Early Reading Stories by Cornelia Funke: A fantastic entry to the world of stories!

FUNKE FOR FIRST READERS!

EARLY READING / 7+

FROM BEACHES TO DRAGONS EARLY READING WITH CORNELIA FUNKE •

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Germany‘s most successful author Cornelia Funke Previously part of the successful Reading Lion series With colourful illustrations throughout each book Perfect for boys and girls who start to read

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Rights sold (selected titles): Chinese (simplified), English (UK), Romanian, Turkish

FUNKE FOR FIRST READERS!

EARLY READING / 7+ KNIGHT, SWORD AND DRAGON‘S BLOOD 64 pages, colourful illustrations by Elisabeth Holzhausen

Roland, Knight of the Moldy Boulder, is petrified: There is a sea serpent in the moat!

Bella, the Beautiful Princess, has enough of all the Handsome Knights jousting to be kissed, and the Poor Knight wants nothing more than to fight! But that’s not an easy task when the Dragon is on strike….

Rights sold: Romanian, Turkish

SECRET HIDEOUTS AND GHOST LESSONS 64 pages, colourful illustrations by Elisabeth Holzhausen

Have you ever heard about the book eater?

No? Then it’s about time! Because this furry being continuously scarfs wonderful stories.

Especially if they smell of adventure and ghosts, tension and mysteries… just like these five stories by Cornelia Funke.

Rights sold: Turkish

CATS, DOGS, CHEEKY GOATS 64 pages, colourful illustrations by Elisabeth Holzhausen

How would you feel, going round and round, for ever and ever, inside the circus tent?

Bella the lady elephant has had enough! So at the first opportunity, she sets out for town. Tiger the dog has had enough too: A cat has moved into his home!

Rights sold: Chinese (simplified), Romanian,Turkish

DRAGON‘S SPOOK AND SCARY MONSTER 64 pages, colourful illustrations by Elisabeth Holzhausen

A real monster that sits in the fridge and eats everything inside it? Leo finds this hard to take in. There’s a nasty monster on the ghost train, too. Up in the mountains, there are monsters that can even swallow an entire class and its school bus. The school children must think of something quickly!

That’s why they start singing so horribly that the monster will feel really ill…

Rights sold: Chinese (simplified) English (UK), Turkish

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FUNKE FOR FIRST READERS!

EARLY READING / 7+ SUN, SAND AND LOTS OF SEA 64 pages, colourful illustrations by Elisabeth Holzhausen

Beach vacations are the best – there is just so much to do! Ben has discovered lots of exciting stuff but he is especially proud of one item. Jule also finds something wonderful: the very best friend she has always dreamed of. Jo however is thoroughly surprised by three little dwellers that live in his sand castle…

Rights sold: Chinese (simplified), English (UK), Romanian, Turkish

ALMA THE WITCH CASTS HERSELF

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48 pages, colourful illustrations by Naeko Ishida

Little Witch Alma wants to cook a yummy soup with toad and goat. But the potatoes are way too tiny. So Alma starts to work her magic – and suddenly everything goes wrong.. Alma is teeny-tiny small! And what she needs for the counterspell is cat hair, of all things. And that’s a big problem for Alma because she is the only witch who’s afraid of cats!

Rights sold: Rumanian

THE MOONSHINE DRAGON 64 pages, colourful illustrations by Cornelia Funke

Did you ever hear of moonshine magic?

No? Neither did Philipp. But one night a mean white knight chases a poor dragon through Philipp’s room. But this is not yet the end of the strange events of this moonshine night. Suddenly, Philipp is small like a thumb and together with the dragon he has to find a good hide-out, because the furious knight is now chasing the two of them.

THE BEWITCHED CLASSROOM 40 pages, colourful illustrations by Elisabeth Holzhausen and Cornelia Funke

Aww, what’s this? The pupils in form 2b can’t believe their eyes! Inga, the new class mate, brings her elephant to the class room. And that’s not about all. Suddenly, hippos are flying through the air and the chalk writes on its own. Could Inga really be a witch?

Rights sold: Finnish, Turkish

Rights sold: English (UK), Turkish

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