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Foreign Rights Catalogue Spring 2016 News and Backlist Dear Publishers, dear Editors, dear Agents, We control worldwide translation rights for all titles mentioned in this catalogue. We would be delighted to provide reading copies or PDFs and more information on the titles (English rough translations). Please just contact me. Best regards, Sindhya Bergamin Rights Contact: Phone: Fax: Email: Homepage: SINDHYA BERGAMIN Orell Füssli Verlag Dietzingerstrasse 3 CH-8036 Zurich Switzerland ++ 41 44 466 74 33 ++ 41 44 466 74 12 [email protected] www.ofv.ch ☛ Kinderbücher ☛ Orell Füssli Children‘s Books Cheeky and in vivid colour – for all children between 1 and 11 – here is Orell Füssli‘s new publishing programme! It is meant to entertain, to awaken children‘s curiosity and to be fun. The first titles introduce a scope that is to range from board books and play-books for the very youngest to picture books and comic strips, and to story-books and first readers for those a little older. There will be sequels, series and stand-alone stories, and we would like to provide a home to local as well as international writers and artists. We are hoping for you to welcome our programme, and for it to be a success with children and grown-ups alike. You can count on our support. Gisela Klinkenberg, Director Orell Füssli Kinderbuch, and her team ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH TABLE OF CONTENTS BOARD BOOKS NEW Susanne Weber / Catharina Westphal Spring 16 ALLE EINSTEIGEN! BAUER MAX HAT GEBURTSTAG ALL ABOARD! IT’S FARMER MAX’S BIRTHDAY Page 4 NEW Marc Locatelli Spring 16 KICKEN, KOPFSTEHN, KLETTERN KICKING, CLIMBING, STANDING ON YOUR HEAD Page 5 NEW Peter Friedl Spring 16 ICH BIN DOCH NICHT MÜDE! NOT TIRED AT ALL! Page 6 NEW Katja Schüler / Anke Fröhlich Spring 16 S CHAU & MAL! MEINE ZOOTIERE SCHAU & MAL! MEINE FAHRZEUGE LOOK AND COLOUR! – MY ZOO ANIMALS LOOK AND COLOUR! – MY VEHICLES Page 7 NEW Katja Schüler / Anke Fröhlich Fall 15 SCHAU & MAL! MEINE BAUERNHOFTIERE LOOK AND COLOUR! MY FARM ANIMALS Page 8 NEW Katja Schüler / Anke Fröhlich Fall 15 SCHAU & MAL! MEINE WELT LOOK AND COLOUR! MY WORLD Page 9 NEW Marion Elitez Fall 15 ADVENT, ADVENT! – ADVENT, ADVENT! Page 10 FIRST READER NEW Carsten Otte / Christine Brand Spring 16MARTE UND DAS MEER – VON PUPSENDEN FISCHEN UND SCHWIMMENDEN STEINEN SARAH AND THE SEA – OF FISH PASSING GAS AND FLOATING STONES – Page 15 NEW Christian Tielmann / Markus Spang Fall 15 KURZ & KLEIN – WO KLEMMTS? BURLEY & TALLISH: WE’LL FIX IT! Page 16 NEW Frank Kauffmann / Beate Fahrnländer Fall 15 TSOZO UND DIE FREMDEN WÖRTER TSOZO AND THE FOREIGN WORDS PAGE 17 NEW Lea Guidon und Andreas Neeser / Marc Locatelli Fall 15 RAVI & OLI IN GRÜNLAND – RAVI & OLI IN GREEN-LAND Page 18 NEW Daniele Meocci / Bernd Lehmann Fall 15 KSSS! LISE, PAUL UND DAS GARDEROBENMONSTER KSSS! LIZ, PAUL AND THE CHANGING ROOM MONSTER PAGE 19 Katja Alves / Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui HIER KOMMT FRITZ – DER UMZUG HERE HE COMES, FRED – Moving Day Page 20 Katja Alves / Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui HIER KOMMT FRITZ – DER SCHLAUE PLAN HERE HE COMES, FRED – A Clever Plan Page 21 Comic PICTURE BOOKS NEW Antje Bohnstedt Spring 16 ALLERBESTE FREUNDE – DAS FLUGALONG VERY BEST FRIENDS – THE FLYALONG Page 11 NEW Gardi Hutter / Catherine Louis Spring 16 MAMMA MIA (Serie aus drei Bänden) MAMMA MIA (Series containing three volumes) Page 12 Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui FRECHDACHS UND ANGSTHASE THE BADGER AND THE SCAREDY-RABBIT Page 13 Liz Pompe Spinnen-ABC – SPIDER ABC Page 14 3 NEW Martin Weiss / Rolf Willi Fall 15 DIE MUNGGENSTALDER UND DER KLOSTERSTURM THE VILLAGERS OF MUNGGENSTALDEN: THE MONASTERY RAID Page 22 NEW Martin Weiss / Rolf Willi Fall 15 DIE MUNGGENSTALDER AM MORGARTEN THE VILLAGERS OF MUNGGENSTALDEN: THE GREAT MORGARTEN BATTLE Page 23 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: BOARD BOOK NEW SPRING 2016 HALF PAGE FLAP Susanne Weber Catharina Westphal Alle einsteigen! Bauer Max hat Geburtstag ALL ABOARD! IT’S FARMER MAX’S BIRTHDAY 2016 24 pages, board book, coloured illustrations including 6 half-pages flaps size 18 × 16 cm from 3 years on world rights available Farmer Max wants to celebrate his birthday. He invites all his farm animals to a big party and comes to pick them up with his tractor and trailer. First, a donkey gets into the trailer, then a cow and a pig, three dogs, four sheep... and how many more are waiting at the next corner? The answer is to be found behind the next flap. At last, all the guests arrive at the brightly-lit marquee where they have an amazing party, celebrating until... yes, until a totally exhausted Farmer Max has to be hoisted onto his tractor trailer and driven home by the donkey. A qualified designer, Catharina Westphal studied illustration at Münster technical college, Germany, and can look back on a 17-year career as a successful children’s book illustrator. Her amusing, light-handed style is to be found in numerous board books, picture books and story books. Susanne Weber, a young writer from Berlin, has had several successful children’s books published by different publishing houses. The Owl who Knocked his Head was on The Spiegel bestseller list for two years. 4 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author/ Illustrator: Title: English title: BOARD BOOK NEW SPRING 2016 FIND THE DOG! Marc Locatelli Kicken, Kopfstehn, Klettern KICKING, CLIMBING, STANDING ON YOUR HEAD! Large-format hidden object sports book 2016 16 pages, board book , coloured illustrations size 26 × 34 cm from 3 years on world rights available You can do sports in all kinds of places; you can get some exercise and play practically anywhere: in the water, in the park, in the schoolyard, at the ice rink or in the football or sports stadium. The sports and games played in the hidden object pictures are just as varied. There is a whole palette of sports pictured, be it trampoline jumping, tug-of-war, juggling or swimming, rock-climbing, cycling or sack-races. The pictures encourage children to take a closer look and try to find out what is happening to Hugo, where the child in the polo-neck jumper is and what a group of children in numbered T-shirts are up to. Marc Locatelli, born in 1954, was a sports enthusiast even as a child. Equally early, he began to draw, with sports scenes still his favourite subject. He is a qualified graphic designer who lives and works in Zurich. 5 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author/ Illustrator: Title: English title: BOARD BOOK NEW SPRING 2016 Peter Friedl Ich bin doch nicht müde! NOT TIRED AT ALL! 2016 18 pages, board book, coloured illustrations size 17 × 17 cm from 2 years on world rights available Parents with young children are familiar with the situation: The more tired a child, the bigger the chaos. Scenes that both parents and children will instantly recognise and chuckle at. Lea just won’t go to bed, although she is at least as tired as Ben, her dog. They play and romp until they are ready to drop. But the nicest part always comes at the end, when it is wonderfully cosy under the blankets, especially when Daddy reads a story and Ben is peacefully asleep on his dog cushion. Pictures drawn with loving attention to detail and appealing characters tie in perfectly with the real-life experience of very young children. Peter Friedl studied art in Halle, Germany, and has been working as a freelance artist and children’s book illustrator since 1990. He is well-known for his likeable series protagonists who appeal to children as young as two. His endearing illustrations make it easy for children to recognise themselves and their everyday environment, thus promoting empathy. 6 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Autor: Illustrator: Title: English title: BOARD BOOK NEW SPRING 2016 WITH PUNCH-OUT STENCIL PAGES Katja Schüler Anke Fröhlich Schau & mal! Meine Zootiere Schau & mal! Meine Fahrzeuge LOOK AND COLOUR! – MY ZOO ANIMALS LOOK AND COLOUR! –MY VEHICLES 2016 16 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 20 × 17 cm from 3 years on world rights available What does the baby elephant do at the zoo? What is the seal’s favourite toy? What animals are there in a petting zoo? There is more to the board book My Zoo Animals than just their favourite animals for children to discover. There are also surprising changes to be seen. A lioness can be turned into a roaring lion with a mane, or a pony might become a zebra. Whether it is a police car on patrol, the fire brigade in action or a garbage truck at work: The subjects of the pictures have been hand-picked to suit the taste of their target audience. Here, children can discover exciting little scenes as well as turn a lorry into a fire engine or a dinghy into a pirate ship, with the help of the cut-out stencils. In the My Vehicles board book, the settings keep changing until the reader has landed on the moon in a rocket. Anke Fröhlich, born in Suhl (Germany) in 1978, studied book illustration and classical graphic design at the Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Halle. She lives in Leipzig now, working as an illustrator and graphic designer. 7 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Autor: Illustrator: Title: English title: BOARD BOOK NEW FALL 2015 Katja Schüler Anke Fröhlich Schau & mal! Meine Bauernhoftiere LOOK AND COLOUR! MY FARM ANIMALS 2015 16 pages, board book, coloured illustrations size 20 × 17 cm from 3 years on WITH PUNCH-OUT STENCIL PAGES world rights available There is so much to see on a farm. Thanks to the punch-out stencil pages, children can start drawing at once! There are lots of animals on the farm: piglets playing in the mud, lambs jumping about, chickens and cats. But there are not only little farmyard scenes to discover: The four animal stencils included allow children to create and colour their own animal pictures. Turning the stencil pages also transforms the scenes in surprising ways, encouraging children’s creativity. With punch-out stencils and surprise effects! Anke Fröhlich, born in Suhl (Germany) in 1978, studied book illustration and classical graphic design at the Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Halle. She lives in Leipzig now, working as an illustrator and graphic designer. 8 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Autor: Illustrator: Title: English title: BOARD BOOK NEW FALL 2015 Katja Schüler Anke Fröhlich Schau & mal! Meine Welt LOOK AND COLOUR! MY WORLD 2015 16 pages, board book, coloured illustrations size 20 × 17 cm from 3 years on WITH PUNCH-OUT STENCIL PAGES world rights available What colour is the wild flower and how many balloons are there in the sky? How colourful is the T-shirt and what is an umbrella for? There are not only amusing little scenes from day-to-day life to discover: The four stencils included allow children to create their own pictures and to colour them. Turning the stencil pages also transforms the scenes in surprising ways, encouraging children’s creativity. Anke Fröhlich, born in Suhl (Germany) in 1978, studied book illustration and classical graphic design at the Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Halle. She lives in Leipzig now, working as an illustrator and graphic designer. 9 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author/ Illustrator: Title: English title: BOARD BOOK NEW FALL 2015 with thumb index Marion Elitez Advent, Advent! ADVENT, ADVENT! 2015 16 pages, board book, coloured illustrations size 18 × 18 cm from 18 Months on world rights available Advent, Advent, the candles light – this beautiful edition of the well-known Advent poem is designed to prepare children for Christmas and to help them look forward to this special day even more. Lovingly illustrated scenes with a lot of details show a family and their dog during Advent season, right up to the day itself. The thumb index with the Advent candles enables children to count the four Advent Sundays one by one, before the reader is taken, as a final surprise, into the Christmas room itself. Marion Elitez has a degree in design, studied in Krefeld, Paris and Münster and has been a successful children’s book illustrator for ten years. Her pictures (their water-colours still applied by hand) are to be found in more than 40 books published by various children’s book publishers. 10 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author/ Illustrator: Title: English title: PICTURE BOOK NEW SPRING 2016 Antje Bohnstedt Allerbeste Freunde – Das Flugalong VERY BEST FRIENDS –THE FLYALONG 2016 32 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 21,5 × 27,5 cm from 4 years on world rights available Three friends who stick together, no matter what. A story about friendship, courage and inventiveness. Three friends who are as different from each other as can be: Moe, the good-natured bear, is fond of his pantry and long naps. Hugo, however, is an extremely curious rabbit who tends to act more quickly than he can think. And then there is Pete, a brilliant penguin who lives in a disused fridge at the junk yard. When the three friends crash-land their home-made airship on the high seas and are caught by a pirate wolf, only the most ingenious of ideas will save them Antje Bohnstedt studied graphics design in Karlsruhe, Germany, and worked at an advertising agency for a long time. She has been a freelance illustrator for ten years now, having illustrated several children’s books. This is her first large-format picture book. 11 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: PICTURE BOOK NEW SPRING 2016 Gardi Hutter Catherine Louis Allerbeste Freunde – Das Flugalong MAMMA MIA (Serie aus drei Bänden) MAMMA MIA (Series containing three volumes) 2016 32 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 22 × 29,3 cm from 5 years on world rights available Vol. 1: No More Magic! Mama Lila is a wonderful mother. Louise knows that. But why can’t Lila stop doing magic? She turns Louise’s breaktime snack into a singing surprise, and the stairs at home into an escalator. Great fun for the kids! But disagreeable for Louise. Vol. 2: Weeping With Laughter! A planet where crying is as pleasant an experience as laughing is in our world? It’s laughable, for crying out loud! An amusing story, showing that both crying and laughing are part of life. Vol. 3: Please Don’t Go! Mama Lila wants to go to a witches’ conference. Well! Who is going to look after little Louise? Finding a solution is surprisingly easy – and practical into the bargain! Three books full of wonderfully eccentric stories about a mother and a daughter who are totally different personalities, but who love each other with all their hearts. Gardi Hutter, born in Switzerland in 1953, is a Swiss actor and author. Most importantly, though, she is a clown comedian, on tour with her own plays, usually performing in theatres rather than circuses. By now, she is acknowledged internationally as the doyenne of clown theatre. Catherine Louis, born in Switzerland, studied at the Ecole d’Arts Visuels Berne et Bienne, and for another two years with Claude Lapointe at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg. Then she opened her own studio in the canton of Neuchâtel, where she creates illustrations, posters, stage sets and paper dolls. 12 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH PICTURE BOOK Author / Illustrator: Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui Title: FRECHDACHS UND ANGSTHASE English title: The Badger and the Scaredy-Rabbit 2013 32 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 19 × 25 cm from 3 years on Rigths sold to: Denmark, China world rights available When a badger meets a scaredy-rabbit – what happens? Two very different personalities collide: One is scared while the other thinks he is not. But both of them are about to learn something, becoming friends in the process. Little Badger is cheeky, small, brave and sometimes, he suffers from delusions of grandeur. He never listens to his parents, he is untidy and sometimes downright naughty. In short: He does everything one should not do. His parents and his brothers and sisters, however, are hard-working, tidy and they keep their heads down. They are decent citizens of the forest. In short: They do everything normal badgers should do. In his first adventure, Little Badger runs away from home. He is roaming the forest and hanging around the farm, where he plays »chicken Indians« and sets the rabbits free. That is how he meets Scaredy-Rabbit. Together they tease the billy goat and escape from the farm’s big, bad dog by the skin of their teeth. A zippy and exciting story about being naughty and being scared. Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui, born in Basle in 1965, did a four-year course in Fine Arts and worked as an art teacher at a Basle grammar school for several years. Since then, he has been writing and drawing picture books, cartoons and comics as well as designing games and running his own publishing business, »nix-productions«. He is just as spontaneous, quick and cheeky as his characters, excelling at live drawing performances for children and grown-ups. With him and his audience batting ideas back and forth, impromptu stories and characters pop into vigorous being. Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui lives in Basle with his wife and children. 13 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH PICTURE BOOK Author/ Illustrator: Liz Pompe Title:Spinnen-ABC English title: SPIDER ABC 2014 48 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 28,7× 24,7 cm from 5 years on world rights available OO Die furchtlose Die furchtlose lga lga schwimmt in in der Wolga. schwimmt der Wolga. Liz Pompe’s spiders are foolish, fancy or just as good as gold - at least from time to time... They love trips to the cinema, they like to bike and sometimes they even paint the bathroom. From clever Auguste up to old Zvonimir very different spiders are bustling in this wonderful and fancy ABC-book. Each doublepage attends to one spider and to one letter. The respective letter can also be found in the corresponding picture. This spider ABC is for all that love to laugh and of course especially for all those who want forget their fear of spiders for a moment! Liz Pompe was born in Vienna 1968 where she studied artwork and grafics. Since over 20 years she works in the film- and printed media sector. For some time past she draws again. Mad spiders, snakes, volcanos, bikes – and all that other dangerous stuff says her daughter, who is the one to blame for all that. 14 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: FIRST READER NEW SPRING 2016 Carsten Otte Christine Brand Marte und das Meer – Von pupsenden Fischen und schwimmenden Steinen SARAH AND THE SEA – OF FISH PASSING GAS AND FLOATING STONES 2016 124 pages, bound, illustrations size 15,3 × 20,5 cm from 6 years on world rights available If you keep your eyes open, are curious and use your imagination, you’ll always have interesting stories to tell. Sarah is a pert and inquisitive girl living in a little town by the sea with her parents. Her father runs a fish smokehouse, her mother works in an office. Sarah is very interested in all things maritime or to do with nature in general. She always reports everything she has seen, heard or thought up to her friends in kindergarten. A number of fascinating natural phenomena are explained in ten separate stories. What causes a storm tide? Are fish really mute or can they communicate with each other, or even with humans. Carsten Otte was born in Bonn in 1972 and studied philosophy. He has written several novels and non-fiction books, all of them much reviewed, the latest of these being a bestseller about men in the kitchen, published by Campus Verlag. Sarah and the Sea is his first children’s book – it is the result of a grant from the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Künstlerhaus Eckernförde. Carsten Otte lives in Baden-Baden with his wife and their child. Christine Brand, born in the Ore Mountains, spent most of her time at school daydreaming, trained as an industrial seamstress, then fled to the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee to study for a degree in fashion design. She taught at the Fachschule für angewandte Kunst in Schneeberg and has been a freelance illustrator since 1988. She lives and works in Leipzig and on the island of La Gomera. 15 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: FIRST READER NEW FALL 2015 Christian Tielmann Markus Spang Kurz & Klein – Wo klemmts? BURLEY & TALLISH: WE’LL FIX IT! 2015 96 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 15 × 20,5cm from 6 years on world rights available An ice-maker jamming or a fire-hose stuttering at the Firemen’s Party? No problem for these resourceful workmen! Burley and Tallish are always there, in their bright red workshop van, if anything needs tinkering, soldering or generally fixing. Results may not be exactly as intended, but usually lead to a happy ending, anyway. Ten short, stand-alone episodes about two original workman characters and the likable residents of a small town, to marvel and chuckle at. Christian Tielmann, born in 1971, is a well-known author living in Cologne who has written more than 80 books for children and young adults. Among his most popular works is the very successful Max series (published in Pixi format by Carlsen). His books have received numerous awards and have been translated into 20 languages so far. Markus Spang, born in Karlsruhe in 1971, studied illustration and typography in Krefeld and Münster. His brilliantly funny illustrations have appeared in more than 20 novels, mystery stories and crime riddles for children. 16 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: FIRST READER NEW FALL 2015 Frank Kauffmann Beate Fahrnländer Tsozo und die fremden Wörter TSOZO AND THE FOREIGN WORDS 2015 48 pages, size 15,3 × 20,5cm, bound, coloured illustrations from 8 years on for young readers world rights available Tsozo and his parents move from their village to another country where everything is new, especially the language. He does not understand the foreign words, he is sad and longing for his old home. On the phone, his grandma advises him, «Open your eyes, prick up your ears, be patient, and the new language will come to you.» A new language is like a wild mustang, she also says. Thanks to her, Tsozo does not give up. It takes him a lot of patience and careful study to finally tame the new words. In the playground, Tsozo meets three children and learns his first words. A short while later, his new friends face a dangerous situation, and his grandma is proven right: Tsozo can make himself understood in his new language and get help. Frank Kaufmann, born in 1967, studied German philology, didactics and Romanian in Zurich. He worked as assistant producer and dramatic advisor in the independent theatre scene. For the University of Zurich he has co-develop concepts for tuition. He works as a free writer and a staff member of the Language Center of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. His picture book Waschbär feiert Geburtstag, which was illustrated by Vanya Nastanlieva has been published by Atlantis, an imprint of Orell Füssli Verlag in 2012. Beate Fahrnländer was born in Leipzig in 1965, gaining her first experience with painting and graphics early on, at the local Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst. She studied graphic design in Berlin and Paris, focusing on illustration. After spending four years in the US, she now lives in Lörrach with her family. 17 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: FIRST READER NEW FALL 2015 Lea Guidon, Andreas Neeser Marc Locatelli Ravi & Oli in Grünland RAVI & OLI IN GREEN-LAND 2015 88 pages, size 15,3 × 20,5cm, bound, coloured illustrations from 6 years on world rights available Ravi, the ravioli girl and Oli, the ravioli boy crash-land in old Mrs Green’s garden. With a rambunctious group of vegetables calling the shots, it is a wild and wonderful place. Ravi and Oli marvel at the garden’s inhabitants: There is the Rash family, three radishes who are quite agile but also rather cheeky. Coco Cucumber, on the other hand, is a real lady, if a little slow when playing hide-andseek. Ken Kohlrabi is the undisputed leader, bossing everybody about when the need arises. But just when everybody is having a great time playing and becoming everybody else’s friend – Slimey Slug, voracious arch-enemy of all vegetables, turns up. Will our heroes be able to escape? Lea Guidon, born in 1971, has a degree in nutrition psychology and is a kindergarten teacher. She works as a therapist and regularly teaches workshops for children about nutrition and language. Andreas Neeser, born in 1964, studied German philology, English language and literature as well as literary criticism at Zurich University. From 2003 to 2011 he set up and headed the Argovian House of Literature in Lenzburg. He has been awarded several prizes for his multi-discipline literary work. Marc Locatelli, born in 1954, studied to be a graphics designer and, after some further training, an illustrator. About Ravi & Oli, he says, ‘Having read the story, I immediately knew it was my story! As a vegetarian and a ravioli fan, I’m practically a member of the Green-Land Garden Cooperative in the book.’ 18 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: FIRST READER NEW FALL 2015 Daniele Meocci Bernd Lehmann Ksss! Lise, Paul und das Garderobenmonster KSSS! LIZ, PAUL AND THE CHANGING ROOM MONSTER 2015 144 pages, size 13,8 × 21 cm, bound, b/w illustrations from 8 years on world rights available No, Ksss is not a real monster – he is small and his voice is rather filmsy. Who should be afraid of him? Fortunately, Liz and Paul discover Ksss in their school’s gym and take care of him. Life is not easy for Liz and Paul, either. Liz is the only girl to play football and wear dungarees. Paul, on the other hand, has a slight lisp and is the least athletic boy in his class. When the caretaker surprises the three friends, disaster looms – and Ksss shows everybody what he can do! Daniele Meocci was born in 1964. After his primary teacher training he began to write. Next were a literary award and a year’s studying at the Deutsche Literaturinstitut, Leipzig. He was hardly back at his teaching job, when a little monster moved into the gym’s changing room. Bernd Lehmann was born in Cologne in 1982. He studied illustration in Münster. Since getting his degree in the summer of 2009, Bernd Lehmann has been working as a freelance illustrator for several children’s book publishers, among other projects. After some years in Berlin and Cologne, he now lives in Seoul, South Korea, with his wife. 19 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: FIRST READER Katja Alves Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui HIER KOMMT FRITZ – Der schlaue Plan HERE HE COMES, FRED – Moving Day 2014 32 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 19 × 25 cm from 5 years on includes a flip-book sequence »Igooooor!«, rief Beni. Igor blieb ruckartig stehen und schaute verwundert zu den beiden Freunden. »Papa sagt, ich darf nicht mit euch reden!« world rights available »Ja Igor! Derselbe Igor, der meine kleine Schwester Betti immer an den Haaren zieht!« – »Sollen wir ihn ein bisschen erschrecken?« Fritz kicherte und machte eine wilde Grimasse. 16 Hier kommt Fritz Ich habe eine viel bessere Idee!«, flüsterte Beni. »Schon gut Igörchen«, flötete Beni. »Du musst auch nicht mit uns reden. Wir reden mit dir.« »Stimmt«, sagte Igor, »zuhören ist nicht dasselbe wie reden.« 17 Fred hates chore days in his anthill. And this time, cleaning is the order of the day. That means a lot of work, and Fred is allergic to work. He’d much rather practise handstands, because BELOW IS THE NEW ABOVE! But to avoid cleaning-up day, Fred needs to think of something. He discusses the problem with his best friend, Greg Greenfly, who comes up with an unusual idea... A fast and funny story about Fred, the slightly different ant. There are two new characters being introduced in the second Fred volume: Igor, the scavenger beetle Isidore’s son and Roderick, a conceited woodlouse looking for a bride. Katja Alves, born in Coimbra, Portugal, has worked as an air traffic assistant, a concert promoter, a bookseller and a musical editor. She writes children‘s stories, radio plays for children and works for Nord-Süd publishing house. Geschichte Katja Alves Illustrationen Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui 20 Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui, born in Basle in 1965, did a four-year course in Fine Arts and worked as an art teacher at a Basle grammar school for several years. Since then, he has been writing and drawing picture books, cartoons and comics as well as designing games and running his own publishing business, »nix-productions«. He is just as spontaneous, quick and cheeky as his characters, excelling at live drawing performances for children and grown-ups. With him and his audience batting ideas back and forth, impromptu stories and characters pop into vigorous being. Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui lives in Basle with his wife and children. ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: FIRST READER Katja Alves Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui HIER KOMMT FRITZ – Der schlaue Plan HERE HE COMES, FRED – A Clever Plan 2014 32 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 19 × 25 cm from 5 years on includes a flip-book sequence world rights available »Du gehst jetzt zu dieser dummen Isidor knurrte wie ein Kettenhund, beschloss aber, dass es besser war, Blattlaus zurück und lässt dich zum Fritz bei Laune zu halten. Nicht, dass der Isidor noch auf die Schliche Ameisenhaufen führen, bevor dir die Ameisen auf die Schliche kommen«, kommen würde. Nachdem die Socken gewaschen und aufgehängt waren, sagte Gundula und schnappte nach einer winzigen Mücke, die sie seit drei konnte sich Isidor vor Müdigkeit kaum noch auf den Beinen halten. Stunden beobachtet hatte. 19 03457_Fritz_Innen.indd 23 06.12.13 14:49 23 03457_Fritz_Innen.indd 27 06.12.13 14:49 Fast, fun and a little rebellious , the title starts off a new series with a likeable hero If the day will bring an unpleasant surprise, you can feel it as soon as you are getting up: If your feelers are itching like crazy, it‘s a sure sign. And today is one of these days. Fred, the shrewd little ant from Anthill Section Five, gets suspicious when his cousin Albertina tells him the Head Ant wants to see him.Seeing the Head Ant always means she wants you to do some tedious chore. Fred is way too busy for things like that. He is much more interested in the fine art of walking backwards, for example.Today, however, any resistance seems pointless. Fred is in a tight spot. The Head Ant wants him to guard her booty cellar. Horrible! Fortunately, Fred‘s best friend, Greg Greenfly, has a fabulous idea how to get rid of tiresome tasks. Isidore, an ambitious (and, above all, stupid) scavenger beetle, is just who they need ... Katja Alves, born in Coimbra, Portugal, has worked as an air traffic assistant, a concert promoter, a bookseller and a musical editor. She writes children‘s stories, radio plays for children and works for Nord-Süd publishing house. 21 Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui, born in Basle in 1965, did a four-year course in Fine Arts and worked as an art teacher at a Basle grammar school for several years. Since then, he has been writing and drawing picture books, cartoons and comics as well as designing games and running his own publishing business, »nix-productions«. He is just as spontaneous, quick and cheeky as his characters, excelling at live drawing performances for children and grown-ups. With him and his audience batting ideas back and forth, impromptu stories and characters pop into vigorous being. Nicolas d’Aujourd’hui lives in Basle with his wife and children. KINDERBUCH ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH BOOK COMIC BOOK NEW FALL 2015 WITH EIGHT PAGES KNOWLEDGE & BACKGROUND Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: Martin Weiss Rolf Willi Die Munggenstalder und der Klostersturm THE VILLAGERS OF MUNGGENSTALDEN: THE MONASTERY RAID 2015 56 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 21 × 29,7 cm from 8 years on world rights available There aren’t any magic potions, Romans or Gauls – but this new comic series about Swiss history is every bit as thrilling, amusing and entertaining as the adventures of Asterix and Obelix. In 1313 AD, the cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden are ruled by Habsburg administrators. In Munggenstalden, a small Alpthal village, a group of rebels from Schwyz has cleared a patch of land for cultivation and settled there – smack in the middle of an area belonging to Einsiedeln Monastery. And that is only the beginning: Another band of settlers is soon to arrive in Alpthal, lock, stock and barrel. The abbot of Einsiedeln does not like it one bit. The quarrel escalates, with the monastery’s patron, Habsburg king Leopold I., muscling in ... Martin Weiss, born in 1948, is a journalist, film maker and author of the successful Urchuchi book series. Globi’s Swiss Cookbook was published by Globi Verlag. Martin Weiss also lectures on journalism and literature at the School of Applied Linguistics SAL and writes articles for Marmite and Wandern.ch magazines. Rolf Willi was born in 1949 and has been a freelance commercial artist in Zurich since 1978. After working in advertising for years, he has lately been focusing on illustration. 22 ORELL FÜSSLI KINDERBUCH Author: Illustrator: Title: English title: COMIC BOOK NEW FALL 2015 WITH EIGHT PAGES KNOWLEDGE & BACKGROUND Martin Weiss Rolf Willi Die Munggenstalder am Morgarten THE VILLAGERS OF MUNGGENSTALDEN: THE GREAT MORGARTEN BATTLE 2015 56 pages, bound, coloured illustrations size 21 × 29,7 cm from 8 years on world rights available In the second volume, things come to a head between the rebellious confederates and the Habsburgs – with the inhabitants of Munggenstalden caught in the middle. The second ‘Munggenstalden’ volume, ‘The Great Morgarten Battle’ continues where volume 1 (‘The Monastery Raid’) left off, depicting the Battle of Morgarten in a historically accurate way, even if the details are somewhat exaggerated (this includes lots of knights flying through the air and a hail of spiked maces). Finally, the people from Schwyz – who used to be mocked as ‘country yokels’ – together with their allies from Uri and Nidwalden put the Habsburgs to flight. King Leopold is forced to sign a peacy treaty granting the confederates their freedom. Martin Weiss, born in 1948, is a journalist, film maker and author of the successful Urchuchi book series. Globi’s Swiss Cookbook was published by Globi Verlag. Martin Weiss also lectures on journalism and literature at the School of Applied Linguistics SAL and writes articles for Marmite and Wandern.ch magazines. Rolf Willi was born in 1949 and has been a freelance commercial artist in Zurich since 1978. After working in advertising for years, he has lately been focusing on illustration. 23