The plan was very simple: thief 1, thief 2 and thief 3 would dig a tunnel and rob a bank at night. Instead, they ended up finding an unexpected treasure: friendship.
© Joaquín Camp (text & illustration)
Specs: 21.5 x 29 cm; 36 Pages; Ages 4+
Rights sold: Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), English (US, AUS, NZ), Spanish
Sweet Pea slips into his dad's shoes and realizes he's growing. Filled with excitement, he envisions countless adventures for his older self. Does Dad know what Sweet Pea is going to do when he is older? An amusing yet reflective story about the pursuit of dreams unfolds.
© Ana Pez (text & illustration) | Libre Albedrío
Specs: hardcover; 20.5 x 27.5, 36 pages; ages 4+
Awards & mentions: BRAW 2024 Amazing Bookshelf
Rights sold: Korean, Spanish
A young prince and a very smart fox once said: what is essential is invisible to the eye (Saint-Exupéry). Maria already knows this. She wants to be a scientist and will follow us throughout this adventure with his fluffy bear named Helium.
© Bernardo A. Nogueira (text) & Carlo Giovani (illustration) | Suricata
Specs: softcover with flaps; 20 x 25.5 cm; 92 pages; Ages 7+
Eligible for DGLAB grant (illustration and translation).
Rights sold: Portuguese.
A grandmother who thinks she lives in an art museum and a curious granddaughter who tries to accompany her in this strange world where memories of other times mix with everyday life. This is a book about the loss of cognitive abilities which can confuse us but also bring back memories that turn into smiles.
© Rita Guerreiro (texto) & Soraia Oliveira (illustration) | Máquina de Voar
Specs: hardcover; 20 x 23.5 cm; 40 pages ; Ages 6+
Rights available worldwide, except in Portuguese.
Two friends went on a boat trip and lost their Bear. Will they find their friend? THE BEAR is a clever and amusing story with two narratives/perspectives: one that the characters are experiencing and another that is secretly followed by the reader...
© Joaquín Camp (text & illustration)
Specs: 20 x 27; 30 Pages; Ages 4+
Awards & mentions: selected by dPictus Unpublished Show 2022.
Rights sold: South Korea, Brazil, Spanish worldwide
Two friends living on opposite sides of the mountain had agreed to play together. Both wait for each other, but neither shows up. It's almost night, and they still haven't played. Finally, they decide to peek on the other side of the mountain and are delighted with the encounter. THE MOUNTAIN cleverly explores opposing perspectives, subtly delving into sub-themes such as the uncertainty of waiting, the courage to question, and the pursuit of common ground.
© Micaela Chirif (text) & Sabina Schürmann (illustration)
Specs: 23 x 23.5 cm; 32 pages; Ages 4+
Rights available worldwide (except Spanish in South America)
One day, Milo's world changes when he receives a special gift: Bo-To, a quick-learning robot who embraces the teachings of Milo, his mom, and his friends as they embark on exciting adventures together. Bo-To represents a distinctive artistic blend of picture books and comics, offering an immersive reflection on technology's role in childhood, friendship, imagination, and more.
© Mariana Ruiz Johnson (text & illustration) | Cataplum
Specs: hard cover; 21 x 25 cm; 40 pages; ages: 4+
Awards & Mentions: BRAW 2024 Amazing Bookshelf
All rights available except Spanish and English (North America).
"What happens to things when they fall apart?" - That was Gabriela's question one morning as she watched the waves ebb and flow. The girl pondered various answers: "A seed ceases to be a plant, a cloud transforms into rain, and a wave dissolves into foam." But what about ideas? And what about people? How do they "unhappen"?
© Alessandra Roscoe (text) & Odilon Moraes (illustration) | Gaivota
Specs: 20 x 26 cm; 56 pages; ages: 6+
All rights available except Brazil.
This book is based on a very well-known song, from Latin America's oral tradition - Comadrita la rana. Pilar Posada makes a very amusing adaptation of the original refrain of the song, developing a story that recreates the wedding between a frog and a toad. A book full of music, evocative images, and a funny story full of witticisms.
© Pilar Posada (text) & Paula Ortiz (illustration) | Cataplum
Specs: hardcover; 22 x 22 cm; 36 pages; Ages 4+
Awards & Mentions: Highly Recommended Books in 2023 by Fundalectura/IBBY Colombia.
Rights sold: Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil).
Ricky’s muscle atrophy and wheelchair didn’t stop him from having fun and making friends on his first day of school. This story is based on real life and was written by someone living with this condition, who found few children’s books that included characters with special needs and could show children how to act naturally.
© Ricardo Monis, Lucas Chipenda (text) & Nuno Salvada (illustration) | Suricata
Specs.: hardcover; 20 x 28.7 cm; 78 pages ; Ages 6+
Eligible for DGLAB grant (illustration and translation).
Rights sold: Portugal
The swaying of the maternal voice is like the coming and going of the days, the rocking chair, blinking and dreams. Yolanda Reyes, with her wave-like tone, takes up the longed-for moment of soothing and brings us versesthat, like the calm sea, wrap the beach, and prepares us for contemplation and sleep.
© Yolanda Reyes (text) & Manu Montoya (illustration) | Cataplum
Specs: hardcover; 18 x 18 cm; 36 pages; Ages 3+
Rights available in all languages worldwide, except Spanish in Latin America.
From the highest branch of her tree - a giant twice the size of a diplodocus - Elsa watches the neighbourhood and spends her days imagining the beginning of the world. Her tree was already there when sabre-toothed tigers and mammoths in woollen coats ruled the land. Today, Elsa wants to build a raft to spend the night up there. But her father forbids her to go back up. «Why?» she asks him. The answer goes through her heart like a dagger...
© Hélène Deblois (text) & Émilie Leduc (illustration) | M.Ed
Specs.: 195 X 260 mm; Hardcover; 40 pages; Ages 5+
Awards & Mentions: dPictus curated
Rights available in all languages worldwide, except French in Canada.
With twelve riddles to be deciphered, this book plays with its materiality: by turning the pages, the reader is presented to animals’ enigmas and, shortly thereafter, gets to identify their true nature. The narrative showcases animals known to the little ones, such as cats and lions, and others not as well known, such as the Honduran white bat. At the end, readers find out all the animals were actually children on their way to a costume party!
© Edith Chacon (text) & Bárbara Quintino (illustration)
Specs: Softcover; 26 x 17 cm; 32 pages; Age 3+ | Gaivota
Rights available in all languages worldwide, except Brazil.
When I left my mother’s belly, I was very small, but everything I did felt significant. Despite my tiny size, I managed to change everything around me: the household schedules, the routines, etc. How could someone so tiny evoke such immense love from them? What about you? Are you also capable of such small yet monumental feats?
© Maria João Lopes (texto) & Maria Remédio (illustration) | Máquina de Voar
Specs: hardcover; 21.5 x 27.5 cm; 40 pages ; Ages 6+
Rights available worldwide, except in Portuguese and Simplified Chinese.
Everyone was surprised by those strange gray gentlemen who took away the life of the neighborhood. However, the inhabitants of a building managed to bring back all the life they had lost to their streets. This beautiful, meaningful tale emphasizes that material loss can't take away joy, imagination, creativity, and unity.
© Ana González (text) & Kike Ibañez (illustration)
Specs: hardcover; 17x24 cm; 40 pages; Ages 4+
Rights sold: Spanish.