Flying Eye Books - Frankfurt 23 Rights Guide

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FRANKFURT 2023
FOREIGN RIGHTS GUIDE

CAN I SLEEP HERE?

Ella Bailey

Ages 0-3 | 175 x 175 mm | 10pp | £7.99 | Cased Board Book Spot UV

These baby animals have been hard at play all day long and need to find a safe, cosy and warm place to sleep for the night. Can you help find the perfect spot?

This brand-new board book series, based on Ella Bailey’s bestselling series One Day on Our Blue Planet, is perfect for babies and toddlers. Each title in the series has five spreads with a baby animal searching for the perfect place to sleep. Peer behind the flaps to see if they have been successful, or if they have accidentally found another animal's perfect sleeping spot! The first four books in this series will follow a lion cub, dolphin, penguin and monkey.

Ella Bailey is a freelance illustrator currently living in Devon, UK. She studied Illustration at Falmouth University, and has since gone on to work for clients such as Hodder Children’s Books, Simon and Schuster and Flying Eye Books.

Rights sold: French

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GUESS WHO in the jungle

GUESS WHO IN THE JUNGLE

Owen Davey

Ages 0-3 | 175 x 175 mm | 10pp

£7.99 | Cased Board Book

Come on an exciting adventure to the heart of the jungle!

Lift the flaps to reveal playful clues and then guess which jungle animal is hiding behind them. Get ready for a jungle journey filled with surprises and giggles! Can you guess who’s waiting to say hello? This title is the first in a brand-new board book series exploring four different habitats, jungle, forest, seaside and desert, and the animals that live within.

Owen Davey is a freelance illustrator, living and working from Leicester, UK. He graduated with a First Class Degree in Illustration from Falmouth University and his work has since been published in every continent except Antarctica. He has also worked for some impressive clients including the New York Times, Microsoft and Orange.

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THE LAST STARDOG

E.K. Mosley

Ages 5+ | 255 x 215mm | 64pp | £15.99 | Hardback Gold Foil / Pearlescent Ink

Enter the stunning world of the last stardog, discover her story and the joy and strength to be found in the most unlikely of friendships.

Outside of dreams, Stardog is the last of her kind. One night, heavy with loneliness Stardog falls out of the sky, down to Earth where the familiar falls away and the unknown grows all around. Too heavy to fly home, Stardog sets out on a journey to fulfil her dream – to find others like her. But along the way Stardog realises the journey is no easy feat and dreams can change. . .

Paris-born wanderer E.K. Mosley is a British writer and illustrator who grew up living between Texas and London, but currently resides by the Cornish seaside. She studied Illustration at Falmouth University and now works as a freelance illustrator and writer. Emily works in a diverse range of media including hand-cut stencil screen-printing inspired by Japanese Woodblock prints.

Rights sold: Dutch, French, Greek

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IS IT A SEED?

Emily Ann Davison & Adriena Fong

Ages 3+ | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp | £12.99 | Hardback

Gel Spot UV / Pearlescent Ink

If it is a seed, what could it become? There are endless possibilities. And there’s only one way to find out. Plant it!

A fun-filled and creative journey through a child’s imagination, as they try to envision the many varied outcomes for a little seed they find. But will they be patient enough to see the end result? Is It a Seed? is a tonally perfect representation of both children’s capacity for imagination - and their very short attention spans!

Emily Ann Davison graduated with a degree in Psychology at Loughborough University and went on to train as an Early Years teacher at Aberystwyth University. After working with young children for many years, she discovered a love of children’s books and began writing her own. Emily’s picture books have been published with by Nosy Crow, Andersen Press

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Adriena Fong is an illustrator born in Singapore. She later moved to the UK where she completed a degree in Illustration at Falmouth University in 2020. She loves working with gouache and colour pencils, as well as textured brushes on Photoshop.

Rights sold: French

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CUB Jonty Howley

Ages 3+ | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp | £12.99 | Hardback Deboss

This heart-warming tale, beautifully illustrated by Jonty Howley, celebrates the transformative power of friendship and the resilience that resides within every child’s heart.

Cub tells the charming story of Magnus, a quiet boy who goes to live with his grandparents. One day, Grandma surprises Magnus with a special gift — a cuddly toy named Cub. When Cub magically comes alive, they explore the wonders of Magnus’s new home. As Magnus’s courage grows, he finds his hidden voice and comfort in the love of his family.

Jonty Howley studied illustration at UAL (University of the Arts, London) and graduated with a BA. Since then, Howley has worked with publishers such as Random House Children’s Books, Random House Studio, Flying Eye and Happy Yak.

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THE BOY ON FIRE

Sarthak Sinha

Ages 3+ | 270 x 230 mm | 32pp | £12.99 | Hardback

Foil Deboss / Gel Spot UV COVER

Through a tapestry of colourful illustrations and heartfelt moments, this tale kindles the joy of finding true friendship and the transformative magic of embracing one's own extraordinary gifts. Meet Til, a spirited young boy who has an extraordinary quality – he’s always on fire. But being ablaze sets him apart from others, leaving him feeling sad and alone. One day, he encounters a twinkling star and discovers a magical friendship that unveils the secret truth: Til’s radiant light is a beacon of warmth and brilliance. Soon his vibrant light begins to touch the lives of those around him, inspiring them to find and celebrate their own radiant glows.

Sarthak Sinha is an artist and educator, born in India. His love for nature and exploring the diversity and colours of the wild has taken him from the tropical rainforests to the high Himalayas where he made children’s books from his tiny studio, and worked as a kindergarten teacher. He now lives in Lyon, France.

Rights sold: Breton, French, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Japanese

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THE GOOD NIGHT GARAGE

Tori Kosara & Meg Hunt

Ages 3+ | 230 x 270 mm | 32pp | £12.99 |

Hardback

Neon Green Pantone / Gel Spot UV

A bedtime picture book celebration of everyday heroes and non-traditional working patterns for little vehicle lovers.

It's night-time in Motor Isle, so why are seven mighty machines at the Good Night Garage just waking up? Follow each vehicle while they carry out the important night jobs that keep the city running smoothly. Then as the stars fade in the sky, tuck them in and say good night.

Tori Kosara is a children’s book author and editor from New York. She has a master’s degree in Children’s Literature from Roehampton University, and has written more than 40 books for a variety of age ranges, covering a range of topics across fiction and non-fiction.

Meg Hunt is an illustrator and maker of things who floats between the city, the forest, and the sea. Her clients include Chronicle Books, the New York Times, Disney, Adobe and Bloomsbury. She is the illustrator of Interstellar Cinderella and Reading Beauty among many others.

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ONE DAY ON OUR PREHISTORIC PLANET ... WITH A DIPLODOCUS

Ages 3+ | 230 x 270 mm | 32pp | £12.99

Hardback | Gel Spot UV

From breakfast to dinner, dusk to dawn, children will love spending the day with this curious baby Diplodocus.

A new series of children's books focused on the way baby dinosaurs would spend a day. Since she was born, a baby Diplodocus has spent her time hiding from hungry carnivores in the safety of the Jurassic Forest, but now it is time for her to journey out into the big plains.

Ella Bailey is a freelance illustrator currently living in Devon, in the UK. She studied illustration at Falmouth university, and has since gone on to work for clients such as Hodder Children’s Books, Simon and Schuster UK and Flying Eye Books.

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SCIENTISTS IN THE WILD: ANTARCTICA

Kate Hendry, Helen Scales & Rômolo D'Hipólito

Ages 7+ | 260 x 205 mm | 80pp | £15.99 | Hardback Deboss

Join a team of scientists as they explore one of the most remote and fragile environments on Earth –Antarctica.

Follow the team as they monitor colonies of penguins, unlock the secrets of how orcas communicate and observe a colossal squid deep underwater. Along the way, the team will study ancient ice cores, monitor huge melting glaciers and discover how Antarctica is changing. By studying the warming climate, our scientists will discover what this will mean for the future of our planet.

Dr Kate Hendry has lived for almost two years in total in the Arctic and Antarctica. She studies the impact of climate change and plastic pollution, advising governments on how to protect our seas.

Helen Scales is a writer, marine biologist, broadcaster and scuba diver whose work focuses on oceans and their inhabitants. She has a masters degree in Tropical Coastal Management from Newcastle University and a PhD from Cambridge University, UK.

Rômolo D'Hipólito is a Brazilian artist and illustrator. He is the winner of the 2019 Golden Pinwheel Special Mention Award and the 2018 Ibero-America Ilustra Catalog Official Selection.

Rights sold: Chinese (Simplified)

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BRAINY ABOUT BEARS

Owen Davey

Ages 6+ | 290 x 230 mm | 40pp | £12.99 |

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Hardback

Owen Davey’s popular non-fiction series, About Animals, continues with a captivating and stunningly illustrated guide to bears.

Did you know that bears have existed longer than modern day humans? Or that polar bears aren’t actually white? Immerse yourself in the beautifully illustrated guide to some of the world’s most powerful mammals, full of facts about bears, their habits and where to find them.

Owen Davey is a freelance illustrator, living and working from Leicester, UK. He graduated with a First Class Degree in Illustration from Falmouth University and his work has since been published in every continent except Antarctica. He has also worked for some impressive clients including the New York Times, Microsoft, and Orange.

Rights sold: Danish, Korean

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Rights sold: Chinese (Complex), Danish, Dutch, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish (Castilian), Swedish, Vietnamese

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WILDLIFE IN THE BALANCE

12 SPECIES THAT SHAPE EARTH’S ECOSYSTEMS

Dr Sharon Wismer & Terri Po

Ages 7+ | 270 x 230 mm | 80pp | £14.99 | Hardback Deboss

Meet some of the most important animals and discover the remarkable ways they are helping save our planet.

Learn about 12 keystone species around the world, from elephants to wolves, honeybees to beavers. Keystone species are animals or plants that play a crucial role in different habitats and have a huge effect on the environment around them. Entire ecosystems can depend on a single species, and they act as a glue that holds the environment together. The book will introduce readers to keystone animals across all the five major biomes (aquatic, grassland, forest, desert and tundra) with facts about wildlife, habitats and modern conservation practices to protect these species.

Dr Sharon Wismer is a scientist and children's book author, currently funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. She leads a science communication project at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Sharon obtained her PhD in 2017.

Terri Po grew up in Hong Kong and studied illustration at the University of Edinburgh, and now lives and works from a wooden cabin in the countryside. She likes drawing anything blobby, including but not limited to: brains, intestines and liverworts.

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INTO THE VOLCANO THE SCIENCE, MAGIC AND MEANING OF VOLCANOES

Catherine Ard & Wenjia Tang

Ages 7+ | 290 x 232 mm | 64pp | £14.99 | Hardback Emboss / Gel Spot UV

A beautifully illustrated non-fiction book about volcanoes, covering the science, their various forms in nature, and the myths, stories and symbolism that they have inspired.

Explore the awe-inspiring world of volcanoes, delving into their captivating formation, fiery eruptions and the remarkable impact they have on our planet. From shaping landscapes and influencing climates to their role in shaping human history, this beautifully illustrated guide unveils the astonishing wonders of these geological marvels.

Catherine Ard is a writer and editor with over 20 years’ experience in children’s books, bringing scientific and vocational subject matter to life in an engaging way for toddlers through to tweens.

Wenjia Tang graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Illustration in 2017. Her work has been recognised by the American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts and 3x3 Magazine. Her clients include The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

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Rights sold: Chinese (Complex), Dutch, French, German

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EVA BEAVER, AWESOME ARCHITECT: HOW TO BUILD A PYRAMID

Ben Elcomb & Loris Lora

Ages 7+ | 232 x 290 mm | 64pp | £14.99 | Hardback Deboss

Famed animal architect Eva Beaver and her team take readers on a journey to some of the most amazing structures in the world, showcasing how and why they were built and much more.

In the first book in the series, Eva Beaver travels to Egypt to marvel at the Great Pyramid of Giza, built thousands of years ago. Eva will share her knowledge and tell readers everything they've ever wanted to know about how to build a pyramid, and take us on a top-secret tour within its great walls. Be prepared to discover the Pyramid of Giza like never before and explore one of the greatest engineering feats in human history!

Bel Elcomb has worked in television production on a variety of shows including ITV’s This Morning, written scripts for CBeebies’ Something Special and written non-fiction books for children, including Operation Ouch – The HuManual.

Loris Lora is a Los Angeles-based freelance illustrator and a graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Loris has had her work published in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

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STEMVILLE: THE BEE CONNECTION

Ben Newman

Ages 6+ | 230 x 270 mm | 48pp | £12.99 | Hardback

Deboss

Inventive illustrations and an empowering story combine to introduce young readers to the world of bees, creative thinking and problem-solving.

Mason B. Chandler is a detective and solitary bee on a mission, and she needs your help to solve a mystery in Bug Borough. As Mason follows clues through Bug Borough, you'll discover everything there is to know about bees! Learn all about the different types of bees, their homes, how they communicate and what you can do to help look after them.

Ben Newman has produced work for a large range of clients, including the Tate Modern, BBC Radio 4, Apple, Google and The New Yorker. Ben co-created the Professor Astro Cat children's books with his long-time friend and scientist, Dr Dominic Walliman, which are published by Flying Eye Books and have been translated into 24 other languages.

Rights sold: Chinese (Simplified)

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GRAND CANYON

Susan Lamb & Sean Lewis

Ages 7+ | 232 x 290 mm | 80pp | £14.99 | Hardback Deboss

A captivating illustrated introduction to Grand Canyon National Park.

Like no other place on Earth, the Grand Canyon is a place of wonder. Its bands of red rock tells us about millions of years of our planet’s history and the amazing variety of plants and animals from the past to the present. Today, condors soar high on warm air from deep in the canyon and mountain lions prowl the forests. This stunning illustrated guide is packed with incredible facts about the Grand Canyons’ wildlife, people, geography and history. The epic park has captured humankind’s imagination since the Ice Age. Now it is your turn to explore!

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HILDA AND TWIG

HIDE FROM THE RAIN

Luke Pearson

Ages 5+ | 279 x 202mm | 56pp | £12.99 | Hardback

Gel Spot UV / Emboss

A brand new Hilda series for early readers presented in a large, easy-to-read comic format for even the youngest Hilda fans! Follow Twig and his friend Hilda on their first adventures in the Wilderness.

You know Hilda. . . but how about her trusty companion and beloved deerfox, Twig? As the two set off for a rainy adventure in their local wilderness, they discover a little mound to shelter in. But this is no ordinary mound, and it looks like Twig’s going to have to save Hilda from a whole lot of big, scaly trouble!

Rights sold: Chinese (Simplified)

HILDA FICTION

Stephen Davies & Luke Pearson

Ages 7+ | 197 x 130 mm | 192pp | £7.99 | Paperback

Join our favourite blue haired heroine, and follow the adventures of Hilda season 3, as she encounters a tricksy merman, travels back in time to the Age of Giants and unearths family secrets in a fairy village. Daring adventures are all just part of another average day for Hilda, and there is no shortage of unexpected twists, turns and fantastical creatures in the three latest fiction titles.

Rights sold: Chinese (Simplified)

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MONSTER SUPPORT GROUP: THE MUMMY'S CURSE

Laura Suárez

Ages 7+ | 279 x 202mm | 64pp | £8.99 | Paperback Gel Spot UV

Uncover the truths behind your favourite monsters in the second installment of the Monster Support Group series.

Meet Anatiti: the most stubborn pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. Being chosen by the gods has given her quite an ego! After all, she knows best, not her pesky advisors. But when tragedy strikes and she is cursed, she realises maybe they had some good advice after all. Stuck inside a tomb for thousands of years, taken by an explorer and brought to the village of Dreadbury, will this mummy finally learn to listen and head off into the afterlife?

Laura Suárez is a freelance illustrator from Galicia. She studied Fine Arts at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and completed a Comic and Illustration Masters in Barcelona. She has worked with clients such as Penguin Random House, Xerais and Group Edelvives, among others.

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JUNIPER MAE: SECRETS OF THE GUARDIAN KNIGHTS

Sarah Soh & Tim Fraser

Ages 7+ | 279 x 202mm | 64pp | £9.99 | Paperback Gel Spot UV

Discover the second installment in the Juniper Mae series, as Tykotech City faces a new enemy!

Juniper Mae and Albie are back! Even though she’s training to become a Guardian Knight, Juniper is still inventing – but her next creation proves to be a more than a little upsetting to Albie. With Tykotech facing a new, terrifying enemy, and the forest in danger from an old evil, can the two patch up their friendship in time to save the day once again?

Sarah Soh grew up in Virginia and after moving to Los Angeles, she attended Otis College of Art + Design and graduated with a BFA in Illustration. Since, she has worked at Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Netflix, all as a Storyboard Supervisor. She is currently a Supervising Director at Atomic Cartoons.

Tim Fraser is from London, England. He holds a BA in English Literature at Reading University and an MA in Screenwriting at the NFTS (National Film & Television School). He spends his time writing books, plays and screenplays.

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RUNE: THE TALE OF A THOUSAND FACES

Carlos Sánchez

Ages 8+ | 225 x 163mm | 144pp | £10.99 | Paperback Foil

Chiri is a fun-loving super cook looking for fresh adventures and ingredients, but her love of exploration has landed her in some serious magical trouble and she’s going to need all the help she can get to find home again.

Chiri and best friend Dai live in an orphanage right next to the deepest, darkest forest. On a scavenging mission to find some amazing new ingredients for her many culinary experiments, Chiri plunges both her and her best friend into the secret kingdom of Puddin’, a secret place plagued by the Thousand Faced Monster and inhabited by all sorts of magical people and critters. Befriending witches, bards, ogres and sorcerers, can our two protagonists make it home? And more importantly, can they evade the darkness that has awoken on their arrival?

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Carlos Sánchez grew up with a pencil in his hand, in Barcelona. He studied Design in EINA,

CACTUS KID: RUMBLE AT THE RODEO

Emmanuel Guerrero

Ages 7+ | 225 x 163mm | 164pp | £10.99 | Paperback Emboss

It’s time for the ultimate showdown, and this time Cactus Kid is up against some serious bad guys—will he be able to triumph and continue on his quest to become the coolest, most powerful wizard of all time?

Cactus Kid is back and ready to meet the next wizard on his solo hero journey. This time, it’s Big Boulder, master of earth magic—but when Cactus Kid stumbles across the Rodeo at the Muck Mines, he’s pushed into the most epic battle of his life. Facing down big bad spiders, giant rock creatures, and pesky posers who think they own the joint, can Cactus Kid train with Big Boulder in time to show ‘em all who’s boss?

Emmanuel Guerrero was born in Santa Ana, California, a suburb 40 minutes south of Los Angeles. He is a comic artist that has tabled at multiple festivals in cities across the US and his comics can be found in independent bookstores across LA.

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FANTASY SPORTS

Sam Bosma

Ages 9+ | 279 x 202mm | 56pp | £10.99 | Paperback

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Meet Wiz and Mug, an unlikely duo prone to mayhem and mischief! Join them as they attempt to plunder an ancient tomb and come face-to-face with “He of the Giant Steps”, take on Barbel Bay's super-synchronised amphibious champions at a game of volleyball, and see if Wiz can escape with her life when she is separated from Mug and thrown into a game of supernatural mini golf.

Sam Bosma graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art and taught in the Illustration department from 2011 to 2013 before moving to Brooklyn, NY. He won a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators in the Institutional category, as well as a Gold Award from Spectrum in 2013. He currently does background drawings for Steven Universe on Cartoon Network when he's not making comics and graphic novels of his own.

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GARBAGE NIGHT: THE COMPLETE EDITION

Benji Lee

Ages 13+ | 250 x 180mm | 208pp | £14.99 |

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A beautiful new bind-up of the original Garbage Night with its fantastic new sequel in this complete collected work.

In a barren and ransacked backyard, a dog named Simon lives with his two best friends: a raccoon and a deer. The unlikely gang spend their days looting and waiting for the return of the hallowed ‘garbage night’ – but week after week, the bins remain empty. When the gang are told of the ‘other town’, where humans are rumoured to live, the trio set off into the unknown. . . On their journey, the trio encounter a collective of their fellow animals who have control and live in semi-chaotic harmony. It doesn’t take long for them to settle into the community, but something isn’t quite right about their new allies, and the mystery of Black Thistle Acres begins to unravel feelings, truths, and secrets from every side. The real question is, will they continue their mission to the city? Or will someone get left behind?

Benji Lee studied at the School of Visual Arts in NYC for a BFA in illustration, whilst also taking classes in comics, graphic design, and writing. Some of their clients include Drop Dead Clothing, Burton, Boom! Studios, and Nickelodeon.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF URBAN LEGENDS

Adam Allsuch Boardman

Ages 13+ | 245 x 185mm | 128pp | £16.99 | Hardback Gel Spot UV / Neon Pantone

A sceptical enquiry into urban legends, from Atlantis to the hollow Earth conspiracy, and everything in between.

From the campfire to the digital rumour mill, urban legends have flourished wherever we tell stories. Whether once true, sprouted from half remembered facts or entirely fictional, we have scrutinised these legends for centuries. This book will ferry you across a river of uncanny tales, from classic folklore to contemporary urban legend. So, check the closet, make sure the skies are clear and delve in if you are ready to imagine the strange.

Adam Allsuch Boardman grew up in an exceptionally green part of the Yorkshire Dales in England and studied BA Illustration at Leeds Arts University. He is currently a freelance illustrator, doing jobs for national museum exhibits, educational publications and historic businesses.

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SINGLE MOTHERING

Anna Härmälä

Ages 18+ | 150 x 196mm | 168pp | £14.99 | Paperback Gel Spot UV

With acidic humour, true stories and brutal honesty, Anna Härmälä explores the ups and downs of single motherhood in this colourful, irreverent graphic novel.

After her partner suddenly leaves her, Mia finds herself alone, with the baby. She’s a single mother, and it seems like nobody will ever see her as anything else, and her eyebags are now permanent features of her face. As her daughter gets older, she finds herself passing through the different stages of single motherhood: wondering if she’ll ever meet anyone on a dating app who isn’t also a sad, single parent just wanting to be friends; wondering if she can start socialising again without people asking her why she’s not home with the baby; wondering if she can sit and watch TV without falling straight to sleep. Can Mia get over the hurdles of being a single mother without losing herself in the process?

Fans of Fleabag and irreverent comedy will love this debut non-fiction graphic novel from Finnish creator, Anna Härmälä, which gives us a glimpse into what it feels like to piece yourself back together and re-discover your identity when you’re running on less than an hour’s sleep a night and someone depends on you for survival.

Anna Härmälä studied art and visual communication in Finland and Norway, and has an MA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design. She has worked as the head of the Visual Arts department at Västra Nylands folkhögskola for ten years. She has published several picture books in Finland and Sweden, and her comics about single motherhood were picked up and featured in Guardian and various European newspapers.

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THE PLANET IN THE PICKLE JAR

"A gorgeously illustrated picture book about not judging people based on appearances, and how families can work together to help save the planet".

Rights sold: Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Vietnamese

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PLEASE DON’T BITE ME

"An engaging non-fiction for 5 year-olds, all about insects that bite, sting and buzz - quirky, passionate, slightly gross and, above all, humorous and fun!"

Rights sold: Chinese (Simplified), Danish, French

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THE ADVENTURES OF TEAM POM

"A laugh-out-loud comic series for young readers about three oddball friends from Queens, NYC; action packed, full of heart, and a strong message of kindness and inclusivity" .

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