Traditional Tales: Mary and the Sugarplum Man

Athina Biniou

Isbn:

978-960-16-2101-2

Age Group:

5-10 years

Category:

Picture Books

Number of pages:

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BOOK

Mary and the Sugarplum Man GR (excerpt)

In our increasingly materialistic times, where machines have taken over our lives, it is our duty to preserve traditional values and pass them on to future generations. The Traditional Tales series aims to bring forth these very values, such as gratitude, respect towards our parents, kindness, pure and selfless love, courage and fraternity. Discouraged by the bad matches made for her sisters, Mary decides to make her own husband just the way she wants him. With a song on her lips and love in her heart, she kneads the flour, sugar and oil together. She shapes him, bakes him in the sun and he is more handsome than she had ever imagined. She breathes life into him and they fall in love. But why must she not say his name?

*Full English, Spanish and Portuguese translations available

AUTHOR

Athina Biniou

Athina Biniou was born in Thessaloniki. As a child she travelled with her family to Brazil, where she stayed for several years and studied Industrial Chemistry. In her books she uses self-realisation techniques to convey her thoughts, emotions and experiences to her readers. She has written books for children and adults. She loves books and children.

ILLUSTRATOR

Effie Lada

Effie Lada was born in a small village in Peloponnese, Greece. She studied painting with the well-known Greek painter Yorgo Voyatzis. She has participated in collective painting exhibitions. Illustration of children's book has always been her main interest, and she has exclusively been working in that field since 1991.

She has illustrated covers of many books and has published more than 60 books.

She is a member of the non-profit organization: Plant Your Roots in Greece, has done voluntary work for the "Children's Village S.O.S." designing Christmas cards and is a member of the " Circle of the Greek Children's Book" and the "Women's Group for Literature". Member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI )

*Ιn 1998 she participated as an illustrator in the 15η Mostra internationale d' illustrazione per l' infanzia in Sarmede, Italy, with the book "The emperor's new clothes".

*In 2004 she participated in the International Illustrators Exhibition, in Bologna. with the title: " bareffot pictures"

*On January 26th – February 5th, 2005 was held her exclusive exhibition in Athens (Gazi, 100 Piraeus Str.) under the title: Once upon a time in Athens... under the auspice of the Municipality of the city of Athens and the sponsoring of Livanis Publications.

*In 2005, she designed the stage for the musical performance of the Irish tale "The Christmas Cuckoo", held on (14-18 December) at the Music Hall of Thessaloniki.

Her book "Infanta's Birthday" (Patakis Publications) was translated in Italian and Korean.

*In 2006 her book "Sundays in the park" was nominated for the National Illustration Award.

*2008-2009 Participation in the 26th international exhibition of Illustrations.

18th October-21st December 2008, Sarmede.

2009: Verona, Monza, Siena, Vicenza

*2009: Illustration award from the Circle of the Greek Children's Book for the book "A rain of stars"

*Her name was written on the honorary board of IBBY for the illustration of the book "A rain of stars"

*Nomination for the "Diavazo" award for the book "A rain of stars".

*2009: Individual exhibition at the Black Duck Gallery with the title "Fairytales under the roofs"

*2009. "A Rain of Stars" nominated for the State Prize for Children's Book Illustration (short list).

*2010. Nomination for the 2011, Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

*2010. Nomination for the 2012, Hans Christian Andersen Award

RIGHTS SOLD

German (Buecher Rieder Muenchen)

Chinese (Shanghai 99 Culture Consulting CO.)

Chinese

(Shanghai 99 Culture Consulting CO.) - 2016

Rights Update

"Fenia" published in Turkish!

12 Sep 2016

The book "Fenia, the Fairy of Sounds", by author Yota K. Alexandrou and illustrator Effie Lada, was recently published in Turkey by the publisher Kuraldışı Yayınları.

New comic book about Yanis Varoufakis!

25 Jul 2016

Just published in Greece: “WOW V for V”, a contemporary political comic book in Greece amid aspects of fantasy, which depicts the battle in the arena of negotiations between Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, code name V, and the authoritarian elite of Europe, the Troikan army and the European Minotaur.

New Chinese editions for our picture books!

19 Jul 2016

Four picture books illustrated by Effie Lada have just been published by the Chinese publisher Shanghai 99 Culture Consulting CO.! Three stories based on traditional tales, "Teardrop's Feat", "The Tower Manuscripts" and "Mary and the Sugarplum Man" by author Athina Biniou, and "The Birthday of the Infanta", Oscar Wilde's story retold by the illustrator.

Turkish and Korean rights for Angeliki Darlasi's "Badboy" sold!

27 Jan 2016

Angeliki Darlasi's beautifully illustrated heart-wrenching book, Badboy, had its Korean rights acquired by Seedbook while Turkish language rights were sold to Kuraldisi Yayincilik.

Korean rights sold for Yanis Varoufakis' book!

18 Dec 2015

TALKING TO MY DAUGHTER ABOUT THE ECONOMY by Yanis Varoufakis will be published in Korean by BookInMyLife Publishing, one of the well-known children’s and YA publishers in Korea. Rights for the book are acquired in 14 territories so far.