Mosquito Books catalogue 2019

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CATALOGUE BOLOGNA 2019

Cover illustration © Extinct 2019 by Jack Tite


TONS OR ALONE Format: 275 x 355 mm Pages: 48 Hardcover Illustrator: Tània García / Author: Mia Cassany

Nature never stops surprising us with its contrasts. Some animals live their entire life almost alone, just joining others from its same species when having babies, or taking care of them. Other animals are just the opposite, they can just live in very big groups. This amazing book, starting the series Tons or Alone, will provide the reader with this weird and surprising feeling of being alone or surrounded by hundreds, showing how some animals live their entire live is such a strong loneliness while others can not live apart from their big families. Tània García is a cool illustrator who knows how to use colors to create great and unique landscapes. She is also an art teacher and a designer in Barcelona. This is her first book.





ANTARCTICA

The wonder continent Format: 275 x 355 mm Pages: 48 Hardcover Illustrator: Raquel Martín / Author: Mario Cuesta Hernando

We are now celebrating 200 years from the discovery of the only continent on Earth that isn’t inhabited. Antarctica is the remote area in which the rest of the continents agreed not to exploit. Antarctica is also the continent, which has the most astonishing records: it is where the wind can blow the fastest (300 km/h), it is where we have more extreme cold (sometimes the thermometers can reach temperatures below -90ºC), and also, where the ice is thicker (some icebergs can be more than 4 km long). Go on board now! Destination: the only virgin continent on Earth! One unique and unforgettable expedition! Mario Cuesta Hernando is a journalist and scriptwriter of many different programs related with adventure and nature. He has traveled to Antarctica on board of the Spain Army Vessel. Raquel Martín is an amazing artist based in Menorca. She has just published a beautiful book about María Montessori.





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HIDDEN ANIMALS Format: 22 x 22 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Illustrator: Albert Corberรณ / Author: Mia Cassany

For the first time, in Mosquito Books we publish a book designed for the little ones. With this title, we would like to start a series of books specially created for kids aged 2 and up. It would join both, a nice and cute game of finding some hidden animals and the always important learning content, making sure the young kids get to know surprising curiosities about different animals. Albert Corberรณ is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Barcelona, who stands out for his vintage and cool 70 and 80 style. His treatment of the color and shapes makes his art unique and worthy.





ILLUSTRATED TRIBUTE

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German and French

EXTINCT Format: 275 x 355 mm Pages: 48 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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French, German, Italian,

Chinese and Korean

OCEANS Format: 275 x 355 mm Pages: 48 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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French, German,

Chinese, Italian, Dutch and Korean

JUNGLES Format: 275 x 355 mm Pages: 48 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.





Van Berkhey

SOLD in French and Chinese

ILLUSTRATED ZOOLOGY Format: 250 x 360 mm Pages: 48 Hardcover Includes 10 unique pull-out posters Illustrator: Van Berkhey / Author: MÂŞ Carmen Soria

Co-edition with National Museum of Natural History (CSIC)

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. All texts have been reviewed and approved by some of the National Museum of Natural History best experts.

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Van Berkhey




AROUND THE WORLD

UNUSUAL HOMES Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Illustrator: Paula Blumen / Author: Mia Cassany

Sometimes we tend to believe that all families live in the same places and in the same way than our family does. But this is not true at all! Some kids and their families live in incredible places, in funny, cool or weird homes, some of them really extraordinary like a lighthouse or a wooden cabin in the forest. Wouldn’t this be cool? In this book the reader will discover some unusual homes and different ways of living, which make the planet where we live in much richer and nicer! Paula Blumen is the illustrator from Home Sweet Home, one of our first books, that has been published in English, French and Chinese.


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AROUND THE WORLD

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in Chinese

¡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

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in Korean

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




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in English and German

THE BIG BOOK OF EVERYTHING Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover Illustrator: Maria Suarez-InclĂĄn / Author: Mia Cassany

We selected 12 amazing jobs (the most common and attractive for children) and we have represented them, not using people, just objects and material used in this profession. The way in which the reader gets the information is original and different from the rest of the jobs books. We believe that it is a clever way to go towards a great and big topic from children’s books and give it a twist by presenting it in an up-to-now or modern language, that kids will be identify with. The book will have 3 pages at the end in which the different characters/ professionals of each job will appear in a funny game. It will also have some visual games on it, guided by the text. 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.





AROUND THE WORLD

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in English, German, Chinese and Ukrainian

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

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in English,

French and Chinese

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




AROUND THE WORLD SOLD

in English, French, German, Ukrainian and Chinese

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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in English French and German

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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in English,

French, German, Chinese, Italian and Korean

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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in English, French, German and Chinese

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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French

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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English and German

(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.





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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in English and German

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.





Picture Books serie

PICTURE BOOKS CHARACTERISTICS: FORMAT: 255 X 235 mm PAGES: 32 HARDCOVER MERMAID WORDS Illustrator: Esther Gili / Author: Mia Cassany

GRETA AND HER LOST EAR

FRANKFURT

Illustrator: Anna Grimal / Author: Marta Pallarès

Illustrator: Mikel Casal / Author: Mia Cassany

SOLD

in Korean, Chinese simple

and Chinese complexe

SOLD

in English and French


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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