Written and Illustrated by So-ri Kim
Vroom! Vroom! A delightful jungle bus leaves for an unpredictable journey. On the way home, a girl gets on the wrong bus due to a snake’s trick. The bus is crowded with unusual passengers, including a cheetah as the driver, a sloth, a naughty monkey, a big bear, and so on. Winner of the 4th Woongjin Junior Picture Book Contest.
Hardback / 202 x 288 mm / 40 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig
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Written and Illustrated by Lim Hyoyoung
Shiha was raised with lots of love. He was loved not only by his mum and dad but also by his grandma and uncle and the lady next door and the man at the bakery, too.. As time passed, Shiha grew older, and his parents grew busier. A little hole grew into his little heart longing for this moment of bliss when he was a baby.
Rights sold: Simplified and Complex Chinese
Hardback / 220 x 260 mm / 40 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig
Written and Illustrated by Min-woo Kim
A young boy wants to hang out with his older brother and friends, but he can’t keep up on his small bicycle. On his way back home feeling upset, he finds a snail slowly climbing up a tree. By going at his own pace, the young boy gets to see a beautiful scenery that he would have missed if he had just followed his brother and friends
Rights sold: English, French, Danish, Spanish, Catalan, Japanese and Simplified Chinese
Hardback / 218 x 218 / 44 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig
Written and Illustrated by Yoon-leaf Nam
A dinosaur who wants to be a great dinosaur with shiny teeth, sharp claws, muscles and a blazing look. A great dinosaur also likes to help, tiptoes not to scare others, and listen carefully his friends’ stories. A charming story with a twist.
Rights sold: French and Complex Chinese
Hardback / 200 x 200 mm / 48 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig
written and Illustrated by Lee Gee Eun
Once upon a time, there was a tiger who liked to scare other animals. One day, a dandelion fell from the sky and got stuck to his tail. From then on, they were stuck together. The dandelion greeted everyone and loved to help others, which annoyed the tiger – at least at first. By the winner of the 2021 Bologna Ragazzi Award in the Comics – Early Readers category.
Rights sold: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified and Complex Chinese
Hardback / 210 x 270 mm / 72 pages / Woongjin Thinkbig
Written by Jutta Nymphius
Karli is annoyed. His father really thinks he can take part in a wheelchair race with his old, crappy wheelchair. His mother tries to invent useful devices instead of doing the household. Why can’t people around him be as “normal” and average as his best friend Robin and his family?
“Jutta Nymphius has enthused us with her ability to absolutely believably describe the world through the eyes of a pubescent boy. At the same time, she equips this world with all kinds of supposed obstacles, which later turn out to be nothing more than reality [… ].” From the of the jury for the Hamburg Literature Award 2021
Hardback / 148 x 210 / 200 pages / Tulipan Verlag 12+
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Written by Salah Naoura and Illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Mrs. Suzette lives in a house on a bridge. She loves to play the flute and she has a good heart. When one day, she finds a little boy, she takes him in and raises him. Bastian turns out to become just as good-hearted as Suzette.
Over time, he saves a dog, a parrot, a goat and other animals. But as the house gets louder and louder, the neighbours are getting increasingly annoyed.
Rights sold: French, Dutch and Portuguese
Hardback / 210 x 280 mm / 32 pages / Tulipan Verlag
Written by Bettina Obrecht and Illustrated by Julie Völk
Grandma, what is it like to be old? While you like laughing or dancing or singing no matter how old you are, other things like the perception of time or expectations you have might be different depending on your age. In a dialogue between grandchild and grandmother, Bettina Obrecht raises philosophical questions about age.
Rights sold: Korean, Simplified and Complex Chinese
Hardback / 210 x 280 mm / 40 pages / Tulipan Verlag
Written and Illustrated by Antje Damm
A lady walks her dog. Everything is peaceful. Until the dog senses something and pulls the leash – triggering a chain reaction in the most literal sense. By award-winner Antje Damm: Prix Chronos, The Ten 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books, White Ravens 2021.
Board Book / 200 x 200 mm / 30 pages / Tulipan Verlag
Written and illustrated by Einat Tsarfati
What is sure is that a messy person is born messy and will remain messy for life! At some point. it was believed that a messy person is different biologically, but today we know that it is not the case. The internal organs of a messy person are no different from others. The difference is much deeper than that. A witty graphic memoir for messy people – and non-messy people curious to dive into the mind of messy people.
Rights sold: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Dutch, German, Korean and Complex Chinese
Hardback / 205 x 150 mm / 225 pages / Einat Tsarfati