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Hachette Australia Spring 2020 Children's Rights Guide

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Sami Bayly is a natural history illustrator based in Newcastle, wholoves all things weird and wonderful. She finds the beauty andimportance of all animals regardless of their appearance, andhopes to share her appreciation with others. The IllustratedEncyclopaedia of Ugly Animals was her first book. To keep up todate you can follow Sami on Instagram: @SamiBayly.

The Illustrated Encyclopaediaof Dangerous Animals


OCTOBER 2020 | HARDBACK | 128PP | AGE 7+

With more than sixty of the most deadly, threatening and scary animals fromacross the world to explore, each page of this beautifully illustrated encyclopaediawill be more eye-opening than the last. You will learn interesting facts about thesedangerous species (many of which you won’t have even known were deadly), suchas how they have adapted to survive and whether we should be threatened bythese animals or appreciate them for their incredible features. Children and adults alike will pore over the breathtaking scientific illustrations ofunusual animals from the Cone Shell to the Wolverine, Irukandji Jellyfish, SlowLoris and more, debating their relative dangerous features and learning howthese features developed to help the species survive. A brilliant companion toBayly's previous title The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals.

Dangerous animals get a bad rap, but in this beautifullyillustrated encyclopaedia you will come to appreciate theincredible features and functions of the natural world'sscariest animal species.

ACQUIRING PUBLISHER: Jeanmarie Morosin MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Requests taken

RIGHTS HELD: World, Film & TVRIGHTS SOLD: AvailablePREVIOUS RIGHTS SOLD: UK (HCG), US (TheExperiment), China (Jieli), Film and TV(Fremantle)

SAMI BAYLY

https://www.instagram.com/samibayly/?hl=en

Joan-Maree Hargreaves has worked in publishing and magazines for more than adecade and has edited a number of international children's titles. Marita Bullock is an academic and secondary school teacher across the fields ofCultural Studies, Film, Art, and Literature, most recently at The University of Sydney. Liz Rowland is a British Illustrator who has worked with clients including Vogue,Gourmet Traveller and Visit Britain.

The Big Book of Festivals


APRIL 2021 | HARDBACK | 64PP | AGE 7+

Kids with an interest in the world around them will adore this collection offantastic festivities, crazy celebrations and happy holy days from across theglobe. The Big Book of Festivals introduces young people to some majorfestivals and some lesser-known regional festivals from around the world,including: Lunar New Year, Día de Muertos, Kumbh Mela, Holi, Diwali, Gelede,Christmas, La Tomatina, Eid-ul-Fitr, Konaki Sumo, Carnaval, Hanukkah,Anastenaria, Festival of Giants, Matariki, Halloween, The Birthday of Guru Nanuk,Buddha's Birthday, Bunya Cone Harvest Festival, Easter, Inti Raymi, VenetianMasquerade Ball, and more.

Grave-side picnics, epic dance-offs, tomato-throwing frenzies,crying-baby competitions and the biggest bathing ritual onthe planet – these are just some of the amazing events in thisbig book of world festivals.

ACQUIRING PUBLISHER: Kate Stevens MATERIAL AVAILABLE: First pages

RIGHTS HELD: World RIGHTS SOLD: Available

JOAN-MAREE HARGREAVES, MARITA BULLOCK & LIZROWLAND

Trent Jamieson is an editor, bookseller and award-winning writer of science fictionand fantasy, including the Death Works series and Roil duology. His 2015 novel, DayBoy, won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2015, Aurealis Award for BestHorror Novel 2015 and shortlisted for the Ditmar Award for Best Novel 2016. Rovina Cai is an illustrator from Melbourne, Australia. Tintinnabula, her first picturebook, with acclaimed author Margo Lanagan, was published in 2017 and won theCBCA Crichton Award for New Illustrators. Her work can be seen at rovinacai.com.

The Giant and the Sea


JUNE 2020 | HARDBACK | 32PP | AGE 4+

A giant stands on the shore, watching the sea. She never moves, never speaks,until the day she turns to a little girl and says, 'The sea is rising.' The brave girl takes the message to the town. But when the people refuse tolisten, the giant must find another way to save them. Perfect for the children of the Climate Strike, this is a lyrical and deeply movingstory about climate change, standing up for what you believe in, and the powerof hope.

A stunningly beautiful and powerful take on climate change,standing up for what you believe in, and the power of hope.With lyrical text and illustrations that will resonate long afterreading. For fans of Shaun Tan and Armin Greder.

ACQUIRING PUBLISHER: Suzanne O'Sullivan MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Final pages

RIGHTS HELD: World RIGHTS SOLD: Korean (Jiyangsa)

TRENT JAMIESON & ROVINA CAI

http://www.rovinacai.com/

Libby Hathorn is an award-winning author and poet of more than seventy books forchildren, young adults, and adult readers. Translated into several languages andadapted for both stage and screen, her work has won honours in Australia, theUnited States, Great Britain and Holland. For more information, free writing tips andteaching resources, go to libbyhathorn.com. Mel Pearce is an artist and illustrator who likes scribbling in detail. Her work hasappeared in literary magazines dotdotdash and Voiceworks.

No! Never!


MAY 2020 | HARDBACK | 32PP | AGE 3+

Georgie is a sweet little girl who always makes her parents happy... until shediscovers one powerful phrase: 'No! Never!' It suddenly becomes her answer toevery request, from tidying up her toys to going to bed. Her parents are at theirwits end, but what happens when they decide to try saying 'No! Never!'themselves? A lovely, lively look at the Terrible Twos (or Threes, or Fours, or Fives...) frommother-daughter team Libby Hathorn and Lisa Hathorn-Jarman, with debutillustrator Mel Pearce. Perfect for any parent dealing with tantrums, defiantbehaviour or communication issues.

A cautionary tale about a little girl who drives her parentsup the wall when she starts answering 'No! Never!' to alltheir requests – and what happens when the tables areturned on her.


RIGHTS HELD: World RIGHTS SOLD: Chinese Complex (Sun Ya)

LIBBY HATHORN, LISA HATHORN-JARMAN & MEL PEARCE

http://www.libbyhathorn.com/

Sha'an d'Anthes is a Sydney-based creative whose career asan artist/illustrator has seen her travel, show and sell workall over the world. Through her brand Furry Little Peach,Sha'an has established and rallied a large audience thatgrows steadily by the day. For more on Sha'an, check outher Instagram @furrylittlepeach.

Bandits



Fern lives in a colourless, lifeless city and has only ever seen trees as pictures inher books. Fern is told that the bandits who come in the middle of the night tosteal from the city dwellers are bad guys, but when she follows them back totheir home she discovers a land of colour, life, friendship and a future shebelieves in. Bandits is the second picture book from artist Sha'an d'Anthes.

A visually stunning picture book for children aged 4+with themes of friendship, diversity and theenvironment, from the author of Zoom.



SHA'AN D'ANTHES

PREVIOUS TITLE

http://www.instagram.com/furrylittlepeach

The Mummy Animal Book


MARCH 2020 | HARDBACK | 32PP | AGE 2+

Did you know that a mother peacock is called apeahen and a baby peacock is called a peachick? The Mummy Animal Book is an adorable andinformative picture book about mummy animals andtheir babies that is perfect for Mother's Day.

ACQUIRING PUBLISHER: Kate Stevens MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Requests taken

RIGHTS HELD: World, Film & TV RIGHTS SOLD: Available

JENNIFER COSSINS

The Daddy Animal Book

AUGUST 2020 | HARDBACK | 32PP | AGE 2+

Did you know that a daddy gorilla is called a silverbackand a baby gorilla is called an infant? The Daddy Animal Book is an adorable and informativepicture book about baby animals and their dads that isperfect for Father's Day.

JENNIFER COSSINS

ACQUIRING PUBLISHER: Kate Stevens MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Final pages

RIGHTS HELD: World, Film & TV RIGHTS SOLD: Korea (Voozfirm)

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT

Jennifer Cossins


Jennifer Cossins is a CBCA award-winning artist andwriter with a passion for nature, the animal kingdomand all things bright and colourful. A born-and-bredTasmanian, Jennifer also designs homewares, textilesand stationery, which she stocks in her store in Hobart,Red Parka. Jennifer's books include A-Z of EndangeredAnimals, 101 Collective Nouns, The Baby Animal Book, A-Z of Australian Animals, The Ultimate Animal CountingBook and A Flamboyance of Flamingos.

HARDBACK | 136PP | AGE 4+ HARDBACK | 64PP | AGE 7+

HARDBACK | 32PP | AGE 2+

HARDBACK | 136PP | AGE 4+ HARDBACK | 136PP | AGE 4+ HARDBACK | 136PP | AGE 4+

THE ULTIMATE ANIMAL ALPHABET BOOKCOMING NOVEMBER 2020 | HARBACK | 64PP | AGE 4+

From the Australorp Chicken to the Zigzag Heron, this A-Z book is jam-packed with over 250

animal species and all kinds of interesting animal facts. A companion book to JenniferCossins' The Ultimate Animal Counting Book, this one is for budding zoologists aged 4+.

Dugong Magic



There are not many dugongs left in the world now. But what if humans freedthe sea from nets? What if we cleared it of rubbish so that seagrass couldflourish again and dugongs could feed? A beautiful and thought-provoking picture book about dugongs – themysterious creatures who were once mistaken for mermaids. Deborah's Kelly'sbeautiful, lyrical writing brings these animals to life, and highlights the dangersthey face, inspiring young readers to care for and protect our natural world. LisaStewart's gorgeous illustrations capture the beauty of these gentle andendangered creatures.

A beautifully illustrated, lyrical and informative storyabout dugongs, one of our most unique endangeredanimals. Ideal for anyone with an interest in marine lifeand the environment, and an excellent teachingresource.



DEBORAH KELLY & LISA STEWART

Deborah Kelly has a degree in marine biology, but has worked in all sorts of jobs. Shehas written several picture books and a junior fiction series. Lisa Stewart was shortlisted for the Crichton Award for New Illustrators for her firstbook, Can I Cuddle The Moon? (written by Kerry Brown). She has illustrated severalmore picture books since then, and also tours the world as a professional violinist,playing with the Acacia Quartet.

A family of birds stumble across an egg in the bush and take it home with them.The family are thrilled when a little crocodile hatches from the egg, but theother animals are a little confused. 'Why do you keep him?' they ask. 'Is it because he's beautiful? Is it because he's fun? Is it because he makes a greatcoat rack? Is that it? Is that why you keep him?' Croccy is beautiful, and he is fun, and he does make a great coat rack. But that'snot why the family keep him. The other animals eventually realise that the birdskeep Croccy because he belongs with them.

Kitty Black loves nothing more than plotting her next children's book. She lives inPerth with her husband and two children. Award-winning New Zealand illustrator Daron Parton has been working as anillustrator since 1990 and is also an illustration tutor at Auckland University ofTechnology.

A Crocodile in the Family


SEPTEMBER 2020 | HARDBACK | 32PP | AGE 3+

A charming, warm-hearted picture book about a familyof birds who take home an egg and, even though thecrocodile that hatches from it doesn't look or act likethe rest of the family, he belongs.



KITTY BLACK & DARON PARTON

Yvonne Mes is a children's author, illustrator and devourer of books. She writes shortstories, picture books and junior novels. Her stories are published in School Magazine,on the Kids Book Review website and as part of anthologies. Jody Pratt is a Melbourne-based illustrator and painter who loves all things nature, inparticular animals. She also works in a library. For more information, visit her website:jodystudioarts.com.

Little Bilby's Aussie EasterEgg Hunt


MARCH 2020 | BOARD BOOK | 16PP | AGE 0+

Near bush and scrub and oceanfront, they tiptoe on their Easter hunt... A group of baby bilbies are on an Easter egg hunt. They find all kinds of eggs – akookaburra's egg, a turtle's egg, a cassowary's egg - before the little bilbies finallyfind what they've been looking for: Easter eggs to share with all their friends. This colourfully illustrated picture book showcases the diversity of Australia's egg-laying animals. Each spread reveals an egg in its natural environment and asks thequestion 'Whose egg could this be?'. After turning the page, the egg is matchedwith the animal it belongs to.

A pleasure to read aloud, this Easter board book forages 0 to 4 comes complete with rhyme, repetition andanimal noises, and explores animals in their naturalhabitats.

ACQUIRING PUBLISHER: Kate Stevens MATERIAL AVAILABLE: Final pages


YVONNE MES & JODY PRATT

http://www.jodystudioarts.com/

Alexa Moses has a masters degree in screenwriting from theAustralian Film Television and Radio school, has written forchildren's television and has had two middle-grade novelspublished by HarperCollins. Anil Tortop was born and raised in Turkey. She has illustrated 16children's books and also works as an animator andcharacter/concept designer.

Santa and the Sugar Glider:A Rainforest Christmas



It's Christmas Eve, and Snap the sugar glider is practising his moves. He wantsto be the greatest flyer in the rainforest, but the other animals just laugh athim. When Santa makes an emergency landing, all the animals get a chance toaudition to fill in for Comet, who is injured. Is this Snap's chance to shine? A heartwarming story full of Christmas magic, from the team that brought youBat Vs Poss.

A sweet Australian festive story with a positive messageabout following your dreams, helping others, and themagic of Christmas.



ALEXA MOSES & ANIL TORTOP

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Anna McGregor is a Melbourne-based writer and illustrator. Her background ingraphic design is evident in her high impact compositions and her penchant forproblem-solving. Her debut picture book, Colouroos, is partly inspired by herchildhood in rural Australia.

Colouroos



Deep in the heart of the Red Centre lived a mob of red kangaroos. During a long,hot drought, the thirsty roos went searching for water. When three different groups of kangaroos – red, blue and yellow – all come to thesame watering hole, they aren't sure what to make of each other at first. But theysoon discover that they aren't so different after all. As the three groups becomeone, new colours appear, and soon the roos have created a beautiful rainbow! On the surface, this is a fun, light-hearted story about the colour spectrum, but on a deeper level it is a beautiful celebration of diversity.

When three differently coloured mobs of kangarooscome together, they discover that they have more incommon than they expect. A vibrant and colourfulcelebration of diversity.



ANNA MCGREGOR

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Book 2: Lights Out | August 2020 Some children hate going to bed. Not Kitty! That is untilone spooky night when Kitty's nightlight goes missingand her fear of the dark comes creeping out. The cats,unfamiliar with the concept, try to settle her down but tono avail. In the end, it won't be a nightlight that saves theday.

Kitty Is Not a Cat series


2020 | 4 TITLES | PAPERBACK | 96PP | AGE 7+

A warmly funny junior-fiction series about a gutsy girlprotagonist living in an adult-free world, learning what it meansto be human from a group of kind-hearted but ill-informed cats.Based on the Australian animation series that has sold to morethan 80 territories around the world! Written by award-winningchildren's author, Jess Black.



JESS BLACK

Book 1: Teddy's Bear | August 2020 The cats decide that Kitty needs a teddy bear, butmistakenly end up getting her a grizzly bear instead. Hervery own grizzly bear! Kitty and the bear spend a fun-filled afternoon together, but it doesn't take long for Kittyto realise that having a grizzly bear for a pet may be alittle more trouble than she had anticipated.ted.

Book 4: Hired Hound | November 2020 The cats have a very strict no dogs allowed policy. So whenButcher the chihuahua/straight shooter cross moves innext door and upsets the peace, feline hell breaks loose!

Book 3: Bath Time | November 2020 The cats realise that Kitty needs to have a bath, but that'seasier said than done in a house full of cats who hatewater!




Book 2: Squidge Dibley Destroys the Galaxy | December 2019 Things are finally looking up for class 6PU. All the way up intoouter space! It all begins with half-a-duck and a very naughty python.Throw in an astronaut, a robot, a school hall full of insaneinventions and an excursion to space camp, and you've gotone crazy, cosmos-sized problem.

Book 1: Squidge Dibley Destroys the School | July 2019 Things are going downhill fast for class 6PU at CraglandsSouth Primary School. They've changed teachers moretimes than most kids change their socks, and their latestone is so strict they aren't even allowed to sneeze. But justwhen it seems like the school term has been turned into aprison term, a new kid arrives. He is a kid unlike any other kid at Craglands South. A kidnamed Squidge Dibley. He's small, quiet and strangely ...squidgy. And he's about to change everything.

Squidge Dibley Series


4 TITLES | PAPERBACK| 176PP | AGE 7+

A hilarious series about a very strange class and their verystrange friend Squidge Dibley, perfect for fans of Weirdo,Funny Kid and Tom Gates. The series is written by Mick Elliott,author of The Turners, and features his unforgettable cartoon-style illustrations on every page. Find out more atmickelliott.me.

ACQUIRING PUBLISHER: Suzanne O'Sullivan MATERIAL AVAILABLE: First pages

RIGHTS HELD: World RIGHTS SOLD: German (Loewe), Hebrew(S.Simson), Hungarian (Alexandra), Korean(Greatbooks), Turkish (Egitim)

MICK ELLIOTT

http://www.mickelliott.me/

Standalone title: Squidge Dibley Destroys History |September 2019 Normal kids build dioramas for History assignments. SquidgeDibley builds a time machine. When class 6PU's pet falls intoits wormhole and gets lost in time, it's up to Squidge Dibleyto rescue him before he dries out and/or destroys life as weknow it. along the way, Squidge encounters some of theweirdest, wildest people and events from history, and leaveseach place he visits just a little bit squidgier.

Book 3: Squidge Dibley Destroys Everything | April 2020 When a freak accident at the talent quest unleashes a liceinfestation, 6PU's arch-nemesis Hector Hoovesly takes over.Squidge and Padman quickly discover that this was noaccident – instead, it is step one in Hoovesley's dastardlyplan to take over Craglands Primary. Defeating the world's most vile teacher will take guts,brains, and burps so powerful they can create miniearthquakes. There's only one kid for the job: SQUIDGEDIBLEY!



RIGHTS HELD: World RIGHTS SOLD: German (Loewe), Hebrew(S.Simson), Hungarian (Alexandra), Korean(Greatbooks), Turkish (Egitim)

Will Kostakis is an award-winning author for young adults.His first novel, Loathing Lola, was released when he was justnineteen, and his second, The First Third, won the 2014 GoldInky Award. It was also shortlisted for the Children's BookCouncil of Australia Book of the Year and Australian PrimeMinister's Literary awards. Rebel Gods is the second title in hisMonuments fantasy duology.

Rebel Gods: MonumentsBook 2


AUGUST 2020 | PAPERBACK | 240PP | AGE 13+

Newbie gods Connor, Sally and Locky want to change the world - no biggie.When their first attempted miracle doesn't quite go to plan, they findthemselves at odds with their families, the media and each other. To make matters worse, they're drawn into a centuries-old conflict between thegods of Love and Fear that threatens to destroy the world they're striving tomake better. Rebel Gods is the second book in the Monuments fantasy duology from YAsuperstar, Will Kostakis. It's a heartfelt look at faith, friendship and how mythsare born.

In the second installment of the Monuments duology,Connor, Sally and Locky are drawn into a centuries-oldconflict between the gods of Love and Fear that just mightdestroy the world they're striving to make better.

ACQUIRING PUBLISHER: Jeanmarie Morosin MATERIAL AVAILABLE: First pages


WILL KOSTAKIS

PREVIOUS TITLE

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Anna Morgan was born in Sydney, but spent most of herchildhood surrounded by mountains in Nepal and Tibet whileher parents were part of an international community of healthprofessionals. Navigating this cross-cultural life made her acurious observer of people, although most of her time was spentreading Enid Blyton and dreaming of going to boarding school.She works as a bookseller. Before the Beginning is hersophomore book, following All That Impossible Space.

Before the Beginning


SEPTEMBER 2020 | PAPERBACK | 240PP | AGE 12+

Schoolies week: that strange in-between time when teenagers move fromschool into the adult world. It's a week when anything is possible, and everythingcan change. Grace is questioning everything she thought about herself, and has opted not tojoin her clique of judgemental friends for schoolies, instead tagging along withher brother Casper and his friends. Casper, an artist, is trying to create the perfectartwork for his uni application folio. Overachieving, anxiety-ridden Noah isreeling from a catastrophe that might have ruined his end-of-year results. AndElsie is just trying to figure out how to hold their friendship group together. On the first night of the trip, they meet Sierra, a mysterious girl with silver-greyhair and a magnetic personality. All of them are drawn to her for differentreasons, and she persuades them to abandon the cliched schoolies experience infavour of camping with her on a remote, uninhabited island. On that island, eachof them will find answers to their questions. But what does Sierra want fromthem?

The story of four friends, a mysterious stranger, and theweek when everything changed. For fans of We WereLiars.


RIGHTS HELD: UK & Commonwealth RIGHTS SOLD: Available

ANNA MORGAN

PREVIOUS TITLE

Jane Godwin is the highly acclaimed author of over 25books for children and young people, across all styles andages. Her work is published internationally and she hasreceived many commendations. Keep up with Jane on herwebsite janegodwin.com.au or by following her onInstagram @janiegodwin.

When Rain Turns to Snow


JULY 2020 | PAPERBACK | 256PP | AGE 12+

Lissa is home on her own after school one afternoon when a stranger turns upon her doorstep carrying a baby. After her initial shock, she realises the strangerand baby desperately need her help. Reed and baby Mercy are on the run andhis parents are trying to find him. He's trying to find out who he really is andthinks Lissa's mum might have the answer to all his questions. But, he's got theadded complication of having to look after a baby – not something your average13-year-old knows how to handle. Reed's appearance stirs up some untold histories in Lissa's family and suddenlyshe's having to scrape through her past – all while her brother is dealing with adevastating secret of his own.

A moving and timely story about finding out who you are inthe face of crisis and change, with kind but complexcharacters and an absorbing narrative that deftly coverscurrent issues from the climate strikes to social mediashaming. For fans of Kate DiCamillo, Fiona Wood and EmilyRodda.

ACQUIRING PUBLISHER: Jeanmarie Morosin MATERIAL AVAILABLE: First pages


JANE GODWIN

PREVIOUS TITLE

http://www.janegodwin.com.au/

https://www.instagram.com/janiegodwin/?hl=en

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