A Tale of Two Agents: Chapter Sixty-One. A Picture (Book) Is Worth a Thousand Words
“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”
A week in Italy for the Bologna Children's Book Fair —someone has to — is a week surrounded by the boundless creativity of authors, illustrators, and global publishers against the backdrop of beautiful Bologna. We worked on many new projects including those from Familius, National Center for Youth Issues, Educate2Empower’s sweet Quiet Boy and the Lonely Girl, Wooden House’s The Kids' Books of Social Emotional Learning series, and World of Kids Books, and were happy to have our little red booth back in full swing before we fold it up again for Fall.
Allison and Monica preparing for our more formal photo shoot.
March Deal Highlights
A Short Stay In Hell (Strange Violin Editions)
PRH UK (Vintage Classics) / UK & Commonwealth
The Cassatt Sisters: A Novel Of Love And Art (Black Rose Writing)
Giunti / Italian
The Wannabe Classical Music Aficionado (Soncata Press)
The Business Books And Co., Ltd. + Amo Agency / Korean
How To Stop Overthinking (Chase Hill)
Skorpion + Plima Agency / Korean
The Battle Beyond (Amplify Publishing Group)
National Security Research Co., Ltd + Tuttle Mori / Japanese
The Art Of Imperfection (Familius)
Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN + GRAAL Literary Agency / Polish
The Quiet Boy And The Lonely Girl (Educate2Empower Publishing)
Ediciones Bellaterra / Catalan & Spanish
Longevity Made Simple (Post Hill Press)
Alma Dos Livros / Portuguese (Portugual)
Some of Our BCBF Highlights
Clockwise from the top: the iconic BRAW Amazing Bookshelf featuring all the books that received BCBF26 awards; our equally iconic red booth, with meetings in full swing; Allison with Spanish publisher Tu cuento y tú; Monica, Valentina, and Allison saying farewell to the fair in style at Peppa Pig’s Trattoria; the Gruffalo visiting our booth; and Allison and Monica posing for the official photo at our stand.
Bologna’s Top Trends
Nonfiction
Social Emotional Learning SEL
Mental Health / Relationships / Friendships
K-Pop: fiction / nonfiction
ADHD, Neurodiversity in kids
Shorter formats Middle Grade / YA
Fiction
Humorous Fantasy
Horrormance
YA - hockey, vampires
Social Emotional Learnings SEL
Fan Fiction
After Life / Reincarnation in romance
Cozy healing fiction
