CATALOGUE 2018-2019
Cover illustration © Zoología ilustrada 2018 by Van Berkhey
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JUNGLES Format: 275 x 355 mm Pages: 50 Hardcover Illustrator: Marcos Navarro / Author: Mia Cassany
Jungles is the first title of a series of books which are going to have both a powerful look and an incredible content. The reader will learn about many different jungles around the globe and discover at the same time a handful of hidden animals and surprises on each spread. This book is crammed full of details in its text as well as in the drawings. Marcos Navarro is an awesome artist with an innovative style, which we believe will be the trend. He knows exactly how to have fun with colours and how to make readers feel his drawings are unique.
OCEANS Format: 275 x 355 mm Pages: 50 Hardcover Illustrator: Marcos Navarro / Author: Mia Cassany
Oceans is the second title belonging to the Eagle Eye series after the huge success of Jungles published in 9 languages. Mirroring its predecessor, this beautifully illustrated book is jam-packed with animals and vivid colours that will take you on a marvellous journey around the oceans of the world. Dive into these waters and meet its extraordinary inhabitants; starting from the Pacific Ocean and ending in the icy Arctic landscape.
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ILLUSTRATED ZOOLOGY Format: 250 x 360 mm Pages: 48 Hardcover Includes 10 unique pull-out posters Illustrator: Van Berkhey / Author: MÂŞ Carmen Soria
Discover the wonderful world of the naturalist Johannes Le Francq van Berkhey (1729-1812). A unique collection of beautiful illustrations never published before rescued from the archive of the National Museum of Natural Sciences of Madrid. It features 300 original illustrations selected out of 6,000 images of animals and insects the Dutch collected throughout his life. Treat yourself exploring this treasure and learning about amazing species: from the tiniest beetle to the most magnificent bird.
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ILLUSTRATED TRIBUTE
EXTINCT Format: 275 x 355 mm Pages: 50 Hardcover Illustrator: Jack Tite / Author: Lucas Riera
When children think of extinct animals the first image that comes to their minds are dinosaurs, right? Over the past few years, we have experienced an accelerated pace of wildlife extinction, hence why this book is an illustrated tribute to these animals that have recently disappeared. This book is created to raise awareness of the recent animal extinction from a beautiful and engaging perspective - wonderful illustrations supported by interesting facts and anecdotes relevant to these creatures that you may or may not know they do not exist anymore. This title opens the Illustrated Tribute series. This book is illustrated by the British talented Jack Tite, graduated from De Montfort University with a First-class BA Hons in graphic design and illustration. He is the author of the successful Mega Meltdown published by Big Picture Press.
ILLUSTRATED TRIBUTE
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STREETS OF MY LIFE Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Illustrator: AgustĂ Sousa / Author: Mia Cassany
This book is an amazing journey through the streets of the world. Each of them infused with their own personality. Discover a wide range of curiosities that the different streets of the globe can show the reader. Are you ready for an astonishing trip? AgustĂ Sousa is an artist with a personal and sharp style. His drawings are easily recognizable and he has the surprising ability to hypnotize with millions of details on his pages.
AROUND THE WORLD
AROUND THE WORLD
FIESTA! Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Illustrator: Alex Omist / Author: Mia Cassany
Come and indulge yourself with some of the most wonderful festivities around the globe. Discover 16 celebrations full of colour and joy that bring together families, communities and, by extension, the world. You will walk the streets of Taiwan to see a breath-taking display of lanterns lighting up the sky carrying prayers and wishes from the locals; and you will also travel to New York to experience New Year’s Eve’s celebration when the sky becomes a canvas full of colour with a mind-blowing firework display. If you have a festive spirit and you are curious about celebrations around the streets of the world, come and join the party with your loved ones – pets are also welcome! Alex Omist is an amazing artist and the illustrator behind the huge success of Inspector Cito books translated in more than 10 languages, among other illustrated titles.
AROUND THE WORLD
AROUND THE WORLD
BAZAARS
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Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover
Illustrator: Beatriz Castro / Author: Mia Cassany
What do all cities and towns in the world have in common? From the crowed and busy New York to the smallest village in the Arctic, they all have markets. Big, huge or small bazaars, they are all full of shops and products. In some bazaars you can find the most beautiful flowers in the country, in others you can buy fresh fish to cook delicious sushi, look for the best Christmas present or even buy a sandwich inside the sea... We invite you to travel around the world discovering its amazing and boisterous bazaars. Beatriz Castro is one of these illustrators who are able to make people, objects and animals so cute you really want them to become real and take them home. She knows how to create the most exquisite atmospheres. She has published several books in Spain.
AROUND THE WORLD
AROUND THE WORLD
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HOUSES Mia Cassany Paula Blumen
Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover
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ISBN: 978-84-945616-2-7
Illustrator: Paula Blume / Author: Mia Cassany
Cities and their houses are like kids in a school playground: each of them is unique. 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 but with the feeling that they make you feel when you go in. A feeling which is a mixture of the house, the guests and the 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.
AROUND THE WORLD
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HARBORS Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945616-8-9 Victor Medina
We think that harbors 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 harbors 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.
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FLOWERLAND Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Illustrator: Luciano Lozano / Author: Mia Cassany
Flowerland is an incredible book about amazing flowers. The reader will travel to 16 different locations around the world learning about beautiful flowers full of local colour. The text will provide the reader with many information related to flowers, when and how they grow, the meaning of the flower and some other interesting facts about them. Luciano Lozano is a well-known artist. He is an extremely delicate illustrator who finds art and inspiration among the most mundane things and has the ability to turn them into eye-catching drawings. His books have been published by Sterling, Walker Books, Eerdmans, Solar, Rabem&Sjรถgren, Thames and Hudson...
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TOTEM Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-948319-0-4 Illustrator: Nacho Eterno / Author: Mia Cassany
This book is a voyage through the main animals in each of the most renowned cultures in history and the legends and stories that surround them. It gathers, for the first time, a wide summary of the animals that have played a main role in the history of men and women. Everlasting animals and symbols that have many secrets to explain...
Nacho Eterno is a multifaceted artist with a strong style that can catch both the adult and children’s attention. He has worked for the NY Times several times.
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ATLAS OF THE NON-EXISTING PLACES Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover 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 made up lands where one would like to travel to‌
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ANIMAL KIND Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 72 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945616-6-5 Author and Illustrator Pablo Salvaje
Alma animal is the book that we’d always wanted to have in our shelves; so we had to create it. More than 250 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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FULL UP Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover 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 fan 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 entertaining activities, games and questions to maximize 6 of the most important children’s mental abilities.
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THE BIG BOOK OF EVERYTHING Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Illustrator: Maria Suarez-Inclán / Author: Mia Cassany
What does knolling mean? According to Wikipedia, “knolling is the process of arranging related objects in parallel or 90-degree angles as a method of organization.” Over the past few years many artists have based their photos or projects on this technique and it is obvious that knolling has become a fashion term and a super common practice on blogs, instagram and among influencers. And we are absolutely in love with knolling! Maria Suarez Inclan is a Spanish illustrator based in London, where she works as a graphic designer in an advertising agency. Her way of using colours and selecting great elements is what make her drawings trendy and rabidly cool.
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THE SUPERPOWERS OF ART Format: 253 x 273 mm Pages: 68 Hardcover Illustrator: Brianda Frizt-James/ Author: Pedro Calleja - Plom Gallery Press
6 centuries of art history 13 superpowerful painters 2 iconoclastic villains and an adventure with jumps over time Games, illustrations and 13 different adventures to make the little readers discover the big artist they have inside. A messy route around the art world through some of its most famous artists, full of surprises and inevitably educational.
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(NOT) ORDINARY PEOPLE Format: 234 x 254 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Author: Mikel Casal
After the big success of his first book, Frankfurt, Mikel Casal goes one step forward creating the most ordinary and, at the same time, special book ever. This book is about the people that we see or meet every day, common people with their daily routines... but if you look closely, if you are able to get to know them better, you will discover that each of them has something magical that makes them unique. Mikel Casal was the best non-fiction illustrator in the Bologna Fair 2016 and he was awarded the Euskadi Award of Illustration 2016.
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Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945616-0-3
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…
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PICTURE BOOKS CHARACTERISTICS: FORMAT: 255 X 235 mm PAGES: 32 HARDCOVER MERMAID WORDS Illustrator: Esther Gili / Author: Mia Cassany
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Illustrator: Anna Grimal / Author: Marta Pallarès
Illustrator: Mikel Casal / Author: Mia Cassany
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Rita Bonita, Gato Gordo
Amaya Ascunce María Hesse
y el fin del mundo
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BEAUTIFUL RITA, FATTY CAT AND THE END OF THE WORLD
ILLUSTRATED JOBS Illustrator: Elisa Munsó / Author: Mia Cassany
Illustrator: María Hesse / Author: Amaya Ascunce
NOWADAY PIRATES Illustrator: Patricia Geis / Author: Mia Cassany
MANUAL DEL PINTAMONAS Illustrator: Asis Percales/ Author: Mia Cassany
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