We Make Children’s Dreams Come True! Rights AGENCY Catalog Backlist
Clavis Rights Agency
We are the ones responsible for making your favorite books travel all over the world! Over the past 40 years, Clavis Publishing has built up valuable international expertise. We have a long and trusted reputation with publishers in 71 countries so far and are known for numerous sales of the rights of our picture books and novels. We also specialize in highquality co-editions of our picture books: in 2022, we did no less than 262 co-editions for our friends worldwide. The motto of Clavis Publishing is “We make children’s dreams come true!” and it’s our goal to extend that motto to include children all over the globe.
Lise Merken is our adventurous sinologist. She lived for a year in China after college graduation and joined the Clavis family to help expand Clavis into the East Asian subcontinent. Now, she utilizes her diverse set of skills to manage markets all over the world
Lise.Merken@clavisbooks.com
Nele Mathé is our cultured go-getter. She is fluent in Dutch, Spanish, and English and is proficient in French and German! Her childhood dream was to work at a publishing house, so this child’s dream has come true because of Clavis!
Nele.Mathe@clavisbooks.com
Jing Wang is our fashionable globetrotter. She was born and raised in China, pursued higher education in Switzerland, has been living in Belgium for 7 years, and travels abroad every chance she gets. With her diverse background in multiple geographies, she is the perfect fit for Clavis Rights Agency.
Jing.Wang@clavisbooks.com
brain. He has traveled far and wide: from being an exchange student in Spain to volunteering work in South Africa and Vietnam. Puns, wordplay, and fun catchphrases are his thing, which he puts to work while managing our newsletters, social media, administration and his markets.
Wout.Nelissen@clavisbooks.com
Jana Versée is our young polyglot. Whether you speak Dutch, English, French, Arabic, Greek, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or German, Jana can help you out as she speaks all ten languages! She is also an avid reader, so she is really at home at Clavis Rights Agency.
Jana.Versee@clavisbooks.com
New titles in the spotlight
Paisley’s Big Birthday
By Heather Pierce Stigall & Natallia Bushuyeva
Themes: growing up, family, emotions
Billy’s Round Belly
By Mack van Gageldonk
Themes: food, travel, exploration
Furry Friends. Everyone on the Road. Vehicles
By Federico Van LunterThemes: concept book, vehicles, fun
• Part of a series
Ricky and the Moon
By Guido Van Genechten
Themes: family, space, animals
• Newest part of a bestselling series!
No One Like Grandma
By Ellen LambrichtsThemes: family, grandmother, love
Is That Possible? Books on the Roof
By Thomas van OostrumThemes: humor, whacky, look-and-point
• Start of a series
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Bestselling toddler and picture books
A Hundred Kisses Before Bedtime
By Mack van Gageldonk
Themes: love, kisses, friendship
• Published in 15 countries!
• Part of a series
Peek-a-Poo
What’s in Your Diaper?
Kiki’s Pacifier
By Esther van den BergThemes: toddler, skills, animals
• Published in 12 languages!
• Part of a series
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Little White Fish
By Guido Van Genechten
Themes: friendship, emotions, sea life
• Published in 28 languages!
• Part of a series
Peek-a-Poo What’s in Your Diaper?
By Guido Van GenechtenThemes: diaper, animals, humor
• Over a million copies sold worldwide and published in over 30 countries!
• Part of a series
Little Book of Kindness
By Francesca Pirrone
Themes: love, gratitude, friendship
• Published in 12 languages!
• Part of a series
All Along the River
By Magnus WeightmanThemes: seek-and-find, animals, travel
• Published in 24 languages
• Kids Book Choice Award nominee on USBBY’s Outstanding International Books List!
Little White Fish is crying. He can’t find his mommy. While looking for her he sees all sorts of animals: a red crab, an orange starfish, a yellow snail, a green turtle, a blue whale, and a purple octopus. But none of them is his mommy! Then he sees his mommy, and she has all the same colors as Little White Fish. A playful book about sea animals and colors. with a focus on the child’s language development.
daily life language development from 18 m. from 24 m. from 30 www.clavis-publishing.co $12.95 US ISBN: 978-1605374307 9 78160 37430 1 9 5 Little White Fish Guido Van Genechten
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Peek-a-Poo Wh a t’s in Your Diaper? with flaps
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Bestselling novels
Rip and Rash. Miss Spider
By Rik Peters & Federico Van LunterThemes: horror, humor
• Title sold out in weeks!
• Part of a series
• 7+
Lúcia Flores and the Curse of the Carrion Beetles
By Chinouk ThijssenThemes: humor, adventure, magic
• Part of a series
• 8+
Selfie
By Kaat De KockThemes: teenagers, self-image, mental health
• Translated into Hebrew, Korean, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian!
• Young Adult
The New Team
By Gerard van Gemert & Mark Janssen
Themes: soccer, friendship
• Part of a series
• 7+
The Big Book of Good Manners
By Nathalie Depoorter &
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van der WalleThemes: rituals, humor
• Translated into Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Italian, Romanian, Turkish, and Russian!
• 8+
Magic Kingdom. Between Two Fires
By Laura DianeThemes: young adult, dystopian, Disney World
• Brand new first part of a trilogy
• Young Adult
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Bestselling non-fiction
Super Animals. Travelers
By Reina Ollivier, Karel Claes & Steffie Padmos
Themes: animals, biology, educational
• Published in 12 languages!
• Part of a series
Want to Know. Stars and Planets
By Pierre Winters & Margot Senden
Themes: science, space, planets
• Part of a series
Wow! I Can Do Magic. Magical Plants and Animals
By Mack van Gageldonk
Themes: nature, educational, animals
• Published in 6 languages!
• Part of a series
Doctors and What They Do
By Liesbet Slegers
Themes: professions, toddler, educational
• Part of a series counting over 30 titles with more to come
Plastic Soup
By Judith Koppens & Andy Engel
Themes: climate, water, making climate friendly series counting 10 titles
Butterflies in Your Belly. Yes and No Feelings
By Pauline OudThemes: body, sexual education
• Published in 14 languages!
• Part of a series
Written by Judith Koppens and Andy Engel Illustrated by Nynke Mare Talsma The animal friends are spending the day at the beach. Frog jumps in the water and comes up with a torn plastic bag on his head. Fox thinks Frog looks like a sea monster! But the plastic bag isn’t the only thing that floats in the water. Why is there so much plastic in the sea? An simple story to introduce children to water pollution and little changes that can make a big difference. For children ages 5 and up. Koppens & Engel & Talsma www.clavisbooks.co $16.95 US Pauline Oud Clavis Jaen nee-gevoelens Pauline Oud Kriebels injebuik k i nderenen seksualiteit Ja & Nee gevoelens Wanneer zeg je ja en wanneer zeg je nee? Wanneer mag je iets wel doen en wanneer niet? Kun jij zelf ook luisteren als een ander nee zegt? Wat zijn leuke geheimpjes en wat zijn nare geheimpjes? Dit boek leert je dat je zelf de baas bent over jouw lichaam. Een boek waarin weerbaarheid en zelfvertrouwen centraal staan. Met leuke spelletjes en vraagjes. Voor kinderen vanaf 3 jaar. www.clavisbooks.com Ook kinderen hebben vaak kriebels in hun buik Als ze hun eigen lichaam leren kennen, als ze voor het eerst verliefd worden, of als ze intimiteit en seksualiteit ontdekken. Dat is heel natuurlijk. Kriebels in je buik maakt thema’s zoals het eigen lichaam voortplanting weerbaarheid en zelfvertrouwen emoties familie en relaties bespreekbaar met op maat gemaakte boeken. Kinderen groeien op, en Kriebels in je buik groeit met hen mee. Wat een fijn gevoel.
Clavis Publishing has been one of the leading publishing groups of children’s and juvenile books in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the US for over 40 years now. We have a long and trusted reputation with publishers in 71 countries and are known for our high-quality co-editions, rights for books, film, and television, personalized publications, and B2B (Business-to-Business) specials. Our motto at Clavis Publishing is “We make children’s dreams come true!” We believe that our books stimulate the imagination and dreams of future generations. If children can realize their dreams, they will build a better world and a better future. We’re convinced that the world of tomorrow will resemble the dreams
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