-Soviet and encyclopaedical publications since its FOUNDED IN era. It has published about 17,000 ti- foundation. The nonfiction segment of the tles of books for 28 years. Now ROS- publishing house is a priority now. The esti- MAN is the largest publishing house in mated ratio of licensed projects to in-house RRussia specialised in children’s books, issuing at designs is approximately 50/50 in its portfolio. 1992 least 500 new books annually. In 2019, the num- The publishing house also widely presents var- ber of printed copies exceeded 15 million. The ious publications for children’s leisure, color- ONE OF THE publishing house works in all niches of books ing books, activities, stickers, educational and for children and teenagers. learning aids. FIVE LARGEST PUBLISHING Children’s Fiction is the key category for the The publishing house is the founder and or- HOUSES IN RUSSIA publishing house. ROSMAN promotes new ganizer of the New Children’s Book, the larg- contemporary authors in this segment and est Russian competition in children’s litera- forms a unique offer of children’s classics. In ture and illustration. The contest has received PERMANENT particular, the publishing house exclusively nearly 30,000 applications from authors since represents in Russia the rights to Winnie-the- 2009. The jury has considered works written in PORTFOLIO Pooh by A. A. Milne, Mary Poppins by P. L. Trav- Russian from 36 countries. Currently, entries OF MORE THAN ers, stories for children by G. M. Darrell, Rus- for the 11th season are being collected. sian children’s classics, etc. The ROSMAN company has diversified its 3000 Traditionally, ROSMAN holds the leading po- business portfolio since 2010 and entered new sition in the category Fiction for Teenagers. The markets in the categories of toys, goods for TITLES publishing house has introduced such authors festivities and creativve activities. Apart from as Joanne Rowling, Philip Pullman, Christo- manufacturing and distribution, the company pher Paolini, Jacqueline Wilson and many is a full-service marketing agency promoting others to the Russian market. The company foreign brands and licensed products with ani- has managed to form unique national liter- mated characters from world manufacturers, ary projects in this complex literature niche. such as PJ Masks, Peppa Pig, Screechers Wild, For example, the series Chasodei («Часодеи») Paw Patrol, My Little Pony, etc. and Zertsalia («Зерцалия») together exceed- ed millions of copies. To support teenage In total, the company employs over 500 people. reading, ROSMAN develops and maintains a unique reading club Terra Incognita with rep- The publishing house actively acquires rights 47 Sheremetyevskaya St., resentative offline offices in 46 cities of Russia and cooperates with all the world’s largest 127521, Moscow and more than 100,000 teenagers reading at publishing houses. Tel.: +7 (495) 933-71-30 various online sites. www.rosman.ru The rights to ROSMAN books are sold to many Julia Sedova, Rights In parallel with literature for teenagers, the countries, in particular the USA, Germany, and Licensing Department publishing house has begun to develop the Norway, Italy, Poland, South Korea, Latvia, E-mail: [email protected] niche of comic books since 2018. Lithuania, Greece, China, Syria, Turkey, Mon- golia, Vietnam, etc.

34 book industry This is Lorry, and This is Trailer Mary Poppins My Mom’s a Baby Think and Invent (Это Грузовик, а это Прицеп) Pamela Travers (Моя мама – маленькая) (Думай и изобретай) Lorry and Trailer series Maria Yevseyeva Tim Skorenko ROSMAN has held an exclusive Anastasia Orlova right to publish books by This picture book for kids is A famous science communicator, It is a unique picture book for kids. Pamela Travers in Russia for a story of one day, from morning journalist and blogger Tim Together with Lorry and its friend over 15 years. During this to evening, when mother and Skorenko tells teenagers about Trailer children get into a story time the publishing house has daughter swap their roles. This invention as a routine way which they can play over and over created several unique sets of funny book engages a child in to solve any problems and again. The book was published illustrations for this series. The a very useful game, encouraging address tasks. It is an incredibly in Russia with the total number most popular ones are works them to try on the role of motivating and ingenious book. of over 100,000 copies. Anastasia by Vadim Chelak and Ksenia a parent. The manuscript of Additional creative tasks help Orlova is one of the most popular Shafranovskaya. the book My Mom’s a Baby level up the readers’ inventive children’s writers in Russia and («Моя мама – маленькая») creativity. winner of many literary awards, is the prizewinner of the New and one of the most popular Children’s Book competition. children’s writers in Russia.

History of All Things Macabre (Макабр) Pandemonium Series (История всех вещей) Mila Nox (Серия «Пандемониум») Eugene Gagloev This is a large publishing project that has received many awards and Macabre is a game with Death prizes in Russia. It is dedicated to private historical memory. Books itself. Once a century, the winner The Pandemonium is a secret of this series provide an opportunity to see the history of the family of the competition the living academy, its students being and the past of the country through the history of everyday things, and the dead acquires the right hunted for. It is a series help parents and children to discuss family traditions, closing to open the door into the world written by a master of teenager the gap between generations. where wishes are fulfilled. The fantasy with the total number The series includes illustrated research books: story is internationally based – of books exceeding 1 million Book of Our Childhood («Книга нашего детства») Transylvanian horrors, children’s copies. Pandemonium is History of Christmas Toys («История елочных игрушек») scary stories and folk motives. part of the Universe called History of Sweets («История сладостей») The Macabre («Макабр») The World of St. Erinburg, as well History of Family Photos («История семейных фотографий») trilogy is the winner of the New as a separate story. Each of History of Our Toys («История наших игрушек») Children’s Book contest in the the 12 volumes of the series The project is to be continued. Fantasy for Teenagers category. corresponds to a Zodiac sign.

march 2020 35 publishing projects STRECOZA Publishing House YULIA TYURINA, Commercial Director of Strecoza Publishing Ltd trecoza Publishing has been successfully working in the market of children’s literature for 25 years already. The publishing range is represented by fic- FOUNDED IN tion, educational and learning books for children of any age: from toddlers to schoolers. These are beautifully illustrated books with interesting fairy tales and works of different authors, an incredible variety of books with Sstickers, coloring books and many, many more. 1995 The publishing house cooperates with well-known Russian authors and illustra- tors. The team tries to advance with the times, studies the needs of modern children PORTFOLIO OF and their interests, tries to meet popular trends in design and embraces new tech- nologies. The publishing house regularly participates in Russian and international book 2000 fairs; for years successfully cooperates with foreign companies, acquainting Russian TITLES readers with the best authors and artists of the world book publishing.

Stromynka St., build 11, 107014, Moscow, Russia www.strecoza.ru [email protected]

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Thumbelina Snow White Little Mouse’s Happy Birthday H. С. Andersen Brothers Grimm Anna Zenkova 201х244 mm. 40 pages 201х244 mm. 40 pages 300х224 mm. 24 pages Full colour illustrations Full colour illustrations Full colour illustrations. 12 fragrances A favorite fairy tale about Snow White is the heroine of one of In these books, you can not just read a Thumbelina with illustrations by the most loved fairy tales. She looks fairy tale, but also feel its smell. In fact, a young talented artist Ekaterina at the world with huge surprised there are fragrant pages in every book. Efremova. Her Thumbelina looks eyes through which her pure soul To smell this just rub pictures with your wide-eyed at the huge world. is visible. This is how Snow White finger. There are 7 titles in the “Books Together with her, you’ll admire appears in the illustrations of with fragrant pages” series: Little Mouse’s bright flowers, look in cosy holes, Ekaterina Efremova. And her dwarfs Happy Birthday, New Year in Little sympathiыe with the frozen swallow. look like cute fluffy beards — you Mouse’s House, Winter Fairy Tale about And the fat mole suddenly appears so can immediately realise they are Little Bull, The Unicorn and His Friends, charming that you want to stroke it. very kind. Smelly Stories, My Daughter, My Son.

36 book industry My Beloved Daddy My Beloved Mommy Russian folk tales White, Fluffy and Nobody’s 196х255 mm. 64 pages 196х255 mm. 64 pages 196х255 mm. 80 pages Eugenia Bachurova Full colour illustrations Full colour illustrations Full colour illustrations 196x255 mm. 48 pages Full colour illustrations All dads are different but they For every kid, mom is the This book contains the best all love their kids and are always main person in life. She Russian folk tales. They keep This magical story is about ready to help them. In this book, is always near and always all the wealth and wisdom a small domestic kitten who you’ll find 10 tales about the ready to help. In this book of the folklore accumulated happened to be outside on a adventures of funny animals you will find 6 fascinating over many centuries. cold winter evening. And also and their dads. Read them with and instructive tales about Illustrations were created about friendship, kindness and all your family together. You the adventures of funny by Peter Ponomarenko faith in miracle which lives in will spend wonderful time and animals and their mommies. who is considered a classic every heart. This fluffy baby bring something new to your Illustrations for this book of Russian book graphics. you want to stroke was drawn relationship. The fluffy animals were made by a wonderful by an artist Eugenia Solovyova. were painted with love by a artist Ksenia Pavlova. famous Russian artist Ksenia Pavlova.

5 mln copies The Smallest Snowman Don’t Be Angry, Mommy The Snow Queen Reusable SOLD Tatiana Koval Olga Grebennik H. С. Andersen stickers 210x285 mm. 8 pages 196х255 mm. 48 pages 196х255 mm. 48 pages 196х255 mm. 80 pages Full colour illustrations Full colour illustrations Full colour illustrations Full colour illustrations

In the Far North with never- Of course, Philip the Little The Snow Queen is one of This series is one of the most ending winter, there is an Fox is a prankster and a the most beloved and famous popular and best-selling. unusual village of snowmen! fidget. But it is not his fault fairy tales by H. С. Andersen. After all there’re titles about And there is the smallest something always happens In this book, you will see the everything! Kids get to know snowman there! He likes to him. He loves his mother story of brave little Gerda who the world, play and stick to poke his carrot nose very much and does not want was afraid of neither robbers, stickers. The stickers are everywhere. Therefore he has her to be angry at all! This nor witchcraft, nor icy silence, reusable so you can stick incredible adventures at every wonderful book was written through the eyes of an artist them again and again. There turn. 4 titles were published and illustrated by Olga Olga Grebennik. are more than 70 titles in the in this series. Grebennik. series.

march 2020 37 publishing projects Robins Publishing House

EVGENIY SOSNOVSKIY, The slogan of the Robins Publishing House is “Entertaining education”. The Founder and Director, publishing house prints educational books and aids for children. They are unusual Robins Publishing House both in form and content — books with windows, puzzle cards, added reality publications, sticker and transfer-picture books. The publishing house holds three patents for printing materials — book-connect kit, educational playing exerciser and cubic books.

The publishing house cooperates with off-line and on-line book-selling firms in Russia and abroad, participates in book fairs and industry dedicated exhibitions FOUNDED IN and cooperates with book bloggers. The products of the publishing house are 2010 promoted in social media, such as Instagram, VKontakte, Facebook. Adventures of the merry bear cubs, colourful INNOVATIVE illustrations, a variety of educational and PUBLISHING HOUSE developmental tasks and exercises come to OF RUSSIA life thanks to the educational added reality. The book characters study numbers and opposites. By connecting to any gadget on the iOS or Android platform and downloading mobile application TEDDY-GAMES («ТЕДДИ- 4 ИГРЫ») – adaptable to any foreign language – PROPRIETARY young readers open up an enchanting world PATENTS of entertaining animation, sound effects, virtual handwriting manuals, developmental exercises and surprise prizes for correct answers.

7 Letnikovskaya St., bldg. 1, 115114 Moscow, Russia Tel.: +7 (495) 604-1-777 E-mail: [email protected] www.robins.ru Olga Lupacheva Rights Manager E-mail: [email protected]

38 book industry The patented technology of the educational exerciser – moving elements and special windows – is We create unusual designed by child psychologists; ® it transforms the learning process learning materials into an entertaining game. for children. Our manuals attract children’s attention, awake interest and desire to learn and develop various skills.

Еvgeniy Sosnovskiy

Six puzzle books make up a Puzzle cards form words and pictures containing three letters A set of rattle books is large cube or an exploration or three syllables. All the puzzle cards ideally connect and, in created for children who are board game. It is a unique combination with each other, create both correct images and just learning to speak. The innovation providing for words, and funny make-belief animals! patented form of the box is play and learning at the This aid can easily become multilingual. very convenient for play with same time. Every cube has a the child. Every rattle book is surprise inside! made of dense and durable material, which cannot be ® easily torn or disfigured. Such books are ideal for playing, rattling and scrunching.

march 2020 39 publishing projects Leo Publishing House L E V Y E L I N , President, Leo Publishing House EO PUBLISHING HOUSE (former name — Egmont Russia Ltd) was founded in 1992 as a subsidiary of Europe’s oldest media concern ­Egmont International. Nowadays, it dominates the market of kids’ books and magazines based on leading world and Russian licenses. Among our permanent partners, there are not only international gi- SINCE Lants such as Disney, Hasbro, Mattel, Nickelodeon, Rainbow and others, but also the most creative Russian animation studios — “0+ Media” (“Mimimishki”), Animaccord (“Masha and the Bear”), Melnitsa (“Moonzy”), Soyuzmultfilm, etc. LEO PUBLISHING offers a wide range of picture books, edutainment books with 1992 stickers, colouring books and magazines, as well as “City of Masters” and “Mot- ley Square” series, which include fiction and poetry masterpieces of the leading ONE OF THE modern Russian children’s authors and most promising illustrators. Both series have been proclaimed by literary critics as “a revolution in modern children’s TOP 10 publishing”. RUSSIAN PUBLISHERS LEO PUBLISHING has supported the birth of Russian superbrands, crea­ ting all types of publishing products for “Masha and the Bear” (over 500 tit­ PUBLISHING PORTFOLIO: les), “Moonzy” (over 300 titles), etc. Lately, “KID-E-CATS” emerged as one of MORE THAN the most successful local brands, already winning international recognition. Now the animated TV series are on air in 170 countries, and books are trans- lated into many languages. Within 2 years, LEO PUBLISHING has released over 3000 100 titles with a total print run of more than 2 mln copies, including numerous TITLES magnificently illustrated storybooks and a great variety of educational titles with stickers. All of them are bestsellers of 2018–2019.

Leo Publishing 119071, 2 Donskoy Proezd, bldg. 4. Moscow, Russia Phone: +7 (495) 933-7250 E-mail: [email protected] www.leobooks.ru

40 book industry LOOK and FIND NEW From Russian Folklore to the World Classics BOOK

“Look and Find” is a book created by an artist, not by a writer, as we are used to. The format is characterised by a great number of carefully drawn details in a panoramic setting. These enlarged albums offer the reader an endless vari- ety of stories and meanings; every inch of the page is involved; the number of characters is infinite. “Look and Find” leaves great room for the young reader’s imagination. LEO PUBLISHING has added a new twist to this super popular format, creating meticulously illustrated digests based on the masterpieces of the world and Russian literature, such as “Around the World in 80 Days”, “Gulliver’s Travels” and “Dunno’s Adventures”. Hilarious genre scenes, amus- ing queries and particularly attractive activities invite young readers into the world of ­Jules Verne, Jonathan Swift and Nikolai Nosov. Popular Russian child­ ren’s writers Valentina Dyogteva and Dmitry Sirotin wrote an amazing scenario for a luxurious Look and Find book “Russian Folklore”. The book would make a great gift for an adult too. 1

2 Coming soon: 1 3 Around the World in 80 Days Illustrator Alexander Khramtsov 2 Dunno’s Adventures Illustrator Elena Stanikova 3 Russian Folklore Illustrator Larisa Ryabinina 4 Gulliver’s Travels Illustrator Irina Gavrilova

More titles:

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Wizard of the Emerald City by Alexander Volkov

The Adventures of Captain Wrongel by Andrey Nekrasov

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

The Extraordinary Adventures of Karik and Valya by Yan Larry

Treasure Island 4 by R. L. Stevenson

march 2020 41 publishing projects Piter Publishing House ANNA TITOVA, Executive Director, Piter Publishing House WAS FOUNDED IN 1991. Today Piter («Питер») is a leading Piter Publishing House Russian publisher specialising in non-fiction. We publish books on psychology, history, medicine and healthy living, IT-technologies, the humanities and natural sciences, books written in the publicistic genre, literature for children and parents. Special attention is given to children’s literature – entertaining and development books, fairytales, games and books on education. The books teach kids to understand difficult life situations, develop emotional intelligence, talk about THE PUBLISHING complex and amazing sciences, and offer a creative approach to knowledge. All PORTFOLIO publications take readers’ age into account and can be of interest not only to the juniors, but also to their parents and teachers. The print run of the publishing TOTALS house totalled 2.5 million copies of mid- and high-end books in 2019. 1000 TITLES, WITH

200 OF THEM FOR CHILDREN

Be-Be-Bears. Dinosaurs. Who of them was Tensai. Develop your brain skills. Japanese considered as the king, who was bigger than system of complex mind training. the plane, and why did they disappear? Dr. Rui Nouchi, Dr. Ryuta Kawashima A series of 6 educational and development books The series of Tensai workbooks is based on a for children aged 3 to 6 years. Be-be-bears is specially developed programme by Dr. Ryuta a Russian animated cartoon series watched all Kawashima, a prominent neurologist and over the world. Kids benefit from the time they neuropsychologist in Japan. It is proven that spend with the characters of the cartoon, studying regular exercises with children from 2 to 12 mysteries of the world around and learning about years old may lead to impressive results. This the human body, dinosaurs, outer space and method, which translates as “gifted, smart, genius” submarine world. Colourful illustrations, gripping from Japanese, is aimed at a comprehensive Contacts stories, amazing facts and unexpected answers development of thinking, logic, memory and Vitaly Stepanov turn reading into a fascinating activity. Walk attention. Simple games and engrossing Rights Manager along the path which leads from questions to tasks stimulate both the right and left brain Piter Publishing House Ltd. the first discoveries in the world of science! hemispheres, and improve the child’s intellect Tel.: +7 (812) 703-7372 and mental abilities. The series includes 6 books E-mail: [email protected] designed for different ages, 2+, 3+, 5+, 7+, 9+, 11+.

42 book industry I’m shy. Useful tales I argue. Useful tales Asta-the-Hurricane: Vika Smirnova, Aurika Safiullina Vika Smirnova, Aurika Safiullina Geographical Adventures Kristina Kretova, Children (and adults alike!) get shy, for Kids argue with us from time to time. There instance, when a stranger starts talking to are so many interesting things around, and Natalya Romankova them. Parents experience embarrassment they feel so reluctant to get distracted from The book about the girl named Asta became at such moments, if their child does not playing and go to bed, brush their teeth or a bestseller within the first month of sales. respond or disagrees to make a contact. eat soup in the kindergarten. It may happen Asta can travel not only with Mom and Dad It is important to understand that shyness that parents do not know that resistance by plane or car, but ... along with the wind! is a natural mechanism, protecting your child is a normal phenomenon which helps She can disappear from one place and pop from various troubles. It has been designed children show their Ego, on the one hand, up in another, where a boy or a girl needs by nature itself! Only imagine how easy it and protects them from excessive obedience, help. Travelling around the world, she learns would be to win your child’s enthusiasm and on the other. This is how their own opinion a lot of new and interesting things, gets to lure them away, if they trusted strangers is formed, as well as their ability to stand know global capitals, watches how people without any doubt! The book explains up for themselves. It is necessary to give live in different parts of our planet. This to children why it is absolutely normal to children adequate responsibility and show book is not only an entertaining, but also feel shy, and their loved ones can learn how that their opinion matters. It is important to an educational project. to help relevantly and stay close. understand that for a child strongly attached to their parents, it is normal to disagree once and again.

#One for Another. Book about The History of Toys ECOagents. Alex friendship between animals and people Marina Zdanova, Vera Poshivai and Cats Save the Planet! Kristina Kretova Evgenia Rusinova, Oleg Goncharov The book is a real teleport to the past, which It is a collection of amazing documentary takes you to the childhood of your parents, Do you want to be a secret agent and save stories. The characters are animals and grandparents, great-grandparents and even the planet? One day, the boy Alex met the cat people from all over the world; they take care great-great-grandparents! It tells the story Alpha from a secret ECO Cats society. Now of each other and help in the most unusual of more than 60 toys: you learn who used they work for the sake of ECOlogy together situations. The book is written by children’s to play which toys, how they were designed, and go on special secret missions! You learn writer Kristina Kretova from St. Petersburg, what era they belong to and what they are all the techniques of ECO agents and are Russia, who collected material around the made of. Each toy, be it a tin soldier, a doll, introduced to special rules. We explain how world for over 8 years. a Christmas tree decoration, a teddy bear to sort garbage, why give your old toys and or a rocking horse, keeps kind and happy things to others, how to make a T-shirt bag, memories of its owners. why turn off the tap while brushing your teeth, and why balloons and plastic do harm. Become a super agent! It’s in your paws!

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BINOM. Knowledge Laboratory Publishing House

The publishing house “BINOM. Knowledge Laboratory” is one of the oldest publishers DENIS VOROBIEV, on the Russian book market; it leads in publishing school textbooks on Informatics General Director, (Computer Science): 95% of all textbooks on the Russian market are published BKL Publishers here. A special place in its portfolio is occupied by the sets of developing education textbooks for elementary school, the teaching kit for mathematics by LYUDMILA PETERSON “I LEARN TO STUDY” and many others. Recently the Publisher has actively started to conquer the children’s book market.

INOM DETSTVA (the word “detstva” developing non-fiction projects. Quick sup- means “childhood”) is a new editorial ply of information, imagery, different activi- YEAR OF FOUNDATION office which roducesp children’s books ties, interactivity – all of them are reflected and development aids. The first book in the book set MIND QUEST, OR NICHOLA’S was published in March 2018; cur- GREAT JORNEY. Brently its permanent portfolio contains more 1990 than 200 items. Stories about the smart dachshund called Lamba were invented by Elena Matveeva, ONE OF THE We are often asked why we called our editorial a teacher, an expert in the field of children’s office BINOM DETSTVA. reading. Her books teach children to be free FIVE Let’s start with the most important thing – in expressing their thoughts, words, and LARGEST PUBLISHING the word BINOM. Translated literally, BINOM emotions. HOUSES IN RUSSIA means two words together, two inextricable parts of one whole. If we go further – two Time is the most valuable thing in life! This merged meanings, a two-parts formula. is well known to Julia Danilova who is the CURRENT In brief, BINOM means TOGETHER. director of the MAYAK (BEACON) Children PORTFOLIO Is there a word that more accurately express- Development School and a VERY BUSY MOM. es the mission of a publishing house, which She came up with her stories especially for produces books and textbooks for children modern children and their very busy parents 1500 of all ages? who want to do everything quickly and effi- TITLES ciently. LET’S STAY TOGETHER WITH OUR CHILDREN – AND EVERYTHING WILL Naturally we already have our favorites. These WORK OUT! are the chipmunk GINGERBREAD and the badger DUMPLING. Books about them de- Production of new good, different, smart, and velop children’s emotional intelligence and funny books is in the immediate plans of affect their souls. the publisher. We issue such super bestsell- ers as IGRALOCHKA (translated literally – We want to be together with our readers, “something to play with”) and FIRST STEP, young and old, along with our beloved authors SECOND STEP. The total circulation of these and artists, along with those who deliver our Bldg. 3, 16, Krasno­ series has exceeded 12 million copies. books to readers. We plan to produce a lot proletarskaya street, of books – good and different, smart and Moscow, Russia We also create a set of training materials for funny! Great authors and artists work with us, kindergartens, THE DISCOVERY WORLD. we are inspired by their ideas and talents, and Contacts This project has brought together the best they share our beliefs and principles. We know Karine Butyagina native preschool education specialists. that our BINOM will certainly give a powerful Deputy General Director synergistic effect! of the BKL Publishers Our children live in the information-inten- E-mail: [email protected] sive world, and this cannot be ignored when LET’S STAY TOGETHER!

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Fiction Fiction Fiction Non-fiction A VERY BUSY MOM VERY BUSY KIDS A MAGIC NOSE MOUNTAINS Julia Danilova Julia Danilova Elena Matveeva Masha Agapina

We have the best kids in the Funny comic stories about What could be more fun than The series “Super Quest world. But what if a child is a magical house where looking at the world through for Mind” is a new and very reluctant to read, eat, and pots and pans, doors and the curious dog eyes? Stories modern type of non-fiction sleep, and doesn’t want to do windows, tables and chairs about the dachshund Lamba for children. These are stories other right things? Stories talk. Adults go to work, are nice and sincere; they in pictures with puzzles, about naughty children children play, quarrel and tell us that the world is tasks and instructions how will help parents to find make peace, the dog enjoys beautiful, that you don’t to do crafts. You will make right answers. A real gift for tasty bones, and the cat just need to be afraid of feelings unbelievable discoveries – in VERY BUSY PARENTS! Let watches them all... A fairy- and emotions, that sincerity the mountains, in the forest, us spend time with children tale house, a dream house, and joy make us closer to on the sea, anywhere! After QUALITATIVELY! full of kindness, warmth each other. An ideal book for all, our Earth is so big! and love... pleasant and useful family reading!

SERIES SERIES SERIES

Fiction Non-fiction Non-fiction Non-fiction GINGERBREAD FAIRY FOREST THE SUMMER MATH WHERE DO AND DUMPLING. Elena Zapesochnaya Lyudmila Peterson, FIREFLIES LIVE? HEARTWARMING STORIES Elena Kochemasova Victoria Chal-Borju, Irina Zartaiskaya We invite little readers Elena Poyarkova to the Fairy Forest. We A unique set of game activi- The chipmunk Gingerbread will spend a magical year ties introduces you to math- The series “Education of and the badger Dumpling with its inhabitants and ematics in the surrounding Feelings” was developed by constantly find themselves learn a lot of interesting world. Four books provide the professional practicing in the situations which are things. All four seasons ideas for useful games in psychologists, authors of typical for all kids. The in the Fairy Forest are nature for every season of the program “Life Skills”. timid dreamer Gingerbread filled with workdays and the year! Created in the Each book contains a small couldn’t imagine that he holidays, interesting events framework of super best- fairytale with assignments would have a friend like and amazing discoveries. seller IGRALOCHKA – the and comments for parents. the restless Dumpling. This wimmelbook is for most popular programme for This triggers the emotional But it turned out to be so examining, discussing, and preschoolers’ mathematical and social intelligence amusing... having fun. development. development mechanism.

march 2020 45 publishing projects Children’s Literature Publishing House VLADIMIR SHATALIN, General Director, hildren’s Literature Publishing House («Детская литература»/DL) Children’s Literature is a legendary Russian publisher, founded in 1933 (called Detgiz un- Publishing House til 1965). Books of the publisher have educated several generations of our compatriots. Books with the DL brand are known throughout the FOUNDED IN world and collect the highest awards at the most prestigious interna- Ctional contests. The best authors and artists cooperate with the publisher. To- day it prints books on various subject matter for children of all age groups. The 1933 youngest readers benefit from the series The Puss-in-Boots’ School («Школа Кота в сапогах»), Book after Book («Книга за книгой»), It’s Great to Know How to Read! («Как хорошо уметь читать!»), The Best Gift («Самый лучший подарок»), Sto- THE FIRST ries for Children about Great People of Russia («Детям о великих людях России») SPECIALISED and others. Books for schoolchildren are printed in the affordable School Library CHILDREN’S series. The project for teenagers with books by contemporary authors – Winners PUBLISHER of Sergey Mikhalkov International Contest – enjoys special popularity. IN RUSSIA

PERMANENT Million for the Theorem! PORTFOLIO by Elena Lipatova EXCEEDS 600 1 2 TITLES

1 One Hundred Facts about Me by Irina Andrianova 2 Green Piglet by Georgy Yudin 3 A Currant Berry 3 4 by Evgeny Permyak 4 Odysseus Looks for a Friend by Lena Repetur

61 Novocheryomushkinskaya St., 117418 Moscow, Russia Tel.: +7 (495) 933-5565, E-mail: [email protected], detlit.ru

46 book industry publishing projects Clever Media Group ALEXANDER ALPEROVICH, lever Media Group is a children’s book publisher dedicated to creating in- CEO, novative books with exceptional content that change children’s lives for the Clever Media Group better. Established in Moscow in 2010, Clever has grown from a tight-knit team to over 150 professionals around the globe – including the 2018 launch of the New York office to expand our presence in the North American market. COur books are beloved by children and families throughout the world! FOUNDED IN Clever’s publishing programme features a wide range of books for ages 0 to 18, including board books, activity books, picture books, nonfiction, middle-grade, and young adult fiction. Each year Clever publishes around 500 new titles, adding to our 2010 comprehensive list of 2,000 titles with over 20 million copies sold. With a special focus on books that retail between US$5 and $10 and primarily target children ages 0-7, Clever is committed to high-quality books at an affordable COMPREHENSIVE price. Our books are sold through a variety of sales channels, including online retail- LIST OF ers, book chains, and children’s good stores – as well as in our own online store and national retail chain, which accounts for 35% of our overall sales. We are proud to continue publishing books that entertain, educate, and enrich children everywhere. 2000 TITLES 2 3 Million for the Theorem! WITH OVER by Elena Lipatova 20 MILLION COPIES SOLD

1 Clever Mini Board Books 4 5 My First Words by Ekaterina Elkina, Elena Jirenkina, Tatiana Korchemkina 2 Clever Questions I Know Things That Go 1 by Elena Davydova 3 Clever Storytime Don’t Wake the Dragon by Evgeny Permyak 4 16, bldg. 1, 3rd Monetchikovsky Per., Big Look & Find Book Russia, 115054, Moscow by Inna Anikeeva Tel.: +7 (495) 744-0331 www.clever-media.ru 5 www.clever-publishing.com Bacteria World Adventures [email protected] by Elena Ulyeva

march 2020 47 publishing projects A Walk Through History EKATERINA KASHIRSKAYA, Director Walk Through History is a publishing house specialising in children’s books with a focus on nonfiction. Since 2011, we have created and designed more than 50 unique titles dedicated to various periods of history (ancient civilizations, the Middle Ages, contemporary world, and Russian history) and other themes: FOUNDED IN the subway and railroads, mathematics, animals and plants, theatre, space travel Aand means of communication. All of our books and games have been created with the participation of trained 2011 professionals and child psychologists. The final layout is carefully arranged to have enough information for the targeted age group and to combine the text with illustrations so that the book would be interesting, entertaining yet challenging. Each of our historical series PUBLISHING includes an interactive encyclopaedia, a fiction book, activity books, board and card games. PORTFOLIO Our publishing house is open to international cooperation. We are trying to establish OF MORE THAN good working connections with other publishers all over the world in order to promote our own titles as well as to find great nonfiction books to translate into Russian. 100 Welcome to visit us at our stand – Hall 30 booth A 1 – at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. BOOKS Amazing Parasites: plants, fungi, animals by Alyona Vasnetsova, 1 drawings by Fyodor Vladimirov To the Mountains! The History of Mountaineering 1 2 by Lada Bakal, drawings by Tatyana Ukleiko 2 Fantastic Animals All Over the World by Ekaterina Stepanenko, drawings by Polya Plavinskaya 3 Mathematics: History of Ideas by Maria Astrina and Iosif Ribakov, drawings by Natalia Yaskina 3 4 4 We Live in the Stone Age Interactive encyclopedia by Ekaterina Zavershneva, drawings by Inna Bagaeva

www.peshkombooks.ru Tel.: +7 (495) 787-0530 Foreign rights: [email protected]

48 book industry publishing projects A Walk Through Mann, Ivanov History and Ferber ANASTASIA GAMEZA, ANN, IVANOV AND FERBER (MIF) is one of leading publishing houses Rights Director in Russia. We entered the market 14 years ago and at first published only business literature. Later, we went on to publishing children’s books, comics, graphic novels, board games and fiction. We started publishing children’s books in 2013. Today, we release MIF: UNUSUAL Mmore than 150 new children’s titles every year, fiction, non-fiction or comics. PUBLISHER, Their purpose is to develop qualities in children that will help them to live a suc- PASSIONATE cessful, creative and fulfilling life. At any age starting from birth, we are there to READERS accompany and support kids and help them to get ready for adult life. Our books describe the world around them and within, widen their horizons, build on their strengths and help to achieve their potential. PART OF RUSSIA’S We believe that our books help to raise a happy and successful person, who will, in turn, change the world for the better. TOP 5 PUBLISHING Birds in the City. HOUSES How and Where to Find Them by Anna Vasilieva OVER

1 2 3000 BOOKS PUBLISHED IN 14 YEARS OF EXISTENCE

1 3 Monti Winter Is Here! by Ekaterina Trukhan Family game by Sasha Kru 2 3 4 Your First Expedition. 4 Become an Expert The History of Earth. in Outdoor Adventures From Stardust to Stardust by Lilia Shabutdinova, by Anton Nelihov, Inna Kozheporova Alexey Ivanov

Anastasia Gameza Rights Director www.mann-ivanov-ferber.com www.mann-ivanov-ferber.ru

march 2020 49 publishing projects Alpina. Kids

Alpina. Kids is a new business at ALPINA PUBLISHER, founded in 1998. We publish books that encourage curiosity, help people find their vocation, develop important skills and simply allow parents to spend more time with their child. LANA BOGOMAZ, Our portfolio includes global bestsellers and books by contemporary Russian Editor-in-Chief, authors. Alpina. Kids has books translated into four languages. We offer interactive Alpina. Kids formats for teenagers.

How to Watch Films How to Listen to Music Circus Isn’t for Everyone Handful of Ripe Strawberries How to watch films to make it The book helps you understand Life-based story of a tiger from Funny and kind stories about interesting both for adults and any smart music better, be it the Canada who got injured during a girl’s adventures in the country­ kids? By Anton Dolin, leading classics, jazz, electronics, rock its performance in the circus. side. You will learn what may Russian film critic, and Konstan- or folk. QR codes with tracks Good people stood up for the happen if you get lost in the tin Bronzit, illustrator, famous inside to start your immediate tiger, and it ended up free woods or what happens if you put animator and Oscar nominee. immersion. in a nature reserve. salt instead of sugar in the jam.

Home for a Friend Anthropogenesis I’m a Crocodile Creativity The story about a pet dog A popular science book on Fascinating facts about the It is one of the top three suddenly put out into the anthropology for children. This life of crocodiles, re-examined most popular skills of our street by its master. And about full-of-humour story about by Moscow Zoo experts, and time. A training book for a family who truly wanted children-bloggers can stir beautiful plasticine illustrations. unconventional solutions to find a real friend. interest to science in everyone. at school, at work and in life.

Contacts Lana Bogomaz, Editor-in-Chief: [email protected] Principal place of business at 22/25, Bolshoi Strochenovsky 123060, Russia, Moscow, PO Box 28

50 book industry publishing projects Samokat Publishing House IRINA BALAKHONOVA, ndependent children’s books publisher in Russia since 2003, Samokat publishes Editor-in-Chief award winning and long-selling authors from all over the world, including Roald Dahl, Maria Parr, David Almond, Marie-Aude Murail, Tomi Ungerer, Aleksandra and Daniel Mizieliński. Its publication plan for 2020 includes 100 novelties. FOUNDED IN Open-minded and committed to its readers, Samokat focuses on promotion of Ireading – arranges lots of events on different venues, the main of which is its bookstore in the center of Moscow, and plays a key role in renovation of the children’s literature and book illustration in Russia. It collects the rights catalogue based on the highest lit- 2003 erature standards and modern world trends. In 2019, 16 Russian projects were selected for the exhibition of 1001 Outstanding International Books (MIBF and Bologna Book SHORTLISTED Fair, Moscow). Five of them were Samokat’s books. Samokat’s Russian authors and illustrators are often nominated and awarded with FOR THE BOP prestigious Russian and international prizes such as the Biennial of Illustration Brati- AS ONE slava, or “The White Ravens” catalogue. In 2018, Samokat was shortlisted for the BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s OF THE BEST Publishers, and Irina Balakhonova, Samokat’s editor-in-chief, was awarded by the Rus- PUBLISHERS sian book industry with the Revizor prize as the Editor of the Year. Since 2019, Samokat IN EUROPE, is the member of the Russian section of IBBY.

TRANSSIB By Alexandra Litvina, 2018 illustrated by Anna Desnitskaya

1 2 1 BEAR’S VACATION By Katerina Gorelik 2 TEO IS A THEATRE CAPTAIN By Nina Dashevskaya, illustrated by Yulia Sidneva 3 MICRO SUPER HEROES. Most of the Most Self-Regenerating 3 By Olga Posukh

4 4 ART CLASS By Evgenia Basova

Contacts Foreign Rights: [email protected]

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Polyandria Publishing House DARINA YAKUNINA, Publisher, Polyandria Publishing House OLYANDRIA PUBLISHING HOUSE presents a range of new and already- familiar names in children’s literature, choosing titles that help readers understand themselves and others. These are books about love and trust, loneliness and friendship, about the power of perseverance and the occasional FOUNDED IN need to compromise. PPolyandria is delighted to introduce Russian readers to renowned authors as Oliver Jeffers, Torben Kuhlmann, Benji Davies, Rob Biddulph, Chris Haughton, Debi Gliori and 2009 many others, including writers of international modern classics. Apart from translated titles, we are happy to support talented Russian writers and artists, among them are Irina Zartayskaya, Irina Leek, Masha Sudovykh. ONE OF THE LEADING Having been present in the market for ten years, our publishing house has decided PUBLISHING HOUSES to launch a new imprint called Polyandria NoAge, which targets adults in addition to OF CHILDREN’S young adults who are mature enough to deal with some of the challenges they are LITERATURE about to face. IN RUSSIA

OVER Tim and Diggy 70 Irina Leek, illustrated by Luke Scriven 1 2 TITLES I N 2019

1 The Ten Moons Vitaly Terletsky, illustrated by Natsuki 2 Ayasel: An Evening in the Steppe Irina Zartayskaya, illustrated by Assol Sas 3 4 4 3 When the Bear Is in Love Oceans Between Us Irina Zartayskaya, Irina Zartayskaya, illustrated by Natalia illustrated by Masha Sudovykh Shaloshvili

Contacts 140 Nevskiy Prosp., St. Petersburg, 191036 Russia, Tel.: +7 (812) 401-6330 [email protected] www.polyandria.ru

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Bichik National Publishing Company AVGUST EGOROV, CEO of Bichik hat do the children of Yakutia do, when blizzard rages in the streets National Publishing Company and the 50-degree frost breaks out? What do the schoolchildren do during long evenings, provided that the winter lasts for 8 months? FOUNDED IN They read books. That’s why they develop creativity and inquisitiveness. Despite Wsuch extreme living conditions in the coldest place on the Earth – Yakutia, where the incredibly fierce winter shows down to -71.2 Celsius, where life itself calls 1926 not only for survival, but also for active development, the Yakutians conquer the world peaks. Among the triumphers are the Olympic champion Pavel Pinigin, PUBLISHING founder of the company “InDriver” Arsen Tomsky, founders of the mobile games company “MyTona” brothers Ushnitsky, supermodel Polina Protodyakonova and PORTFOLIO others – thanks to courage, creativity and national identity. OF MORE THAN Bichik helps the younger generation to know their language and national tradi- tions, makes their integration into the world deeper. Children of the planet would be interested in such warm books from the Pole of Cold as “Mammoth and Other 700 Ancient Animals of Siberia”, “Legends and Fairy Tales from the Arctic”, “Yakut Fairy Tales”, publication with a mobile game “Ayko: The Wonder Doll” and others. TITLES

MAMMOTH AND OTHER ANCIENT ANIMALS OF SIBERIA 1 By Albert Protopopov, Stanislav Kolesov, Valery Plotnikov and others. LEGENDS AND FAIRY Illustrated by Alexander Baishev, Ekaterina Sadovnikova and others TALES FROM THE ARCTIC Compilers Alexandra Popova, 1 2 Marina Nikiforova. Illustrated by Innokenty Koryakin and others 2 YAKUT FAIRY TALES Compiler Marina Makeeva. Illustrated by Aytalina Michailova, Nyurguyana Yablovskaya 3 MY FIRST WORDS. 150 words By Aysena Timofeeva. Illustrated by Silviya Ignatiyeva 4 3 4 FAVOURITE TALES OF THE PEOPLES OF RUSSIA Compiler Ulyana Semenova. Illustrated by Ekaterina Sadovnikova

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