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2012

Index

Picture book

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Children’s book

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Caperucita Roja (Little Red Riding Hood)by Adolfo Serra32 pages | Hardcover | 5 year +

Little Red Riding Hood leaves home with the task of bringing a basket of food to her gran-ny, who lives on the other side of the forest. The wolf has other plans for that basket. And for Little Red Riding Hood. This illustrated version of the classic tale offers a very unique vision of the sce-nes we all know and which make us doubt our pre-conceived notions: Where does fear dwell?

Adolfo Serra (Teruel, 1980). He studied Advertising and Public Relations, but soon returned to his childhood passion: drawing. He took up pencils and watercolors at the Escuela de Arte 10. Since then, his drawing table has been full of colors, papers, and textures, and the rest remains to be written, or better said, illustrated.

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ALBÚM | PICTURE BOOKS

French (Europe) and German rights sold.Winner of Dragón Ilustrado 2011 for picture books.

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Little Red Riding Hood leaves home with the task of bringing a basket of food to her gran-ny, who lives on the other side of the forest. The wolf has other plans for that basket. And for Little Red Riding Hood. This illustrated version of the classic tale offers a very unique vision of the sce-nes we all know and which make us doubt our pre-conceived notions: Where does fear dwell?

Adolfo Serra (Teruel, 1980). He studied Advertising and Public Relations, but soon returned to his childhood passion: drawing. He took up pencils and watercolors at the Escuela de Arte 10. Since then, his drawing table has been full of colors, papers, and textures, and the rest remains to be written, or better said, illustrated.

Historia de Nuk (Nuk’s Story)written by Paloma Sánchez Ibarzábal, illustrated by Natascha Rosenberg 32 pages | Hardcover | 3 year +

Paloma Sánchez Ibarzábal, writer and critic of children’s and young adult literature. She collaborates with the magazine Culturamas in the column “Towards a More Daring Children’s Literature.” Furthermore, she has published numerous books both in narrative and as comics. She was a finalist for the Lazarillo Prize in 2009.

Natascha Rosenberg. Born in Germany and raised in Spain, Natascha Rosenberg has a trajectory of more than ten years in the world of children’s illustration and design. She has illustrated many books in Germany and in Spain and has participated in many exposi-tions all over the world.

A gust of wind shook the branches of the tree and little Nuk woke up for the first time. The wind was in a hurry, and it grabbed her and took her flying.” Nuk does not know who she is. Will she be a bird, a snowflake, an insignificant grain of sand? The long journey in search of her identity has led her to many questions and through living in dark and confusing situations she will finally get a beautiful answer.


Emilio Urberuaga. Born in Madrid. He is an illustrator and author of children’s books. As an illustrator, he has brought the character Manolito Gafotas to life. He has published illustrated books in Europe, Asia, and the United States.

Emilio Urberuaga won the Spanish National Prize for Illustration in 2011.

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by Emilio Urberuaga28 pages | Hardcover | 3 year +

Una cosa negra (A Black Thing)

“Bruno was a black thing who was as bored as a grey oyster.”With lively and colourful images and a great sense of humour, each one of Bruno’s attempts to find playmates acts as a game to discover and count different animals.Children can learn to count with this funny book.


Roberto Aliaga is a biologist, married, and has a lot of children: one daughter named Aroa, and a handful of children’s stories. He received the Lazarillo Prize for illustrated comic book in 2008 with the first of his affairs, and book Cactus of the Desert was selected by the prestigious Children’s Library of Munich to be placed on the White Ravens list in 2009. His books have been translated into ten languages. With Narval, he has published the picture book Matilde Pompas, illustrated by Cristina Hernández.

Raúl Nieto Guridi. A versatile and fun illustrator, Raúl Nieto has been illustrating and designing for many years, something he does in combination with teaching. The Old Man and the Daisy is his first book with Narval.

The daisy is full of aphids! To fix this, the old man goes through a maze of problems that end up having a happy and unexpected outcome.

El viejo y la margarita (The Old Man and the Daisy)written by Roberto Aliaga, illustrated by Raúl Nieto Guridi 32 pages | Hardcover | 3 year +


LOS ILUSTRADORES CUENTAN | THE ILLUSTRATOR TELLS THE TALE

written by Cayo Martínez, illustrated by Patricia Metola32 pages | Hardcover | 5 year +

Pulgarcito (Tom Thumb)

Cayo Martínez (Valencia, 1987) spendt his chilhood in Africa, between giraffes, elephants and activists of Greenpeace. When he was twenty two moved to Madrid and if he doesn’t have coffee in his cup, sometimes writes.

Patricia Metola is illustrator and designer. She works for several publishing houses and her work has been selectionades for the Mos-tra Degli Ilustratori of Bologna Book Fair for two years (2010 and 2011).

This version of Tom Thumb is part of the collection The Illustrator Tells the Tale by Narval, which in-cludes titles such as Little Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard, and in which the images are used to re-create a classic tale. Patricia Metola faces the challenge of illustrating the great tale of Tom Thumb, recogida por los hermanos Grimm y también por Perrault, y con la ayuda del escritor Cayo Martí-nez da una vuelta de tuerca muy actual al cuento de hadas, sin que este pierda su magia y su frescura.

written by Ignacio Sanz, illustrated Noemí Villamuza32 pages | Hardcover | 5 year +

Un ángel travieso (A Naughty Angel)

Ignacio Sanz (Lastras de Cuéllar, Segovia, 1953) is licended in Sociology and is author of several works of novels, short stories and children’s books. He combined pottery with literature for years, and from 2005 he is author for full time

Noemí Villamuza borned in Palencia en 1971. She is licensed in Arts and has worked with several publishing houses. She teaches Design in Barcelona from 2000 and has won several illustration awards and was in the List of Honour of IBBY.

The angel of the old house is tired of being bulled by the children of the town. One day, he dissapears.



written by Franz Kafka, illustrated by Daniel Sesé 32 pages | Hardcover | 5 year +

Un artista del trapecio. El primer dolor (First Sorrow)

Franz Kafka was an influential German-language author of novels and short stories. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century.

Daniel Sesé borned in Barcelona in 1962. He is a well-known illustrator and designer. He also teaches Arts.

The story concerns a trapeze artist who wants to remain on his trapeze at all times, and never come down to the ground. He is faced with difficulties when the circus he belongs to must travel from place to place. The trapeze artist is said to be dedicated solely to perfecting his art.


The bird Piccolo gets distracted from his flock for a few seconds whilst saying hello to the cloud Nuvola...and alas, he gets lost! The voyage of Piccolo and Nuvola in search of their own families leads them to discover many di-fferent places and landscapes. This book , in all of its subtility and delicacy, treats the contraversial themes of en-vironmental contamination . It simultaneously narrates a beautiful tale of friendship between a bird and a cloud.

Emilio Urberuaga. Born in Madrid. He is an illustrator and author of children’s books. As an illustrator, he has brought the character Manolito Gafotas to life. He has published illustrated books in Europe, Asia, and the United States. With Narval he has published Una Cosa Negra.

Emilio Urberuaga won the Spanish National Prize for Illustration in 2011.

PICTURE BOOK

by Emilio Uberuaga32 pages | Hardcover | 5 year +

Piccolo y Nuvola (Piccolo and Nuvola)

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Antonio Vincente is a journalist and sociologist. He has taught creative writing for both children and adults and has lectured for tea-chers on the educational value of sotrytelling. He has published stories of emotional education, dramatizations for the classroom and textbooks for children with Edelvives, Edebé y Algaida. Among his most most known stories La pulga Leocadia, a tale with activites for blind children publidhed by ONCE, and Otilia Inmagina, by Edelvives. As a journalist he has worked in La2, M80, RNE1 and currently works at Radio Exterior de España.

Carmen Queralt (Madrid, 1952) is one of the most original illustrators of our time. Dedicated to the world of illustration for over fifteen years, with a very personal style full of humour and imagination, she has filled many children’s books and magazines publis-hed by Spain’s finest publishing houses with images.

This is a book for all types of kings: rich and poor, loved and feared, lost and found. And for all types of Fermins: impatient or lazy, moderate or insatiable. It is a book about the things we desire and what happens when we get them, as well as when we cannot have them.

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written by Antonio Vincente, illustrated by Carmen Queralt32 pages | Hardcover | 3 year +

Fermín y los reyes magos (Fermin and the Three Kings)

Raquel Díaz Reguera was born in Sevilla and currently works as a graphic designer, illustrator, composer and writer of tales and songs.

On a day of happiness, just about anything can happen. Problems shrink into nothingness and the sun enters through the window. Magic sprouts in every corner and everything has a new colour. In this book, we live through every moment in just an ordinary day of Martina´s life. Through the delicate illustrations by Raquel Díaz Reguera we enter in a world full of fantasy and yet entirely realistic and beleivable.

PICTURE BOOK

by Raquel Díaz Reguera32 pages | Hardcover | 5 year +

Un día de pasos alegres (A Day of Happy Steps)



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Blue beard, the terrifying story, the difficult story, lost its popularity when we lost the desire to share with children the sense of human contradiction and the existence of evil. This interpretation by Samuel Alonso and Mónica Cal-vo recaptures the traditional story in all of its delicate curiousity and madness, fear and the discovery of darkness.

Samuel Alonso Omeñaca (Soria, 1966) has a degree in Philosophy and Education Sciences at the University of Salamanca. He has a Masters in Publishing with a specialization in children’s literature. He has worked as a librarian at the Founda-tion Ruipérez Germain Sanchez and as a a literary adiver and codirector of the collection Otros Espacios at the publis-hing company Anaya. He currently runs 451 publishers, Edelvives.

Mónica Calvo has also illustrated the novel Las maletas encantadas, by Joan Manuel Gisbert.

written by Samuel Alonso Omeñaca, illustrated by Mónica Calvo32 pages | Hardcover | 5 year +

Barba Azul (Bluebeard)



Fran Nuño was born in Bilbao in 1973 and now lives in Sevilla. He is a writer, bookshop owner and publisher. He organizes numerous cultural activities in schools, libraries and theatres. He has published several children’s books in diverse publishing houses and is the author of the Manual of Techniques of Animated Reading. He has also published Deambulaciones, a poetry book for young adults and his theatre productions are performed regularly in schools and theatres.

Jesús Escudero Cuadrado (Sevilla, 1979) is an illustrator and graphic designer. After obtaining a degree in Fine Arts in 2004 and working as a graphic designer, he redirected his career towards illustration. He has worked on projects for the Ministry of Education, the Department of Museums in Andalusia, several Spanish publishers and the magazines Hip flow Magazine, Revista Delibros, Rolling Stone (Spain and Japan) and Mondosonoro.

In the kitchen, a piece of theatre is being prepared and you are all cordially invited. Let the spectacle begin! A funny book filled with charm, it uses everyday objects to introduce the child to the world of theatre.

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written by Fan Nuño, illustrated by Jesús Escudero Cuadrado32 pages | Hardcover | 3 year +

Teatro en la cocina (Theatre in the Kitchen)

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Arturo Abad, from the Canary Islands, is a writer and storyteller for both children and adults. He has published various books.

Mónica Gutiérrez Serna is an illustrator, painter and has a PhD in Fine Arts. She has published many books for childrenw as an illustra-tor and writer, and has participated in several exhibitions.

written by Arturo Abad, illustrated by Mónica Gutiérrez Serna32 pages | Hardcover | 5 year +

Gritos en la arena (Cries in the Sand)

Can a cry in the desert change reality? Perhaps no one, but if enough people shout together what most likely end up moving mountains.With free and very pictorial illustrations and poetic text and full of hope, Cries in the Sand tells the story of a dream.



by Adolfo Serra32 pages | Hardcover | 5 year +

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Roberto Aliaga is a biologist, is married, and has a bunch of children: one girl named Aroa, and a handful of children’s books. He won the Lazarillo Prize for picture books in 2008 with El príncipe de los enredos (The Prince of Entanglements), and his book Cactus del desierto (Desert Cactus) was chosen by the prestigious International Youth Library in Munich for the prestigious White Ravens 2009 list. His books have been translated into ten languages.

Cristina Hernández (Tarragona, 1969). When she turned six, she began to draw and abandoned all her toys to paint for hours and hours, days and days, years and... Today she feels that she could travel wherever she wishes, without being limited by space and time, and she has created a parallel world which she reflects in her illustrations, where she lives a storybook life.

Matilde, since she was very little, knew how to make bubbles. Soap bubbles. And the more, the bet-ter. After studying a lot, she became an expert. She knew how to make bubbles from coats, bubbles of sound, and strong bubbles.One day, she decided to use them to protect a child...

Matilde Pompas (Matilde Bubbles)


At time being different is funny; other times it can be condemning. The arrival of Mister X in the city of Zed awakens within its inhabitants a sense of worry, curiosity and mixed emotions. This book explores the defensive reactions that we often have when faced with strange and different encounters and experiences; which can often bring a new fascinating facet to life.

Iratxe López de Munáin (Pamplona, 1985)She borned in a city without sea. She uses to work between tons of papers.

by Adolfo Serra28 pages | Hardcover | 10 year +

El señor X (Mister X)



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Mara is very little, at any moment she will pronounce her first word and everyone wishes that the first word she utters will be a particular one. Father´s family wants her to say papa, mother´s family wants her to say mama... and so forth. Even her brother secretly teaches her the word he wants her to say. Finally, Mara opens her mouth and...

Ángel Domingo (Valladolid, 1975) is an illustrator agents. He also writes for newspapers and screenplays.

Miguel Tanco (Badajoz, 1972) began his professional career in New York. Now he lives in Milan and is considered one of the best Spanish illustrators.


written by Ángel Domingo, illustrated by Miguel Tanco32 pages | Hardcover | 3 year +

La primera palabra de Mara (Mara´s First Word)


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Lola Guerrera (Madrid, 1974). Her passion has always been to travel through time and words, to meet people and be moved by the precious stories heard here and there.

Adolfo Serra (Teruel, 1980). a studied Advertising and Public Relations, but soon returned to his childhood passion: drawing. He took up pencils and watercolors at the Escuela de Arte 10. Since then, his drawing table has been full of colors, papers, and textures, and the rest remains to be written, or better said, illustrated.

Who is Mani Moon Ears? A cat? A lion? A bandit, perhaps?A game-book that introduces Children in the animal kingdom.

written by Lola Guerrera, illustrated by Adolfo Serra32 pages | Hardcover | 3 year +

Mani Orejas de Luna (Mani Moon Ears)


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Blanca Lacasa and Alberto Mate are part of Plastic d’Amour and Mate bands. With Puño (International Illus-tration Award), that illustrated the book, they have produced a disc-book and play it in live. Artists like Loquillo and Jabier Muguruza give their voice to the characters of this tale.

Little Casi has weird dreams where she lost an eye, the nose, an ear and other body parts. It makes her search a solution that will rebuild Uy, a friend, that from now will join Casi in her particular oniric trips.

PICTURE BOOK + CD MUSIC

written by Blanca Lacasa, illustrated by Puño, music by Alberto Matesanz32 pages | Hardcover | 4 year +

Casi. Un musical (Casi. A Musical)


Andrei. Although this is his very first book, he has been telling stories through his screenplays for animation series for a long time.

Jorge Liquete (Madrid, 1973) has illustraded children´s books and text books for schools. He lives in Berlin, where he works in animation, illustration and and audovisual production. His short animated film Aker Beltz has many prizes worldwide.

This is the very first case for the most brilliant, audacious and messy private detective of FrogLeg City. The case is quite peculiar: It consists of finding a small pyramid that brings luck to its owner. The pro-blem is that he accepts two clients at the same on the same case: the women whose pyramid was sto-len (the renowned actress PrettyFrogLegs), and the man who offered it to her (her ex-agent Bad Lice).

written by Andrei, illustrated by Jorge Liquete128 pages / book | Rustic | 8 year +

NARRATIVA | FICTION

Do you know Batracio Frogger? A pure detective fiction for Children!

Titles of the collection:

Batracio Frogger y el misterio de la pirámide (Batracio Frogger and the mystery of the pyramid)Ancas Fatales (Fatal Frog-Legs)Coming in Christmas: Batracio Frogger 3

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La mutante (The Mutant)written and illustrated by Cristina Hernández128 pages | Hardcover | 12 year +

NOVELA GRAFICA | GRAPHIC NOVEL

The mutant has just arrived to our planet. She looks around and with help of a pencil, begins to draw everything she needs. The mutant seems to fit in well, and yet she feels quite alone.Cristina Hernández (Tarragona, 1969). Illustrator and pianter, has illustrated Matilde Pompas, a book by Roberto Aliaga published by Narval. (see page 8).

Carmen García-Roméu (Alicante) lives in Madrid and has written two books for adults. Gus y la casa voladora is her first children’s book.

Valentí Ponsa borned in Terrassa and lives in Murcia, Spain. He loves to illustrate and it is his first Children’s book.

Gus has a very weird family and live in a most strange house. When Uncle Lorenzo invents the time-travels, his life changes forever... and he lives very funny adventures!

Written by Carmen García-Roméu With illustrations by Valentí Ponsa168 pages | Hardcover | 8 year +

Gus y la casa voladora (Gus and the flying house)


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Joan Manuel Gisbert (1949) is one of the great writers of children´s literature in Spain. He has won the most prestigious prizes in his field (among others, the National Prize) and his work has been translated to over twenty languages. With a style that mixes mastery of folklore with literature, fantasy with reality, he has constructed an incredible and fascinating universe which has won him hundreds of thousand readers. Las maletas encantadas is hisfirst book with Narval.

Mónica Calvo enjoys working as an illustrator, which is something she always dreamed of growing up. She has a design studio in which she works as a graphic designer for advertising as well as illustration.She also owns an online shop in which she sells limited edition prints of some of her illustrations as well as clay figures. She has published with Narval Samuel Omeñaca´s Barba Azul, from the collec-tion «Los ilustradores cuentan».

The sudden appearance of a mysterious suitcase in the middle of the forest perturbs the animals and causes much curiousity. What is inside? Can they keep it? But who is it for? And how can they open it? During the general meeting, the animals try to clarify all these questions until they realize that a stanger lurks in the forest.

NARRATIVA | FICTION

written by Joan Manuel Gisbert, illustrated by Mónica Calvo156 pages | Rustic | 8 year +

Las maletas encantadas (The Enchanted Suitcases)

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Eduardo Vilas (San Sebastián, 1971). Director of Hotel Kafka. Jaime Martínez Tomás (Madrid, 1974). Illustrator and freelance graphic designer especialized in ediitng and publishing. El pájaro de fuego is his first book with Narval.

There is a place so far away that nobody has ever managed to reach there without getting lost on the way. The last king of this faraway land was kniwn as King Zar. It was known that he never married nor had any children, that he used scissors instead of a sword, and that he managed to capture the mighty Firebird. He never parted from the creature nor travelled without his faithful feathered companion by his side.

written by Eduardo Vilas, illustrated by Jaime Martínez64 pages | Hardcover | 10 year +

El pájaro del fuego (The Firebird)


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Table of Contents

Picture Books ...................................... 5Fiction ................................................ 7Graphic Novels ................................... 8

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