Pastel Rights catalogue Bologna 2014

Bologna 2014 - Hall 20 A 12

Cat BOL 2014:Francfort 2010 10/03/14 11:19

Good or Bad Idea

To rock on a swing, good idea. To rock in your chair, bad idea. To play« Guess who? » in the garden, good idea. To play « Guess who? » in the car,bad idea. To leave Daddy in the dark, good or bad idea?Move ideas with your fingers!

Ludovic Flamantwas born in Namur in 1978.He clearly remembers crying at the age of twelve be-cause he was no longer able to play with his Playmobils. So he waited for the wish to come back.In the meanwhile he wrote for adults: a novel, some theatre… And then it came back! Now he playsevery time he writes for children.He lives in Brussels with his son and daughter.

Pascal Lemaitre lives half the year in Brussels, where he teaches in the art school La Cambre andhalf the year inNewYork.Hiswork appears in the press (TheNewYork Times,LeMonde...) and alsoin children magazines. He has published many books for children at Simon & Schuster (Who’s Gotthe Game by Toni Morrisson) and Pastel.

Board Book with holes26 pages / 150 x 210 mmCD with files available

Illustrations: Pascal LemaitreText: Ludovic Flamant


Happy Holidays, Lou!

Jeanne AshbéBoard Book with animations14 pages / 200 x 200mmBooklet with stickers and stencils12 pages / 200 x 200mmPlastic bag with handlesCD with files available

In a practical little bag, you’ll find a book with animations and a bookletwith stickers and stencils.

Happy Holidays, Lou!“To go on holiday, you don’t need much”. Lou packs his suitcase and he’soff! Each page presents a different animation: something to pull, slide,turn, touch… and Lou’s cool ideas to have a great holiday!

Mouf’s gamesThis little game book proposes a series of activities to be done alone orwith an adult, including reusable stickers and colouring activities. Thesegames also develop observation, memory, language… and give the oppor-tunity to have funmaking animal sounds, noises, scribbles…

Lou &Mouf series:14 titles

Translated into:Spanish, Dutch,Korean, Italian,

Chinese

Jeanne Ashbé lives in Belgium. Her university studies lead her to Quebec, where she worked as alanguage therapist in a hospital for children.Back toBelgium,she started illustrating schoolbooks,but soon, she began to illustrate her own books.


What a Noise!

It’s springtime. Telio has just moved to his new home, in town.There it is... Door number 3B.There is so much to do! Telio is worn out. He takes his favourite toy andcuddles up in bed for a nap.Vwooom Vwooom... Weee weee... Plop Plop... Zzz Zzz…There’s a lot of noise outside!“What’s that? I must go and see…”

Illustrations: PélagieText: Claude K. Dubois

32 pages / 190 x 260mmCD with files available

Claude K. Dubois was born in Verviers, Belgium, in 1960. She teaches sketching at the Saint-LucInstitute in Liège, where she studied herself. At school she worked on drawing from life, sketchingand watercolours, which she particularly enjoys.

Pélagiewas born in 1987.She has been drawing as far back as she can remember.So it was naturalfor her to choose to study art at Saint-Luc, in Liège. She likes to experiment with differenttechniques: watercolour, collage, pencils, acrylic paint, Photoshop... She runs workshops forchildren and loves to share her passion. She lives closely surrounded by her family, her boyfriendand her son, Théo.


Fallen down

This morning, perched on his branch, Blackbird notices his friends nearthe pond.- Hey! He yells out, bouncing up and down.But he slips on the morning dew and falls from the branch.- Ouch, my leg! He says.Goose arrives. She saw it happening:- Oh Blackbird, did you hurt yourself?- Mmm... It’s alright.- That must hurt! lets out Roro as he arrives. It’s all blue!- Is it? Blackbird asks, a little worried.- It’s even a little twisted as well, isn’t it? Finch comments.- Maybe we should call an ambulance, says Heron, who heard their cries.

32 pages / 200 x 200mmCoprinting opportunity

Claude K.Dubois


I sawText: Cendrine GeninIllustrations: Rascal

I saw it through the morning window. Running in a funny way along thepath.I love you black dog.I saw it under the table. Then hidden in my bed.I love you kittenI saw it from afar, looking lost, and hugged it to my breast.I love you my doll.I saw it in my heart...I love you Daddy, I love youMummy.

CendrineGeninwas born in France.Both awriter and a photographer, she directs Envols d’Enfance,an association she foundedwith the aim of bringing together artists and sick children. In secondaryschool, her French teacher asked her to drop parentheses from her essays.Ever since, she’s workedhard at writing without parentheses.

Rascalwas born in Belgium in 1959. After working in advertising, drawing posters for the theatreand having different jobs,he decided to devote himself to children’s books.He has been awarded theGreat Prize for children’s literature of the French-speaking community of Belgium for 2009-2012.

32 pages / 190 x 200mmCD with files available


The Queen of Kisses’ Favourite Cushion

The Queen of Kisses carries her name well.She pampers her three children all the time.She cherishes them, cuddles them and has fun with them.When she’s played a lot, she takes a little nap with her favourite cushion.One evening, the three rascals start a tremendous pillow fight and destroyeverything in the bedroom. Even the Queen of Kisses’ favourite cushion.She can’t sleep at all, she feels so lonely without her beloved cushion...

Kristien Aertssenwas born in Antwerp in 1953.After studying graphics at the Antwerp Academy,where she now teaches,Kristien received a scho-larship to specialise in illustration in Pasadena, US.She currently lives in Gent and publishes her picture books in the Flanders, Holland and France.Inspiration comes to her from primitive and naïve arts, Indian and Islamic miniatures, children’sdrawings and toys.

32 pages / 210 x 295 mmCoprinting opportunity

Kristien Aertssen

Translated into:Hindi, Italian,

Spanish, Dutch,Japanese, Turkish,Korean, German,Greek, Danish


Grandpa’s Turn to Decide

OnWednesdays, it’s Grandpa who looks after me. Well, « looks after me »,that’s easy to say... He never decides what we’re going to do with our day!This morning, Grandpa asks me:- Do you want to go to the park or to the library?- Hey, Grandpa? Do you know what I’ve decided?- Hmm, no! What?- From now on, it’s you who decides!- But...- No buts!

Jean Leroywas born in Valenciennes, France, in 1975.He has been passionate about writing sincechildhood. Today, Jean Leroy writes a lot of stories for toddlers but also for adults.

Jean-Luc Englebert was born in Verviers, Belgium, in 1968. He attended courses at the Saint-LucInstitute in Brussels and, after being tempted by comic strips, became an illustrator of children’sbooks.His stories are tender, illustrated by luminous and soberwatercolours.He lives in Brusselsand has two daughters.

Text: Jean LeroyIllustrations: Jean-Luc Englebert

36 pages / 150 x 210 mmCoprinting opportunity


Raoul.Wait, I’m in a hurry!

- Tell me, Mum, these grains on the donuts, do they make donuts grow?- No, my darling, donuts are made at the baker’s. Or in a factory, I don’tknow...- Tell me, Mum, when can I have a baby brother?- Well, even if Mumhas a baby, it won’t necessarily be a baby brother, youknow...- Oh...- Anyway, baby brother or baby sister, get ready to share your donut!

Michel Van Zeverenwas born inGent,Belgium, in 1970.He enrolled in the School of Graphic Studies(Erg) in Brussels,where he turned towards the illustration course and children's books in particu-lar. He now divides his time between creating picture books and comic strips and collaboratingwith different magazines.

56 pages / 210 x 297 mmCoprinting opportunity Michel Van Zeveren

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Rosalie and the Tree at the Rock

Rosalie is playing in her grandmother’s garden. Her imagination carriesher away on a great adventure with the FrogMan, her doll Dominique andAndré, the bear.They have to reach the tree at the rock without meeting the witch...The witch can take any shape!

Émilie Seron 36 pages / 200 x 260mmCD with files available

Emilie Seron was born in Liège in 1978 and studied illustration at the Institut Saint-Luc inBrussels. In her messy workshop, she passes from pen to brush, from ink to watercolour totranslate the best emotions and feelings. "Everythingmust be alive. If the story is driven by strongcharacters, the image will come from itself.”


Sven and the Musicians of the Sky

Apoet,novelist and storyteller,Pierre Coranwas born inBelgium in 1934.For a long time heworkedas a primary school teacher, following Freinet’s method, then as a college director and literatureprofessor. He has been awarded various prizes for his literary career - which also includes novelsfor young adults - among which the Grand Prix de Poésie pour la Jeunesse (for children’s poetry).

Célia Chauffrey lives in France. After majoring in literature, she studied graphic design in Paris.Then she joined the Émile Cohl School in Lyon where she graduated in 2003.

32 pages / 235 x 330 mmCD with files available

Text: Pierre CoranIllustrations: Célia Chauffrey

Sven, the little guardian of the mountain, was a flute-player. Wheneverhe played his melodies, the notes flew away. But that day, when heplayed, a huge whirlwind blew up from theWhite Valley. Sven felt he wasbeing sucked up and carried away. An amazing force kept his eyelidsjammed shut. When Sven opened his eyes again, he was in an endlesscorridor. Names sung out from the doors: Bach, Grieg, Brahms, Chopin,Mozart...


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Cover illustration: Kristien Aertssen, Le doudou de la reine des bisous

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