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Rights Guide Spring 2008 Rights Guide Spring 2008 Loopy ■ ■ ■ Story all families can relate to With sensitive and irresistible illustrations Sparkling stars on the cover Aurore Jesset (Text) Barbara Korthues (Illustrations) Komm zurück, Schnuffel 2008, 32 pages, 21.5 x 28.0 cm Hardcover, full-color illustrations Rights sold to: Korea Terrible! I left my Loopy at the doctor’s. I want to go back to get my cuddly toy right now! But Mommy says it’s much too late. She says we will go get Loopy tomorrow. But tomorrow is too late. I cannot go to sleep without my Loopy. We haven’t ever been separated before, he is always with me. I need him now and not just tomorrow. Mommy does not understand this! I have to save him immediately! But what happens if I get lost on my way to rescue Loopy or I encounter a grumpy giant in the dark forest…? A picture book about children’s fears and a happy ending at last. Rights Guide Spring 2008 Vicky and the Foam Princesses ■ ■ ■ A clever and fanciful picture book about beauty and self-confidence For smart girls With eye-catching glittery cover Christian Hubschmid (Text) Marie Hübner (Illustrations) Vicky und die Schaumprinzessinnen 2008, 32 pages, 21.5 x 28.0 cm Hardcover, full-color illustrations All rights available Vicky does not want to wait for months and months until her hair’s grown really long. To speed things up, she swiftly creates magic foam by mixing shampoo, toothpaste and perfume. This also delights Vicky’s new friends, three foam princesses who desperately wish for longer hair too. But then the princesses start quarreling about who has the longest hair of all. Vicky thinks this fight to be rather stupid and puts a splashy end to it … A witty book for self-confident girls! Rights Guide Spring 2008 Kiki ■ ■ ■ How to settle a dispute in a savvy way Humorous and clever main character Impressive debut feature of the illustrator Christoph Schuler (Text) Rahel Nicole Eisenring (Illustrations) Kiki 2008, 32 pages, 19.5 x 26.0 cm Hardcover, full-color illustrations Rights sold to: Mainland China, Hungary, Korea Kiki, a little chicken, hatches out of its egg. But none of the other chicken in the henhouse are taking notice of it, not even mum! No, they are all busy screeching and quarreling about which eggs are more beautiful: brown or white eggs. Kiki has not imagined life in the henhouse to be like this. Perhaps the Easter Bunny can help? Together they make a savvy plan and eventually peace and quiet will come to the henhouse. Rights Guide Spring 2008 In My Dreams I Can Fly ■ ■ ■ Revised edition of a successful classical picture book Delicate and detailed illustrations Experience nature’s secrets Eveline Hasler (Text) Käthi Bhend (Illustrations) Im Traum kann ich fliegen 2008, 32 pages, 21.5 x 25.8 cm Hardcover, full-color illustrations Rights sold to: Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan It is autumn season; five small animals live very closely together in the earth: a grub, two worms, a beetle and a caterpillar. On some evenings they play cards together. Every day the weather turns colder. The insects show each other their supplies. Only the caterpillar doesn’t need any supplies, she requires colors, threads and dreams. Also the grub has a wonderful dream every night: in his dreams he can fly. The supply of the grub is a big tulip bulb, but he wants to show it to his friends only later, after their supplies have been consumed. After several weeks the supplies are eaten up and the grub wants to show his surprise, but the bulb has changed and seems dead. Even the caterpillar has gone away, they cannot find her in her home. The friends are very sad. Several weeks later the snow is melting away and it is springtime. The insects crawl out of their homes and they discover that the bulb has turned into a beautiful tulip. And they see a beautiful butterfly. The grub recognizes that this is the missing caterpillar. He knows that one day he will be able to fly too. Rights Guide Spring 2008 In Fairyland ■ ■ ■ A gorgeous house book with wittily retold fairytales By the author of the bestselling books Pitschi and Der Geburtstag True to the original reproductions of classical picture books Brothers Grimm (Text) Hans Fischer (Text and Illustrations) Im Märchenland 2008, 144 pages, 21.5 x 28.7 cm Hardcover, full-color illustrations Rights sold to: Brazil, Japan, Korea Time and again the author Hans Fischer had to tell his children the fairytales collected in this splendid anthology. And he did so in his own special way, retold them in a slightly quirky and highly entertaining way, imitating animals‘ voices and finally also illustrating the stories. It’s a marvelous country he’s taking us to, the land of fairytales as seen by Hans Fischer! This rich collection contains the following books: The Bremen Town Musicians, The Riffraff, Rum Pum Pum, Puss in Boots, Fairy Tale Pictures. Rights Guide Spring 2008 Davy Soccer Book ■ ■ ■ ■ A Soccer Book for Davy devotees and soccer fans alike Right on time for the EURO 2008 Soccer Championships An entertaining and encouraging story about friendship and sticking together Handy format, with big print for first reader! Brigitte Weninger (Text) Eve Tharlet (Illustrations) Pauli Fußballstar 2008, 40 pages, 20.8 x 20.8 cm Hardcover, full-color illustrations All rights available Soon, a Junior Soccer Tournament is to be held in the forest, and the winner will get a fabulous prize – a brand-new professional football! The Wild Rabbits are practicing every day with their captain Davy, even though it’s often hard for them to keep their spirits up, for they will have to play against the Cheeky Badgers, a rather mean and unfair opponent. Finally the big day arrives. Can Davy and his Wild Rabbits win the match? Even though they have girls on their team? A fun and captivating story for first readers with the beloved character Davy, created by the successful author/illustrator team Brigitte Weninger and Eve Tharlet. Rights Guide Spring 2008 Birthday Wishes … for Girls/Boys ■ ■ ■ A unique birthday book for all ages 12 adorably poetic birthday wishes – just for girls! 12 adorably poetic birthday wishes – just for boys! Hans-Christian Schmidt (Text) Gaby van Emmerich (Illustrations) Geburtstagskind, ich wünsche dir … für Mädchen / für Jungs 2008, 32 pages, 14.8 x 14.1 cm Hardcover, full-color illustrations All rights available A charming birthday book, with one edition just for girls and one just for boys. Each book contains 12 enchanting rhymed birthday wishes, which may be translated freely into other languages. Each wish is beautifully illustrated. It’s a fun, touching and surprising mix of all sorts of caring wishes: a tame dragon to fly on, a prince to fall in love with, a big party with many, many guests, heaps of jelly beans, friends to comfort you whenever you are sad … A book that will make any birthday child smile and feel special! To personalize the gift, both editions come with a little tag to write in the name and birth date of the presentee. Rights Guide Spring 2008 Let’s Play Ball! ■ ■ ■ A touch and feel board book with inventive materials By the famous artists team Romanelli & de Beer A story about playing ball for the smallest readers Serena Romanelli (Text) Hans de Beer (Illustrations) Komm, wir spielen Ball! 2008, 10 pages, 15.8 x 15.8 cm Board Book, full-color illustrations All rights available Mouse and Rabbit want to play ball. But where should they do this? It doesn’t work very well in the field, and to play in the dirt turns out not to be a very good choice either: they end up having to fish the ball out of the water. They try playing ball on some rocks – which sends the ball landing right in the middle of a big birthday cake. After sharing what’s left of the delicious cake with their friends, Mouse and Rabbit finally find the best place to play ball: the soft green lawn! A funny and tenderly illustrated touch and feel book with unusual feel materials such as wheat, soil, shimmering water surface and smooth lawn. Another delightful work by the creators of the world-known beloved characters Little Polar Bear and Little Bobo. Rights Guide Spring 2008 MovingBook: Knight’s Castle ■ ■ ■ 5 volume of the successful and sophisticated series Fun with knights in the children’s room Including four paper knights th Uwe Linke (Concept) Daniel Müller (Illustrations) Besuch auf der Ritterburg 2008, 18.0 x 15.5 cm Cardboard Leporello with windows including slipcase and Velcro fastener with four cut-out paper knights Full-color illustrations All rights available Let’s play with knights and their knight’s castle in your room! Look through the windows and discover the adventurous daily life of knights, in- and outside the castle. Especially boys will very much enjoy the latest volume of our series. Thanks to the new Velcro fastener, it is easily turned into a circle that can be put up, allowing for even more possibilities of how to play with the MovingBook. Rights Guide Spring 2008 For more information about us and our program we invite you to visit our website: www.nord-sued.com Do you wish to receive sample copies? Please contact us by e-mail: foreign-rights@nord-sued.com We correspond in English, German, French and Italian. We look forward to hearing from you soon. Anne Luuka Director International Markets and Foreign Rights Katharina Fischer Foreign Rights Andrea Wilhelm Foreign Rights Illustration from: Hans de Beer / Serena Romanelli, Let’s Play Ball! NordSüd Verlag AG • Heinrichstrasse 249 • CH-8005 Zürich • Telefon: +41 44 936 68 68 • Fax: +41 44 936 68 00