Foreign rights 2016 frankfurt

Foreign Rights Guide

Update Autumn 2016

NEW Educational

Books and Games

Is this a cat? Guido Van Genechten

An incredibly popular folding page – or leporello – for curious toddlers. The sturdy, laminated page will work well with tiny hands and will allow children to discover the beautifully drawn animals over and over again.

by Guido Van GenechtenAge: 6 months +One folding page with 5 panels + caseLaminatedSize: 125 x 220 mm

Rights sold: France, Spain, Portugal, China, Argentina

A dog that says oink? Guido Van Genechten

A fun and playful lift-the-flap picture book for toddlers. The text introduces concepts such as ‘big’ and ‘small’ and teaches children about animals and colours. The cheerful and colourful drawings challenge the child to question what it sees – and find answers!

by Guido Van GenechtenAge: 18 months +8 pages with 4 double flapsBoardSize: 175 x 175 mm

Rights sold: France, China, Italy

Flip Flap Peek-a-boo!Guido Van Genechten

Questions and answers, challenges and discoveries, learning and playing in a beautiful board book. Nothing is what it seemed before and children will be challenged to find out who is behind all the misleading flaps!

by Guido Van Genechten12 months +8 pages with 5 large flaps eachBoardSize 325 x 185 mm

Rights sold: France, Spain, Portugal, China, Argentina

With surprising flaps.You’ll never know what’s coming.

Find the toucan, the elephant, the chameleon and the crocodile ... Oh look, there he is.

These three exciting children’s books introduce some important, but challenging concepts in a child’s life. Fears, wishes and (in)abilities can cause many difficult moments within themselves and with other people. Understanding themselves and being able to express their feelings is therefore an important step in growing up.

by Luk Depondt & Guido Van GenechtenAge: 2 years +Each book has 32 pages

Hardcover - 245 x 338 mm Board Book - 150 x 150 mm

All Rights Available

Clown dares … Guido Van Genechten & Luk Depondt

Ghost wants... Guido Van Genechten & Luk Depondt

Snowman is able to … Guido Van Genechten & Luk Depondt

Clown is very brave. He even dares to go into the dark woods on his own! But the staring eyes in the circus tent … he does not dare to meet them. Luckilywe can meet them together, you and me.

Clown dares … teaches children to understand and to express their fears.

This sweet little ghost wants to do so many things, like dressing up or playing with the children. But they are all scared … Luckily I want to play with him!

Ghost wants … teaches children to understand and to express their wishes.

Snowman can do lots of things. He can even stand on his head! But snowman can also melt … Luckily I can build a new one!

Snowman is able to … teaches children to understand and to express their (in)abilities.

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Guido Van Genechten

Guido Van Genechten

ALSO AVAILABLE AS A BOARD BOOK

ALSO AVAILABLE AS A BOARD BOOK

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Colourgnomes &LettergnomesEmy Geyskens & Emilie Timmermans

The Colourgnomes teaches children about colours with funny rhymes, colourful images and secret things to find.

The Lettergnomes. They teach children about different letters and words with little poetic pieces about every letter of the alphabet.

by Emy Geyskens, Juliëtte Rosenkamp & Emilie TimmermansAge: 2 years +32 p. Hardcover Size: 250 x 320 mm


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by Peter Bajo & Nynke TalsmaAll agesEach book has 32 pagesHardcoverSize: 265 x 265 mm


An unforgettable night &The parable of the talentsPeter Bajo & Nynke Talsma

This beautifully illustrated story is accessible and enjoyable for people of all ages and tells the true story of the birth of Jesus Christ. Greatly appreciated by people of different backgrounds and a popular gift around Christmas time.

The real Christmas story

The parable of the talents is a widely known story, but only now has it been told and illustrated so beautifully. A parable from the Bible, but made accessible and enjoyable for the children and adults of today.

The real story from the bible.

by Emy Geyskens & Sanne MiltenburgAll agesHardcover - 32 pagesSize: 200 x 270 mm


by Emy Geyskens, Kolet Janssen & Sanne MiltenburgAll agesHardcover - 32 pagesSize: 200 x 270 mm


To the City Emy Geyskens & Sanne Miltenburg

Two friendsEmy Geyskens & Kolet Janssen Sanne Miltenburg

LETS TALK ABOUT...

This book illustrates the differences between city life, and life in the country. Miles, a village-boy goes to a sleepover with his cousin, and best friend Divine. She just got a new big bedroom and he’s interested in seeing how she lives in the big city.

This book illustrates the differences between two families. One is a regular, working family, the other lives in poverty. They are best friends, but their backgrounds are very much different.

Will the friendschip prevail?

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by Emy Geyskens, Kolet Janssen & Aleksandra KrawcyckaAll agesHardcover - 32 pagesSize: 200 x 270 mm


by Emy Geyskens, Kolet Janssen & Sanne MiltenburgAll agesHardcover - 32 pagesSize: 200 x 270 mm


a way to tackle difficult subjects for small children.

Emma wants a baby brotherEmy Geyskens & Kolet Janssen Aleksandra Krawcycka

Allergy-championEmy Geyskens & Sanne Miltenburg

Emma would like to have a brother, very much! But she has to wait very very long for it. And when Mommy and dad-dy have to go to the hospital often, she starts to ask ques-tions!

Kids seem -more than before- victim of all sorts of allergies. Gluten, lactose, Pollen ...

This book explains to kids why some of their friends can’t eat everything, or why they have to sneeze all the time!

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Manon at riding schoolNico de Braeckeleer & Frieda van Raevels

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by Nico De Braeckeleer & Frieda van RaevelsAge: 7 years +All books have 128 pages4 colour printHardcoverSize: 145 x 220 mm

All rights available

Horse PrincessManon is passionate about horses. They say she even has a ‘special gift’ to handle them. But when her single dad had to make a piece for the local newspaper about the riding school, he meets her teacher Saskia, and Manon will need another ‘magical gift’ to bring them together.

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A super GIRLY series about friends and horses!

Exciting new project!We can show you more

in september.

Middle grade8 years and up!

or down!!!

The Treasure of the Black Mummy

The Phantom of the Junk

The Milkshake Vampires

Soccer Zombies

The adventures ofCarlo CabanaBjorn Van den Eynde

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by Björn Van den EyndeAge: 9 years +all books have 128 pagesHardcoverSize: 140 x 200 mm

Rights sold: Poland

The Phantom of the Junk

The Gooey Jellyfish Gang

A Grilled Dinosaur Drumstick

A Grilled Dinosaur DrumstickCarlo and his friends are having a nice vacation, when their camping site is disturbed by a gigantic dinosaur! They decide not to let it ruin their trip.

The Milkshake VampiresThe four friends sink their teeth into the legend of the Milkshake Vampires that feed on Strawberry Milkshake. Meanwhile Catrina falls in love with a very special boy!

Soccer ZombiesCarlo needs to find the pineapple milk that is hidden in the Zombie Soccercup, a problem that is hard to tackle ...

The Treasure of the Black Mummy (full English available)

Clumsy superhero Carlo hears about a missing archeologist and decides he needs to go and rescue her …

The Phanthom of the JunkCarlo and his friends find a mysterious lamp, but when they quarrel over who gets to keep it, one of them disappears …

The Gooey Jellyfish GangWhen a mysterious gooey gang robs several jewellers, Carlo grabs his chance to prove to his crush that he is a real superhero ...

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The best of both worlds:great story meets

full-page (& hilarious) comics!

All pages have enhanced typography, which encourages slow readers to read the whole story! An interesting event on every turn of the page.

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HOOFDSTUK 12

Wat een rommelmens!

De hotelkamer van Indiana Joanna lag

verschrikkelijk overhoop. Het leek wel alsof er

een tornado doorheen was geraasd. Een

stortplaats! Een vuilnisbelt!

Overal lagen oude boeken, kaarten en

foto’s. Ook haar koffer lag geopend op de grond,

met de inhoud verspreid over de vloer.

‘Wat is hier gebeurd?’ schrok Bo.

‘Geen idee. Blijkbaar zat iemand Indiana Joanna op

de hielen’, zei ik. ‘Waarom zou anders haar kamer

overhoop zijn gehaald?’

‘Zouden het de Zwarte Mummies geweest zijn?’

vroeg Catrina met bevende stem. ‘Omdat Joanna

op zoek was naar de schat?’

‘Geen idee. Maar we moeten ergens een aanwijzing

kunnen vinden.’

Emanuel was met een gigantisch ruime voorsprong

de SlEchTste detective van ons allemaal.

Hij bedacht de meest vergezochte theorieën en zat

er altijd mijlenver naast!

The adventures ofCarlo Cabana

With full pages in comic book style, seamlessly inserted into the story, so readers don’t have to read the same scene twice.

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50 pictures per book

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HOOFDSTUK 12

Wat een rommelmens!

De hotelkamer van Indiana Joanna lag

verschrikkelijk overhoop. Het leek wel alsof er

een tornado doorheen was geraasd. Een

stortplaats! Een vuilnisbelt!

Overal lagen oude boeken, kaarten en

foto’s. Ook haar koffer lag geopend op de grond,

met de inhoud verspreid over de vloer.

‘Wat is hier gebeurd?’ schrok Bo.

‘Geen idee. Blijkbaar zat iemand Indiana Joanna op

de hielen’, zei ik. ‘Waarom zou anders haar kamer

overhoop zijn gehaald?’

‘Zouden het de Zwarte Mummies geweest zijn?’

vroeg Catrina met bevende stem. ‘Omdat Joanna

op zoek was naar de schat?’

‘Geen idee. Maar we moeten ergens een aanwijzing

kunnen vinden.’

Emanuel was met een gigantisch ruime voorsprong

de SlEchTste detective van ons allemaal.

Hij bedacht de meest vergezochte theorieën en zat

er altijd mijlenver naast!

Carlo Cabana and his friends are the kids you will find in every classroom. Or so it seems … They are so ordinary that every kid can relate to them, but so out of the ordinary that they always get into new adventures and keep fascinating young readers.

Adventure in Carlo Cabana’s world means crazy inventions, clumsy superpowers, attacking dinosaurs, disappearing friends and a watch that even calls them out of bed to go on a new mission!

by Nico De BraeckeleerAge: 9 years +All books have 128 pages1 colour printHardcoverSize: 145 x 220 mm


Best FriendsNico De Braeckeleer New

Dancing Fever We ❤ Animals1 2

We ❤ AnimalsMatt is in love with Fiona, but Hailey is in love with Matt. So Fiona can’t fall in love with Matt ... But how do you prevent falling in love? Some distraction comes up as Fiona finds a wound-ed little rabbit in the woods. They take it to the animal shelter and start to help out there but then Matt shows up and Fiona gets butterflies in her stomach ...

Dancing FeverWhen local TV organises a dance contest, the girls are super excited. They’ll be on TV! As preliminaries continue and the grand finale comes in sight, insecurity and even jealousy takes over.

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My First Kiss The Pony Party3 3

My First KissHailey gets a main role in a film and everyone in her class is allowed to participate! Amélie and Matt join in immediately, but Fiona is a bit embarrassed ... until Pia joins in, the new girl Matt really likes ...

The Pony PartyMatt and Fiona are inseparable after their first kiss. But when Amelia wants to throw a pony-party at the riding school, Fiona has to decide whether to join Matt to his footbal-match or to attend the party of her best friends...

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Stories for Girls about values, love & friendship.

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The Romeo & Juliet Mystery

The Gang of Venus

Team MortisBjorn Van den Eynde New

When a renowned archeologist and his wife and daughters disappear, Erika has to infiltrate a gang of girls that has never existed …

Erika Storm can escape the law with the help of former MI6 agent Brian Bailey by joining Team Mortis, an underground network of young secret agents.

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Christal Children

All girls named Weidling are in grave danger as an obscure group has decided to kill them one at a time. Team Mortis tries to keep one of them safe and at the same time attempts to discover the awful truth.

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The Gang of Venus The Game of Death The Black Sun

A famous American actress is killed and has a horrid burn mark on her arm in the shape of the Black Sun. Team Mortis needs to find out what happened, before time runs out …

Two Team Mortis members are already killed in the ‘Game of Death’ and now two other members are challenged to play. One of them is Erika Storm …

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Suspense and romance!

Christal Children Bloodlist

A young Lithuanian couple dies when they fall through a hole in the ice. But it wasn’t an acci-dent. A Danish Metal-guitar player is the head suspect. But can Erika unmask him as an undercover Metal-chick? And what about the breakup with Andreas?

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by Herman van CampenhoutAge: 13 +200 pagessoftcoverSize: 148 x 210 mm


Spring 2017

BFFHerman van Campenhout New

Lotta and Margot were friends when they were small. But they lost sight of each other over the years. Now, when they are sixteen, they run into each other at a theatre-workshop. They become best friends again and they hope to stay that way for the rest of their lives... But when they fall madly in love with the same boy, relation start to become tense. Then, one of the girls is the victim of a terrorist attack and doesn’t want to live anymore... Is their friendship strong enough hold through this storm?

Can friendship exist between a black girl and a white girl. Will racism and prejudice be getting in the way?

#Friends

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EducationMade by teachers!

Tested on children!

Educational gamesTested on children - made by teachers!

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Ready - Set - Go!

Age: 6-8All books have 50 p.Illustrations by JorfeSoftcoverWith erasable pen

Size: 150 x 160 mm


Age: 7+All books have 50 p.Illustrations by JorfeSoftcoverWith erasable pen

Size: 150 x 160 mm


Over summer holidays, kids tend to loose lots of the knowledge they’ve gained in the last school year. Ready? Set... Go! is a series to help the kids rehearse the things they’ve learned in the previous year, and touches some of the difficulties for the next year. But always in a fun way! And with the erasable pen, you can do it all over!

In autumn and winter, there are lots of rainy days where kids may be bored! But not with ‘Ready? Set... Go!’ For rainy days. The kids learn to cook, to bake, to play and move!With lots of activities to do with the erasable pen!

MET UITWISBARE STIFT

GEMAAKT DOOR LEERKRACHTEN - LEERRĲ K & SPEELS

KLEUTERQUIZ5VANAF JAAR




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Toddler Quiz

Age: 4-5All books have 100 p.In a fan-format

Illustrations by Marta Sorte

Size: 90 x 180 mm


Toddler-quiz is a series of quiz-cards for your toddler. Don’t expect difficult history or sports questions... we ask children about colours, shapes, numbers and also likes: p.e. What do you like to eat?

3 themes per book:

Book for 4 years: At the bakery - Fruit and vegetables - Winter

Book for 5 year old:xxx - xxx - xxx

How many breads are in the basket?









Game-books

Age: 6-8All books have 50 p.Illustrations by Kathleen AmantHardcover

Size: 150 x 160 mm


It looks like a book, but it’s a game!These games for toddlers help them to learn about counting to 5 (5 scoops of icecream) and the colours (Witches soup). These game boxes include a booklet with iver 7 games explained) and boxes that con-tain the pieces to play. Everything fits inside a hardcover book, which is then put in the bookcase!

A softcover booklet with all games explained.

Several games about colour!

Several games about counting to 5!

all material to play the games. In easy-to-use boxes!

Educational games NewTested on children - made by teachers!

Fractions

Reading the clock

Age: 7-1032 pages with playing cards and bigger cards. Illustrations by Eric Bouwens HardcoverSize: 200 x 200 mm


Age: 7-1032 pages with playing cards and bigger cards. Illustrations by Eric Bouwens HardcoverSize: 200 x 200 mm


Fractions are complicated. Children often have difficuties with them. In this book, we provide 14 games, from super -easy to very difficult. The games focus on recognising and coun-ting, substracting and multiplica-tion with fractions.

Reading the clock is easy. But learning to read the clock is hard! in this book, we provide 12 games to learn how to read the clock, both digital and analogue. WIth more than 60 playing cards and 20 bigger cards in the back.

A hardcover book with 3 x 20 playing cards, and an enveloppe with bigger cards at the back.

A hardcover book with 3 x 20 playing cards, and an enveloppe with bigger cards at the back.

Several games about colour!


First ReadersEmy Geyskens & Juliëtte RosenkampIllustrations by Bram Zwinnen

Fiction FictionNon-Fiction Non-Fiction

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Books, letters, readingSTARTERS STARTERS In the woods

Healthy foodShort words short sentences

Short words short sentences Being good/bad

Being scaredLonger words, but short sentences

Longer words, but short sentences

Moustaches

Being small, measuringLonger words, longer sentences

Longer words, longer sentences

Colours

Colours, experimentsAverage reading level of 8-year-olds

Average reading level of 8-year-olds

Being different

Fiction Non-Fiction

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Short words, short sentences

STARTERS

Being ill

Score!

by Emy Geyskens, Juliëtte Rosenkamp & Bram Zwinnen/

Age: First readersAll books have 32 p.HardcoverSize: 105 x 205 mm


‘De Taalbende’ developed a new - and already successful - method for beginning readers: fiction books of different reading levels paired with non-fiction books of the same level and theme. This way children are encouraged to read fun stories and discover new information, all by themselves and at their own pace and level.

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