Combel Editorial http://www.combeleditorial.com/n Acompanya'ls a llegir Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:05:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.16 2021 Spring Catalogue is out! http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/2021-spring-combel-catalogue/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:25:57 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=3537 It is time to browse through the new Combel rights list!   In this time of uncertainty, it hasn’t been easy to be a children’s book publisher. However it has been challenging and rewarding. We have rediscovered the importance of telling stories and sharing unique and incomparable experiences. As foreign rights, we are delighted to share […]

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It is time to browse through the new Combel rights list!

 

In this time of uncertainty, it hasn’t been easy to be a children’s book publisher. However it has been challenging and rewarding.

We have rediscovered the importance of telling stories and sharing unique and incomparable experiences. As foreign rights, we are delighted to share our books worldwide.

Below you will find our 2021 Spring digital catalogue. A new list designed with loads of love and filled with colors, new exciting titles and projects.

We at Combel invite you to browse through our new catalogue and to feel the warmth of spring!

 

 

 

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Towards a more sustainable world http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/sustainable-combel-pefc-certified/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:32:40 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=3446 We are PEFC ® certified!   Setting goals for Combel in 2021 starts with an African proverb: Lots of little people, doing little things, can change the world.   “Our duty to our children is to live in a more sustainable world and this is becoming increasingly essential. Our publishing house is keen to take up the gauntlet of […]

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We are PEFC ® certified!

 

Setting goals for Combel in 2021 starts with an African proverb:

Lots of little people, doing little things, can change the world.

 

“Our duty to our children is to live in a more sustainable world and this is becoming increasingly essential.

Our publishing house is keen to take up the gauntlet of integrating education for sustainability, because we are convinced that education can bring about change and help us build the better world we all long for. This is a world that imbues us with the values of a new eco-cultural civilisation, avoiding simple and hasty solutions.

It is urgent that we explore new ways of living and of building a new ecological culture; to do this, we adults must become aware that we have to set aside certain habits that we have acquired and learn others from our children.

At Combel we are setting out on this path with the book 12 Things to Do Before You Grow Up, by Teresa Franquesa and illustrated by Olga Capdevila, which encourages children to connect with nature and enjoy it with all their senses, spending less time in front of screens and digital devices. The love for nature and a desire to conserve it will emerge from this experience, emotion and knowledge. And the lucky child who has had the opportunity to experience an emotional bond with the natural world will be the young person committed to the natural and human environment.

On the other hand, fiction books can also foster respect for the environment, while allowing them to enjoy their first experience of reading. The recently released Bitmax & Co series from the dynamic duo Copons & Fortuny is a good example. This is a new collection of graphic novels for younger children starring a little robot and a whole host of characters who live in the Blue Forest, an idyllic natural environment where they co-exist in respect, harmony and companionship.

Finally, in line with this desire to educate based on the principle that human beings are nature, with which we form a whole, we pay great attention to the editing and production processes we use for our materials. We will have to adapt and this is a path that we have just started to follow, but we consider it essential to help us become aware of our own ecological footprint.

Because, as Edmund Burke said, “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little”.

 

 

 

 

 

Committed to sustainability: words into action

 

After many months of hard work, we are very happy to announce that we have started producing PEFC certified books when printing in Spain. For our publications printed in China, we’ll be using FSC certified paper  whenever possible.

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Season’s readings http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/seasons-readings/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 09:29:09 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=3401 Wishing you happy holidays & a healthy 2021!   We started 2020 with great enthusiasm because this year marks the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Editorial Casals. We had planned to celebrate it with a very special event. But unfortunately the circumstances have not allowed it. Nevertheless, our team faces the future with confidence. Together with […]

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Wishing you happy holidays & a healthy 2021!

 

We started 2020 with great enthusiasm because this year marks the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Editorial Casals. We had planned to celebrate it with a very special event. But unfortunately the circumstances have not allowed it.

Nevertheless, our team faces the future with confidence. Together with our beloved authors and illustrators we are already working on new amazing titles for the 2021 Spring catalogue with enthusiasm.

We look forward to celebrating with you our 151th anniversary next year in Bologna, London or Frankfurt, whichever happens first. In the meantime, stay safe and in touch!

Super hugs from Combel team,

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An interview to Mar Benegas regarding Bits & Bites http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/interview-mar-benegas-bits-bites/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:25:45 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=3312 Excitement and curiosity are necessary for learning. An interview by Ángela Zorrilla*   Mar Benegas loves words; because she builds verses and stories with them. Specialist in literature and poetry, in addition to a large list of published works, she has a long career as a trainer. Now she has just released her latest book Mordiscos […]

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Excitement and curiosity are necessary for learning. An interview by Ángela Zorrilla*

 

Mar Benegas loves words; because she builds verses and stories with them. Specialist in literature and poetry, in addition to a large list of published works, she has a long career as a trainer. Now she has just released her latest book Mordiscos y bocados [Bits & Bites] published by Combel. We talk to her about children’s learning and creativity.

You have just published your latest book Bits & Bites. What will we find in it?

I love to play and think about books as a whole. The book as an object before reading, the playful game and the possibilities we have to unite something traditional (such as rhymes based on traditional poetry, children’s rhymes, lap games, songs, lullabies) with the possibilities offered nowadays by the book as an object.

The entire “Marsupiflap” series has been designed along these lines: flaps, game, pop-up, die-cuts or mirrors, with rhymed texts to sing along and accompany the explorative game with the book, manipulation and playful amazement. In this case, Bites & Bites, as its title suggests, is a book with all the nibbled pages, full of cut-outs, where the baby (who recognizes himself /herself and gets to know the world by biting it) has to guess which animal has left the marks on each page. With the rhythm of rhymes and surprise at the end.

Where do you get these ideas from?

Especially from my contact with the young boys and girls. From sharing many hours, many sessions, of telling stories and singing to them. That makes me very interested in knowing what things they are looking for, they like, their reactions, observing them… I like to write for all ages and I think a lot about whether or not I have something to offer to that specific age group, and whether I have something to tell them or not.

A bitten book, a book with a mirror at the end, flaps to call their attention… All those slightly crazy ideas that, luckily, I can see turned into books and enjoy them with the children.

How can we encourage all this creativity with them from home?

The best way to promote something is to practice it; with the little ones, if they are older, the prohibition also works very well; If we want to promote reading, the best way is to read together, separately… Having books at hand and sharing the reading, the opinions, and debates… It happens the same with creativity. Allow ourselves to play, to create, to rhyme… Let’s copy ideas from the books we like. For example, what other animals could bite the book? Then let’s play making easy rhymes and thinking about those bites and how they would look like. Let’s look for a way to make creativity present, because, more than anything else, we are an example.

And, of course, let’s find a way to nurture artistic aesthetics, listening and beauty: let’s go to theaters, visit museums, listen to stories, go to meetings with authors … because food for the soul is as important as that for the body.

 

Why is it so necessary to learn by playing?

Piaget and Vygotsky said that emotion is necessary for learning. When enjoyment, curiosity or emotion are involved, knowledge is never forgotten. This is how we learn the most important things. Playing is the greatest generator of emotions and sensations that exists, something very serious, which not only represents a hobby. Therefore, everything learned through play is learned more and better.

What role do libraries or cultural centers play in the education of a minor?

A library, in itself, does not mean anything, nor a cultural center. They must have a respectful look towards childhood (many libraries and cultural centers neglect what is aimed at children) and, of course, a public vocation. If these requirements are met, they become temples that safeguard and encourage real equality, access to culture and the opportunities that this entails.

Libraries and cultural centers should be a possibility, a discovery, a path, and somehow make up for the shortcomings of some childhoods, accompany them and give them flight. To fight, in short, against a system that pushes us towards malnutrition, rickety souls hungry for beauty, for stories, for book poetry: the library must be that food.

 

If you require any further details about Bits & Bites, wish to receive PDF or sample copy, feel free to contact us. We’ll be happy to help you!

 

* Full Spanish text originally published in esVivir.com, translated with permission. 

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One-of-a-kind Halloween with 7 witches and one unicorn http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/spend-one-kind-halloween-seven-witches-patricio/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 08:57:12 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=3282 As Halloween approaches…   It is the perfect time to introduce you the seven witches of Ariete. Don’t worry. There is no need to put your clothes on the wrong side out and walk backwards on 31st October night to meet them. Just visit the forest of Buete by the hands of Bel Olid and […]

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As Halloween approaches…

 

It is the perfect time to introduce you the seven witches of Ariete. Don’t worry. There is no need to put your clothes on the wrong side out and walk backwards on 31st October night to meet them. Just visit the forest of Buete by the hands of Bel Olid and Pep Montserrat.

Seven and what seven, are The Witches of Ariete! Linosa Roenta, Perlana Llisquenta, Sirena Insurgenta, Liliana Furienta, Zafrana Fulgenta, Rosana Pudenta and Mariola Amarganta live happily in the forest. They fly from one side to another of the forest on their broomstick and make succulent soups and magic potions in the cauldron. And gather to cook, eat, drink and play cards in a clearing every afternoon.

Don’t be afraid. You won’t find any spooky cats, stinky rats or creepy vats around. Instead you will meet a tiny and lovely unicorn. The witches name him Patricio Luciente. You will recognise him by his rainbow horsehair, velvet fur, silk wings, and glittery eyes.

So if you happen to find a witch, there is no reason to be afraid. Just say hello, be polite and ask for Patricio. You will be immediately invited to spend a one-of-a-kind afternoon playing cards and singing in the woods until the time for a sweet treat arrives!

PS: If you are scared of darkness, of getting lost, of being alone in the forest, of fantastic creatures… We invite you to carefully read All I Know About the Fear.  Turning the page might be the best way to overcome your fears.

Trick or treat?
Give me something sweet to read!
Cookies, books, chocolate, jelly beans.
Happy Happy Halloween.

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New times, new books, new blog! http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/new-books-blog/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:12:40 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=3191 Together again in these new times! by Combel’s Editorial Director   “Every year, Combel publishes many new books by best-loved authors and illustrators: children’s books designed to offer learning and fun alike, created following rigorous educational criteria. As publishers, we have always been aware of the real lives lived by our readers, meaning that now […]

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Together again in these new times! by Combel’s Editorial Director

 

“Every year, Combel publishes many new books by best-loved authors and illustrators: children’s books designed to offer learning and fun alike, created following rigorous educational criteria. As publishers, we have always been aware of the real lives lived by our readers, meaning that now we cannot forget the effect that the lockdown and the easing of lockdown has had on our children.

What is certain is that this situation caught us all off guard: families, educators, booksellers and, of course, publishers too. We have all had to take on responsibilities that we hadn’t accounted for: suddenly, at home we have found ourselves acting as educators, cooks and IT specialists for our children. A round of applause for all these families! It has also felt strange to have to change our habits and routines due to schools closing down, and we have had to reinvent them so that the younger members of the family don’t feel disoriented and to maintain balance during this lockdown.

Nevertheless, at home we have also enjoyed the luxury of spending more time with our children: sharing things with them without needing to rush off, talking with them and finding out what makes them tick. We have been able to find moments to do new activities together, something that is usually so difficult to achieve.

During this time, it hasn’t been easy to be a children’s book publisher, but it has been rewarding. We have rediscovered the importance of telling stories and sharing unique and incomparable experiences.

We are all still feeling uncertain about what is happening, which makes us feel worried and affects our physical and mental health. Children sense this and it manifests itself in fears: of being infected and of losing their loved ones, and feeling afraid of the unknown.

During this period, we adults have been given time to reflect, to look inside ourselves, and we must not forget that… We should try, therefore, to create a secure environment in which children can put their concerns into words. Telling them stories and reading to them is a good pretext to help them express these worries and rediscover moments of shared happiness.

In addition, our ambition is to accompany you through these new times.”

New times, new books, new tools

 

In these new times for the publishers, we keep looking for new words, books and tools to shorten distances. That’s why we have originated a new blog on the Combel website to introduce our new Fall titles and forthcoming projects.

 

Each entry corresponds to a book or a series. All the titles have been grouped at the summary and also by categories on the menu bar for you to browse. But you can also search specific authors and illustrator, just introducing their names on the search bar.

If you prefer, you can look through the updated Foreign Rights guide.  Given our hallmark are novelties and pop-up’s, we have decided to enrich the catalogue with links to videos so you can press the button icon and watch the videos.

We hope that these tools will be useful to you and will give you with ideas for a fresh start.

Happy browsing!

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Superhugs from Superpig http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/superhugs-from-superpig/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:27:15 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=3117 WARNING!  This post contains spoilers for Superpig   We keep trying to get back to normal, but it is not that easy…    We missed Bologna and we won’t be able to meet many of you next fall. Right now we can’t even HUG our loved ones. And that’s heartbreaking after four months. All in all, it […]

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WARNING!  This post contains spoilers for Superpig

 

We keep trying to get back to normal, but it is not that easy…    We missed Bologna and we won’t be able to meet many of you next fall. Right now we can’t even HUG our loved ones. And that’s heartbreaking after four months. All in all, it is the perfect timing to introduce Superpigthe protagonist of the second title of Bitmax & Co series.

SUPERPIG

Superpig is one of the dwellers of the Blue Forest. He truly believes that he is a superhero and has superpowers. But he is not. He’s just a piggy wearing a cape and a mask. He does his best – you can tell! But he fails one time and another… And what’s even worse. He becomes a danger to himself and to all the people of the Blue Forest…

SUPERSTRONG

NOTE: If you don’t want to know how the story ends, stop reading right now.

 

It is Bitmax who finds out which is Superpig’s real power. Believe it or not, we all have one!

Superpig hugs are the best in the world. They are squishy healing planetary hugs, the best ones in the forest.

The superhugs we are sending you from Combel team.

SUPERHUG superpig

Because we truly believe in the superpowers of books. We invite you to travel with Bitmax & Co to build a better world together. You and us, with Bitmax and the people of the Blue Forest and our beloved Superpig. In spite of distance. In spite of masks. Whatever happens!

 

BITMAX & CO
Bitmax & Co by Copons & Fortuny | 21 x 15 cm | 72 pp. | HB | 6 +  September  2020 | Rights sold: Polish and Simplified Chinese

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Join us for the International Museum Day! http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/join-us-international-museum-day/ Sun, 17 May 2020 10:44:29 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=2838 Celebrate the International Museum Day with Combel!   Take a guided virtual tour through Inside the Museum Mazes by Luisa Vera and surf modern art from wherever you are. The visit starts right here: Are you ready to explore Modern Art movements from Impressionism to Pop Up?  In each room you will find recognizable artists styles to spot. From Monet to […]

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Celebrate the International Museum Day with Combel!

 

Take a guided virtual tour through Inside the Museum Mazes by Luisa Vera and surf modern art from wherever you are.

Inside the Museum Mazes

The visit starts right here:

Are you ready to explore Modern Art movements from Impressionism to Pop Up?  In each room you will find recognizable artists styles to spot. From Monet to Hockney and Delaunay… Be aware that artworks might come alive to become your guides.

Would you like to learn more about an art movement, just lift the flap to find out information about the styles, main artists and iconic paintings… But wait, there’s more!

 

Paintings can talk! Follow them to find the paths through the seven arty mazes to go from room to room!

Inside the Museum Mazes

We encourage you to continue the visit throughout the museum with Luisa Vera, illustrator, storyteller and art lover, downloading PDF here.

Inside the Museum Mazes

INSIDE THE MUSEUM MAZES

Written & illustrated by Luisa Vera

Publication date: February 2021
Hardcover with flaps
29 × 29 cm | 36 pages |Ages 4+

Publication date: February’21

 

Contact us for co-edition schedule and prices. We’ll be happy to join the tour!

Inside the Museum Mazes

 

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Together at Home. Coronavirus Days is out! http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/agus-monsters-together-home-coronavirus-days/ Mon, 11 May 2020 15:02:51 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=2746 We are very happy to announce the publication of TOGETHER AT HOME. Coronavirus Days. The new digital book from Agus & Monsters in the spirit of solidarity.   Since the Coronavirus started, we at Combel, together with Copons & Fortuny, have been providing Agus fans with monstrous contents  such as videos, free printables, interactive games and […]

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We are very happy to announce the publication of TOGETHER AT HOME. Coronavirus Days. The new digital book from Agus & Monsters in the spirit of solidarity.

 

COVER_TOGETHER AT HOMESince the Coronavirus started, we at Combel, together with Copons & Fortuny, have been providing Agus fans with monstrous contents  such as videos, free printables, interactive games and even a music playlist to dance it out! But we wish to go beyond connectivity for entertainment. We are willing to create a better world!

 

TOGETHER AT HOME. Coronavirus Days by Copons & Fortuny, Dr. Salvador Macip, Toni Hernández and Elena Rottier, with the support of Universitat Politènica de Catalunya and Institut Ramon Llull, invites readers to learn to live under lockdown and subsequent lifting of the lockdown and act as heroes, helping to prevent the pandemic from spreading.

As of today, the digital book can be read and downloaded for free in Catalan, Spanish and English. 

We invite readers to make a donation through the Kukumiku platform. ebook can also be downloaded for € 5,00 from online platforms. 

100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Kids Corona project at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital.

AGUS READING - TOGETHER AT HOME. Coronavirus Days

In spirit of the solidarity, we’ll release the digital book to the 21 publishers of Agus &  Monsters around the world so that they can make use of it and offer it on their websites and platforms as well.

We truly believe that with solidarity and donations for scientific research, we can build a better world. Will you join us?

We count on you to spread the news!

 

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World Book Day 2020 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/news/world-book-day-2020-cuentacombel/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:55:56 +0000 http://www.combeleditorial.com/n/?p=2716 #CuentaCombel to celebrate reading   Today we celebrate authors, books, illustrators and reading! World Book Day is the biggest celebration of its kind. In Catalonia it becomes an especially romantic festivity. We celebrate the day of Sant Jordi (Saint George) with our own tradition. We exchange roses and books with our loved ones. This year, books and roses stalls are not set […]

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#CuentaCombel to celebrate reading

 

Today we celebrate authors, books, illustrators and reading! World Book Day is the biggest celebration of its kind. In Catalonia it becomes an especially romantic festivity. We celebrate the day of Sant Jordi (Saint George) with our own tradition. We exchange roses and books with our loved ones.

This year, books and roses stalls are not set up along the streets of Barcelona. Sant Jordi’s celebration has been postponed till the 23rd July… We’ll have to wait till summer to walk around stalls looking for new books. We do miss the scent of the roses already. Instead we’re sending whatsapps and making videocalls. 

In the meantime, our beloved authors are hitting back on social media reading their work online to keep us company. Check out #CuentaCombel. 

A YouTube list created so that children enjoy a wonderful time of good literature with stories narrated by their authors. Spending a little time each day with our beloved authors and being able to share a story will be the catalyst of a magical time around books, which will surely carry them away from their confined space.

Press play and enjoy Combel stories!

 

Nicolasa Where is Your Home? by Mar Benegas

You and I. The loveliest story in the world by Elisenda Roca

All I Know About the Anger by Jaume Copons

Night & Day by Teresa Porcella

Minino and the Rain by Xavier Salomó & Meritxell Martí

A Kiss Goodnight by Patricia Geis 

Uh, Uh, the Ball! by Elisenda Roca

Keep posted, stay safe and in touch!

 

 

 

 

 

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