What can happen when someone buys a piano? People say that music gives life to everything and this is what literally happened... Curated by dPictus Unpublished Show (2020).
© PIBOCO. Joaquín Camp (text & illustration)
The invisible garden (Awarded)
Alone in her grandmother’s garden, Arianne is bored. But with the help of a cute little rock, she discovers a garden, hidden between the poppies and the lotus flowers. She’ll embark on an extraordinary journey that will transport her back in time. The invisible garden will brighten Arianne’s day in a most unexpected way. Unless it was all a dream… Winner of Lux Award - Children Books (2018); Finalist Québec Booksellers Association Award (2018).
© Monsieur Ed. Valérie Picard & Marianne Ferrer.
Rights sold: English, French.
Toucania
Following in her grandfather’s footsteps, the fearless Amandine sails off for an expedition to the legendary island of Toucania. There she will meet belicorns, chimpanthers, rebats and many other strange creatures living on the island. But Toucania is hidden in a dense and endless fog which clears once every fifty years, for one day only. Will Amandine discover all Toucania’s secrets before it’s too late?
© Monsieur Ed. Valérie Picard & Marianne Ferrer.
Rights sold: English, German
Chop, the fox (Awarded)
A story about the adventures of a vegetarian fox on his search of the Valley of Vegetarians. Selected by White Ravens (2021).
© Sol Undurraga (text & illustration)
Rights sold: Korean, French
Antonia va el río (Awarded)
When one has to migrate, one loses and one gains. Dipacho uses his brush, colours and narrative to tell a story lived by many migrants but very little known. Highly Recommended Books by Fundalectura (IBBY Colombia), in 2020.
© Dipacho (text & illustration)
Rights sold: English
Lion and mouse (Awarded)
Two of the most notorious authors of picture books, in Latin America, brought us a new version of this classic tale about an unlikely friendship. The Best Books for Children and Youth, Banco del Libro, in 2019.
© Jairo Buitrago (text) & Rafael Yockteng (illustration)
Rights sold: English