Lida Varvarousi Foreign Rights Frankfurt 2017
Marc Verheyen About us BOOK-A-TALE: Newcomer at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 Lida VARVAROUSI and Agnes VERBOVEN, the Book-a-Tale team, are very happy to welcome you at their first Frankfurt Book Fair attendance. However, being new doesn t mean they are new in the field of Children s Books. Lida VARVAROUSI is these days the best known children s book author and illustrator in Greece. This is for a great deal due to the Painttellings she made for many, many children in Greece. A Painttelling is an interactive way of telling and drawing a story at the same time. Nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award last year in Bologna, she now will attend the Book Fair to show her newest titles and some of her bestsellers in Greece. She ll also like to talk about the art of Painttelling as a major tool for promoting children s books. Agnes VERBOVEN is a Belgian children s book author and co-founder of Clavis Children s Books Publisher where she worked many years as an editor, coaching new talents, and selling foreign rights at the Book Fairs of Frankfurt and Bologna. She would be very happy to meet some people with whom she worked in the past and would love to find some interested publishers to work with in the future. Being back in Frankfurt after many years is like coming home. Her business partner Lida, is the most all round, creative and inspiring artist she ever met in publishing. Luna Lida Agnes Book-a-Tale sells rights worldwide and will also promote and sell Painttelling as a promotion tool for books. Book-a-Tale, now still small (but smart) will take off in Frankfurt to make its way in the big world. Books of Lida Varvarousi and Agnes Verboven already traveled to: Greece, China, Korea, Belgium, The Netherlands, South Africa, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Japan, Slovenia and the USA. SAVE SOME TIME to meet us at Hall 5.0 A 40 Appointments can be made: For foreign rights: contact Agnes at agnes@bookatale.com or +32 495532427 For Painttellings: contact Lida at lida@bookatale.com
Luna really loves to play ball! Lida Varvarousi Agnes Verboven Luna likes her new home. She likes the swing in the garden. But she s missing her old friends. One day, there is a lot of shouting and laughing in the garden next door. How much she would like to play ball too! Picture Book / Fall 2017 Size: 260x260 square Age: 3+ Missing friends, a real life story Appealing lively artwork, witty, with a nice little twist Tip: Try to find out if children approve with Luna Luna really loves to play ball is the first title of a series of stories about this character. Luna will be developed together with her friends and family in the next years.
Luna really likes the red bike! Lida Varvarousi Agnes Verboven Luna is happily playing with her toys, when she hears: Ring! Ring! It s Leo on his new shiny red bike. She really, really wants to ride it too. Then she has an idea Picture Book / Fall 2017 Size: 260x260 square Age: 3+ Playing together, sharing, out of real life Appealing lively artwork with a nice sense of humor and imagination Tip: Discuss about different ways to share Luna Really likes the red bike is the second title of a series of stories about this character.
One brave dog Agnes Verboven Lida Varvarousi Timo is a terribly scared boy. He does not dare to walk past the stairs on his own and he is afraid that a monster jumps out of the toilet bowl. But Timo is not afraid of animals. One day he gets a dog Picture Book / Fall 2017 Size: 210x297 portrait Age: 4+ Being scared, loving animals, Sensitive artwork with the right atmosphere Tip: Try to find out about other fears One brave dog tells about how important a pet can be to help a child overcome its fears. Helps to put fears and other emotions into words.
Gundula the little white witch Lida Varvarousi Gundula is a little white witch. She wants to live in a white world, not in the black. In every way she is opposite of what a witch is supposed to do or to be. But what about the colors in life? Picture Book / Fall 2017 Size: 210x210 square Age: 4+ Being different, being yourself, philosophical Appealing delicate artwork, mostly in black and white Tip: Is there only black and white or do we have other choices? In Gundula the little white witch Lida Varvarousi is in a very different area. It shows how talented she is, even in black and white, with very fragile but touching illustrations.
Upcoming Books 2018 Luna really loves to swim! Lida Varvarousi Agnes Verboven Nothing Luna likes more than swimming in the sea. To feel free and see all these nice things in the water. Suddenly she finds something strange. Picture Book / Spring 2018 Size: 260x260 square Age: 3+ Gagaroo what do you do? Lida Varvarousi Gagaroo what do you do? Lida Varvarousi Who took the rain? Agnes Verboven Lida Varvarousi Agnes Verboven WHO TOOK THE RAIN? Lida Varvarousi Luna really likes her airplane! Lida Varvarousi Agnes Verboven Luna is trying to play with the airplane. At first it is very difficult but after a while she manages to get it high in the air. Oh no! It gets stuck in the tree! Gagaroo likes to watch the moon with his friend. It gives him many ideas. Can he grow vegetables on the moon? How can he get there? Mother duck is taking her ducklings to the pond for their first swimming lesson. What happened? There is no water in the pond! Picture Book / Spring 2018 Size: 260x260 square Age: 3+ Picture Book / Fall 2018 Size: 210x297 portrait Age: 4+ Picture Book / Fall 2018 Size: 210x297 portrait Age: 2+
Stories and narrating are very important in a child s life. A Painttelling takes the story out of a book and exposes it in all its forms, dimensions and power to an audience. The story is told live in front of an audience, mostly children. Drawings are made simultaneously and the children are triggered with questions to take part in the performance. Little by little they get into the story and become free to express themselves. There is laughter, joy, excitement, silence, screaming and a nice feeling of togetherness is created throughout the performance. With Painttellings, even children who don t like books, get access to stories and often get to like reading books. Painttellings reveal the magic of stories, inspire, give body to the spirit, connect people, boost positiveness, and give the audience a lifetime unforgettable experience. To make it work, the artist-performer should be all round to make it happen. And most important, he or she needs a great passion and love for children and books. Such an artist is Lida Varvarousi. She started her Painttellings in 2001 and is still performing these days. In Greece only, she has reached at least 700 schools and about 40.000 children. Outside Greece, she has performed in Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Cyprus in Greek and English. Her books are bestsellers and long sellers due to the Painttellings who proved to be the ultimate promoting tool for books. Lida has this vision to travel all over the world to perform her Painttellings. She is convinced that she can do this in nearly all circumstances because she has been there. She also would like to pass her experience to other people through workshops, tutorials, master classes and webinars. you tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjodcflex2k Information & Bookings for Painttellings: e: lida@bookatale.com m: +30 6932464769 w: www.lidavarvarousi.com fb: painttellings by lida varvarousi Meet and greet Lida at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 Hall 5.0 A40
Her talent to create images with words and then to transform the words to images on the paper is unique! Her narration, the audience s participation through their bodies, their opinions, their words at the time of Painttelling, all the above together become a collective picture full of life and meanings on the paper. Her narrations always come to induce children to think on serious subject matters in an aesthetic and humorous way. Her pictures feed children s imagination. Her voice and singing all through the narration create a pleasant and creative atmosphere. Dimitris Seittanis (1958-2017 ) Actor-Theater Director-Author Member of ASSITEJ (International Theatre Union for Children and Youth) and also the president of Greek Theatre Centre for Kids and Youngsters (Greek ASSITEJ). Foreign Rights Agnes Verboven agnes@bookatale.com Painttellings Lida Varvarousi lida@bookatale.com Hall 5.0 A40 Smetstraat 36 3501 Hasselt Belgium tel: +32 495532427 www.bookatale.com fb: bookatale