The mouse, Jimmy Flitz is looking for new adventures. The bear advises him to walk to the trees in the forest. They are old and know the secrets of the world. Over the seasons, the small mouse walks from one tree species to the next and finds twelve friends.
© Roland Zoss (text) & Verena Pavoni (Illustration) | Baeschlin
Specs: hardcover; 22 x 29 cm; 32 pages ; Ages 3+
Rights available worldwide, except in German.
Luise's favourite place to spend her time is the tropical house, she loves plants, science and outer space. Her greatest wish is to visit the moon. For weeks, Luise has been working on a mixture that makes plants grow infinitely tall. When she manages to make a gigantic plant rise into the sky, she straps on her backpack and climbs it. At the top, she sees her ultimate goal directly in front of her: the moon.
© Irwan Burger (text & illustration) | Baeschlin
Specs: hardcover; 22 x 29 cm; 32 pages ; Ages 3+
Rights available worldwide, except in German.
The rhyming adventure of a dad who - come what may! - will arrive promptly for his little one, just in time to tell her the bedtime fairy tale.
© Anna Lavatelli (text) & Cecilia Moreno (illustration)
Specs: Board book; 19 x 21,7 cm; 16 pages; ages 2+
Rights sold: Portuguese (Brazil), Italian.
Boumbidoum is a DingPlouf who lives in planet Badabang. DingPloufs are very special: they are shape shifters and, when they laugh, they multiply quickly! Boumbidoum came to Earth after a laughter pandemic which left Badabang overpopulated. Far from his family and friends, Boumbidoum is a little bored. He’d love to play with you! But be careful... you mustn’t make him laugh! Otherwise, these friendly fur balls may invade our planet before the end of the story. In this interactive, funny, and playful book, readers are asked to blow, pat, slap and recite formulas to have fun with Boumbidoum.
56 pages. Size: 21.5 x 16.6 cm. Ages 2 and up.
© Valérie Picard (text & illustration).
A mother and the daughter go to the park and are contemplating what they see, without judgement. This book promotes attention to details, around which may be found micro narratives, helping to awake the exploratory sense and develop vocabulary.
A leporello book, designed for children 4+, size 30 x 19 cm
Leporello book. Size: 30 x 19 cm (reduceable up to 40%). Ages 4 and up.
© Davide Calì (text) & André da Loba (illustration)
Eligible for DGLAB grant (illustration).
Ina's parents told her that they went on a dinosaur safari and almost got eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex! "Nonsense," says Ina, because she knows a lot about dinosaurs. She can explain how a fossil is formed, how birds are related to dinosaurs, and why dino bones don’t exactly delight dogs. This is the second volume of a series.
32 pages. Size: 22 x 29 cm. Ages 4 and up.
© Claudia Walder (text) & Anna Lea-Guarisco (illustration)
Marius, a little stork, doesn't want to leave. And why should he? He was born here, he and his sister learned to fly here, this is where his nest is. But winter is coming, and the storks need to migrate south in order to survive. This is Marius’ first long flight. On the way to Africa, he is confronted with beauty as well as destruction … This story is about an adventurous journey to a new home.
32 pages. Size: 22 x 29 cm. Ages 4 and up
© Dana Grigorcea (text) & Edi Ettlin (illustration)
Ella desperately wants a pet. Preferably one that she can pet all day long. Suddenly, a chicken arrives at her door. Ella realizes this chicken is special: it follows her everywhere, listens to her, will even peck grains out of her hand. Only, it refuses to be petted. Ella learns about the importance of accepting each other's quirks.
32 pages. Size: 29 x 22 cm. Ages 3 and up.
© Bruno Hächler (text) & Katharina Drees (illustration)
Ramona Ganzoni reinterprets a classic Grimm’s fairy tale in "The Queen Bee", this time from an animal perspective. The focus here is on the “alien human being”. The text and pictures humorously and astutely underline the dialectic between animals and humans, past and present, tradition and modernity.
32 pages. Size 29 x 22 cm. Ages 5 and up.
© Romana Ganzoni (text) & Ekaterina Chernetskaya (illustration)
Carlitos is young and curious, so he has no qualms about approaching every bird he comes across. This picture book helps young readers to understand which qualities are important for recognising true friends.
40 pages. Size: 24 x 24 cm. Ages 3 and up.
© Susanne Baer (text & illustration)
A book that unfolds with a poem in a dialogue between the intimate life of childhood and adulthood.
© Cataplum. Adolfo Córdova (text) & Amanda Mijangos (illustration)
In this book, there are two stories going on in parallel: the story of a little girl and her mother; and the story that the mother is telling to her daughter, while they are doing other things. IDARTES Grant for independent publishing projects (2021).
© Cataplum. Sara Bertrand (text) & Elizabeth Builes (illustration).
"A seesaw makes you want to play. Among other things."
Sitting on a seesaw is not so monotonous as it may seem. Find out the unique experiences one can have while playing on a seesaw... Selected by dPictus Unpublished Show 2021.
© Joaquín Camp (text and illustration)
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)
Élénor is too curious to go to bed. Instead of sleeping, she’d rather play or do any other activity. One night, her mother tells her about Dreamland, a magical place where anything is possible. To go there, you just have to close your eyes and let yourself drift off to sleep. But Élénor doesn’t believe a word of it.
© Monsieur Ed. Odette Barberousse.