2019 FOREIGN RIGHTS Autumn One million oysters at the top of the mountain Alex Nogués & Miren Asiain Lora While admiring a landscape, we may see trees or animals, the fading colours at sunset, the appealing shaped clouds… but we rarely pay attention to rocks. Under this premise, Alex Nogués wisely guides us through the mysteries of geology. And we greedily follow him as we need to find an answer to the question: what are a million oysters doing on the top of a mountain? un millón de ❝ A book to fall in love en lo alto de la montaña with Geology ALEX NOGUÉS · MIREN ASIAIN LORA and the wonders of nature. By the same author Selling points One million oysters at the top of the mountain • Illustrations by Miren Asiain, three times selected for the Author: Alex Nogués Illustrators Exhibition of Bologna Children Book Fair. Illustrator: Miren Asiain Lora • Science rigor meets storytelling. Format: Hard Cover • Atmospheric and precious illustrations for a thrilling Size: 24 x 30 cm (portrait) and hilarious story. Pages: 48 • Includes a glossary of the main concepts. Age Level: 8+ • A must read that will change the way you envision Publication date: October 2019 nature. Grant available Alex Nogués found a cockle-like Miren Asiain Lora is an shell stuck on a rock in the mountain illustrator who has been selected when he was a child. Many questions for the Illustrators Exhibition of arose ever since, so he became Bologna Children Book Fair three a geologist to give them an answer. He strolled consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019). She also has near cretaceous seas and came across an as-yet exhibited in Spain, Italy, Argentina, Mexico, China undiscovered fossilized organism. Experts named and Japan and designed posters for festivals, it Alexina papyracea, in honour of his name. His first music and theatre projects. book published by Editorial Flamboyant, There’s a Her work is made in watercolor and acrylic hair in my soup, was awarded the Serra d’Or Prize painting. (2019) and selected as one of the best children’s www.miaslo.com book by Fundación Cuatro Gatos (2019). 2019 FOREIGN RIGHTS Autumn The colour monster Kamishibai Anna Llenas Kamishibai is a traditional Japanese-style paper theatre. It allows you to tell stories in a simple, fascinating and captivating way, combining the oral narration and the image. Once the performance starts the audience focus in what’s in the scene forgetting everything else and letting them be guided by the voice of the gaito kamishibaiya (the storyteller). The box includes an exclusive cardboard theatre and 22 sheets that will allow you to enjoy a magical experience and let you be fascinated by the power of image and storytelling. Discover a new way to tell the international best-seller picturebook The Colour Monster and share an amazing experience with your kids, friends, pupils... A delight for everyone! ❝ A fascinating experience you can share wherever you wish thanks to an exclusive take-along box. Selling points The Colour Monster, Kamishibai Author: Anna Llenas • A take-along kamishibai: light, practical and effective. Format: Box • Designed in Barcelona and made by sustainable Size: 40,5 x 32,3 cm materials. Cards: 22 • Suitable for groups up to 30 people. Age Level: 8+ • Encourage concentration. Publication date: • No extra material needed. November 2019 Grant available. Rights sold in: Danish, French and Italian. Anna Llenas was born in Barcelona. She holds a degree in Advertising and Public Relations and took up studies in Graphic Design. In the early days of her professional career in the advertising industry, she worked as an Art Director at Bassat Ogilvy. She specialised in Illustration and created her own design projects. At present, she is an art therapist. The Colour Monster was her first work as both author and illustrator. www.annallenas.com 2019 FOREIGN RIGHTS Autumn How grandpa disappeared Glòria Granell & Quim Torres Grandpa Lluís would always say that once you grow up, you should pay attention because you may eventually end up losing your teeth without almost noticing… Little by little, grandpa starts losing his strength, his eyesight, his sense of hearing, his memory… his life. An intimate story about the loss of our most beloved ones and how their memory remains with us. Selling points How the grandpa disappeared Author: Glòria Granell • A simple story to talk about and work on death. Illustrator: Quim Torres • A wonderful picture book to help children overcome Format: Hard Cover the loss of our loved ones in a plain and tender way. Size: 27,5 x 20 cm (landscape) • Lively and colourful pencil illustrations. Pages: 32 • Aimed at a wide age range. Age Level: 8+ • First picture book from a promising author. Grant available Glòria Granell is a writer, Quim Torres holds a postgrad playwright and activist. Her studies course on Illustration by EINA on cinema and literature, as well as school in Barcelona. In 2017 he her experience on the performing was selected to take part in the 8th arts, have shaped her literary language. Catálogo Iberoamericano. Nowadays, he combines This is her first picture book. his work as an illustrator with running workshops on illustration as a tool for self-awareness. ❝ A bright story that celebrates life. 2019 FOREIGN RIGHTS Autumn Did you see the tiger? Mar Villar In this seek-and-find book you will follow page by page a tiger that escaped from a Zoo. It’s so strange: he can’t stop stealing clothes! Now a scarf and then a hat. Did you see? Did you see the tiger? What’s his purpose? Why is he hiding from the crowds? You will need to go through all this detailed and funny picture book to find out what this mysterious tiger’s plan is. ❝ Discover the secret plan of an escaped tiger. Will you manage to see him on every page? Selling points Did you see the tiger? Author: Mar Villar • More than a seek-and-find book. Format: Hard Cover • A picture book to read and re-read: each character Size: 26 x 23 cm (landscape) has his/her own story. Pages: 52 • Elaborately illustrations to get lost in the details. Age Level: 3+ • With a humorous touch. Publication date: Spring 2019 Grant available Mar Villar discovered her love and textbooks, and she has shown her work at for illustration while studying Fine both solo and group exhibitions. She currently Arts, so upon graduating she got lives and works in Valencia, surrounded by plants, her portfolio ready and moved to with a cat as her apprentice. Madrid, where she spent nearly eight years. www.marvillar.es She mainly does illustrations for children’s books 2019 FOREIGN RIGHTS Autumn Let’s cook Paula Esparraguera & Teresa Bellón Let’S cook is a pull-the-tab series of three animated boardbooks, Salad, Pasta and Fruit, for 1- to 3-year-old children. This series aims at making children become familiar with everyday food, either whole or already cooked or chopped, as well as various words, such as food names, cookware and specific verbs. It is also intended to engage children in the cooking process, understood as a fun time to enjoy together, and to help them develop healthy eating habits. Selling points Let’s cook Author: Paula Esparraguera • Ideal to play, learn and enjoy the cooking process Illustrator:Teresa Bellón with the whole family. Format: Hard Cover • A series to reproduce and acquire actions with Size: 18 x 18 cm simple mechanisms. Pages: 10 • Following baby-led weaning method, to promote the Age Level: 1+ child’s autonomy. Publication date: Spring 2019 • Encouraging healthy eating habits. Grant available • Simple and friendly illustrations, with intense colours. Paula Esparraguera is a Teresa Bellón is an illustrator. She children’s book editor. She studied studied Art History and a course on Illustration and Fine Arts and later Illustration at the Art 10 School in on she pursued a MA in children’s Madrid. She has worked in many and YA literature from the Banco del Libro de national and international projects. Venezuela and the University of Barcelona. She has 30K followers on Instagram and her illustrations are commercialized on linen and houseware. Under the waves Meritxell Martí & Xavier Salomó An apparently simple encounter at sea reveals the inner conflict of the two main characters: shame, fear, rejection... There is only one thing to do: diving to the depths of the ocean, seeking hidden treasures, and looking attentively with eyes wide open. Just like that we may discover what we are capable of, how wonderful life is and what really matters. A very intimate and moving story hiding many interpretations and making both children and adults face our inner conflicts with love and confidence. Selling points Under the waves • The most personal and sensitive project by Meritxell Martí Author: Meritxell Martí and Xavier Salomó. Illustrator: Xavier Salomó Format: Hard Cover • National and international bestselling creative tandem. Size: 24 x 29,1 cm (portrait) • A brilliant consideration on ability, autonomy, and Pages: 76 specially self-esteem. Age Level: 5+ • Multiple layers of meaning in an apparently simple story Publication date: full of love. February 2019 • All ingredients to become a contemporary classic: Grant available heartening, magical, intriguing, thoughtful. Rights sold in: world French • Beautiful and inspiring watercolour illustrations. and German. • An hymn to feel free to be oneself. • Teaching guide available on PDF. Meritxell Martí holds a Bachelor Xavier Salomó holds a Degree in of Arts degree in Humanities and Arts and Design by Massana School a Graduate degree in Classical and in Barcelona, where he received Contemporary Music. She has been the Extraordinary Award for his teaching Art, Cinema and Literature dissertation on the category of in the UOC for 10 years.