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New Releases Spring 2019 – Spring 2021 Foreign Rights Catalogue
Index
AWARD
WINNING New Titles Spring 2020
TITLE
4 Cuckoo, I Am Back! 28 Eggs in Daycare
Daniel Fehr / Luigi Olivadoti Lorenz Pauli / Kathrin Schärer
6 A House on Wheels 29 Haven’t We Forgotten Something?
Wolf Gruber Andreas Greve / Lena Winkel
8 Mr. Bert and Alfonso Chasing a Thief 30 Hugo and Tawny
Laura D’Arcangelo Vera Eggermann
10 Raven – Black and Colourful 31 My Favourite Toys
Xenia Joss Claudia de Weck
12 Gone is the Ihmchen! (Kampa Verlag) 32 In the Moorlands –
Jan Philipp Reemtsma / Nikolaus Heidel- Peewit, Frog and Sundew
bach Eva Sixt
14 Where is Vincent? (Kampa Verlag)
Nikolaus Heidelbach
2019
33 Only One More
Fall 2020 Kathrin Schärer
16 Best Emergency Ever 34 A Password for the Library
Lorenz Pauli / Adam Vogt Lorenz Pauli / Kathrin Schärer
18 What’s Behind? 35 Annie and the Bear Hunters
Kathrin Schärer Lotte Bräuning
20 Come With Us, Maurice! 36 The Sunday the Egg Cracked
Dieter Wiesmüller Lorenz Pauli / Kathrin Schärer
22 The Woodlings 37 Alwina and Nell
Maria Stalder Heribert Schulmeyer
24 Ginting and Ganteng 38 The Second Ark
Regina Frey/Petra Rappo Heinz Janisch / Hannes Binder
26 Award winning titles 39 Pancake, Pancake on the Wall!
Beatrice Oehlschläger, Literature & Society Jörg Isermeyer / Daniel Napp
+41 44 267 71 24
beatrice.oehlschlaeger@prohelvetia.ch 40 The Lake
Lorenz Pauli / Sonja Bougaeva
41 Wondrous Sponges
Ninon Ammann
3 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH Illustration: Laura d'Arcangelo 'Mr. Bert and Alfonso chasing a thief'
© Atlantis Verlag 2021
Daniel Fehr (Text) / Luigi Olivadoti (Illustrations)
Cuckoo, I Am Back!
Full of anticipation the cuckoo returns to → n amusing story with a surprising
A
his forest in spring. He has so much to twist and fold out page
tell his friends! → Shared joy of reuniting
Is the mouse in? No ... → Strong crayon drawings by an
But maybe the salamander? award-winning illustrator
Or is at least the deer to be found some-
where? Daniel Fehr, born in 1980, studied Ger-
Nobody anywhere, none at all. man philology at Princeton University
Disappointed, the cuckoo flies home. He after learning to create pictures at
opens the door... Tadaaa! - The Friends Hochschule der Künste, Zurich, and at
surprise him with a welcome party. the School of Visual Arts, New York.
Together they celebrate until well into Daniel Fehr now lives in Winterthur.
the night. When not writing, he develops games
The cuckoo not only tells his friends for children as well as adults.
about his adventures abroad, but also He published over twenty picture books.
how it was to return home.
Luigi Olivadoti, born in 1983 in Grabs
SG, grew up in Liechtenstein, studied
communication design in Zurich and
visual communication at the the Lu-
cerne School of Art and Design. He lives
and works as a freelance illustrator in
Zürich. In 2020 Luigi Olivadoti was nom-
inated for the Swiss Design Award and
took second place at the UNO 75th Anni-
versary International Art contest.
World Rights available
32 pages | bound | 20 × 26 cm | 4+ | 2021
4 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH
Wolf Gruber
A House on Wheels
Built by Emil and Aunt Zach
Emil wants to build a hut, but he can't → bout »do-it-yourself« and the
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decide where. Therefore Aunt Zach dream of a tiny house
takes him to her shed, shows him planks → An old woman beyond stereotypes
and clutter, the old tractor and a rusty → Young and old working together
hanger. But the old lady has even more → Unusual plans, most detailed painted
to offer: She knows to weld and she can and colourful scenes.
do carpentry. Together they work for
days until the house on wheels is ready. Wolf Gruber, born in 1990, started to
Children and adults admire what they draw as a small child because he was
achieve. And the next day Aunt Zach influenced by Bill Wattersson and
moves the house to where Emil wants it Janosch. He studied communication de-
to be. sign in Augsburg and lives and works as
a freelance illustrator in his atelier
»Markise« or in his own house on
wheels in Oettlingen i. Bayern.
He´s the winner of the art award by the
city of Senden.
World Rights available
48 pages | bound | 22,5 × 31 cm | 4+ | 2021
6 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH
Laura d’Arcangelo
Mr. Bert and Alfonso
Chasing a Thief
Mr. Bert and his dachshund Alfonso are Laura D'Arcangelo, born in 1995, stud-
overlooked by everyone. But as a thief ied illustration fiction at the Lucerne
gets active in the small town, suspicion School of Art and Design. Since then
falls on the two. They engage in a wild she’s working as a freelance illustrator
chase with the police until – thanks to and picturebook illustrator. Since 2019,
Mr. Bert's detective skills and Alfonso's Laura D’Arcangelo is project director of
lust for sausages – they catch the real Bolo Klub that supports young picture-
thief. book illustrators in Switzerland.
»Mr. Bert and his dachshund« was part
→ A fast-paced thriller for early-
of The Unpublished Picturebook Show-
readers
case by dPictus and has been selected
→ S earch for clues/traces in text and
for the Bologna illustrator's exhibition in
pictures
2021.
→ Even those who are small and unno-
ticed will make it big!
World Rights available
48 pages | bound | 18,1 x 25,3 cm | 6+ | 2021
8 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH
Xenia Joss
Raven –
Black and Colourful
non fiction
Their cawing is famous, their gloomy- slides, it is clear that ravens learn by
ness too. But if you look closely, you see playing – just like children.
shimmering feathers - and in warmer
areas ravens anyway show bright colors. → he book represents the common
T
Inspite of prejudices: Raven mothers types of raven and crows in Europe
are caring, couples are faithful. No ani- and North-America.
mal has a larger brain in relation to its → Topics and texts developped in coop-
body. eration with scientists from the Swiss
And when these intelligent birds build Ornithological Institute in Sempach.
nests out of wire hangers, use cars as → Never has a children's book covered
nutcrackers or snow-covered roofs as these birds and their behaviour more
carefully.
Xenia Joss, born in 1995, studied illus-
tration nonfiction at the Lucerne School
of Art and Design and has been living
there ever since. She works as a free-
lance illustrator. Today Xenia Joss is
studying for her Master’s degree in Art
Teaching. Her whole life she has been
fascinated by picturebooks and non-fic-
tion picturebooks. »Raven – black and
colourful« is her first picture book.
World Rights available ― Rights sold to: France
48 pages | bound | 21 × 29,7 cm | 6+ | 2021
10 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH
Jan Philipp Reemtsma (Text)
Nikolaus Heidelbach (Illustrations)
Gone is the Ihmchen!
Gone is the Ihmchen! Kurtpeter is des- Jan Philipp Reemtsma, born in 1952,
perate. Together with Beinelars, he Prof. Dr. phil., founder and director of
goes in search of it. At Inge Rölling’s the Hamburger Stiftung zur Förderung
house, they find only a Matz, who sings von Wissenschaft und Kultur and the
slippery sailor songs, and little Linse, Arno Schmidt Foundation. Founder until
who learns Etruscan and is very clever 2015 and director of the Institut für So-
in general. And there is someone else zialforschung in Hamburg.
living in the house: God. But there is not
much to do with him. He never goes out. Nikolaus Heidelbach has written, drawn
So how is he supposed to know where and illustrated many books. So far
the Ihmchen is? He doesn’t know any- Kampa has published: »Lest doch!«, an
thing. Linse joins the boys. On their way, animal-friendly ABC with quotes about
they meet an oversized crocodile and, fi- reading, the anthology »Nichts als
nally, the cook from hell and her son, Weihnachten im Kopf«, the Corona diary
Bad Urs, who is celebrating his birthday »Alles gut?« and the Wimmelbook »Wo
and wants something really tasty: Ihm- ist Vincent?«.
chen in stinky pudding. Will things turn
out well?
World Rights available
140 pages | bound | 18 × 24 cm | 2020
12 FOREIGN RIGHTS KAMPA VERLAG ZÜRICH
Nikolaus Heidelbach
Where is Vincent?
Vincent, a little octopus, lives in the
ocean. The ocean is full of animals.
Vincent has to hide from some of them.
Can you find him?
→ A submarine hidden object book
Nikolaus Heidelbach has written, drawn
and illustrated many books. So far
Kampa has published: »Lest doch!«, an
animal-friendly ABC with quotes about
reading, the anthology »Nichts als
Weihnachten im Kopf«, the children’s
book »Weg war das Ihmchen!« (with Jan
Philipp Reemtsma), his Corona diary
»Alles gut?«.
World Rights available
16 pages | bound | 18 × 26 cm | 2021
14 FOREIGN RIGHTS KAMPA VERLAG ZÜRICH
Lorenz Pauli (Text) / Adam Vogt (Illustrations)
Best Emergency Ever
This is the first children's book by Lorenz Pauli’s text hovers between re-
the author of most successful picture ality and imagination. This enables him
books. to weave a story about missions going
Ben has to stay at Gustav’s place during wrong and incipient friendship, about
his holiday, and neither of them is happy boys’ pranks and mythical beasts.
about the situation. The only thing con-
→ Top picture book author
necting them is an injured mouse they
Lorenz Pauli’s first children’s book
are both looking after. But behind the
→ Everyday life suddenly tilts into the
mystery of the odd mouse, there is an-
fabulous.
other, bigger mistery: something is
→ Thrilling and exhilarating!
moving in Ben’s suitcase!
→ Stunning black & white illustrations
The two nine-year-old boys are faced
by Adam Vogt
with a challenge. They become friends
only very tentatively. Because of the
Lorenz Pauli, born in 1967, was a former
mouse and another strange creature,
kindergarten teacher. Then days grew
they need to work together.
too short for work, and now he laughs
when sitting at his keyboard and when
telling stories on stage. Lorenz Pauli
won many awards for his books, among
them the Swiss children's book prize for
Rigo & Rosa in 2017 (illustrations:
Kathrin Schärer). Lorenz Pauli lives in
Berne.
→ More from Lorenz Pauli: page 28, 34, 36, 40
Adam Vogt, born in 1992, grew up be-
tween brooks in Southern France, Pied-
montese forests and the mountains of
Liechtenstein. His passion for pictures
Pauli's and stories became his profession; now
first he draws comics, illustrates books or
searches the underbrush for mushrooms
children's and mysterious creatures.
book!
World Rights available ― Rights sold to: Hungary
220 pages | bound | 15 × 21,6 cm | 9+ | 2020
16 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH
Kathrin Schärer
What’s Behind?
A new boardbook by our most success- → Join in, guess, laugh and learn the
ful and bestselling illustrator. difference between large and small.
It’s a spontaneous, everyday game: You → The game in the board book reflects
hide an object behind your back, and your the game in the children’s room.
child is supposed to guess what it is. → The same format as ‘Only One More’
In the book, the artist turns this into an
amusing chain reaction: Behind every Kathrin Schärer, born in Basel in 1969.
animal, there’s another, hidden one. She is one of the most successful Swiss
The playful moment develops into a sim- illustrators. While she sometimes illus-
ple story. trates her own stories, she is best
The mouse has to guess – known for her longstanding and very
all the way to the end. successful collaboration with Lorenz
And behind the mouse is – who? Pauli. Kathrin Schärer has been nomi-
It’s YOU! nated for the prestigious Hans Christian
Andersen Award 2012 for her complete
work and for the Astrid Lindgren Memo-
rial Award 2014.
→ More from Kathrin Schärer:
pages 28, 33, 34, 36
→ Kathrin Schärer’s characters are
eminently lovable, one and all.
Only One More
World Rights available
see more on p. 33
World Rights available
26 pages | board book | 15.3 × 19.8 cm | 1+ | 2020
18 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHDieter Wiesmüller
Come With Us, Maurice!
Maurice’s pirate book has disappeared! → Fantastic scenes, pure magical
But when he is sadly looking out into the realism
night, he hears somebody calling. → Unique in its atmospheric blend of
A ship comes floating down from the children’s dreams and adventurous
clouds, the crew waving him aboard. spirit
This adventure surpasses all his → New edition of the 1988 bestseller
dreams: → New layout and revised text
With Lizzie and her mates, Maurice sails
away, over rooftops and through forests. Dieter Wiesmüller, born in Rotenburg
In a lighthouse, they finally find the pi- in 1950, studied graphics, painting and
rates' hideout. This is where the trea- illustration in Hamburg. For many years,
sure must be! But to get it, the children he created famous covers for books and
have to outsmart Captain Grimbeard magazines. He also wrote and illus-
and his pirates. trated his own picture books. From 1982
When Lizzie divides up the treasure af- to 1992 he was a lecturer at Hamburger
ter her crew’s safe homecoming, Mau- Fachhochschule. Dieter Wiesmüller
rice gets his book back. lives in Hamburg as a freelance artist.
He sits down on the roof, reading happily
in the moonlight.
World Rights available —
Rights sold to: Denmark,
Russia
40 pages | bound
23 × 29 cm | 5+ | 2017
Successful illustrator with over 30 years' experience
World Rights available
48 pages | bound | 23 × 30 cm | 4+ | 2020
20 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHMaria Stalder
The Woodlings
Children make figures to play with, from → Playing with natural objects
chestnuts, pine cones and nuts. We can → Making things with your own hands
only see the children’s hands at the very → The Woodlings act and react just like
edges of the pictures. children.
Mostly, though, we see the Woodlings,
building huts and being helped by squir- Maria Stalder, born in 1986, studied il-
rels and mice. lustration at the Hochschule Design &
When strong Birch Bloke takes away Kunst in Lucerne. She teaches arts and
a board from little Larch Cone, there’s crafts at the Kollegium Stans as well as
trouble. But just like children, who working for magazines and children’s
quarrel and are friends again soon after, publishers. Her favourite activity is cre-
the Woodlings alternately clash and co- ating illustrations for children’s books,
operate. but she also enjoys listening to stories
And the louder the conflict the happier is or baking cakes.
everybody with the party afterwards. → www.mariastalder.ch
World Rights available
32 pages | bound | 20.7 × 27.4 cm | 4+ | 2020
22 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHRegina Frey (Text) / Petra Rappo (Illustrations)
Ginting and Ganteng
A visual essay about Orang-Utans in → Education is vital: There’s palm oil
Sumatra contained in many products, but palm
oil plantations are encroaching upon
The twins Ginting and Ganteng are
orang-utan habitat.
growing up in an ape rehabilitation cen- → Impressive pictures tell the story,
tre, but their mother used to live in the
often from the apes’ point of view.
treetops of the jungle. Fire clearance → An appendix of facts and figures adds
drove her away, palm oil plantations
background information about the
have been edging out the forest.
effects of the palm oil industry and
The young readers learn why the pro-
the crucial importance of the rain-
tection of the forests is necessary. The
forest.
rehabilitation centre has been a stroke
of luck, but it’s not the apes’ natural
Regina Frey studied biology, then set up
habitat. And so, this is also a story about
one of the first rehabilitation centres for
the rescued animals being gradually re-
orang-untans in Sumatra, on behalf of
leased into the wild, until they’re ready
WWF International and the Frankfurt
to live in the jungle again.
Zoological Society.
In 1996, she was a co-founder of PanEco,
a foundation and the protection of en-
dangered species in Switzerland and
Sumatra.
Petra Rappo, born in 1969, lives and
works in Basel, as an illustrator, graphic
designer and artist. Her picture book
‘Tree to Tree’ was listed as one of the
Best German Book Design titles in 2016
and nominated for the Bratislava Bien-
nial of Illustration.
In 2019, she was one of the artists repre-
senting Switzerland, which was guest of
honour at the Bologna Children’s Book
Fair. Petra Rappo has been a freelance
lecturer at the Basel School of Design
since 2004.
World Rights available
64 pages | bound | 19 × 25 cm | 6+ | 2020
24 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHAward winning titles
100 outstanding picture books, dPictus
Ginting and Ganteng
Regina Frey / Petra Rappo
Children’s Book of the Month of May 2016 awarded by the
Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V.
Swiss Children’s Media Award 2017
Leipziger Lesekompass / Die besten 7
Rip and Rosie
Lorenz Pauli / Kathrin Schärer LesePeter Dezember 2012
→ more information in the backlist catalogue
Just all of us
Lorenz Pauli / Kathrin Schärer
→ more information in the backlist catalogue
LesePeter April 2016 / Die besten 7
Death in the Apple Tree
Kathrin Schärer Die besten 7 / Collection Austrian children's book Award
→ more information in the backlist catalogue
The Second Ark
Heinz Janisch / Hannes Binder
→ more information in the backlist catalogue
The White Ravens 2015 and
Picture Book of the Month of September 2015 awarded by
the Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V.
Look after me! Die besten 7 / The Red Elephant
Lorenz Pauli / Miriam Zedelius Alwina and Nelli
→ more information in the backlist catalogue Heribert Schulmeyer
→ more information in the backlist catalogue
The Best Foreign Picture Book Award 2015 JAPAN German Children’s book Award 2005
Swiss Children’s Media Award 2011
Buildings Nests, Digging Caves
Johanna in the Train Anne Möller
Kathrin Schärer → more information in the backlist catalogue
→ more information in the backlist catalogue
Die besten 7
The Lake Shortlist German-French children's book Award
Lorenz Pauli / Sonja Bougaeva
The battle of Karlawatsch
→ for more information please contact me Heinz Janisch / Aljoscha Blau
→ more information in the backlist catalogue
26 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH 27 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHLorenz Pauli (Text) / Kathrin Schärer (Illustrations) Andreas Greve (Text) / Lena Winkel (Illustrations)
Eggs in Daycare Haven't We
Mouse likes to help.
The blackbird brings Mouse her eggs.
Kathrin Schärer, born in Basel in 1969.
She is one of the most successful Swiss
Forgotten Something?
So do the bluetits, and then the wood- illustrators. While she sometimes illus-
pecker. Even the baby squirrels are al- trates her own stories, she is best The beautiful place by the lake makes Andreas Greve was born in 1953 and
lowed to come. Together, they make a known for her longstanding and very Hush and Hubert feel like fishing, but grew up in Hamburg. After studying art
colourful nursery. successful collaboration with Lorenz the fish refuse to bite. Luckily, Hush has education, he lived in Denmark for 10
It's a busy place! Mouse struggles to Pauli. Kathrin Schärer has been nomi- packed some sandwiches. Has he re- years and on the Canary Islands for
keep controle: There are worried par- nated for the prestigious Hans Christian ally? No, they haven't brought the sand- some time. He has published several
ents with special wishes and the young Andersen Award 2012 for her complete wich tin. picture books as well as poetry books
squirrels want to go home… work and for the Astrid Lindgren Memo- Hush is inconsolable, but Hubert tries to for adults and children.
→ www.andreasgreve.de
And there's this egg. Mouse can't re- rial Award 2014. cheer him up: Anybody can forget some-
member whose it is. Has she made a thing – some people do it all the time.
Their trip isn't going as planned, and Lena Winkel grew up in a small town in
mistake? Lorenz Pauli, born in 1967, was a former
that's exactly why it is a great success. the Westerwald (Wester Forest). Lots of
kindergarten teacher. Then days grew
In the end, they even find the sandwich hills. In 2014, she moved to Hamburg
too short for work, and now he laughs
tin. (very flat) to study illustration. Lena
when sitting at his keyboard and when
→ Lovable Hush and Hubert's new ad- likes tea and enjoys making friends with
telling stories on stage. Lorenz Pauli
venture after their successful debut other people's pets.
won many awards for his books, among
→ Amusing details to discover, and a
them the Swiss children's book prize for
Rigo & Rosa in 2017 (illustrations: search task: Where's the sandwich
Kathrin Schärer). Lorenz Pauli lives in tin got to?
Berne.
Rights sold to: Denmark
World Rights available World Rights available
32 pages | bound | 23,6 × 28,5 cm | 4+ | 2020 32 pages | bound | 27 × 22 cm | 4+ | 2020
28 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH 29 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHVera Eggermann Claudia de Weck
Hugo and Tawny My Favourite Toys
A tree has fallen across the road and Dad Vera Eggermann, born in 1967, studied Toys are great. But other things are even Children will recognise themselves in
is clearing it away. Meanwhile, Hugo is illustration at the Hochschule in Lu- more interesting: making the hoover these day-to-day scenes. Together, the
busy in the forest. Collecting fir cones, cerne. In 1994, she was the first winner of hum, clearing out the kitchen cupboard pros and cons can be discussed – and
he finds a young tawny owl. the Swiss Picture Book Contest, with where the pans are kept, hunting for her smiled at.
Hugo carries the bird home. Finally, he’s Nina Wants to Fly. Since then, she has keys in Mum’s handbag, sweeping the
got someone to keep him company when published various books winning nume- bookshelf clean… Claudia de Weck was born in Zurich and
Dad is not around. rous awards. After living in London for a Claudia de Weck’s story makes us un- lives there again after years in Paris and
However, the owl won’t stay hidden for period, she returned to Lucerne. She derstand this fascination. First, the Hamburg. She feels lucky that her pro-
long. But when Dad sees him, he’s likes to read to schoolchildren, her target teddy bear watches the child, failing to fession combines everything that she
pleased with Hugo’s new friend. Still, the audience, whose feedback, she feels, grasp what’s going on, then he begins to loves: children, books, stories, drawing
wild bird has to be returned to the forest. greatly enriches her creative work. join in. And the mouse that keeps pop- and art.
Together, father and son release Tawny. ping up starts to add her own ideas for
→ things are easier when you’re not alone. new games.
→ A father-and-son story, sensitively told.
World Rights available World Rights available
32 pages | bound | 29 × 22 cm | 4+ | 2020 22 pages | board book | 20 × 20 cm | 2+ | 2020
30 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH 31 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHEva Sixt Kathrin Schärer
In the Moorlands – Only One More
Peewit, Frog and Sundew There‘s a lot the little bear has yet to
do before going to bed: threading one
Kathrin Schärer, born in Basel in 1969.
She is one of the most successful Swiss
non fiction last bead, tidying away one last building illustrators. While she sometimes illus-
brick, listening to one last bedtime- trates her own stories, she is best
story … One more and another – and, known for her longstanding and very
The moors are a natural paradise for → Sound zoological and botanical knowl- finally, a kiss! successful collaboration with Lorenz
ground-breeding birds, butterflies and edge, introducing an ecologically valua- Almost without words, Kathrin Schärer Pauli. Kathrin Schärer has been nomi-
lightning bugs. ble habitat. walks us through a day in the little nated for the prestigious Hans Christian
Frogs love the puddles, peewits hatch → non fiction bear‘s life; in likeable, small scenes – Andersen Award 2012 for her complete
and rear their chicks, and in the ponds and not without cheerfully acknowledg- work and for the Astrid Lindgren Memo-
there are fish and aquatic plants adapted Eva Sixt grew up in rural Bavaria, stu- ing the part that parents play in all this. rial Award 2014.
to quieter waters rather than fast-flow- died biology and trained in scientific
ing ones. illustration. She then worked for several To a child, the world isn‘t all right until
In short: Moorlands are unique habitats natural history museums for some every last thing has been settled.
that were never appreciated and often years, mainly developing special exhibi-
drained. The book explains these tions.
changes as well as why moors should be After a training period in a book publish-
protected, and shows alternatives to er’s editorial department, she now works
peat-cutting. in Munich as an editor, translator, writer
and illustrator for publishing houses,
children’s media and scientific institutes.
World Rights available World Rights available
32 pages | bound | 30 × 23,8cm | 5+ | 2020 22 pages | board book | 15,4 × 19,8 cm | 2+ | 2019
32 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH 33 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHLorenz Pauli (Text) / Kathrin Schärer (Illustrations) Lotte Bräuning
A Password for the Library Annie and the
When Libraries Go Online Bear Hunters
The Fox (from The Fox in the Library) → Developed in cooperation with There‘s a generous reward, the bear Lotte Bräuning has staged a perfect
isn‘t a hunter any more; now, he‘s being Bibliosuisse, the umbrella hunt seems very tempting. comedy: The tough guys make a lot of
hunted: The Dog follows him all the way organization of Swiss libraries. But first, Jack, Freddy and Slim have to noise while little Annie gets things done.
into the library. call in at the saloon. They wonder if they Without saying a word, she has become
The Dog, however, should have stayed at Lorenz Pauli and Kathrin Schärer work should tie up the bear or lure it into a the story‘s heroine.
the farm. So, now, they put him on a on their books together since many trap. They picture themselves catching
leash. He‘s given a computer game so he years – with a lot of success! They won the beast and imagine all the things they → Shooting bears and drinking whis-
won‘t get bored. many awards, among them the Swiss could buy with the reward. key? Don‘t worry, things have
The Fox cannot understand what‘s so in- Children's Book Award in 2017. Things get pretty lively at their table, and changed. Usually, though, the silent
teresting about a ‚glass plank‘ with a ca- → www.mupf.ch Annie is busy serving them drinks. Until types still beat the noisy ones, hands
ble. And how can the Dog say he‘s got she steps out for a minute… down.
‚four lives left‘? … and when the three guys leave the sa- → The story exaggerates, just like the
The two animals grow close, and each loon at last, it‘s already getting clear, show-offs do. But its essence is true,
finds his own approach to the library: and – here comes Annie. With her prey: as is its heroine.
The Fox gets the actual books. The Dog the bear. → Some people are all talk, others pre
is still on a leash – a string – a line … fer to act.
right, he‘s online!
Lotte Bräuning born in 1982, studied il-
→ The library goes online – we go along. lustration at HAW Hamburg, focusing on
→ The perfect book to introduce
children‘s books. She‘s a member of the
libraries. Krickel-Krakel Artists, a creative col-
→ A basis to discuss the use
lective. Lotte Bräuning has co-illus-
of digital media. trated 'family planners' and has pub-
lished children‘s calendars herself. For
a Korean publishing house, she has il-
lustrated several fairy tales.
'Annie' is the first picture book she has
written as well as illustrated.
→ more information in the backlist catalogue
Nominated for the Serafina 2019 the Young Talent Award for Illustrators by the
Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
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34 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH 35 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHLorenz Pauli (Text) / Kathrin Schärer (Illustrations) Heribert Schulmeyer
I-Can-Re
ad-Book The Sunday Alwina and Nell
the Egg Cracked A Summer Story from My Sketchbook
Three Stories
An illustrator travels to the seaside. →
A special picture book for children
He‘s sketching, fantasizing, painting … and adults alike, making a perfect
Read the pictures, laugh at the words! A hamster is travelling the world, over- and his sketches are growing into a hol- present, too.
Three amusing stories invite children to coming dangerous situations with re- iday story. It goes like this: A woman
discover the adventure of reading them- sourcefulness. travels to the seaside and ends up at a Heribert Schulmeyer was born in 1954.
selves: boarding house, not a hotel. Here, she He lives in Cologne and has been draw-
And a small bird is hatching out a huge meets a child. Nell has already been ing comics since he was a boy. His pen-
The party was great! When shall we cel- egg. The outcome seems confusing, but there for a few days and she shows Al- chant for the classic fine line, his joyful
ebrate again? it all ends with a wonderful surprise. wina her favourite spots. They get along ability to draw for all ages and his subtle
The bear and the hedgehog are trying to very well, enjoying their days together. humour have led to his being much in
It‘s not just the short texts that make us
count, travelling through the days of the But one day, Alwina has to leave. That‘s demand by children‘s book publishers.
laugh. The pictures multiply the fun and
week, the months and years – in their sad for Nell … but they both carry their He has created playful small sculptures
make the stories do somersaults.
imagination. holiday happiness home with them. and contributed to animation films (e.g.
A first-rate book for first readers: Short
sentences, deliberate repetitions, easy Mouse TV). In recent years, however, he
→ Cheerful pictures show idyllic land-
expressions has become known especially for illus-
and seascapes that resonate in one‘s
First readers will remember Kathrin trating successful children‘s books.
memory
Schärer and Lorenz Pauli‘s picture
books and realize: The fun goes on! →
With pictures from Schulmeyer‘s
sketchbook making up the endpapers
Clever stories leading to surprising re-
alizations.
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36 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH 37 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHHeinz Janisch (Text) / Hannes Binder (Illustrations) Jörg Isermeyer (Text) / Daniel Napp (Illustrations)
The Second Ark Pancake, Pancake
Alef is standing on the shore, out of
breath. He can just see Noah‘s Ark van-
→ T he
Ark with its forgotten passengers
docks in our midst; they‘re part of our
on the Wall!
ishing on the horizon. Alef isn‘t the only world, too
one they always leave behind. The same → A rchaic
All the ingredients are on the table and →
Great rhymes, great pancakes –
as well as modern
thing happens to the unicorn, the cen- Squirrel is about to start cooking. preparing your own breakfast is fun!
→
Fantastic pictures and a mythical
taur, the dragon and other mythical But – where are those eggs? Where has
→ Rhythmicrhymes, ideal for children to
story the flour got to?
creatures. ‚We need another ark‘, says speak along to
→ A startling achievement in praise of
Alef. They all help building it, everyone 'Eggs, eggs, I know you‘re about!
after their own fashion. It‘s a long sea imagination by an experienced author- → Illustrated by successful artist Daniel
journey. When the water recedes, the illustrator team Please give me a shout!' Napp
ark sails into the present-day world, The foodstuffs make themselves heard
right into the middle of a city, The myth- Heinz Janisch, born in 1960, studied Ger- Jörg Isemeyer, born in Bad Segeberg in
and the batter is ready in no time at all.
ical beasts are scattered to the four man and journalism in Vienna. There 1968, has traveled throughout Europe as
In keeping with slapstick tradition,
winds, and Alef becomes a man among are many books for children and young a busker. After getting his degree, he
the pancake MUST land on Squirrel‘s
men. But the passengers of the Second adults among his publications. He was preferred a freelance artist’s career to
head – who cares, it‘s absolutely de-
Ark will always be around, in the centre awarded the 'Austrian State Prize' for an academic one. Today he lives in Bre-
licious and probably good for the scalp.
and on the fringes, visible and invisible. Children’s Poetry, the 'Bologna Ragazzi men as an actor, producer, drama
Award', the 'Austrian Children and Young teacher, musician and writer. He has
Adult Book Prize' as well as many other been awarded the Leipziger Lesekom-
awards. He is nominated for the Hans pass for his children’s book 'Alles an-
Christian Andersen Prinze in 2022. dere als normal' ('Anything but Nor-
mal'), among other prizes and awards.
Hannes Binder, born in 1947, studied art
at the Kunstgewerbeschule in his native Daniel Napp was born in 1974 and stud-
town Zurich. He worked in Milan as a ied illustration in Münster, Germany. He
graphic designer and spent three years was awarded several prizes while still a
in Hamburg as an illustrator. Today, he student. He works as a freelance writer
lives in Zurich again, lecturing at Lu- and illustrator, having had numerous
cerne’s Kunsthochschule and working books published, e.g. the best-selling
as a freelance illustrator and artist – 'Farmer Beck on Holiday', the 'Dr.
mostly in his favourite technique, scra- Brumm' series and a newly-illustrated
perboard. In addition to several crime edition of Otfried Preussler‘s children‘s
classics by Friedrich Glauser, he has il- classics.
lustrated Lisa Tetzner’s The Black
Brothers and works by Friedrich Dür-
renmatt, Urs Widmer, Peter Bichsel,
Eduard Mörike and Klaus Merz.
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38 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH 39 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICHLorenz Pauli (Text) / Sonja Bougaeva (Illustrations) Ninon Ammann
The Lake Wondrous Sponges
The Woman and the Man are curious → Astory full of unshakeable spirit, with The first of its kind! – A children‘s non- →
On our Blue Planet, the oceans are
and inventive. Fortunately! At first, they a child-like enthusiasm for quirky ideas fiction book about sponges. where it‘s at. It‘s high time there was a
just discover: You cannot possibly plant → Even
when all seems lost, there is still And what amazing creatures they are! children‘s non-fiction book about
cauliflower in this weather. But the hope – even more so, when one is Ranking with the oldest of all animals, sponges!
storm is getting worse, the lake is ris- made welcome to a new country they were around long before the dino- →
A fresh look at an ancient species,
ing. The house needs wheels, later on, it saurs, and by now, there are about 8000 a new subject for young fans of prime
→ S onja
Bougaeva depicts the dramatic
becomes a houseboat. But even when different species of them. val creatures
weather with bold strokes while
the water comes threateningly close, They filter water, they‘re known as «the
never foregoing witty and loving detail → Fabulousillustrations and content
there‘s always hope. And hope can be pharmacies of the seas»‘, they are used
fact-checked by marine biologists
taken aboard and carried across the as tools by dolphins and they‘ve got an
wide waters. Lorenz Pauli, born in 1967, was a former arsenal of nifty tricks to outsmart pre-
One day, the sun is shining again. There‘s kindergarten teacher. Then days grew dators. An endlessly fascinating form of Ninon Ammann was born in Chur in
land, there‘s music, there‘s laughter and too short for work, and now he laughs life! 1988 and lives in eastern Switzerland.
a new beginning. when sitting at his keyboard and when After training as a designer, she worked
telling stories on stage. Lorenz Pauli as a graphic artist for several communi-
won many awards for his books, among cations companies and advertising
them the Swiss children's book prize for agencies. From 2014 to 2017, she stud-
Rigo & Rosa in 2017 (illustrations: ied non-fiction illustration at the Univer-
Kathrin Schärer). Lorenz Pauli lives in sity of Lucerne‘s Design and Art depart-
Berne. ment. Her children‘s non-fiction book
→ www.mupf.ch
about sponges developed from her
bachelor thesis.
Sonja Bougaeva, born in St. Petersburg → www. ninonammann.ch
1975, now living in Hamburg, studied book
art and painting at the Academy of Arts.
Subsequently, she trained as a designer
for animated movies and worked for a
cartoon film studio. Her firstpicture ook
was nominated for the German Child-
ren’s Book Award.
Nominated for the BIB 2019 (Biennial of Illustration Bratislava)
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40 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH 41 FOREIGN RIGHTS ATLANTIS VERLAG ZÜRICH© Illustration:
Petra Rappo 'Ginting und Ganteng
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