Pictus Foreign Rights Catalogue 2016

pictusForeign Rights Catalogue

2016

mini álbum From 4 to 8 years

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24 pages - 12 x 12 cm. Scalable up to 20 x 20 cm.

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THE THREE SPINNERSText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Carolina FaríasISBN 978-987-1534-46-3All rights available

THE SHOEMAKER AND THE ELVESText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Alejandro FirsztISBN 978-987-1534-20-3All rights available

Once there was a lazy girl who did not want to spin. One day the queen took her to hispalace to spin. And it was so much work ahead of her, that she despaired. But threevery special spinners offered her help in exchange for a simple favor. And thanks tothat, she never again had to spin and also married the prince.

A humble couple of shoemakers is desperate: they no longer have money, and whatthey have left is barely enough to make one more pair of shoes. Only a miracle can savethem from ruin. But when they get up in the morning, on the worktable they find themost beautiful pair of shoes they’ve ever seen. Who has helped them in that way?

GOLDILOCKS AND THREE BEARSText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Nora HilbISBN 978-987-1534-28-9All rights available

There was once a family of very friendly bears who lived in a cabin in the woods. Oneday they went for a walk and, as always, they did not close the door because they wereso good they didn’t imagine that anyone could enter without permission. But Goldilockswas a very curious girl and could not wait for the owners to return.

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mini álbum From 4 to 8 years 24 pages - 12 x 12 cm. Scalable up to 20 x 20 cm.

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UGLY DUCKLINGText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Sabina A. SchürmannISBN 978-987-1534-02-8All rights available

Shortly after birth, a small duckling realizes that he is different from the rest of his brot-hers. For them he is just an ugly duckling. But time heals everything, and it will prove thatto be different is also important.

EPAMINONDAS AND HIS GODMOTHERText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Mariana R. JohnsonISBN 978-987-1534-00-5All rights available

Epaminondas is a very obedient child, but a little distracted. So every time his mothergives him a task, something bad happens. Like the time when he was given a piece ofbread and he took it like a dog ...

LITTLE RED RIDING HOODText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Mariano Díaz PrietoISBN 978-987-24387-9-1All rights available

Riding Hood is a good, sweet and obedient child. Her mother instructs her to go visitGrandma, who is ill at home, on the other side of the forest. But on the way awaits ahungry and cunning wolf...

THE DOG, THE CAT AND THE VIXENText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Anita MorraISBN 978-987-1534-43-2All rights available

STONE SOUPText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Anita MorraISBN 978-987-3684-22-7All rights available

A cat and a dog found a delicious cheese, but when they decide how to distribute itthey fail to agree. The sly vixen takes advantage of the indecision for her own benefit.A classic fable retold.

A hungry man achieved by a trick that the people of a village share their food with him.A folk story retold.

THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIERText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Claudia DegliuominiISBN 978-987-1534-04-3All rights available

The story of a tin soldier who is in love with a paper ballerina. The classic tale of HansAndersen retold.


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THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE GOATSText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Eugenia NobatiISBN 978-987-3684-25-8All rights available

A mother goat leaves her seven children at home while she ventures into the forest tofind food. Before she leaves, she warns her young about the Big Bad Wolf who will tryto sneak into the house and gobble them up.

SLEEPING BEAUTYText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Eugenia NobatiISBN 978-987-24387-0-8All rights available

After waiting many years, finally the king and queen have a beautiful daughter. But for aterrible oversight, the little princess is cursed by an angry fairy. She can only be savedfrom sleeping forever if a prince kisses her.

SNOW WHITEText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Eugenia NobatiISBN 978-987-24387-8-4All rights available

Snow White has not only lost her mom, but also has a stepmother who envies her deli-cate beauty and is willing to do anything to get rid of the her.

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BLUEBEARDText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Andrés M. RicciISBN 978-987-1534-18-0All rights available

BABA YAGAText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Sabina FlorioISBN 978-987-1534-87-6All rights available

Bluebeard is a rich and powerful man, but every time he married his wife ends myste-riously disappearing. When an innocent girl marries him and goes to live in his luxuriousmansion, Bluebeard warns him not to open one of the doors of the house. But curiosityis stronger than reason.

A wicked Step-Mother sends a young girl to visit the witch in her hut hoping that shewill never come back. But the lovely girl, with a little help from his aunt, manage to es-cape.

THE SKELETTON´S DINNERText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Gerardo BaróISBN 978-987-1534-65-4All rights available

A drunken man decides to go home walking through the cemetery. And what worsetime than in the night of the dead! To calm down an angry skeleton he invites him todinner. Although it may not be a very good idea ... right?


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THE SEVEN HEADED SERPENTText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Pablo TambuscioISBN 978-987-1534-84-5All rights available

A fisherman finds a miraculous fish that grants all desires. Some time later his wife givesbirth to twin sons. Many years later, one of them decides to go in search of adventure.And this is how he comes to a country ravaged by a seven-headed dragon. The boyfights the beast and defeats him, saving the life of the princess.

YOU´LL GO AND NEVER COME BACKText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Pablo TambuscioISBN 978-987-1534-85-2All rights available

Despite being warned by his wife, the boy who defeated the seven headed dragon, goesto the a castle from where nobody comes back alive. His twin brother learns that he isin danger. So he decides to rescue him.

THE CREEPY MANEIROSText by Luciano Saracino - Illustrations by Pablo TambuscioISBN 978-987-3684-21-0All rights available

An ancient legend tells that there is an army of tireless workers which can be summo-ned by some strange ritual. They will do whatever they are asked. But there´s a catch.You must provide them with work all the time, because when they get bored they be-come dangerous.

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ABU KASSEM OLD SHOESText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Pamela WehrhahneISBN 978-987-3684-04-3All rights available

JACK AND THE BEANSTALKText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Tony GanemISBN 978-987-3684-20-3All rights available

Abu Kassem was a very greedy, very petty, very stingy merchant. He pretended to bepoor so that no one asked borrowed money. That´s why he wore slippers that eventhe most miserable of beggars doesn´t dare to wear. And those slippers were preciselythe ones that brought him such bad luck that he ended up losing everything.

Jack is a young, poor boy. A dairy cow as their only source of income. When the cowstops giving milk, he take it to the market to be sold. On the way, Jack meets an old manwho offers "magic beans" in exchange for the cow, and Jack makes the trade. The beanscause a gigantic beanstalk to grow, which Jack climbs to a land high in the sky.

CINDERELLAText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Diego MoscatoISBN 978-987-1534-19-7All rights available

Cinderella is pure sweetness and kindness, but her stepmother and stepsisters are sobad that force her to clean all day long. One day, the king organized a big dance. Cinde-rella is raring to go, but she doesn´t have a dress or a pair of shoes. With the help of herfairy godmother, Cinderella becomes a beautiful girl.


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THE BREMEN MUSICIANSText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Alex DukalISBN 978-987-1534-23-4All rights available

Four animals decide to abandon their farms and undertake a journey in search of ad-venture and a better life. His path will take them to encounter a gang of thieves thatmust defeat to get a place to sleep.

BRAVE LITTLE TAILORText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Alex DukalISBN 978-987-1534-25-6All rights available

A tailor kills seven flies at once and decides to let everyone know. So he embroidered abelt with the legend "Seven at one blow" and wears it. But besides bringing him fame, hisattitude leads him to face innumerable dangers and trials.

DREAMSText by Luciano Saracino - Illustrations by Fernando RossiaISBN 978-987-3684-31-9All rights available

Hotaru is a child who searches in his dreams something that made him happy and stayswith him forever: a lasting friendship. But to find what he is looking for he must under-take a journey full of mysteries.

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THE COW´S TOWNText by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Gustavo MazaliISBN 978-987-1534-75-3All rights available

THE SAMURAI MASTERText by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Gustavo MazaliISBN 978-987-1534-22-7All rights available

This is the story of a young disciple who along with his teacher discovers the existenceof a very poor village, whose existence depends on a only resource: a cow. That abso-lute dependence is the cause of their poverty. How to help these people to make pro-gress?

A master samurai is challenged to fight by a young and impetuous warrior whose tacticis to insult the adversary to infuriate him. But the teacher, whose wisdom is greater thanthe strength of the young, will give him an unforgettable lesson. An ancient story that teaches to confront violence with genuine temperance.

PETER´S POTSText by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Diego MoscatoISBN 978-987-1534-41-8All rights available

Pedro is a craftsman who creates such beautiful vessels that everyone wants to haveone. John, the son of Peter, fresh from the city, decides to create a company and harnessthe talent of his father. But even though business is good, the old craftsman does notfeel happy as when he worked with his own hands.


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THE HAPPY MAN´S SHIRTText by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Manuel PurdíaISBN 978-987-1534-49-4All rights available

This is the story of a Tsar who, despite having everything, feels so sad that he gets sick.Nobody in the whole empire knows how to cure him except for a traveling musicianwho recommends him to find a happy man and sleep with his shirt. A story that reflects on the value of possessions and happiness.

THE KING AND THE SEEDText by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Jimena TelloISBN 978-987-1534-30-2All rights available

A king wants his daughter to marry the best men in the kingdom: someone who is ho-nest and brave. And to find that man, he starts a very simple test. The one who doesgrow the most beautiful plant will be his son in law and future king. However, the testhas a little trap that will unveil the true value of the suitors.

DEATH IN A NUTText by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Claudia DegliuominiISBN 978-987-3684-42-5All rights available

To avoid the death of his mother, a child holds the death in a nutshell. But far fromsolving the problem, he creates an worser one because the wheel of life stops. Sohe'll understand the true meaning of life and death.

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ilustropía From 6 to 9 years

¡MOM! ¡THE MONSTERS!Text by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Alejandro O’KifISBN 978-987-1534-50-0 — 32 pages — 185 x 185 mm.Rights Sold to: France (Editions Chocolat), World (Meadowside)

THE DEER AND THE WOLFSText by Luciano Saracino - Illustrations by Fernando RossiaISBN 978-987-1534-67-8 — 48 pages — 185 x 185 mm.All rights available

There is a child who is harassed by monsters, ogres, witches and ghosts night after night.And so he´s very afraid. But his mother has a very special way to show him that all hisfears are unjustified.

A deer had the most beautiful antler, and that made him feel very proud. But he hatedhis legs, lean and long, and that prevented him from being completely happy. But the daycame when, the deer realized that everything that is beautiful is not practical, and thatthe things that attract less attention are often those that are most important.

THE MOST DESIRED GIFTText by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Alejandro FirsztISBN 978-987-1534-12-8 — 48 pages — 210 x 290 mm.All rights available

Like all teddies know, no one has an owner until it is sold. But some think differently andbelieve that the true owner of something is the one who cares for it. So, after a girl ca-resses and promises that soon she will come looking for him, a stuffed dog decides torun away from the store and find his true owner.

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MOLLY HOLMES AND THE STOLEN EGG MISTERYText by Liliana Cinetto - Illustrations by Alejandro O’KifISBN 978-987-1534-12-8 — 32 pages — 210 x 290 mm.All rights available

This is the first book starring Molly Holmes: a detective hen that unravels the most pres-sing police enigmas of the farm and its surroundings. Her cases recreate the most fa-mous detective mysteries of literature.

EMILY IN THE LAND OF BAD MOODText by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Alejandro O’KifISBN 978-987-1534-11-1 — 32 pages — 210 x 155 mm.All rights available

One morning Emily is so angry that she locks herself in her room and begins to mourn.Then his room magically transforms into the Country of Bad Mood. There lives a lot ofvery strange characters who try to retain Emily and make her feel sad. How will she ma-nage to get out of there?

EMILY IN THE GAMING LANDText by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Alejandro O’KifISBN 978-987-1534-40-1 — 48 pages — 210 x 155 mm.All rights available

In this new story, Emily and her sister enter a wonderful world where all the games theyimagine become real. But in the gaming land nothing it is as simple as it appears to be,because the hardest thing to achieve when playing with a partner is to agree, set rulesand know how to share.

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factor fantasía From 5 to 10 years

¡ACHOO!Script by Jok - Illustrations by Carlos AónISBN 978-987-1534-50-0 — 24 pages — 185 x 185 mm.All rights available

GASTRONOMAGICScript and illustrations by Javier RovellaISBN 978-987-1534-99-9 — 24 pages — 185 x 185 mm.All rights available

A comic that tells without words the adventures of a child who decides to leave insearch of firewood to heat his home. In his path he faces a fearsome ogre with twoheads and strange creatures of the forest.

A comic that tells without words the adventures and misadventures of a chef and a ma-gician who fight through magic for the elements that each one uses to work.

MISTER WINTERScript by Rodolfo Santullo - Illustrations by JokISBN 978-987-1534-98-2 — 24 pages — 210 x 290 mm.All rights available

A comic that tells without words Mister Winter adventures, who, dissatisfied with theseason in which he lives, decides to leave in search of other stations and experiencenew sensations.

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¡TOMATO MUST BE SAVED!Script by Luciano Saracino - Illustrations by Gerardo BaróISBN 978-987-1534-32-6 — 48 pages — 185 x 185 mm.Rights sold to: Spain (Dibbuks)

Fede discovers that the circus came to town. Excited by the novelty, he goes to the cir-cus to see how it is. It's his chance to become a star.! But things get complicated whenFlorence (she is his girlfriend although she does not know...), the owner of the circus (afearsome man) and the hungry circus lion show up.

¡FLORENCE MUST BE SAVED!Script by Luciano Saracino - Illustrations by Gerardo BaróISBN 978-987-1534-63-0 — 48 pages — 185 x 185 mm.Rights sold to: Spain (Dibbuks)

One morning, Fede gets up, dresses very elegant and, trying not to meet Florence, ad-dresses, along with its inseparable cat Tomato, the place where you expect the most in-credible adventures: the new cinema! But as almost always happens, things getcomplicated when he discovers mysterious black men who have captured... Florence!

MAX HELL - VOL 1Script by Guillermo Höhn - Illustrations by Pablo TambuscioScheduled for August 2016 — 56 pages — 170 x 240 mm.All rights available

After a crash, Max Hell and the crew of the Fortune spaceship must descend on astrange planet to make repairs. Max will get lost and face several beasts only to find alittle strange creature locked in a cell and rescue her. Max and his team mates will haveto find out who this crature is and why was it kept in a cell.

factor fantasía From 5 to 10 yearsComic books

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factor fantasía From 7 to 10 years

ALINA AND AROLDO - VOL 1Script and illustrations by Max AguirreISBN 978-987-1534-48-7 — 48 pages — 185 x 185 mm.Rights available

Aroldo is a guy like any other: he has a dog named Pepino and lives in a boring placewhere nothing extraordinary happens. But when Alina reaches the neighborhood, thingschange forever. Because Alina is not an ordinary girl: she has a black talking cat, a flyingbroom and a grandfather who can do magic ... because, of course, Alina is a witch!


Alina and Aroldo live together unforgettable adventures plagued with spells, dangers, funand friendship. In this second volume of adventures, the appearance of Alfio, a new friend of Alina, un-leashes Aroldo’s jealousy.


In this third book of the series, Aroldo becomes very small because of Vilmo’s wrongspell. Lost in the grass of the garden where everything seems giant, Aroldo try to survivewhile Alina, her grandfather and Vilmo, try to find him and return it to its natural size.

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MONSTER´S SCHOOL 1 / 2Script and llustrations by El Bruno (Mauro Serafini)48 pages — 220 x 220 mm.Rights sold to: Israel, Arabia (english)

MONSTER´S SCHOOL 3 / 4Script and llustrations by El Bruno (Mauro Serafini)48 pages — 220 x 220 mm.Rights: available

Thomas is a human boy, but not an ordinary one. He´s a misfit and his parents can´tcontrol him. So they decide to reclude him in a very special school, unaware that it´s aschool for monsters, real monsters! Among them Thomas feels finally integrated andsoon he makes great friends, and enemies too. Together, Thomas and his friends will liveone adventure after other, packed with terror and humour.

“Monsters´s School” is one of the most popular comics for children in Argentina. Publis-hed since 2009 in the weekly Magazine for Children “Billiken”, it´s an editorial successwith 6 albums already published and 6 more awaiting.

MONSTER´S SCHOOL 5 / 6Script and llustrations by El Bruno (Mauro Serafini)48 pages — 220 x 220 mm.Rights: available

factor fantasía From 7 to 10 yearsComic books

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factor fantasía Young adults

JIM, JAM AND THE OTHER - Vols. 1 - 2Script and illustrations by Max Aguirre64 pages — 220 x 220 mm.All rights available

LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIESScript by Rodolfo Santullo - Illustrations by Lisandro Etherren, Oscar Capristo, Juan Manuel Tumburús, Kwaichang Kráneo, Roberto Viacava,Juan Ferreyra and Leandro FernándezISBN 978-987-3684-05-0 — 88 pages — 170 x 260 mm. — All rights available

Jim, Jam and the Other are three young thirties guys, from a middle class, clever but dreamy. They gotrough urban life without a right direction or purpose, thinking too much about the topics of theirlifes: aging, dating, having pets, memories of the childhood, movies, literature, renting apartments, etc.Ingenious, witty and clever humour.

Rodolfo Santullo, one of the most no-torious script writers of South Ame-rica, recreates eight classic detectivestories with the locked room mysterytopic. “The Purloined Letter” and “TheMurders in the Rue Morgue” from E.A. Poe; “The Adventure of the Croo-ked Man” and “The Adventure of theSpeckled Band”, from A. Conan Doyle;“The invisible Man”, and “The WrongShape”, from G. K. Chesterton; “TheProblem of Cell 13”, from J. Futrelleand “A Terribly Strange Bed”, from W.Collins.

ETCHENIKEScript by Rodolfo Santullo - Illustrations by Lisandro EstherrenISBN 978-987-1534-83-8 — 160 pages — 210 x 297 mm.All rights available

A double graphic novel based on “Ma-nual de perdedores” (“Handbook forloosers”, by Juan Sasturain), whichcombined the strength of the noir de-tective story and a quijotesque flavor.The story features a retired copnamed Etchenique and a barman, TonyGarcía. Both they decide to open aprivate investigators office. But, in themiddle of a dictatorial military govern-ment, the cases they have to solve areusually mixed with strange and darkpolitical matters.

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KHUR, THE FUGITIVE - Vol 1Script by Luciano Saracino - Illustrations by Diego AballayISBN 978-987-3684-26-5 — 64 pages — 170 x 260 mm.Rights available

Khur is a rogue, an outlaw, a rascal, afugitive. But he is also a brave friend,even when things tend to be verydangerous. He is being chased by hisbrother and his mercenaries becausehe stole something invaluable. Andjust when he gets caught, Rohm, astrange smelly creature, rescues him.And this is the begining of a unusualfriendship. Together they will face an-cient monsters, ruthless murderers,fearsome dragons, ominous sirens andall kinds of dangers that seem to fo-llow them wherever they go.

MERLIN, THE DRUID - Vol 1Script by Rodolfo Santullo - Illustrations by JokISBN 978-987-3684-27-2 — 72 pages — 170 x 260 mm.Rights available

All legends have an origin. Al heroeshave an awakening.By destiny, a young swineherd calledMerlin meets a fearless thief namedHector. And in that moment is whenthe legend of the greatest Druid of alltimes begins. Together, Merlin and Hector will facethe terrible gang of the Skinchangerswho are planning to take out an en-tire village. Merlin will soon discoverall kind of strange powers that livewithin his mind and body, and Hectorwill find out that, despite his habits,he´s a brave and good young man.

BAND OF ORCS - Vol 1Script by Rodolfo Santullo - Illustrations by Marc BortselScheduled for August 2016 — 72 pages — 170 x 260 mm.Rights available

A group of orcs arrives too late to thebattle and decides to head back to itsterritory. But along the way, they willencounter a large number of fatal diffi-culties. And they will know who theirreal enemies are.

factor fantasía Young adultsComic books

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cuervo blanco Young adults

THE MARK OF THE BEASTText by Rudyard Kipling - Illustrations by Juan M. TumburúsISBN 978-987-1534-57-9 — 40 pages — 210 x 155 mm.All rights available

DRACULA’S GUESTText by Bram Stoker - Illustrations by Sebastián GiacobinoISBN 978-987-1534-91-3 — 40 pages — 210 x 155 mm.All rights available

In India, during the era of the British colony, an English soldier, becauseof a riotous drunkenness, offends a Hindu deity and is punishedcruelly. Little by little, to the astonishment and horror of his comradesin arms, he becomes a beast.

An English gentleman wanders the city of Munich before heading toTransylvania. It is Walpurgis Night, and despite the warnings of the dri-ver, the young leaves the hotel and stroll through the woods where hewill be attacked by the spirit of a vampire.

THE TELL TALE HEART AND OTHER STORIESText by Edgar A. Poe - Illustrations by Poly BernateneISBN 978-987-1534-90-6 — 64 pages — 210 x 155 mm.All rights available

This books includes the tales: "The Tell-Tale Heart", “The Black Cat”,“The Masque of Red Death”, “The Oval Portrait” and “Shadow”.

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THE CALL OF CTHULHUText by Howard P. Lovecraft - Illustrations by Salvador SanzISBN 978-987-3684-18-0 — 64 pages — 210 x 155 mm.All rights available

This story tells of the discovery and the revival of ancient and abho-rrent deities that once ruled the Earth, and continue to be worshipedby the members of a secret cult.

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOWText by Washington Irving - Illustrations by Juan CancilleriISBN 978-987-3684- 24-1 — 64 pages — 210 x 155 mm.All rights available - Scheduled for 2017

Ichabod Crane an extremely superstitious schoolmaster competeswith Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the handof 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, in atown renowned for its ghosts and the haunting atmosphere.

DEMONS OF THE SEAText by William H. Hodgson - Illustrations by Sebastián CabrolISBN 978-987-3684-16-6 — 32 pages — 210 x 155 mm.All rights available - Scheduled for 2017

In the middle of the sea, a group of sailors encounters a ghost shipwith unearthly creatures on board.

cuervo blanco Young adultsIllustrated fantastic literature

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MONSTERSPEDIAText by Liliana Cinetto - IllustratedISBN 978-987-1534-61-6 256 pages — From 9 years and up.All rights available

THE FLYING DUTCH MYSTERYText by Franco VaccariniISBN 978-987-1534-66-1112 pages — From 10 years and up.All rights available

You never know when you will comeface to face with a werewolf, a vam-pire or a sphinx. That is precisely why,you should be prepared. This fieldguide, the result of tireless research,daredevils travel, the incessant re-adings and incurable fears of LilianaCinetto, allow the reader to know indetail the literary origin and mythicalmore than fifty monstrous creatures,as well as their habits, characteristicsphysical and weaknesses.

About the authorLiliana Cinetto is Professor of Primary Education,Professor of Literature, writer and storyteller. Asan author, he has published over sixty books forchildren in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Puerto Ricoand Spain. Some of them have been translatedinto Portuguese, Catalan, French and Italian.

London in the nineteenth century.Charles, a journalist petty, discovers theterrible legend of a captain and a ghostship doomed to sail for eternity, terrori-zing ship as they were crossing theroad. With the help of a strange coun-tess he embarks searching for a chronicto help him avoid sinking into poverty.To do this he must stake his own lifeand prove that it is capable of dealingwith evil and get away.

MERLIN, THE KING’S WIZARDText by Franco VaccariniISBN 978-987-1534-66-1144 pages — From 11 years and up.All rights available

In a rural village in the sixth centuryBritain, a child grows up in the care ofhis mother. But he is not an ordinaryboy. Legends say that, with just a fewdays old, he terrorized a ruthless judge.And while the child still does not knowwhat the reason or purpose of theirgifts are, he can talk with dragons andwoodland creatures. However, his childhood soon will giveway to adulthood and then will be thetime in which he must find the way totake the path that, through countlesstrials and challenges, put at the serviceof his people and their kings their ex-traordinary abilities. An exciting novel that goes directly intothe heart of the Arthurian cycle ofmyths and provides the key to unders-tand one of the key figures of themythology of ancient Britain: the wizardMerlin.

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About the authorFranco Vaccarini was born in Lincoln, province ofBuenos Aires in 1963. He was a journalist andclerk before devoting himself to writing. His lite-rary debut was in 2001. In 2006 he won theprestigious "Barco de Vapor" with his novel “TheNight of the Meteor” (Ediciones SM).

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GREEK MYTHSText by Liliana CinettoISBN 978-987-3684-01-2176 pages — From 11 years and up.All rights available

This book, created from classical sour-ces, recreates masterfully the stories ofZeus and his fight against the Titans;those of Poseidon gods, Athena, Aphro-dite, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hermes, De-meter, Hephaestus, Hestia, Dionysusand Hades. Also the classical myths ofPrometheus and Pandora, Orpheus andEurydice, Apollo and Daphne, Echo andNarcissus, Philemon and Baucis, Erosand Psyche, Daedalus, Phaeton, Tantalus,Sisyphus, Ixion and Midas. It also inclu-des the adventures of Perseus, Belle-rophon, Jason, Theseus, and the story ofthe Trojan War heroes.

THE TALKText by Márgara AverbachISBN: 978-987-1534-26-5128 pages — From 12 years and up.All rights available

A city built on the remains of what wasonce a full-fledged jungle life is devasta-ted by a natural disaster of unimagina-ble proportions. Then, with thesurvivors, begins a new story. Fourtrees and six human seek to communi-cate as they need to start a conversa-tion in a new, unfamiliar language. Onethat allows them to find new ways tocoexist in harmony. A novel that posesa necessary revision of the relationshipbetween humans and nature.

LAZARUS CIRCUS AND OTHERUNEXPECTED STORIESText by Guillermo HöhnISBN: 978-987-3684-15-9112 pages — From 12 years and up.All rights available

This book proposes four stories thathaunt the themes of fantasy and terror."The Amulet" is the story of a boy whofinds a powerful talisman that can con-vert your sinister wishes into reality;"Dog’s Night" tells the story of a manbeset by remorse and by the victims oftheir biological experiments; "The circusof Lazarus" presents the misfortunes ofa father whose son suffers from a ter-minal illness and, to save him fromdeath, is willing to take any risk; "Holm-berg Station" tells the peculiar case of aprofessional speaker who is invited to aconference to be the main attractionbut does not know the true extent ofhis role.

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About the authorMárgara Averbach was born in Buenos Aires, Ar-gentina, in 1957. She holds a Doctorate in Litera-ture and is a Literary Translator of English.She published more than forty books for children,young adults and adults.

About the authorGuillermo Höhn was born in Argentina in 1967.He is a Literature professor and profesional edi-tor. He wrote several books for children, a collec-tion of stories for young readers, comic booksand a couple of novels for adults.

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Pictus Foreign Rights Catalogue 2016