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Bologna Book Fair 2020
Rights Guide
CONTENTS
Middle Grade & Younger Readers
5 The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn by Kate Gordon
6 Footprints on the Moon by Lorraine Marwood
7 Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus by Steven Herrick
8 My Dog is a Winner by Elizabeth Fensham
9 As Fast as I Can by Penny Tangey
10 The Elephant by Peter Carnavas
11 Untitled by Nova Weetman
12 Fozia and the Quest of Prince Zal by Rosanne Hawke
Young Adult
15 Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde
16 This One is Ours by Kate O’Donnell
17 When We Are Invisible by Claire Zorn
Picture Books
19 The Bird in the Herd by Kathryn Apel & Renée Treml
20 Time for Adventure, Daddy by Dave Hackett
21 A Quiet Girl by Peter Carnavas
22 No Place for an Octopus by Claire Zorn
23 My Dad is a Dragon by Damon Young & Peter Carnavas
Publication details are correct
as of April 2020
3
The Heartsong of
Wonder Quinn
Kate Gordon
The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn is an
enchanting fairytale celebrating
friendship, bravery and the
importance of staying true to
yourself.
Wonder Quinn is a lonely orphan who lives in
the attic of Direleafe Hall with only a gloomy
crow for company. Every year she watches the
other girls return to school, hoping to find a
Middle Grade &
friend among them. And every year her heart
breaks when she doesn’t.
So when a fiery new girl befriends her in class,
Wonder’s dreams seem to be coming true. But
Younger Readers ‘
as the girls grow closer, Wonder discovers her
As with her previous titles,
friend has a list of strange wishes: Throw a pie,
Gordon’s strength lies in
conveying the power of
leap into the sky, break someone’s heart…
friendship.’ What is Mabel’s big secret? And why is she in
such a hurry to finish her list?
Books+Publishing Kate Gordon Kate Gordon grew up in a very
booky house, with two librarian parents, in
a small town by the sea in Tasmania. After
studying performing arts and realising she was a
terrible actor, Kate decided to give in to genetics
and study to be a librarian herself. She never
stopped writing. Her most recent publications
are the young adult novel Girl Running, Boy
Falling (A&U) and the younger reader series Juno
Jones: Word Ninja (Yellow Brick Books).
ISBN 978 0 7022 6282 1
RRP $14.99
Category Younger Reader, 7+
Format B-format paperback, 180pp inc 6 b&w illos Pub
date September 2020
Rights held UK, US, Can, Trans
Rights sold Russian (Eksmo)
5
Footprints on the Moon Zoe, Max and the
Lorraine Marwood Bicycle Bus
Steven Herrick
Lorraine’s previous book Leave From the master of free verse
Taking was the joint winner of Steven Herrick comes this funny
the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary and uplifting middle-grade verse
Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize
for Children’s Literature and was novel about a classroom of kids who
shortlisted for the 2019 CBCA get on their bikes to ride for change.
Book of the Year, Younger Readers.
With their new teacher’s help, the kids in Class
A verse novel set against the backdrop of 1969, 5D ride to school together in a bicycle bus.
when humans first landed on the moon and the Olivia can fix a puncture in two minutes and
Vietnam War was raging. Max can ride on one wheel.
Sharnie is trying to make sense of the confusing Lily wishes she wasn’t quite so wobbly and
and changing times while also starting at a new Dylan has a speedy getaway from alley cats,
school, dealing with her grandmother having Dabir’s glad to be part of a group and Zoe’s
health issues and coping with her wayward bike even has a name (Esmeralda). Everyone
‘ ‘
Exquisite.’ sister, Cas. loves their new way of getting to school.
‘Herrick homes in on the
Footprints on the Moon dextrously raises emotion of the moment
But there’s a narrow stretch with no white line
Children’s Book Daily on important and timely themes for its intended and traps it like a bug in to separate the cyclists from the local traffic, so
Leave Taking audience: friendship, family, death, grief, a jar.’ Zoe and Max decide they need to make it right
support, war, protesting, and conscription. (even if that means breaking a few rules).
Sunday Age
Lorraine Marwood was born and raised in Steven Herrick is the author of twenty-five
rural Victoria and lives with her husband on books for children and young adults. His books
a dairy farm. She has six children and twelve have twice won the New South Wales Premier’s
grandchildren, and she loves to craft, sew, Literary Awards and have been shortlisted
garden, walk her dog Monti and bake for family for the Children’s Book Council of Australia
gatherings. She has been a headmistress of a Book of the Year Awards on nine occasions.
rural school and has studied literacy. He is the winner of a prestigious Deutsche
Jugendliteraturpreis.
ISBN 978 0 7022 6283 8 ISBN 978 0 7022 6300 2
RRP $14.99 RRP $16.99
Category Younger Reader, 7+ Category Middle Grade, 9+
Format B-format paperback, 136pp Format B-format paperback, 228pp
Pub date February 2021 Pub date October 2020
Rights held UK, US, Can, Trans Rights held Film/TV, UK, US, Can, Trans
6 7
My Dog is a Winner As Fast As I Can
Elizabeth Fensham Penny Tangey
The third book in the ‘My Dog’ From CBCA-shortlisted author Penny
series. My Dog is a Winner is a Tangey comes this funny, heartfelt
paw-some tale of friendship, novel about ten-year-old Vivian and her
compassion and finding happiness. quest to one day become an Olympic
middle-distance runner.
Eric Bright and his doggy best mate, Ugly, are
back. They’re up against their biggest challenge Ten-year-old Vivian is determined to compete
yet: solving the serious problem looming over at the Olympic Games one day. Problem is, she
Eric’s mean and miserable big sister, Gretchen. hasn’t found a sport she’s any good at yet. But
everyone says if you work hard enough you
It’s lucky Ugly is the friendliest dog ever. He’s can achieve anything, right? So when Vivian
a star companion pooch, working with kids at discovers she has a talent for cross country
school. He’s surely going to rescue Eric’s sister running, finally, her Olympic dream might
– and, on top of that, win almost every category actually come true.
at the upcoming school pet show. Surely.
‘ ‘
Eric is an endearing young
But then a family illness is uncovered and all of
As Fast As I Can will have
character with a distinctive Vivian’s plans begin to unravel. Can she keep
But when Ugly goes off his food and refuses to you cheering from the
voice.’ sidelines from start to
her dream alive? Or will she be stopped in her
Magpies
play, Eric must figure out what’s hounding him. tracks?
finish.’
A funny, heartfelt novel about resilience,
‘A funny trip into child Can he fix Ugly and Gretchen on his own? Allayne L. Webster, author acceptance and dreaming big.
and animal psychology.’ of Sensitive
Kids’ Reading Guide Elizabeth Fensham’s first novel, Helicopter Penny Tangey largely writes humorous books
Man, won the 2006 CBCA Book of the Year for young people. While at university Penny
for Younger Readers. It has been followed by performed stand-up comedy, including in the
numerous award-winning titles. The first of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Penny
My Dog series, My Dog Doesn’t Like Me, was now works as a researcher for television quiz
published in 2014 followed by the second, shows Hard Quiz and The Chase, but is still
My Dog Gets a Job, in 2017. Elizabeth lives in terrible at trivia.
Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges.
ISBN 978 0 7022 6295 1 ISBN 978 0 7022 6281 4
RRP $14.99 RRP $16.99
Category Younger Readers, 7+ Category Middle Reader, 8+
Format B-format paperback, 224pp Format B-format paperback, 248pp
Pub date September 2020 Pub date May 2020
Rights held Film/TV, UK, US, Can, Trans Rights held UK, US, Can, Trans
8 9
The Elephant Untitled
Peter Carnavas Nova Weetman
An exquisite first novel from The not-to-be-missed third and
acclaimed picture book author and final book in the award-winning
illustrator Peter Carnavas about ‘Secrets’ series.
Olive, Dad and his elephant.
Clem Timmins survived the first year of high
school and is back for round two. Everything’s
‘Your dad won’t fix your bike – until you fix changing. Her best friend has turned boy-crazy
your dad.’ over the Summer and Clem’s mum has taken a
job working at the school canteen.
Olive’s father has a sadness so big that she
imagines it as an enormous elephant following How is she going to survive Year Eight without
him around. Every day Olive sees the elephant, dying of embarrassment? Unlike everyone else,
and every day she wishes it would go. she doesn’t want a boyfriend. She doesn’t want
With the help of Grandad and her best friend, to wear makeup. She just wants to be herself.
Arthur, Olive sets out to chase the elephant But sometimes that’s easier said than done.
‘ ‘
Carnavas takes the away. A perfect story about
tough topic of caregiver being in-between. Moving Can Clem find the strength to be at peace with
depression and gives and utterly absorbing. I
But how can Olive move something so big? herself and speak up?
it a delicate, graceful could go on reading about
touch. His plot weaves Clem forever.’
tightly together, and the
ending twist is a lovely Emily Gale
completion. Black-and- Peter Carnavas writes and illustrates award- Nova Weetman lives in Melbourne with her
white spot illustrations winning books for children and the grown-ups in partner and two children. She has written for
throughout give a visually
their lives. He is a popular presenter in schools. film and TV as well as award-winning YA and
accessible feel, as do
Peter lives on the Sunshine Coast with his wife, middle-grade novels. The Secrets We Keep and
the short chapters… A
delicate, lovely story about two daughters and a small, charming dog called The Secrets We Share are both CBCA Notable
caregiver depression that Florence. books.
will validate and empower www.petercarnavas.com www.novaweetman.com.au
readers.’
ISBN 978 0 7022 5961 6 ISBN 9780 7022 6276 0
Kirkus Reviews RRP $14.99 RRP $16.99
Category Younger Reader, 7+ Category Middle Reader, 10+
Format B-format paperback, 180pp Format B-format paperback, tbc pp
Pub date July 2017 Pub date March 2021
Rights held Trans Rights held UK, US, Can, Trans
Rights sold Film/TV, North America, UK, German,
Turkish, Hungarian, Catalan, Italian, Chinese Simpl,
Russian, Greek 10 11
Fozia and the Quest of
Prince Zal
Rosanne Hawke
Set following the aftermath of the 2010
floods in Pakistan, this is a sensitive tale
of community spirit, human kindness
and the magic of family.
Twelve-year-old Fozia has survived the worst
flood in Pakistan’s history. But her life will
never be the same. With her little sister gone
and her parents missing, Fozia now lives with
Jehan’s family in a new village, hoping that
one day she will see her family again. But after
returning to her old home and coming face to
face with the brick-kiln owner, Fozia realises
there is much more at stake if she’s made to pay
back her family’s debt to the owner.
‘
A captivating story.’ To escape her new reality, Fozia tells her friends
a fairytale about Prince Zal. He rides a magic
Readings Monthly
carpet on a quest to find his little sister, battling
leopards and hidden serpents along the way. But
can Prince Zal succeed in his quest if the truth
behind Fozia’s story is revealed?
Rosanne Hawke is an award-winning South
Australian author of over twenty-five books. She
lived in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates
as an aid worker for ten years. She teaches
creative writing at Tabor Adelaide and writes in
an old Cornish farmhouse with underground
rooms near Kapunda. www.rosannehawke.com
ISBN 9780 7022 6276 0
RRP $14.99
Category Younger reader, 7+
Format B-format paperback, 184pp (TBC)
Pub date March 2021
Rights held UK, US, Can, Trans
12
Henry Hamlet’s Heart
Rhiannon Wilde
A romantic teen comedy-drama
in the vein of the smash-hit
Love, Simon. Winner of the 2019
Glendower Award.
Henry is neurotic and insecure: academically
gifted, but directionless. School captain, but
largely unpopular, he navigates the social mires
of the private school scene with difficulty and
hilarity by hiding behind his enigmatic best
friend, Lennon Cane.
Young Adult A photographer and football star, Lennon lives
with his father. He is brilliant at most things,
but highly emotionally guarded.
After it becomes apparent that Len has always
‘
It’s easy to get carried had feelings for Henry, the two fall in love, with
away by this story, which
both beautiful and disastrous consequences.
deftly breaks your heart
and sticky-tapes it back
Dealing with key themes of friendship,
together again.’ LGBTQI+ rights, first love, and belonging, this
is a coming-of-age, coming out story with a
Queensland Literary twist.
Awards judges Rhiannon Wilde is a high school teacher who
loves words, books, and coffee. Her short
story inspired by urban Brisbane, You Deserve
Nothing, was longlisted for the Queensland
Young Writer’s Award in 2014. Stylistically she
has always been influenced by poetry, and the
works of people like Sylvia Plath and WB Yeats.
ISBN 978 0 7022 6314 9
RRP $19.99
Category YA, 15+
Format B-format paperback, pp tbc
Pub date July 2021
Rights held Film/TV, UK, US, Can, Trans
15
This One is Ours When We Are Invisible
Kate O’Donnell Claire Zorn
Sofie is a dreamy young artist with her The haunting, timely and highly-
head in the clouds, but when she travels anticipated sequel to the award-
to Paris on exchange, she’s awakened winning dystopian novel The Sky So
to the power of art in inspiring change Heavy.
in the world. Can she reconcile what
art means for her? ‘Instinct has kept us alive so far. It’s like a compass in
my gut and I tune into the needle often: trust/don’t
When she goes on exchange, she is expecting trust, run/stay.The winter has brought out the animal
magnificent adventures of the heart and mind. within all of us and we teeter between predator and
Yet France isn’t what she imagined. Sofie’s more prey, trying to find the balance of humanity between
homesick than lovesick. the two. I can’t read the needle right now.The
warmth of the room is clouding my judgment.’
But then her host sister, Delphine, and fellow
artist Olivier show her a different side of Paris, Lucy, Fin and Max flee Sydney in the aftermath
‘
of a nuclear winter and find comfort and
‘
‘I adored this book, with
and Sofie starts to question her ideas of art,
I couldn’t stop reading refuge with a small settlement in the southern
its gorgeous prose and beauty and meaning. Of everything. There’s until I knew what would
characters I didn’t want to truth in what her best friend, Crow, has been bushlands. There’s much relief in a warm bed
happen. If there is a
leave behind. Read it.’ saying all along: the world is in crisis and people sequel, bring it on.’
and a full stomach, but soon Lucy begins to
need to take notice. And when a catastrophe question the community’s ideals. Maybe they’re
Cath Crowley on Untidy strikes close to home, Sofie realises she needs to act. Good Reading Magazine not as safe as they think?
Towns on The Sky so Heavy
Kate O’Donnell is a writer, editor and Claire Zorn lives on the south coast of New
bookseller specialising in children’s and young South Wales with her husband and two small
adult literature. She has a BA in History and children. Her first young adult novel, The Sky
French from the University of Melbourne and So Heavy, was a 2014 Children’s Book Council
studied Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. of Australia Honour Book for Older Readers,
Her first YA Novel, Untidy Towns, sold to great shortlisted in the 2013 Aurealis Awards for Best
acclaim. Young Adult Novel and shortlisted in the 2014
Inky Awards. clairezorn.wordpress.com
ISBN 9780 7022 6028 5 ISBN 978 0 7022 6313 2
RRP $19.99 RRP $19.99
Category Young Adult, 15+ Category Young Adult, 14+
Format B-format paperback, XXXpp Format B-format paperback, 304pp
Pub date October 2020 Pub date April 2021
Rights held UK, US, Can, Trans Rights held UK, US, Can, Trans
16 17
The Bird in the Herd
Kathryn Apel & Renée Treml
A rollicking story for early
childhood, perfect for reading aloud
and laughing along.
Look! A herd of cows.
Can you see…
the bird in the herd,
that stalks as it walks,
eating slugs, grubs and bugs,
that the herd stirred.
From a beloved children’s poet comes this
Picture Books
bouncing picture book celebrating rhyme,
‘
‘Another stunning read. rhythm and cows, of course!
Kathryn Apel has mastered
the art of word selection.’
Kids’ Book Review
Kathryn Apel is a born-and-bred farm girl
who’s scared of cows. She lives with her
husband and two sons among the gum trees,
cattle and kangaroos on a Queensland grazing
property. She has written three verse novels Too
Many Friends (2017), On Track (2015) and Bully
on the Bus (2014) to much acclaim. A Bird in
the Herd is Kathryn’s second picture book.
ISBN 978 0 7022 6294 4
RRP $24.99
Category Picture Book, 2+
Format Hardback, 32pp + ends
Pub date March 2021
Rights held Film/TV, UK, US, Can, Trans
19Time for Adventure, Daddy A Quiet Girl
Dave Hackett Peter Carnavas
The hilarious new picture book in From award-winning author/
Dave Hackett’s ‘Time for…’ series illustrator Peter Carnavas comes
that’s perfect for encouraging the a delightful picture book that
whole family to go exploring. celebrates the beauty of the world
around us.
‘Come on, Daddy, it’s time for an adventure!’
‘But I have more jobs to do,’ says Daddy.’ Mary is a quiet girl. Her family makes so much
noise they hardly notice her – or anything else.
How can a little girl get her daddy ready to go Until Mary, in her own gentle way, shows them
on an adventure when he doesn’t want to leave what they’ve been missing.
the house?
When the sun is shining, and there’s the
promise of a picnic, the best thing to do is to
head out into the big yellow day. Time for
‘ ‘
Hackett’s turnaround tale Adventure, Daddy flips the fun on leaving Peter Carnavas is a magical
and brilliant cartoonesque storyteller you’ll want to
work behind and adventuring into the world,
illustrations are seriously listen to again and again.’
kid friendly.’
celebrating the special relationship that fathers
share with their children.
Dr Mark Macleod, author,
Boomerang Books publisher and academic
Dave Hackett is an artist, cartoonist, author Peter Carnavas writes and illustrates award-
and dad who divides his time between the winning books for children and the grown-ups in
Sunshine Coast and the South of France with their lives. He is a popular presenter in schools.
the nicest lady on the planet (to whom he is Peter lives on the Sunshine Coast with his wife,
also married). He owns a share in two more two daughters and a small, charming dog called
cats than he planned for and often paints huge Florence.
pictures on the walls of his house. www.petercarnavas.com
ISBN 978 0 7022 6285 2 ISBN 978 0 7022 6002 5
RRP $24.99 RRP $24.95
Category Picture Book, 2+ Category Picture Book, 2+
Format Hardback, 32pp+ends Format Hardback, 32pp+ends
Pub date August 2020 Pub date April 2019
Rights held UK, US, Can, Trans Rights held Film/TV, UK, Trans
Rights sold Turkish Rights sold North America, German, Italian
20 21No Place for an Octopus My Dad is a Dragon
Claire Zorn Damon Young & Peter Carnavas
Dive into this sweet and sensory From the award-winning author/
journey through one boy’s illustrator duo Damon Young and
imagination. Peter Carnavas comes a rip-roaring
picture book celebrating dads
After discovering an octopus in the rock pools at the
everywhere.
beach, a boy wonders about all the fun adventures
they could share if he took the octopus home. From
‘Some dads pull billy carts
multi-award-winning author Claire Zorn comes this
painted blue and black.
gentle tale of friendship and understanding.
But my dad is a dragon ...
I sit upon his scaly back!’
All dads are different. But what if your dad was
really different?
‘ ‘
I’ve always loved Claire’s What if your dad was a dragon?
The pictures and the
magical way with words text are each joyful and
and now her stunning energetic – the combo
illustrations have gone is exuberant. Highly
straight to my heart.’ recommended.’
Megan Daley CBCA Reading Time
Claire Zorn lives on the south coast of New Damon Young is a philosopher and writer.
South Wales with her husband and two small He lives in Hobart with his wife, Ruth, and two
children. Her first young adult novel, The Sky editors (also known as children).
So Heavy, was a 2014 Children’s Book Council
of Australia Honour Book for Older Readers, Peter Carnavas lives on the Sunshine Coast
shortlisted in the 2013 Aurealis Awards for Best with his wife, two daughters and a scruffy dog
Young Adult Novel and shortlisted in the 2014 that occasionally escapes.
Inky Awards.
ISBN 978 0 7022 6260 9 ISBN 978 0 7022 6049 0
RRP $24.95 RRP $24.95
Category Picture Book, 2+ Category Picture Book,
Format Hardback, 32pp+ends Format B-format paperback, 32pp
Pub date November 2019 Pub date 06/08/2020
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