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SPRING RIGHTS 2016

General EnquiriesMiriam Rosenbloom Commissioning Editor/Art Director [email protected]

Rights EnquiriesAmanda Tokar Rights Manager [email protected]

Scribe Publications Pty Ltd18–20 Edward Street, Brunswick, Victoria 3056, Australia

Tel: +61 3 9388 8780

Scribe Publications UK Ltd2 John St, Clerkenwell London WC1N 2ES United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 3405 4218

Welcome to Scribble’s first Spring Rights Guide. We’re a new picture-book imprint, publishing around eight books a year in Australia and the UK. Our focus is on beautiful illustration, design, and production, and on showcasing diverse and engaging storytelling for the little people in our lives.

We have a very exciting twelve months of publishing coming up. In April, we publish the irrepressible I Am Doodle Cat, about a bright-red feline with a very big heart. In November, we’ll be publishing the second book from the bestselling team of Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys, Under the Love Umbrella, which is a gorgeous celebration of the love of a parent for their child. And we’re super-excited to be launching the picture-book career of international award-winning illustrator Daniel Gray. You’re going to love meeting his Grandma Z.

—Miriam Rosenbloom

I Am Doodle Cat is a cheerful children’s book here to encourage imagination, celebration of the things you love, and finding the magic in silliness. Written by Kat Patrick, with delightful illustrations by Lauren Marriott, this book shows a tomato-red Doodle Cat rejoicing in everyday pleasures such as swimming in the ocean, wearing a favourite onesie, and playing guitar. Whatever your age, I Am Doodle Cat reminds you of the universe’s splendidness, and above all, to remember to love YOU!

Kat Patrick recently realised she never actually grew up, and so has been trying to make a living as a writer ever since. This is Kat’s first children’s book after finding a kindred spirit in Lauren.

Lauren Marriott is, above all other things, a doodler. There was never any questioning her career path. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Design, majoring in Illustration, she has made a successful living of doodling. Endlessly.

I Am Doodle Cat author Kat Patrickillustrator Lauren Marriott

Winner of the Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Designed Children’s Book.

Aleft-fieldandirreverenttaleof a cat and his catalogue ofloves,I Am Doodle Cat introduces an irresistible new character.

Contemporary and full of energy with delightfully playful illustrations.

Book detailsInterest age 1–6Format Hardback H x W (mm) 230 x 230Pages 36

Publication details Australia UKDate April 2016 April 2016ISBN 9781925321258 9781925228465Price A$19.99 £9.99

Rights held: World English (exc USA, Canada, & NZ)Other Rights: Beatnik Publishing

In every weather It’s us togetherDavina Bell is a writer and editor of books for young people. She was a Senior Editor at Penguin Books Australia and now writes full-time on the edge of a vineyard in the south-west of Australia.

Allison Colpoys is an award-winning freelance book designer and illustrator. When she was little, Allison was obsessed with underwater worlds and wanted to be a mermaid when she grew up. She is still trying.

From the team behind the bestselling The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade comes a celebrationofparentallove.

Beautifully produced hardback using spot colours.

Small things can loom big in a little person’s life. Big dogs and lost teeth, forgotten hats and friends who won’t share. Whatever the troubles, the comfort of our love umbrella is always there.

Gentle rhyming text, accompanied by beautiful vintage-inspired illustrations, makes Under the Love Umbrella the perfect gift book for new parents and babies, as well as for children embarking on big changes and new adventures.

author Davina Bellillustrator Allison Colpoys

Under the Love Umbrella

*NB Illustrations are rough

Your pants are wet,

you’re meant to hurry

Smashed toy,Bad dream,

Lost tooth, Big worry,

Book detailsInterest age 0-5Format Hardback H x W (mm) 255 x 210 Pages 32

Publication details Australia UKDate November 2016 February 2016ISBN 9781925321265 9781925228205Price A$24.99 £10.99

Rights held: World (all languages)Other Rights: Curtis Brown Australia

Jennifer Higgie is co-Editor of frieze magazine. She has recently written features in frieze on artists and about the idea of slowness in art. Her recent publications include essays for the Australian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2005 and Magnus Von Plessen’s exhibition at Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York.

Debut picture book from renowned UK writer and editor Jennifer Higgie (frieze, Frieze Masters) that celebratesboththeindividualandthediversityoftheworld.

High-end production in unusual hardback format with luxurious paper stock makes it a desirable physical object.

This joyous debut from Jennifer Higgie celebrates the details and diversity of the world around us. In kaleidoscopic colour, Higgie takes young readers on a journey from some of life’s most important things (baked beans!) to some of life’s biggest wonders (stars!). The perfect early picture book for the curious kid!

author/illustrator Jennifer Higgie

There’s Not One


Publication details Australia UKDate September 2016 November 2016ISBN 9781925321708 9781925228816Price A$24.99 £10.99

Rights held: World (all languages)Other Rights: Curtis Brown UK


Publication details Australia UKDate December 2016 December 2016ISBN 9781925321234 9781925228489Price A$24.99 £10.99

Rights held: World English Other rights: Fischer Verlag

Benjamin and Susi are best friends. She washes hisface each morning, they play wonderful games all day,and they sleep next to each other every night.Until one day, Benjamin disappears . . .

Nostalgic but wonderfully modern, too, this perennialEuropean bestseller is finally available in English forthe first time in more than 40 years. Its captivatingblack-and-white photographs provide a unique wayfor children to engage with Susi’s charming worldand the world around them. They will thrill to theadventures of a real little girl and her pet donkey.

author Hans Limmer (translator Elke Wakefield)photographer Lennart Osbeck

My Donkey Benjamin


Publication details Australia UKDate December 2016 December 2016ISBN 9781925321241 9781925228496Price A$24.99 £10.99

Rights held: World English Other rights: Tulipan Verlag

Angelica lives with her parents and her sister Susi on a beautiful Mediterranean island. She loves roaming the island with her favourite doll, Hippi, and when she adopts a piglet called Paulina, they have lots of fun together! When a farmer wants to take Paulina away, Angelica knows she has to save her best friend. And thus begins their exciting adventure . . .

Published for the first time in English, My Pig Paulina is a splendid companion to the classic bestseller My Donkey Benjamin. With compelling, naturalistic photographs that allow children to imagine themselves into the story, it’s the perfect addition for any child’s bookshelf.

author Hans Limmer (translator Elke Wakefield)photographer David Crossley

My Pig Paulina

Book detailsInterest age 3-6Format Hardback H x W (mm) tbs Pages 32

Publication details Australia UKDate April 2017 April 2017ISBN tbc tbcPrice A$24.99 £10.99

Rights held: World (all languages)

Sometimes we find what we’re looking for in the most unexpected places.

Sensitive Wren just wants a bit of peace and quiet. What he gets is the noisiest baby sister you could ever imagine! But when Wren runs away to the country, he discovers that maybe peace and quiet isn’t all he needs …

With bright, modern illustrations and a powerfully simple story, any child (and any parent!) who’s ever had to deal with a noisy sibling will love Wren. This debut from the new team of Katrina Lehman and Sophie Blackhall-Cain is sure to delight.

author Katrina Lehmanillustrator Sophie Blackhall-Cain

Wren

Book detailsInterest age 3-8Format Hardback H x W (mm) tbc Pages 32

Publication details Australia UKDate July 2017 July 2017ISBN tbc tbcPrice A$24.99 £10.99


Grandma Z isn’t your ordinary grandma. She’s a fur-coat-wearing, motorbike-riding eccentric — and when she hits the road with her grandson, who knows what marvellous things might happen and what memories will be made along the way?

This debut from international award-winning Australian illustrator Daniel Gray is a gloriously colourful tale of a little boy’s adventure with his very adventurous grandmother.

author/illustrator Daniel Gray

Grandma ZSelected

for Illustrarte 2016

Daniel Gray is an illustrator based in Sydney, Australia. Self-taught, he studied Medical Science before swapping his microscope for pencils when he realised illustration had a much lower patient mortality rate.

His illustrations have been commissioned by clients such as The New York Times. He has received awards from the Society of Illustrators NY, Communication Arts, and 3x3 magazine.

He has three grandmothers.*NB Illustrations are rough

*NB Illustrations are rough


Publication details Australia UKDate March 2015 March 2015ISBN 9781925106206 9781925106206Price $24.99 £12.99

Rights held: World (all languages)Rights sold: France (Éditions Sarbacane), Bulgaria, Simplified ChineseOther rights: Curtis Brown Australia

The day before the underwater fancy-dress parade, Alfie got that feeling ...

Sometimes it’s hard to be brave. Sometimes you get that feeling. Sometimes you’re just not ready … until, one day, you are.

From a dynamic new picture-book partnership comes the story of Alfie and a big octopus wearing a tiny hat and the things you can only whisper to the cowboys on your wallpaper.

author Davina Bellillustrator Allison Colpoys

The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade‘Beautifully-writtenandsensitive,there’s not a scrap of schmaltz in this book about the anxiety that plagues some children … The tenderness in this story is divinelybalancedwithgentlepopsoffluorescentcolouronsoft grey pages … A considered, charming and important book for anyone struggling with throwing themselvesintothevastoceanofmodern day society.’ —Kids’ Book Review

Book detailsInterest age 0-100Format Hardback H x W (mm) 305 x 245Pages 56

Publication details Australia UKDate November 2013 March 2014ISBN 9781922070715 9781922247346Price $24.99 £12.99


A unique book for young and old that celebrates inspirational women from around the world and across generations. You will recognise some and be delighted to meet others.

Amazing Babes was originally written as a gift from a mother to her son. It introduces women such as Kathleen Hanna, lead singer from 1990s seminal punk-rock act Bikini Kill; Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s pro-democracy leader; and Malala Yousafzai, a passionate advocate of worldwide access to education. All these women had the ideas, determination, and creativity to bring about change in the world, and in learning about their stories we honour their achievements.

author Eliza Sarlosillustrator Grace Lee

Amazing Babes‘One cannot read this book for thefirsttimewithoutafewtinglesdown the spine. This is an important and inspiring book and will appeal to those interested in current affairs, history and books which don’t fall back on gender stereotypes. It begs to be read and re-read as the audience grows and matures. This is a book for school libraries, for bedrooms and for coffee tables everywhere.’ —Children’s Books Daily

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