Fall 2021 Children's Rights Guide

CLICK HERE T O S E E B O O K S A M P L E CLICK HERE T O S E E B O O K S A M P L E PICTURE BOOKS Asim and the king’s dragon by Katerina Zontanou illustrated by Sandra Eleftheriou 48 pages | 21x28cm | Hardback FOR AGES 5 AND UP In a land far far away, where the sky touches the earth, Asim has taken up the job of his ancestors: By day he is tending to fairy tales, and by night he recounts the stories to humans. But one day the new king forbids him from continuing his work. And a very real dragon comes to nestle outside the king’s castle… A unique fairy tale about fairy tales, how they work and how they spread. The city of shoes and barefooted Ippolytos by Konstantinos Tzamiotis illustrated by Sandra Eleftheriou 40 pages | 21x28cm | Hardback FOR AGES 5 AND UP Ippolytos, a humble, hardworking shoemaker, arrives barefooted as a refugee to the city of shoes, where everyone is rich and happy, because they wear the most beautiful shoes in the world: their king, a famous shoemaker, gives his people all the pairs they desire. But soon Ippolytos will learn the truth: every pair is of one and only size: the king’s size! When people start complaining to Ippolytos, everything will change… Acclaimed author: • He is the editor of the culture magazine Highlights. • His first play, No man’s land , won the State Prize for new playwrights. • His novel The passage won the 2016 Athens Prize for Literature and was translated to French (Actes Sud). • Katerina’s Zontanou first picture book Do you speak ploutonic? was awarded the Greek section of IBBY’s New Writer Award. ENGLISH TEXT AVAILABLE