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THE "S" WORD - 160pp (Little Hare, Australia)
Growing up is tough, especially the bit between being a boy and being a man. It's tough
because so much is changing at once. Your body, your emotions, your interests, and
the way other people see you. The way you look at girls, and the way they look at you.
Using humour and sensitivity, James Roy presents a book that will help any young man
navigate the confusing minefield that lies between boyhood and manhood.
Rights sold in French, German, Korean & English (Ireland)
Growing up is tough, especially the bit between being a boy and being a man. It's tough
because so much is changing at once. Your body, your emotions, your interests, and
the way other people see you. The way you look at girls, and the way they look at you.
Using humour and sensitivity, James Roy presents a book that will help any young man
navigate the confusing minefield that lies between boyhood and manhood.
Rights sold in French, German, Korean & English (Ireland)
| SHAPE BOOKS 5+ / 7+ - B4U Publishing Czech Rep. Learn about history, science and nature with those amazing shape designed books! 5+ Shape books available: Pirates, undersea world, Castle, Pharaons, Jungle. Rights sold in France, Spain (incl. Catalan), Georgia, Poland, US, Russia & Brazil 7+ Shape books available: Egypt /Maya, Aztecs and Incas/ Ancient Rome /Medieval castle. Rights sold in France, Germany, Spain (incl. Catalan), Italy, Czech Republic, UK, US, Russia, Poland, Turkey & Brazil |
| THE TREASURES OF THE WORLD - 64pp B4U Publ, Czech Rep. Discover lost treasures in the walls of old monasteries and castles, deep under the ground, in mountain caves, shipwrecks, tombs, river-basins and on desert islands. This book will also tell you about the most interesting legends connected to those treasures hidden around the globe. Young, adventure-hungry treasure-seekers can look forward to pirates’ treasures, the treasures of the Knights Templar and Tutankhamun’s, treasures of extinct civilizations such as the Incas and Aztecs and many more. Contains a fold-out map in the middle. |
| THE MYSTERY OF TRES - 64pp B4U Publishing Czech Republic 1291, Knight Robert dies at the Battle of Akkon and so does the secret deal he made with two of his friends, about a property of immense wealth that should go to their heirs, the property of the Knights Templar. 600 years on, their descendants set out on the journey to find the three talismans that should lead them to what is theirs. An adventure-educational book full of thrill and beautiful illustrations that introduces Knights Templar to children and lead them to places in Europe that are connected to the history of this fascinating friary. The book contains the three parts of a talisman, a map, letters, clues, pages from Robert´s diary. Rights sold in France |
| LEXICON OF SPACE - 64pp (B4U Publ, Czech Rep.) A lexicon of space covering everything you need to know, from the Big Bang to the very latest discoveries and accompanied by beautiful photographs, schematic sketches and documents that throw light on the mystique of space. Contains historical documents (e.g. the diary of Galileo Galilei), a sample of a probe plate, diffraction and eclipse glasses, a revolving map of the starry sky, historical documents and fold-outs. |
| THE HOLOCAUST - 64pp (B4U Publ, Czech Rep.) A book serving as a memento to the victims of the Holocaust: from the beginning of anti-Semitism, to the Nazi ideology, the Nuremberg laws, the first camps and mass murders to the organisation of the resistance and the liberation of the camps. Supplemented with many documents from archives, such as ID cards, registration cards, deportation, lists, call-up notices, graphs, lists of prisoners, bulletins and daily orders. |
| TREASURE BOOKS Series- 48pp/title Two titles available: Vikings, Egyptians. B4U Publishing Czech Republic Did Vikings really wear horns on their helmets or is that just a myth? What are hieroglyphs telling us? Two books which reveal secrets about Egyptians and Vikings, that have been hidden for centuries. Each title comes with a surprise inserted in a secret compartment! Rights sold in France and the Czech Rep. |
| GRAVITON and NAUTILON - 64pp/title (B4U Publ, Czech Rep.) In the workroom of their grandfather, a keen inventor who disappeared in unexplained circumstances, three children find the plans of the Graviton, a flying machine that is able to counteract gravitational force. And behind a secret door, they find the Graviton itself. When exploring the machine, they accidentally touch a lever. The Graviton rises and carries them away. Their travels round the world begin... The book contain plans of the Graviton, Grandfather´s sketches, a big map of the world, pictures made by a mechanism that works as an X-ray apparatus, booklets. And that is just in the first title! Rights sold in France, Germany, Greece and Russia. |
| THE MYSTERY OF AUSTERLITZ TREASURE 64pp (B4U Publ, Czech Rep.) Try to resolve the greatest mystery of the legendary battle of the Napoleonic Wars and find the place where Russian army treasury boxes are hidden! An adventure book which will take you back to the immediate aftermath of the legendary battle of Austerlitz, when fifty soldiers from Preobrazhensky’s regiment are carrying out the orders of Tsar Alexander. It is up to them to ensure that the army’s main treasure, twelve barrels of gold and silver, do not fall into French hands. But the only retreat route is so crammed with men in flight that there is no hope of getting the treasure to safety. And so Lieutenant Udom makes the only choice available to him - hide the barrels on the battlefield. More than twenty years later a new battle is about to begin, whose victor will have to find the treasure. Contains author´s notes, panorama and maps of the battle, big and small fold-outs, training regulations book, historical documents, clues, messages encrypted in Russian military. Rights sold in Spanish & Italian |
| GUARDIANS OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD 64pp (B4U Publ, Czech Rep.) The seven most beautiful constructions in world history - the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - come back to life! This thrilling adventure, starting with an uncanny death at the Great Sphinx of Giza, will take you to places that have disappeared from the face of the Earth from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, The Colossus of Rhodes and The Pharos of Alexandria. Discover who will become the guardian of the wisdom of Ancient civilizations; the eight wonder (The Tower of Babylon) being the key. Contains tarot cards, maps of secret places, tasks and solutions. Rights sold in Russia |
| A JOURNEY TO THE PRIMEVAL WORLD 64pp (B4U Publ, Czech Rep.) The archaeological discovery of mysterious clay figures in Mexico in 1942 raises a question: how could people that lived four thousand years ago be familiar with the appearance of prehistoric lizards that died out tens of millions of years ago? The daughter of Joachim McGregor, an archaeologist who disappeared in unexplained circumstances in the primeval forests of South America, finds her father’s notes and the tooth of a sabre-toothed cat, and together with John Howard and his son Dan sets out on a voyage in the missing man’s footsteps. Alice is convinced that her father found a place where mystical animals live. A mission into the heart of Amazon forest, in which readers will discover animals that died out millions of years ago). Contains notes and sketches from the journey, a sketch-book with drawings, studies of the most interesting prehistoric animals of the Mesozoic, Tertiary and Post-Tertiary Eras, tasks and solutions. Rights sold in Russia |
| KAFKA - 144pp (B4U Publ, Czech Rep.) Kafka has been one of the most important prose-writers of the 20th century. This book gives readers the chance to better understand his writings by learning more about his life. It contains hundreds of photographs, together with drawings by the author, extracts from his manuscripts, quotations from his prose, diaries, correspondence and other rare documents, including reproductions of covers and headings of first editions of his books. In the enclosed materials readers will also find Kafka’s last, twice-unfinished letter, which crowns his literary life in a symbolic way. Rights sold in German |
| TIME MACHINE SERIES (B4U Publishing Czech Republic, 96pp/title) Titles available: Prehistorical times/ Transport inventions Travel trough time and learn the most interesting facts about prehistoric times and ways of transport from the 18th century to our days. The rotating wheel at the centre of each title will give you the option to choose between four periods of time, as is if you were in an actual time machine! Rights sold in France, French Canada & Brazil |
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| RITA AROUND THE WORLD (56pp) Somnins, Spain Rita is a curious little mouse with a big mission: bringing a box of cheese to her cousin, who lives in the Antarctic. In order to do that, she’s got to travel across the five continents - discovering different cultures, people and…sort of cheeses! A playful book to learn about animals, landscapes and traditions in different parts of the world. Includes flaps on each double page spread + a memory game for the whole family. Children and their parents will have fun trying to associate the animals and characters from the book, which go together |
| WHY? WHY? WHY? series(16pp/title) Tournez la Page, France 4 titles available: Nature, animals. Human body, time “Why can we only see stars at night?”, “Where was I before I was born?”, “Why do flies not fall off the ceiling?” … Children have a constant and enormous curiosity about the world around them! A series of books, featuring Elfie and Gabin, two engaging characters, who answer those questions with simple and accessible words. Each title comes with a quiz at the end, to test children on what they’ve learned throughout the book. |
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| TAO AND ZOE DISCOVERIES Series (32pp/title) Tournez La Page, France) 3 titles available: Knights, Ancient Egypt, Having a baby Tao and Zoe are very curious kids and incredibly lucky! Their friend Chloe, a fairy, can travel through time, taking them with her in different places and epochs and answering all the questions they have. In their adventures they get to see how pyramids were built, take part in knights’ tournaments in the Middle Ages, learn about how babies develop in their mums’ tummies and much much more! A great series of educational books, with an original comic format, to learn about historical and scientific facts while having fun! Each book contains a quiz (two pages) at the end. |
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| NATURE IN PARTS SERIES - 32pp/title B4U Publishing Czech Rep. (Wild animals /Thousand leagues under the sea) - Decide which animals you would like to learn about, open the corresponding part of the book and begin to explore! Each book is divided in three (under the sea) and four (wild animals) parts that form the cover when closed. Wild animals (the Savannah, the jungle, underwater world, underground) & sea animals (life below the surface, in the deep, in the dark). |
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