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CATALOGUE 2016 - 2017
·M · We love paper. We are drawn to beautiful things. We read, write and draw whatever we feel like. We smell books, even ones that aren’t old. We’re crazy about bookshops and libraries. If it has talent, we publish it. Our books are for children... are they?... that’s up to you
Nowaday pirates
Format: 250 x 230 mm Pages: 32 Hard cover ISBN: 978-84-939905-7-2
Illustrator: Patricia Geis / Author: Mia Cassany
Ahoy! It is super easy to become a great pirate nowadays! With mobiles and cool trainers, modern pirates have lots of fun for sure! Arrrrrr! Patricia Geis is one of the most well-known illustrators in our country and in this book she offers her tender drawing to show the differences between traditional and modern pirates.
Greta and her lost ear
Format: 250 x 230 mm Pages: 32 Hard cover ISBN: 978-84-939905-6-5
Illustrator: Anna Grimal / Author: Marta Pallarès
Did you know that when you never listen to you parents, friends or teachers your ears start getting bored and they just go away? Greta didn’t know that, but suddenly, one morning‌ Anna Grimal is a young and promising illustrator who collaborates with the most important newspapers in our country thanks to her fresh, Mediterranean and personal art.
Illustrated jobs
Format: 250 x 230 mm Pages: 32 Hard cover ISBN: 978-84-945556-1-9
Illustrator: Elisa Munsó / Author: Mia Cassany
Sometimes I ask myself what I should do when I grow up… It is hard to find an answer because some days I want to be in the water, other days I prefer to visit the stars… A beautiful book with a clear vintage look drawn by Elisa Munsó, an illustrator, graphic designer, gallery owner and creator of one of the most distinctive styles in Barcelona.
Frankfurt
Format: 250 x 230 mm Pages: 32 Hard cover ISBN: 978-84-939905-9-6
Illustrator: Mikel Casal / Author: Mia Cassany
Frankfurt is a nice dog with an undeniable and impeccable style. He could live perfectly in peace if it wasn’t for one horrible word… but do not worry… everything has a solution and this one was just in front of our snouts. Mikel Casal was the best non-fiction illustrator in the Bologna Fair 2016 and he was awarded the Euskadi Award of Illustration 2016.
Mermaid words
Format: 250 x 230 mm Pages: 32 Hard cover ISBN: 978-84-945556-8-8
Illustrator: Esther Gili / Author: Mia Cassany
Where do the words that we have forgotten go? It is clear that they are not on the tip of the tongue, so then? Discover, together with Vilma, the amazing story of the forgotten words and who is in charge of taking care of them. Esther Gili is one of the most popular names in illustration in Spain; her last book, Encantadas, was an absolute sales success.
Atlas of the non-existing places
Format: 230 x 320 mm Pages: 40 Hard cover ISBN: 978-84-945556-3-3
Illustrator: Ana de Lima / Author: Mia Cassany
Travelling to the most faraway places, enchanted islands or wonderful depths‌ This is an electrifying and delicate atlas that travels through dreams to the most beautiful places. Ana de Lima is an oneiric artist that knows how to create and make up lands where one would like to travel to‌
Manual del Pintamonas
Format: 190 x 250 mm Pages: 60 Soft cover ISBN: 978-84-945556-7-1
Illustrator: Asis Percales/ Author: Mia Cassany
One of the most funny books in our catalogue. Modern and street art get together in the pages of this activity and coloring book to make stress minds relax. In the pages of this books you will for sure get away from routines and bad vibes. With great humor and strong illustrations Asis Percales is one of the most growing artist in Barcelona. With a personal and powerful style many of the most important brands are working with him and he will be the one covering our life with humor and art.
Non fiction project Little but with big ideas, we only have two rules: an extreme care of our aesthetic criteria and high quality illustrated books. From here on, we have decided to debunk some clichĂŠs. If we spot talent and art, we feel that we have to share it. We want to move you and, since we are pathologically restless, we create books for curious and creative minds.
Don’t let us tell you the entire story. Become the author. Imagine and create stories for our pages. Play with your imagination and reach as far as you’d like.
Beauty is not trivial. We are strongly committed to beautiful things. Art, look and style for all ages. Everyday things are the most extraordinary ones.
We are colour and drawing lovers.
We like turning normal things into amazing experiences that can make us travel around the word. Disorganization is not chaos. Chaos can only be managed by a genius. Open our books on any page. Put the book aside for a while and discover it again. Re-read them again and again.
The four corners of the globe are our white pages.
Full up
Format: 230 x 320 mm Pages: 40 Hard cover ISBN: 978-84-945556-5-7
Illustrator: Miguel Bustos / Author: Mia Cassany
A great book about a little boy willing to find love everywhere who ends up finding friendship. It is not going to be easy to go through the pages of this book quickly. Miguel Bustos, is a big fun of motley spaces. He fills everyday places with funny and original characters. This book is full up in all its meanings, it is crammed with characters, activities, humour, art and stories on every page. It is finished using two-colour printing techniques. A daring book that will make you want to open it again and again. With more than 470 funny activities, games and questions to maximize 6 of the most important children’s mental abilities.
Harbours
Format: 230 x 320 mm Pages: 40 Hard cover
Illustrator: Victor Medina / Author: Mia Cassany
We think that harbours are the great unknown in each city; they go unnoticed in front of big monuments, famous squares or elegant streets. But we have fallen in love with harbours and we think that they are as amazing as the most renowned museums. They are true giants full of adventure, movement and unbelievable stories. In this book, we invite you to travel around the globe jumping from harbour to harbour, from the tinniest ones to the most enormous and extraordinary ones‌ Victor Medina has a great 50’s art, which combines the finest drawings with an amazing use of colour to create this personal and eye-catching style.
Houses
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Illustrator: Paula Blume / Author: Mia Cassany
As in a school playground, where every kid is one-off/unique, the same happens to the cities and their houses. Each house has its own personality, unrepeatable and different from the rest. They have a soul, which has nothing to do with their style, their size or their luxury… it is the feeling that they make you feel when you go in... created by their guests or environment. Take a walk around the four corners of the world through the most amazing, incredible and astonishing homes. Paula Blume is an extremely delicate illustrator, who walks through streets catching the houses’ souls. She is a true house lover.
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Crazy years
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Illustrator: Gonzalo Muiño / Author: Mia Cassany
This book is a visual journey through the great decades of the twentieth century. On its astonishing pages, while being delighted by its dreamy drawings, you can find references to art, history, cinema, fashion, music or celebrities. You can dive as deep as you’d like. You can investigate or learn as much as you feel like… or you can just enjoy a visual trip around the different decades. Gonzalo Muiño is a fashion expert, with an incredible subtlety and ability to put together all the references in one decade in an amazing poster… and he can even make this look easy…
The ultimate guide
The ultimate guide To
get to know adults
To get to know adults
Mia Cassany Yime
Format: 230 x 320 mm Pages: 40
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Illustrator: Yime / Author: Mia Cassany
In this funny book we are launching the ultimate guide to understand humans. What are they like? Where do they live? What do they eat? Or, with whom do they live? It is a big book, full of ironic drawings, that wants to show everyone from everywhere and everything. Yime is Great is one of the latter-day illustrators, with a modern, street but also tender way of drawing.
Alma animal
Format: 230 x 320 mm Hard cover
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Illustrator: Pablo Salvaje / Author: Mia Cassany
Alma animal is the book that we’d always wanted to have in our shelves; so we had to create it. More than 150 different animal species, grouped in the most poetic way, telling the most surprising animal curiosities. Each animal is a handmade stamp, done one by one and ink stamped with extreme delicacy. A unique book in the world, crammed with animals and overflowing with soul. A delightful publication created by the well-known stamp artist Pablo Salvaje. He has turned this book into a handmade carved jewel.
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