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RIGHTS CATALOGFALL 2017

NOVELS

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Together with aunt Dora and the three robbers Niek, Riek en Viek, Nana lives in the Robbers’ Forest. The animals

there are her very best friends. Today they learn the multipli-cation tables in a playful and festive way!

By Ann Lootens and Emilie Timmermans250 x 260 mm6 years and upTheme: counting, friendship, party64 pages5500 words

Third title about Nana, who helps children learn in a playful way, for 6+

Special focus on counting and multiplication, in the fun setting of organizing a party for friends

Nana will star in many more titles: soon she will help us learn foreign languages!

NANA FROM THE ROBBERS’ FOREST.WELCOME EVERYONE

LEARN TO READ

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RAVEN AND PARROT. THE SCARY FOREST

It’s fall. Parrot really likes this season. Raven doesn’t. He wants to go to Spain. He convinces Parrot to go. But when the two friends are just about to leave, strange things happen in the woods. Squirrel’s winter stock is stolen and Wood Mouse gets chased by a scary beast. Can Raven and Parrot stop whatever is going on? And will they still be able to travel to Spain?

By Li Lefébure and Jenny Bakker195 x 254 mm6 years and upTheme: animals, adventure, nature130 pages

Hello, I’m Li.I studied French and Russian, but I soon found out I preferred writing my own stories to translating other people’s texts. My eldest son has been a source of in-spiration for me ever since he was a toddler. Getting to see the world (again) as my children see it is just about the most fun ever!

Hello, I’m Jenny.Immediately after returning home from a world round trip with my husband and two small child-ren, Li asked me to illustrate the Raven and Parrot books. On my trip I’ve seen the world through the eyes of my own children, and with these books I hope to share these memories.

READ ALOUD

Third title with informative short stories about animals and nature, for 6+

With many interesting facts intertwined in the story

Including a quiz and a map of Raven and Parrot’s journey

Filled with beautiful full-color illustrations

Read aloud with Raven and Parrot

Raven and Parrot’s Journey25.500 words

Raven and Parrot.Expedition Rainforest19.600 words

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WIGGLY TOOTH

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Polly eats with one side of her mouth. She has a wiggly tooth and needs to be careful. But when she doesn’t pay attention for one second, her wiggly tooth gets stuck in her apple. Polly doesn’t know if she wants to laugh or cry.

By Isabelle de Ridder and Monique Dozy210 x 290 mm5 years and upTheme: humor, growing up, friendship80 pages1900 words

The third bundle about Polly and her friend Joe, with 18 funny stories to read aloud, for 5+

Describes many recognizable situations, straight from daily life

With colorful illustrations

Also aboutPolly and Joe

Polly14.700 words

Joe17.500 words

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Annabelle is the naughtiest child in the whole wide world. She really is. Annabelle doesn’t want a goldfish, but a piranha. She loves a Soppy Trashy Foam Party. She bites the doctor. She floods the whole house so she can play octopus. Annabelle is… the worst. But underneath all the naughtiness, Annabelle has her own surprising moral.

By Miriam Borgermans and Monique van den Hout195 x 254 mm5 years and upTheme: mischief, humor104 pages14.400 words

READ ALOUD

Funny short stories about the naughtiest girl in the world, for 5+

With many colorful illustrations and great typography

READ ALOUD

ANNABELLE. THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD

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FIONA IS A LITTLE PENTAGONTA-BOO. NAUGHTY SONGSFOR SWEET CHILDREN

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Book a book, everywhere I look:on the shelf or on the bed.

Book a book, in every nook:in the house or in the shed.

Book a book, everywhere I look:at all the places you’re going to.

Book a book, in every nook:there’s always a book for you!

Fiona is a little different from other children. She feels like a little pentagon in a world filled with squares. Her tummy tingles when things don’t go the way she wants them to. When Fiona steels plates in the store, paints her bike, bites the dentist’s finger and walks right in front of a car, mommy has had enough. Something has to change. But what?

By Stijn Moekaars, Ruben Appermontand Hiky Helmantel250 x 260 mm7 years and upTheme: breaking taboos, music, family and friends64 pages7800 words

By Nadja Van Sever and Wilma van den Bosch145 x 210 mm7 years and upTheme: autism, understanding each other128 pages88 pages18.100 words

A book filled with fun stories and songs to break small and bigger taboos, for 7+

Perfect to start conversations about goodbyes, bullying, the environment, and much more.

Written in different literary formats by primary school teacher Stijn Moekaars

Honest yet humorous story about a child with autism, for 7+

Focuses on the inclusion of children with special educational needs in regular classrooms

Also by Nadja Van Sever

A Taste of Your Own Medicine37.700 words

The Magic Pen17.500 words

Also by Stijn Moekaars

Bear and Bee29.500 words

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KIEF THE GOAL THIEF. BEACH SOCCER

THE GOALTHIEF

Two challenges at once! Daan and his friend Remy are at the beach looking for Daan’s lost sister, when they see a few boys steeling wallets and phones from beach houses. The boys try to find the girl and put a stop to the thievery, but that doesn’t seem like a good choice. Especially not when you know that they also have a bet going on about a game of beach soccer….

By Gerard van Gemert and Mark Janssen145 x 210 mm7 years and upTheme: soccer, friendship, summer56 pages8700 words

Fourteenth title in the successful soccer series for early readers of 7+

With black-and-white illustrations

Rights sold to Spain, Denmark, Germany, Greece and Turkey!

GRAND SLAM. BREAKPOINT

Mats is about to qualify for a very cool tennis camp. He just has to win one more match. But then, everything goes wrong. When his loyal dog Jessy goes missing, Mats gets desperate. But when he and his best friend Stan hear barking coming from the Butch Forrest near the tennis courts, they get caught up in an exciting adventure. By Rick Meijer and Joke Eikenaar145 x 210 mm8 years and upTheme: tennis, adventure, humor104 pages20.000 words

First title in an adventurous and funny sports series about tennis, for 8+

Each story focuses on the special bond between Mats and his dog Jessy

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GRANDSLAM


ZEUS AND THE GANGFORGET-ME-HERBS!

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Something strange happened with the Eliot family: Felix’s parents just became children! They make everything dirty, cry, fight, pick their noses, make a lot of noise while eating and misbehave badly…. Felix, his brother Jasper and Charlotte have to do something… but what?

This is the story about Zeus and Hera, about Danaë en Perseus, about Eros and the Oracle, about Athens, the nymphs, about Hades and the underworld, Charon and Medusa. Blood-curdling tales about the Greek mythology, tailor-made for kids. Discover what the gods and heroes of Ancient Greece were up to.

By Ingrid Vandekerckhove and Hiky Helmantel145 x 210 mm8 years and upTheme: fantasy, friends, family80 pages10.200 words

By Ingrid Vandekerckhove and Anna Sikkes145 x 210 mm8 years and upTheme: Greek myths, adventure, history120 pages20.900 words

Third hilarious adventure in the series about Felix and Charlotte, for 8+

Few pages, little text and filled with black-and-white illustrations

First print run sold out in only a few months!

Eureka!10.300 words

Super!6500 words

Ancient Greek myths for modern kids, for 8+

Very fluently written stories filled with humor

With funny black-and-white illustrations

Hi, I’m Ingrid,author of Forget-Me-Herbs and Zeus and the Gang. I think my first book woke up my muses! I don’t know who they are. Maybe little Ingrid, the memory? Maybe Astrid Lindgren, the admira-tion? The past? The present? Pain? Melancholy? Joy? Empathy? They are all there, somewhere in the air. I love them and want them to stay with me for some time… or longer, longer, longer!


WATERWIMP


BILLY AND THE SECRET UNDER THE STAIRS

Billy Spotless already moved twelve times. His mother keeps hoping that the new neighbourhood will be cleaner. Filthiness gets on her nerves. When she bumps into a neighbour with smelly armpits, she immedia-tely puts the For sale sign back in the yard. But Billy doesn’t want to move anymore: his new neighbour Rosa is really fun. And behind the staircase they discovered a secret basement. Billy and Rosa create an Anti-move plan.

By Krista Okma and Chris Vosters145 x 210 mm8 years and upTheme: adventure, friendship160 pages23.900 words

What do you do when you are invited to the birthday party of the cutest boy in class, but you have to do the one thing that frightens you the most? Ebbie would love to go to Matteo’s party, until she hears that they’re going swimming. And she’s too scared. No one can know, because which elev-en-year-old is scared of that? Along with her best friend Yasmine she tries to come up with a plan.

By Evelien Feltzer and Chris Vosters145 x 210 mm9 years and upTheme: fear of water, friendship, being brave128 pages21.900 words

A funny and consoling story about waterfright, friendship and bravery, for 9+


Filled with witty, realistic and recognizable dialogues

Adventurous story filled with humor, fantasy and love, for 8+


By the same author

Sem and Hammie34.700 words

Grandma and Grandpa Sauerkraut17.200 words


THE SOCCER HEROES. SOCCER MAFIA


GLORIOUS GYMNASTICS. THE FINAL SHOWDOWN

The gymnastics gala celebrates its tenth anniversary and has a talent show! Nikki and her friends participate and make it to the finals. But the happiness turns into worriedness when the team receives horrible anonymous mes-sages. Marijke starts behaving strange. When Nikki falls in love and doesn’t know what to do with it, the victory seems further away than ever.

By Simone Kortsmit and Max Kooistra145 x 210 mm9 years and upTheme: gymnastics, friendship, revenge280 pages57.500 words

In the run-up to the finals Stijn and Storm are approached by shadowy guys that want them to play bad. They offer money, but Stijn refuses to cooperate. Now Stijn is being threatened. Storm laughs about it first, but then the threats start to get very serious….

By Gerard van Gemert and Mark Janssen145 x 210 mm9 years and upTheme: soccer, adventure160 pages37.000 words

Seventeen titles available in the bestselling series The Soccer Heroes

Over 130.000 copies sold!

Fourth title in the vivid and realistic series Glorious Gymnastics, for 9+

Bestselling series in Belgium and the Netherlands

With augmented reality: scan the pictures for unique videos

With black-and-white illustrationsFirst two titles in the series have already

been reprinted!

Nikki at Gymnastics Camp37.100 words

Team Spirit40.100 words

Gym Gossip52.480 words

AUGMENTED

REALITY:

Scan the pictures

for unique videos

THE SOCCER HER

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BREATHLESS

During a game of soccer Joey sees a boy sitting near the field. His name is Adil. Adil explains that he lives in the refugee centre nearby and likes to play soccer. It turns out that the boy is very talented, but is excluded everywhere. Even Joey’s friends are suspicious. Until Adil opens up about his journey from Syria to the Netherlands.

By Gerard van Gemert and Mark Janssen145 x 210 mm10 years and upTheme: refugees, soccer160 pages31.500 words

Intriguing and heartbreaking story about a refugee, friendship and soccer, for 10+

By bestselling sports author Gerard van Gemert


Beautifully shows how love for soccer brings different cultures together

With color illustrations

More by Gerard van Gemert

Outplayed57.400 words

Paralyzed46.000 words

BENNIE THE MINDBOY

Bennie thinks he can separate fantasy and reality very well, but one day he starts to suspect that he has a superpower. Slowly he starts to use and develop his gift. He doesn’t know much about being a superhero, except for the fact that he needs a costume and that he has to think twice about who he can trust. But is his gift real? Or is his imagination running wild?

By David Vlietstra145 x 210 mm10 years and upTheme: superpowers, friendship, family104 pages23.000 words

Fun story filled with superheroes and regular heroes, for 10+

By the author of the successfulWilly Boom and Hocus Pocus Penguin

Lightheartedly touches the taboo of seeing a psychologist, with realisticdialogues based on feedback by apsychologist

More by David Vlietstra

Hocus Pocus Penguin16.000 words

Willy Boom25.200 words

Sold to Germany!


ART THEFT

The life of Frits and Daan changes completely when they find a machine that can take them anywhere in the world in just two seconds. The device gets them in touch with Philip, a former soldier who gathers information for the army. After a difficult training the boys go on a mission for Philip. They have to find Susanne, the daughter of the colonel. But why is she looking at an empty villa from behind a bush?

By Wilfred Duinkerken145 x 210 mm11 years and upTheme: adventure, friendship, technology224 pages58.000 words

First title in a new series filled with adventure and suspense, for 11+

About two best friends who fulfill exciting missions

Perfect for reluctant readers interested in adventure and technology


DEAD WRONG

When Minny walks down the street to interview people for a school project, she notices that most passers-by are distant and don’t look at each other. No one pays attention to the drifter and the garbage ends up in the gutter. Reasons enough for Minny to take action. She will compensate every bad deed with a good one. Even if it gets her in trouble….

By Astrid Witte145 x 210 mm12 years and upTheme: morals, helping each other, friendship96 pages22.300 words

Contemporary title that makes you think without being moralistic, for 12+

Minny investigates good and bad… and doesn’t like what she finds

Astrid Witte’s first book

Mirror Girl32.600 words

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THE PARAMETERS.THE LAST CHANCE FOR COSMOS

WAR IN A SUITCASE

During the Second World War Benyamin experienced horrible things. As a Jewish boy he was arrested in 1943 by the Nazis and was taken to the concentration camp in Auschwitz. Benyamin was given one assignment from his father: survive, and testify about the horrible things that happen in the camp…. At an old age he indeed tells the story to his grandson, Pieter Jacoby. He gives Pieter a little brown suitcase with memories.

By Berti Persoons145 x 210 mm12 years and upTheme: WWII, concentration camps, history464 pages89.100 words

Heart-wrenching story about the holocaust and the concentration camps, for 12+

The story is told from the perspective of a 12 year old boy, making it very personal and accessible for children

This story deals with difficult questions (about loss, guilt, forgiveness…) in a concrete way

November 1796: The young scientist Alexander von Humboldt crawls through a collapsed mine. Life-threatening, but he is determined to save himself and the other mine-workers.February 2016: Ite has a hard time. Years ago her mother disappeared and since then her father and god aunt Kyra take care of her. But what’s happening with Kyra?Oktyabrya 3372/24: in the second district of the third quadrant prefect Ron Barnhart chairs the High Council. Operation Cosmos is going smoothly, but there are problems arising.

By Peter Nys and Conz145 x 210 mm12 years and upTheme: science, adventure,history312 pages77.400 words

First title in a unique new series in which past, present and future collide, for 12+

Fiction and non-fiction come together

Each title focuses on a different branch of science

De parameters


DANCING WITH A STORK THE GUN

Clavis Young Adult

Jacob doesn’t have any friends. Why? Because his fists are always much faster than his thoughts. Talking to Dad is just as difficult as dancing with a stork. One day Jacob receives a letter from a South-American boy. At first he doesn’t pay much attention to it, but after a while the author starts to captivate him. Jacob tries to contact him, but then everything seems to go wrong….

By Karen Curé145 x 210 mm13 years and upTheme: family, secrets174 pages39.500 words

Summer of 1945, the war is over. Fourteen-year-old John has a big secret: he has stolen a gun from a Canadian soldier. Now he can take revenge on the betrayers that turned over his father to the Germans. Then two wandering girls, Loes and Ziska, come knocking at his door. Were their parents members of the national socialist movement? Luckily that gun is still in his secret hiding spot. At least, that’s what he thinks….

By Ria Lazoe145 x 210 mm14 years and upTheme: WWII, revenge, justice184 pages45.300 words

More by Ria Lazoe

It’s Your Own Fault62.600 words

Missed Call52.800 words

Captivating novel with a touch of South-American culture, for 13+

Interesting style and rhythm: prose alternates with letters

Jacob’s story is inspired by true events and shows how secrets from the past keep influencing lives

Thrilling and realistic story that takes place right after WWII, for 14+

The different background of the Dutch hero and the German heroines intrigues

What is right and what is wrong? Is it right to steal from people who disappeared during the war? Can you take justice in your own hands?

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WITCH KIDRAT

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Rat runs out of the house. Furiously. His mother got beaten by her husband again and the boy is sick of it. He gets on a train and goes to another city, far away from the domestic violence. There he joins two companions. Together they survive from the earnings of small criminal activities. It all turns out quite well, until everything goes wrong.

By Coen de Kort145 x 210 mm14 years and upTheme: domestic violence, crime, hope160 pages40.130 words

February 1578. When a part of the district rises up against the king, wander-ing soldiers terrorize the area. Everyone lives in fear. At the same time super-stition and belief in witchcraft are flourishing. While the battle rages around them, Henric and Coppen discover that their lives are covered in lies. During the search for their forgotten past they get help from an unexpected source: a tortured witch awaiting her trial in a dungeon….

By Luc Hanegreefs145 x 210 mm14 years and upTheme: witch hunts, history, family224 pages54.400 words

Fictitious adventure filled with historical facts, for 14+

Different storylines with many intrigues come together and unfold in a nerve-wracking whole

Harsh yet surprising story about domestic violence, wandering youth and the hope for a better life, for 14+

Also by Coen de Kort

About Murder and That Sort of Thing41.500 words

More by Luc Hanegreefs

Viking Blood50.400 words

Cursed60.900 words

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BRANDED

Clavis Young Adult

Lena stays at her aunt’s in Ravensdal, a village where people attach great importance to the Keltic past and where some even worship the old chief Toutatis. Lena discovers that some young people are a bit loony. Take Sam, who stayed in a mental institution for a while. Or Billy, who claims that he keeps his dead father at home in the freezer. And then it’s Halloween. What will happen when Lena participates at a nocturnal forest game?

By Wendy Stroobant145 x 210 mm14 years and upTheme: cult, sacrifices336 pages91.100 words

Thrilling psychological novel in a scary setting,for 14+

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MY UNFORGETTABLE KIDNAPPER

Clavis Young Adult

Daphne is kidnapped by three men. She’s absolutely terrified and constantly on guard. The only bright spot is the youngest kidnapper: he sometimes talks to her and breaks her loneliness. While the days go by and the fear of rape or murder keeps lurking around the corner, she gets very confused about her feelings for the youngest kidnapper….

By Greet Beukenkamp145 x 210 mmYATheme: kidnapping, Stockholm syndrome208 pages55.000 words

A chilling story about fear, crime and love, for Young Adults

About the Stockholm syndrome

Also by Greet Beukenkamp

Forever Yours46.000 words

The Boy Behind the Mask116.300 words

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STRONGER THAN YOU

Clavis Young Adult

Lara couldn’t be more happy. Her brand-new boyfriend Kobe is handsome, funny, charming and madly in love with her. Moreover, he loves to spoil her with presents and her friends all like him. When Kobe gets mad at her without any reason, she forgives him. Nobody is perfect, right? But during a romantic trip it turns out that Kobe’s rage wasn’t just a one-time thing.

By Kaat De Kock145 x 210 mmYATheme: domestic violence, love160 pages37.790 words

Realistic and moving story about ‘the perfect love’ and domestic violence, for Young Adults

Being blinded by love: get to understand why Lara believes she deserves her bruises

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CHEMISTRY

Clavis Young Adult

Seventeen-year-old Emma can’t wait to go on her class trip to Greece. Especially because her handsome and young chemistry teacher is one of the supervisors. Most girls in her class have a crush on him, and secretly she has too. What a shame he’s so unreachable! But then Emma starts to notice he might be more interested in her than a teacher should be. Is there really chemistry between them?

By Kaat De Kock145 x 210 mmYATheme: (forbidden) love136 pages31.500 words

A novel about friendship and a forbidden love, based on a true story, for Young Adults

Very fluently written and recognizable for many readers

Kaat De Kock’s fast-selling debut

Selfie31.900 words

First print runsold out

in only 2 months!

Hello, I am Kaat, author of Stronger Than You and Chemistry.I’ve always been a fan of words and books, which is why I work as an editor. As a teenager I read just about every book in the library and it was my biggest dream to have a book of my own there one day. It took me a while, but eventually I did it. My heart still beats a little bit faster every time I see one of my books on those shelves. It’s the best feeling ever.

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