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    German Digital Deal for My Mother’s Garden

    I have good news; My Mother’s Garden (MMG) has been sold to Anja Leidel of KONO Design und Technologie GmbH for world German ebook right. KONO also optioned world German print and digital rights for the series.

    It was a case of serendipity when I met Anja at the Frankfurt Book Fair during her very short trip around the fair halls. She was looking for illustrators and I took the chance to introduce myself and my books. I gave her a copy of MMG and two days before I return to Malaysia, she e-mailed me about her intention in translating my book to German and published it as e-book. I quickly jump at the opportunity and now the e-book is at its re-designing stage by Anja.  The enhanced ebook with audio will be published before Christmas this year. It will be made available for sale  at Apple’s iBook Store, and for the Google and Amazons Kindle devices.

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    Since it was first published in English, My Mother’s Garden has gone through a second print run and translated into Malay by Malaysian publisher Karangkraf. It has also been animated by Moker Taiwan and English digital rights sold to Perbadanan Kota Buku, Malaysia.

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  • CHILDREN'S LITERATURE,  Picbook Review

    How to cope with sadness in J’attends Mamy

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    I fell in love with this book when I saw the cover at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2014. Bought it right away.

    It was in French and thanks to online free translation, I managed to understand the story.

    The story is beautiful and poetic. A little girl’s granny had left the house but she was told that her granny would be home soon. Waiting for granny to return, the little girl spent her time outdoor talking to the trees, ladybug, dragonfly and many more.

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    One day, her father explains that her granny is dead, that she is not coming back. The girl eventually understand that new phase of life begins; life without Granny.

    I personally love the illustrations which were done in pencil where some elements were tinted red. The illustrations really complement the story and there was a moment, or two, that I broke to tears.

    I am so happy that I bought this precious book.

    Publication details:
    Format: Hardcover
    Language: French
    ISBN: 9782874261404
    Published: 2011
    Pages: 32
    Publisher: Alice-Jeunesse (Alice Youth Editions)

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    Collaborative Princess book

    I’m back! There are so many exciting stories to tell and this is one of it.

    princessesWith Malaysian Consul General to Germany, Adina Kamaruddin. She loves the Legendary Princesses of Malaysia and bought all copies that I had.

    Oyez!Books and I collected more than 20 stories for my upcoming new collaborative book—of legendary princesses from around the world—at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year.

    Oyez!Books, represented by Linda Tan Lingard at the fair presented the list of countries below:

    1. Belgium
    2. Bulgaria
    3. Canada
    4. Chile
    5. China
    6. Egypt
    7. Estonia
    8. Finland
    9. France
    10. Germany
    11. India
    12. Indonesia
    13. Iran (Persia)
    14. Korea
    15. Netherlands
    16. Philippines
    17. Romania
    18. Serbia
    19. Singapore
    20. Switzerland
    21. Thailand
    22. Turkey
    23. UAE
    24. UK (Wales)
    25. Vietnam

    Stories and legends of princesses were collected from people who dropped by my table at the Malaysian stand. In some cases Linda went and asked at different country stands especially at Hall 5.0 where the international publishers were.

    The next step will be to follow up with the contributors for the full story, background and image references for me to illustrate the book.

    Many people at the fair loved the idea and all the more when they saw my illustrations in Legendary Princesses of Malaysia. In addition, a Spanish publisher has expressed interest in a co-edition.

    Submissions and contributors were accepted only during the fair but all other queries may be addressed to: lindalingard@yusofgajahlingard.com.