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DHA Children's Classics 2020 DHA Children’s Classics Guide 2020 Contents For more information please go to our website to browse our shelves and find out more about what we do and who we represent. Agents US Rights: Veronique Baxter; Georgia Glover; Anthony Goff; Jane Gregory; Caroline Walsh; Laura West; Jessica Woollard Film & TV Rights: Penni Killick Nicky Lund; Georgina Ruffhead Translation Rights: Allison Cole: [email protected] Direct: Brazil; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Iceland; Italy; the Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; Spain and Latin America; Sweden Co-agented: China (Roald Dahl only); Japan (Roald Dahl only) Olivia Hickman: [email protected] Direct: Arab World; Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Estonia; Greece; Israel; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia; Slovenia; Vietnam; all other markets Co-agented: China, Czech Republic; Hungary; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Taiwan; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine Translation Rights Assistant: Camille Burns: [email protected] Contact t: +44 (0)20 7434 5900 f: +44 (0)20 7437 1072 www.davidhigham.co.uk 3 Richard Adams Richard Adams (1920-2016), the son of a country doctor, was born in Newbury in England. He was educated at Bradfield school and Worcester College, Oxford. He served in the Second World War and in 1948 joined the Civil Service. In the mid-1960s he completed his first novel, Watership Down, for which he struggled for several years to find a publisher. It was eventually awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian award for children’s fiction for 1972. In 1974 he retired from the Civil Service and published a series of further novels, including Shardik, The Plague Dogs and The Girl in a Swing. Key title: Watership Down (1972) An epic story that has been beloved for generations, Watership Down has become one of the most famous animal stories ever written. Fiver, a young rabbit, is very worried. He senses something terrible is about to happen to the warren. His brother Hazel knows that his sixth sense is never wrong. So, there is nothing else for it. They must leave immediately. And so begins a long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a safe home. Fiver’s vision finally leads them to Watership Down, but here they face their most difficult challenge of all . Enquire for All Titles and Previous Publishers Primary Agent: VB Translation Rights: DHA Film/TV Rights: Adams estate Subagents: Chinese - Bardon Chinese Media Japanese - Tuttle-Mori 4 Edward Ardizzone Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979) began his career as an artist and Illustrator in 1927. In 1936 he made a picture book of a story he had told his children – the classic Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain. This developed into the internationally loved Little Tim series. Famous as a war artist and as a distinguished member of the Royal Academy, Ardizzone is also widely considered to be the foremost illustrator of his generation. He illustrated more than 170 books, and as well as his own work, he illustrated books by Eleanor Farjeon, Graham Greene, James Reeves and Dylan Thomas. Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand, illustrated by Ardizzone, was adapted as Nanny McPhee (2005) and Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) starring Emma Thompson. Key title: Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1936) Select bibliography In the first title of the beloved Little Tim series, a small Little Tim and the Brave Sea boy wants to be a sailor, but his parents say he is much Captain (1936) too young. Tim grabs the chance to stow away on a The Little Bookroom (1955) steamer, but little does he expect the hard work, stormy Nurse Matilda (1964) sea and sinking ship to come! ‘Some of the saltiest and most satisfying picture books created during the last generation’ - Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are Nurse Matilda The Little Bookroom Little Tim and the Brave UK: Bloomsbury UK: OUP Sea Captain Extent - 384pp Extent - 322pp UK: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Rights sold: Rights sold: Extent - 56pp Spanish – Ediciones Siruela Chinese - Bridging Consulting Russian – Azbooka-Atticus Japanese - Iwanami Shoten Rights sold: Romanian – Grup Media Litera Macedonian - Nampress Japanese - Koguma Brazilian Portuguese - Editora Polish - Wydawnictwo Dwie Schwarcz S.A Siostry Polish – ZNAK Russian - Azbooka-Atticus Primary Agent: GG Translation Rights: DHA Film/TV Rights: PK Subagents: Chinese - Andrew Nurnberg Associates Japanese - Tuttle-Mori 5 Antonia Barber Antonia Barber (1932-2019) gained early recognition for her middle grade novel, The Ghosts, first published in 1969. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, an award she was later shortlisted for again in 1983 with The Ring in the Rough Stuff. The Ghosts was adapted for film in 1972 to great success, and released theatrically as The Amazing Mr Blunden. Her first picture book, The Mousehole Cat, first published to great acclaim in 1990, with illustrations by Nicola Bayley, and is still in print today. It was awarded Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards, the Children’s Choice in the Nestle Select bibliography Smarties Book Prize, and received a commendation for the Kate Greenaway Medal. A perennial favourite, The Ghosts (1969) the story has been adapted, including as a play, The Ring in the Rough Stuff (1983) musical, puppet show, ballet and an animated film. The Mousehole Cat (1990) Key title: The Ghosts (1969) A time-travelling ghost story, The Ghosts revolves around two children, Lucy and Jamie, in Camden Town between the wars. A mysterious stranger appears at their door with an unbelievably attractive offer for their poor widowed mother – to act as caretaker for a rundown but once magnificent house in the countryside. The only reason they’ve struggled to find someone so far: the local villagers are afraid of the house, with claims they have seen the figures of two child ghosts wandering about the grounds. Lucy and Jamie are drawn almost instantly into this mystery, and their journey takes them to the same spot 100 years earlier, in an attempt to save the lives of the two other children before they’ve ended. Enquire for All Titles and Previous Publishers Primary Agent: CW Translation Rights: DHA Film/TV Rights: CI Subagents: Chinese - Bardon Chinese Media Japanese - Japan Uni 6 BB ‘B.B.’, or Denys Watkins-Pitchford (1905-1990), was born in 1905 in Northamptonshire. He studied at the Royal College of Art and was for many years the art master at Rugby School. He wrote and illustrated many books for both children and adults, all of which reflected his naturalist’s knowledge and passion for the countryside. He is probably best known for Brendon Chase, published in 1944, The Little Grey Men (for which he won the prestigious Carnegie Medal in 1942) and its sequel Down the Bright Stream. Key title: The Little Grey Men (1942) Select bibliography The last four gnomes in Britain live on the banks of the The Little Grey Men (1942) bubbling Folly brook. They are perfectly happy with their Down the Bright Stream (1948) quiet life, except, that is, for one . Cloudberry. Restless and longing for adventure, Cloudberry sets off to follow his dream. But when he doesn’t return, the remaining gnomes must set off on their own adventure to find him. The Little Grey Men Down the Bright Stream UK: OUP UK: OUP Extent - 257pp Extent - 256pp Rights sold: Rights sold: Chinese – Hunan Russian – Dobraya Kniga German - Freies Geistesleben Russian – Dobraya Kniga Primary Agent: GG Translation Rights: DHA Film/TV Rights: NL Subagents: Chinese - Bardon Chinese Media Japanese - Tuttle-Mori 7 Sheila Burnford Sheila Burnford (1918-1984) was born in Scotland, where she attended St George’s School in Edinburgh. She married a doctor, David Burnford, in 1941 and worked as an ambulance driver during the Second World War. In 1951 she and her husband emigrated to Canada. They had three children and three beloved family pets. These animals inspired Sheila to write The Incredible Journey, which was published in 1961. Two years later Disney released a film adaptation, and from that point Sheila’s book became a well-loved bestseller. Key title: The Incredible Journey (1961) Select bibliography The Hunter children must go abroad for the summer, so The Incredible Journey (1961) they reluctantly leave their three pets in the care of a Bel Ria (1979) friend. But the faithful animals only know they must get home again, somehow. So the labrador, the old bull terrier and the dainty Siamese cat set off on a perilous journey through the wilderness. But how will domestic animals fare against river rapids, hunger, icy temperatures and ferocious wild beasts? And if they make it home, will their owners be waiting for them? The Incredible Journey Bel Ria UK: Vintage UK: Sphere Extent - 176pp Extent - 208pp Rights sold: Rights sold: Italian - Mondadori Finnish - Tammi Korean – Sigongsa Spanish – Danos Turkish – Beyaz Balina Primary Agent: GG Translation Rights: DHA Film/TV Rights: CI Subagents: Chinese - Bardon Chinese Media Japanese - Tuttle-Mori 8 Berlie Doherty Berlie Doherty has been a compulsive writer of novels, plays, stories and poetry for all ages since 1982. She has written over fifty books, and is translated into twenty-one languages. Many of her books have been dramatised for radio, television and the stage. She has won many awards around the world, including the Carnegie Medal twice (the only author to do so in the prize’s history) for Dear Nobody and Granny Was A Buffer Girl. She was also runner-up for the Carnegie with Willa and Old Miss Annie. Key title: Dear Nobody (1991) Select bibliography Dear Nobody is the moving story of two teenagers and an Dear Nobody (1991) unplanned pregnancy.
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