Highlights for Scandinavia / De La Martinière Jeunesse

De La MartiniĂ¨re Jeunesse Shortlist for Scandinavia

2017

De La Martinière Jeunesse Recent translations and successes in Scandinavia ............................................................................. The Growing Heart series By Jo Witek and Christine Roussey In My Heart published in Sweden by Tukan Förlag and in Norway by Fortellerforlaget More than 1 million copies sold worldwide, in 15 languages

Flags of the World By Sylvie Bednar, Christelle Guénot, Anne Steinlein Finnish publisher: Nemo Already sold in 10 languages!

Who? When? How? By Hortense de Chabaneix, Jacques Azam, Martine Laffon Swedish publisher: Ordalaget Bokförlag AB

Opposites

Dinosaurs Expedition

By Bios Norvegian publisher: Sandviks AS

By Elisabeth de Lambilly, Rémi Saillard Swedish publisher:Berghs Förlag AB

Early years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4–7

Novelty & Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 – 13

Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 – 27

Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .

28 – 31

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LITTLE FOX IS NOT SCARED Sophie Ledesma April 6, 2017 200 x 200 mm – 44 pages, hardback with round corners – red viewing glass – €10.90 Rights sold: Italian, Simplified Chinese Go find out all the zany house monsters with Little Fox and his magic red torch! Selling Points:  An original, interactive, and educational way to learn to identify objects  Sophie Ledesma’s attractive graphic style and vivid colours  An entertaining system to play look and find!

A suspicious noise is keeping Little Fox awake. Is there a terrible wolf hiding in the house? The brave hero sets off to find it thanks to his magical torch. His room, the lounge, the kitchen, the bathroom, the attic, the garage, every room is searched, even the garden! Little Fox discovers a whole gallery of friendly monsters, all of them very busy: some are playing cards in the lounge, others are eating in the kitchen; some are having a bath... And finally, in his parents’ room, Little Fox finds the source of the suspicious noise. And it is no terrible wolf, but a snoring Daddy Fox!

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MY LITTLE GIFTS Jo Witek, ill. by Christine Roussey October 2017 256 x 256 mm - 30 pages - hardback with flaps to lift and diecuts on the cover - €15.50 A new lovely picture book with flaps to lift in the bestselling Growing Heart series about gifts, exchange and generosity.

Selling points: • A very gifty theme and format • The six previous picture books by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey have sold more than a million copies throughout the world!

« For my birthday, I’ve had many shiny gifts. At full speed, I tore, I creased and I unwrapped. A little suitcase, a bike for grown up, three illustrated books, a giant lollipop, a summer dress and a drawing, all messy. I gave mommy my hand. She offered me her smile. I smiled at the old man from the flowery house. He sent me a kiss with his hand. Then, I squeezed mommy’s hand. A bird flew away, and my heart did too ». In a style as tender and delicate as always, our heroine teaches a nice lesson of generosity and sharing. A picture book with gift-shaped flaps to open up on each page!

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ANATOMY Hélène Druvert October 6, 2016 250 x 360 mm - 48 pages - hardback with flaps and laser die cuts €22.00 Rights sold: Dutch, Italian, German, Spanish, Catalan, English (except for North America), Polish, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese A cutaway look inside the human body!

Selling points: • A large format novelty book which shows the inside of the body in volume

Here’s the human body as you’ve never seen it before. Clever cutouts explore every detail of the organs, systems and senses that make up this marvellous machine. Summary: The muscular system, the nervous system, the brain, the skeleton, the respiratory system, the lungs, the circulatory system, the heart, the digestive system, the urinary system, the sensory organs for the five senses (eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hand, feet), and the reproductive system.

• Clever cutouts explore every detail of the organs, systems and senses • Non-Fiction mention at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2017 • Hélène Druvert, won the Children’s Book award at the 2015 “Nuit du livre” awards for Paris Flies Away

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IN MY DOLL HOUSE Arnaud Roi, ill. by Lucile Placin August 17, 2017 Box: 380 x 260 mm / Book: 210 x 280 mm - paperback - 32 pages €17.90 This box set contains a fairy tale book, a pop-up house, and some figurines. The perfect opportunity to continue telling tales by playing with the dolls! Selling Points:  A perfect gift: a very attractive format and a high graphic and manufacturing quality  Tales from all over the world  An entertaining game: a pop-up house to build on your own and its little cardboard figurines  Lucile Placin’s joyful and poetic illustrations

“A little cat purring in a room, a steaming coffee pot on the stove… four adorable little dolls live in this wonderful house. And it’s up to the readers to listen to their stories and come up with new adventures! The set contains: 1 story book. From the doll that helps Vassillissa to escape the terrible witch Baba Yaga, to the doll that magically comes to life and bewitches a handsome prince, the book tells the stories of four little heroines. 1 pop-up house, over 20cm high. Bedroom, kitchen, dining room, lounge, veranda… it’s all there! 10 little figurines to play with, including the four dolls from the stories, all so impatient to be guided through new adventures by the readers. But that is not all! Turning the box upside down will reveal a new setting to add to the house: a garden with a lovely little pond and the neighbour’s adjacent wall!

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THE NUTCRACKER LITTLE THEATER Roxane-Marie Galliez, ill. by Hélène Druvert October 2, 2014 170 x 240 mm – 24 pages - hardback with die-cut layer scenes - €18.00 Rights sold: Japanese A soft and beautiful book with die-cut illustrations, to rediscover the Christmas story of the Nutcracker ballet.

Selling Points:  A beautiful Christmas gift  A new beautiful reason to discover or discover the timeless classic « The Nutcracker »

Under the most beautiful Christmas tree, Clara discovers a strange present her godfather has offered to her. It is a small nutcracker, in the shape of a very elegant prince. He cuts a fine figure with his red jacket and his black hat! Clara immediately adores him, but she has no idea he is going to take her into an enchanting adventure... With six wonderful illustrations made of die-cut paper: the Christmas tree, the toys, the snowy forest, the kingdom of delights, the dance of the sugar plum fairy, the sled: a truly enchanting book!

 Hélène Druvert, winner of a 2017 Bologna Ragazzi Award mention for ANATOMIE, translated into 10 languages By the same illustrator:

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LET’S EXPLORE THE VOLCANOS! Rémi Saillard, Elisabeth de Lambilly April 13, 2017 190 x 190 mm – 32 pages – hardcover - €7.50 Louis and Louise are two adventurous and curious children who want to know about everything. In this episode, they sail for a journey in the heart of volcanos.

Selling points: • Volcanos: an attractive and original topic • An adventure story combined with documentary contents, scientifically approved by Vulcania, the biggest regional natural parc of France and the biggest volcanic massif in Europe

Louis and Louise are spending their holidays in countryside. As they are admiring the hills, their mother tells them they are in fact… sleeping volcanos! How could a region looking so quiet hide such a history? Louis has’nt even had the time to finish his sentence that a little fellow, Pitoufeu, suddenly appears, coming out of nowhere, and offers to be their guide. The three of them go exploring volcanos and study them: how do they grow? What’s magma? And what are tectonic plates? How is an eruption triggered? What’s the difference between a grey and a red volcano? This funny journey is completed by a documentary section at the end of the book, explaining the notions that were brought up in the story. The young readers will get to know everything about volcanos!

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HOW DOES THIS GROW? Françoise de Guibert, ill. by Clémence Pollet February 4, 2016 190 x 200 mm – hardback – 96 pages – €13.50 Rights sold: Italian, Simplified Chinese Where do the fruit and vegetables in out plates come from?

Selling Points:  A wonderfully illustrated reference book to learn how fruit and vegetables grow  An informative content in a beautiful book

How and where does a pineapple grow? An avocado? Cabbage? A peanut? On a tree, under the ground, in a spectacular way or discreetly? A wonderful book to know all the secrets of fruit and vegetables you find at the market and supermarket. Each double page introduces a fruit or a vegetable on the left and the place where it grows on the right. For the pleasure of the curious and fond of healthy food readers.

 Two renowned and talented authors: Françoise de Guibert and Clémence Pollet In the same series: • •

Tell Me Where You Live Tell Me How My Body Works

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THE LIFE SIZE MUSEUM OF INSECTS François Lasserre, ill. by Anne de Angelis March 3, 2017 250 x 330 mm – 48 pages – hardback – €15.00 Rights sold: German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Italian Enter the fascinating world of the very small through this beautiful large format reference book!

Selling Points: • An elegant timeless book for the whole family

A museologist with a real passion for insects decides to gather his whole collection within a very personal museum. Species are listed, ranked by categories and ordered with such care, that the museum reflects the unusual outlook of our scientist on his beloved bugs. Time to meet the wingy and wingless, the eatable and uneatable, the disguised or the bribing ones!

• Stylish realistic illustrations • A fascinating theme for children • An entertaining text that makes this topic accessible to everybody

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ANIBONES Florence Guiraud October 1, 2015 240 x 285 mm – 168 pages – hardback – €19.90 Rights sold: German, Italian, Simplified Chinese An elegant lift-the-flap book to discover the inside of animals!

Selling Points:

A beautiful reference book in which you can learn fascinating information about 40 animals, with educational, poetic and humourous illustrations on the left page. On the right page, on a colourful background, beautiful paintings of animals, and under the flap, vintage style skeletons. A fascinating book and a true piece of art.

 A renowned illustrator, winner of a 2013 Bologna Ragazzi Award mention  A beautiful object  An original approach into an alltime great subject: animals

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SOLAR SYSTEM Anne Jankéliowitch, ill. by Annabelle Buxton March 4, 2017 300 x 210 mm – 48 pages – hardback with glow-in-the-dark ink – €14.95

Selling Points: • A playful glow-in-the-dark book • An entertaining text to discover our complex and inspiring universe • Rich colours and a smart layout that bring poetry and fantasy to this fascinating reference book

An amazing tool to learn more about our solar system at every age. How many planets make the solar system? How old is the sun? What is the Earth’s satellite ? Which planets can be called telluric? Thanks to phosphorescent spot ink, the reader will discover the planets, satellites and other celestial wonders.

In the same series: • Constellations • Little Animals of the Nigth

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THE ATLAS FOR CURIOUS CHILDREN Alain Dichant, ill. by Atelier Cartographik September 30, 2015 295 x 295 mm – 48 pages – hardback – 5 transparent PVC sheets – €16.90 Rights sold: Complex Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Dutch With this ingenious atlas, see the world from a new and fantastic point of view. Beautiful maps, quizzes, interesting figures and texts to see the bigger picture of the world! Selling Points: • A dynamic format and plenty of quizzes to make geography entertaining! • A beautiful illustration style and modern layout • Geography is not just about capital cities and river names, it also includes fascinating information about cultures!

What is a guayabera? Where can you eat sea cucumber soup? Each continent has its own distinctive features, and this atlas is here to help you discover them, in an entertaining way! Each continent is described in 3 double pages: • On the first double page, an introduction paragraph, a fact sheet, and a map give a detailed overview of the continent and its history. • The second double page has a culinary quiz, a true-or-false quiz on various subjects, and cultural information (traditional clothing, customs…). • The final double page contains fun charts full of statistics (schooling rates, life expectancy, etc.), all of it designed for enjoyable learning!

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MACHINES INSIDE Pascale Hedelin, ill. by Lou Rhin September 3, 2015 285x 312 - 40 pages – hardback - €14.90 Rights sold: Russian, simplified Chinese, Polish Learn all about the insides of legendary vehicles!

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Behind the scene: a book to learn the wings of legendary vehicles

From the Titanic to the Ariane rocket, this book uncovers transportation methods, old and new, showing us the insides of all sorts of vehicles. First from the outside, and then the inside layers, showing and explaining all the details and their functions. A fascinating trip through countries, techniques and history!

 A beautiful reference book in a large format  A young and talented illustrator, with a precise and graphic style

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THE GREAT NOVEL OF MY LITTLE LIFE Undecided Susie Morgenstern, ill. by Albertine January 7, 2016 140 x 205 mm – softcover – 176 pages – €12.90 Rights sold: Korean Bonnie Bonnet is 13 years old and she is in love. But the women in her family have always been unhappy in relationships and Bonnie wonders if she will be too. It is up to her but why is it so hard to make a decision? A tender and humorous illustrated diary.

Selling Points:  A sensitive, tender and funny text  Susie Morgenstern, an important French author in children’s literature  Richly illustrated by an internationally renowned illustrator

Bonnie lives in Paris in a tiny apartment with her divorced mom and her grandma. Life seems to her as something strange that she keeps questioning all the time. Should she cut her long hair or not? Eat with pleasure or keep her figure? Is Dorélie her real best friend? And why does her lovely grandma refuse to talk about her grandpa? And the more she asks questions, the less she can make a decision. When she falls in love with Carl, a classmate, she has to make little and big decisions: dress or jeans? Talk about love or talk about nothing? Her mother and grandma are not able to help her, she is on her own this time... And she has to spend several days with Carl as they have both been selected to participate in a writing contest!

In the same series:  Move your Butt!

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DIARY OF A PEST series Virginy L. Sam, ill. by Marianne Abesdris 140 x 205 mm – 224 pages – softcover - €11.90 Rights sold: Italian, Romanian, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil) How dull a well-behaved girl’s everyday life must be! Fan thinks the funniest things you can do are the forbidden ones.

Selling Points:  A girl doesn’t have to be either a wimpy dork, or a well-mannered swot. A girl can choose her own way of life: being a true pest!  Easy to read, filled with hilarious illustrations and a dynamic layout

Through her diary, she gives us plenty of tips to become a true little pest. If she was a polite girl, how could it be even possible to bear her little sister, her parents’ fads, her horrible French teacher...? Fan shows us that impertinence is not only a boy’s thing. She puts up resistance: she has deliberately decided to be a pest, a poison, a plague. And it is not as easy as it seems! So in her diary, Fan notes down all her tricks and tips, tested, approved, and illustrated...! When Tom Gates meets Nellie Olson, bursts of laughter guaranteed!

 A bestselling title: 3 months on the bestseller list!  English extract available

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Gothenburg Book Fair Rights Center, Table 58