Hachette Australia Rights Guide - Hachette Childrens

BACKLIST HIGHLIGHTS,
PICTURE BOOKS, YOUNGER READERS
(right, internal from The Lost Thing)
THE RABBITS
written by John Marsden,
illustrated by Shaun Tan
CBCA Picture Book of the Year 1999
The Rabbits offers a rich and immensely
valuable perspective on the effect of man on
his environment. Visually loaded and told
with a passion for truth and understanding,
the book aims to promote cultural awareness
and a sense of caring for the natural world.
RIGHTS SOLD North American (Arthur Levine/
Scholastic), Complex Chinese Characters
(Muses Publishing House), Korean (Itempool
Co), Spanish (Barbara Fiore Editora), Arabic
(Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing),
Italian (Elliot Edizioni)
THE LOST THING
written & illustrated by Shaun Tan
The delightful picture book on which the
Oscar-winning short film was based.
A boy discovers a bizarre-looking creature
while out collecting bottle-tops at a beach.
Having guessed that it is lost, he tries to find
out who owns it or where it belongs, but the
problem is met with indifference by everyone
else, who barely notice its presence.
RIGHTS SOLD Spanish (Barbara Fiore Editora),
Norwegian (Cappelen Damm), German
(Carlsen Verlag), (Italian) Elliot Edizioni,
French (Gallimard), Brazilian Portuguese
(Grupo SM), Portuguese (Kalandraka),
Simplified Chinese (Beijing Xinhua Pioneer
Culture & Media Co), Russian (OM Publishing),
UK (Orchard Books), North American
(Scholastic), Swedish (Kabusa Bocker),
Turkish (Ithaki), Japanese (Kawade Shobo),
Slovenian (Družba Piano)
THE RED TREE
written & illustrated by Shaun Tan
A small child awakes to find blackened leaves
falling from her bedroom ceiling, quietly
threatening to overwhelm her. A kind of
fable, The Red Tree seeks to remind us that,
although some bad feelings are inevitable,
they are always tempered by hope.
RIGHTS SOLD North American (Arthur Levine/
Scholastic), Spanish (Barbara Fiore Editora)
(Spanish/ Castilian), Norwegian (Cappelen
Damm), Brazilian Portuguese (Edições SM),
Italian (Elliot Edizioni), French (Gallimard),
Chinese, Complex (Heryin Publishing Co),
Chinese, Simplified (Heryin Publishing Co),
Japanese (Imajinsha Co Ltd), Portuguese
(Kalandraka Editora), UK (Orchard Books ),
Arabic (Dar Al Muna), Dutch (Querido),
German (Carlsen Verlag), Slovenian (DruÏba
Piano), Turkish (Ithaki), Swedish (Kabusa)
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