2 new children’s deals: WHERE ARE YOU to Greece and HOW TO GREET AN ALIEN to Latvia!

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We are very happy to announce 2 new children’s deals this week!

 

WHERE ARE YOU – the adorable 1st title from MINI SCIENCE series by Laura Ertimo has been acquired by Klidarithmos in Greece. The title has previously been acquired by Avita in Estonia.

WHERE ARE YOU is an exceptional picture book for very small children showing the fundamental meanings of the natural world beginning from the gigantic planet earth and reaching the tiny atoms. Plop is such a lovable character! Children can relate to the hand-made illustrations.
 – Asimina Giannopoulou, Editor-In-Chief, Klidarithmos Publications, Greece

Ask for the Full English pdf for WHERE ARE YOU by clicking here.

HOW TO GREET AN ALIEN by Petri Tamminen now has the first international publisher  – Latvijas Mediji in Latvia. The picture book helps children overcome anxiety and make new friends.

HOW TO GREET AN ALIEN is a fun, unusual and at the same time clever book for both children and their parents. With a humorous attitude it teaches how to overcome fears from strangers, how to accept the difference, cope with unpleasant feelings and uncomfortable situations. It is a great pleasure that this book will now be published in Latvia.
– Gunta Apse, Editor, Latvijas Mediji publishing, Latvia

Ask for the Full English pdf for HOW TO GREET AN ALIEN by clicking here.

WHERE ARE YOU

Rights sold:

FINLAND: Minerva (orig.)
ESTONIA: Avita
GREECE: Klidarithmos

 

HOW TO GREET AN ALIEN

Rights sold:

FINLAND: Karisto (orig.)
LATVIA: Latvijas Mediji

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Laura Ertimo

Laura Ertimo is a geographer and author. She has previously worked in publishing of geography-related non-fiction and maps, and now she writes full time, specializing in children’s non-fiction. A recurring theme in her work is the holistic worldview, the interaction between phenomena, people and nature.

In 2020, she received the prestigious Tietopöllö Award for her work as a Non-Fiction writer. Her children's title WHERE DID THE ANIMALS GO, illustrated by Mari Ahokoivu, was nominated for the 2021 Finlandia Award and has also won the Tieto-Lauri award!

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Petri Tamminen

Petri Tamminen is a Finnish author best known for his laconic humor and short stories, and 6 novels. How to greet an alien is his first book for children. Tamminen often writes about shame and shyness, and he isn’t afraid to use his own life as an example.

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Sanna Pelliccioni

Sanna Pelliccioni is a Finnish illustrator, graphic designer and children’s author living in Helsinki with her Finnish-Italian family. An awarded illustrator, Pelliccioni has been e.g. honoured with being the only Finn named on the IBBY honour list 2022. Pelliccioni utilizes many different techniques in her illustrations, some of her favourites are collage and mixed techniques. She studied Arts and Illustration in Bologna and Macerata, Italy, and Graphic Design at the Pekka Halonen Institute in Finland.

She loves illustrating picture books and poems and making graphic design for book covers and her own books. She also writes for children and young people and concerning the themes of books she’s especially interested in equality, indigenous people, myths and taboos, forest and nature. Pelliccioni is mostly known for her Onni-poika picture book series which started in 2007 and contains 15 books so far.

​Pelliccioni collaborates with authors writing for children and young people and works with many Finnish editors. Some of her books have been translated to Chinese, Korean, Arabic, English and Swedish, Turkish and Estonian.

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Valpuri Kerttula

Valpuri Kerttula is a Finnish illustrator and designer based in Lahti, Finland. In addition to diverse domestic work, her art is also being published internationally. Valpuri is known for her quirky and humorous characters of oddball humans and animals.

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