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CATALOGUE SPRING 2017
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Beautiful Rita, Fatty Cat and the end of the world
Rita Bonita, Gato Gordo y el fin del mundo
Amaya Ascunce María Hesse
Format: 255 x 235 mm
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Pages: 32 Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-945616-4-1
Illustrator: María Hesse / Author: Amaya Ascunce
Beautiful Rita is a beautiful girl, but she hates being called like this. Her cat clearly eats a little too much, and the end of the world… or almost… seems the best adventure to be in during a Saturday evening. A cute and ironic story about kids imagination while playing. María Hesse is a well know Spanish illustrator whose last book is now in its 8th reprint in less than a year.
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Nowaday pirates
Format: 255 x 235 mm Pages: 32 Hardcover 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.
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Greta and her lost ear
Format: 255 x 235 mm Pages: 32 ESTE LIBRO MOLA TANTO QUE VAMOS POR LA
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Hardcover ISBN: 978-84-939905-6-5
Illustrator: Anna Grimal / Author: Marta Pallarès
Did you know that when you never listen to your 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.
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Illustrated jobs
Format: 255 x 235 mm Pages: 32 Hardcover 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.
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Frankfurt
Format: 255 x 235 mm Pages: 32 Hardcover 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.
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Mermaid words
Format: 255 x 235 mm Pages: 32 Hardcover 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: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover SOLD in french
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
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.
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Messy Art Story
Format: 290 x 300 mm Pages: 98 Hardcover
Illustrator: Brianda Frizt-James/ Author: Pedro Calleja - Plom Gallery Press
6 centuries of Art history 13 superpowerfull 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 among the art world through some of its most famous artists, full of surprises and inevitable educational.
Manual del Pintamonas
Format: 190 x 250 mm Pages: 60 Softcover 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 stressed 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 artists 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.
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 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.
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Format: 235 x 325 mm Mia Cassany Victor Medina
Pages: 40
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Illustrator: Victor Medina / Author: Mia Cassany
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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Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40
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Mia Cassany Paula Blumen
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ISBN: 978-84-945616-2-7
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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1920-2010 Décadas de Arte y Locura
Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40
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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…
Animal soul
Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 72 SOLD
in english, french and german
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 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.
Bon Voyage
Format: 235 x 325 mm Pages: 40 Hardcover
Illustrator: Luciano Lozano / Author: Mia Cassany
This book is an amazing journey through the streets of the world. Each of them absolutely full of its own personality. Join a family on this book pages and discover a big range of curiosities that the different streets of the glove can show the reader. Are you ready for an astonishing trip? Luciano Lozano is an extremely delicate illustrator who finds art and inspiration among the most everyday things and has the ability to turn them into eye-catching. He has books published by Sterling, Walker Books, Eerdmans, Solar, Rabem&Sjรถgren, Thames and Hudson...
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