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Julia Hubery was born in Stamford and trained as an architect. She loves the countryside and nature, finding it a pool of inspiration to draw on in her writing. Julia now lives in Gosport with her husband and three children. She has published 16 picture books, translated into many languages, including When Granny Saved Christmas, A Little Fairly Magic and That’s What Friends are For - all with Little Tiger Press.
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Laura Wood is originally from Treviglio, a small town in the north of Italy. She studied illustration in Melbourne, Australia, but now lives and works in Milan with her two cats. Since 2012, Laura has illustrated picture books, junior fiction, magazines and textbooks.
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Author Julia Hubery
Illustrator Laura Wood
Age 5 -7
Publication February 2024
£9.99
Join Dee and Flee as they prepare for their first day as Happy Helpers at Miles of Smiles Adventure Park. Eager to make a fabulous impression, they have been busy practising their smiles all week – but is that all they need to make it through the day?
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Author Julia Hubery
Illustrator Laura Wood
Age 5 -7
Publication February 2025
£9.99
Dee is excited about her new job, a tour guide at haunted Howl Castle, but increasingly frustrated by working under wolf Ms Prowl. A micro-manager with strict rules, Ms Prowl never listens to employees’ suggestions. Suspicious that Dee may be trying NEW ideas in her tours, Ms Prowl and her assistant Beak continually check up on her. How will Dee cope when she is put in charge of a castle sleepover? And what happens when an undercover ‘Travel WOW!’ reporter visits the castle?
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Author Julia Hubery
Illustrator Laura Wood
Age 5 -7
Publication Autumn 2025
£9.99
Dee is working for Smooth Operators, a coach travel company specialising in school and youth group tours, and will be the onboard rep for a multi-destination trip by a youth band. A grumpy whippet coach-driver, a very laidback band leader, and Flee having fun with three naughty triplets threaten to wreck Dee’s careful plans – can she keep things on
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Author Julia Hubery
Illustrator Laura Wood
Age 5 -7
Publication Spring 2026
£9.99
Dee & Flee run a pop-up Slushie Bar on Paradise Beach, and invent a beach challenge where customers can have a Slushie invented and named for them if they win a weekly ‘Clean-the-Beach’ event – but someone wants the beach to stay dirty
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Author Julia Hubery
llustrator Laura Wood
Age 5 -7
Publication Autumn 2026
£9.99
Lovey and Joy Honeytail run the prettiest, cosiest hotel on the ski slopes. When Dee joins their family hotel team it feels like the happiest job ever – and she and Flee learn to ski! Then Lovey and Joy fall out, the family takes sides and Dee and Flee are left in the middle trying to keep some very strange guests happyailability, style, or even provide a review.
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Author Julia Hubery
llustrator Laura Wood
Age 5 -7
Publication Spring 2027
£9.99
Dee and Flee join a team helping a community put life back into an abandoned village with a very strange history, but everyone wants something different from the plans. Can Dee and Flee help build a dream they can all share?
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The European Travel Commission is a non-profit organisation representing the national tourism organisations of Europe. Their 36-member tourism boards work together to build the value of tourism across diverse European destinations through cooperation in best-practice sharing, market intelligence, and promotion.
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The European Travel Commission is pleased to offer financial support to publishers within Europe for the translation and publication of two children’s series from Graffeg, Dee and Flee and Searchlight. This initiative aims to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of the tourism sector among young readers.
Funding Available
Grants of up to €3,500 per title are available, with an additional provision of €500 dedicated to marketing efforts.
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for this grant, publishers must be located in one of the European Travel Commission member countries and specialise in publishing in one of these countries' national languages. For detailed information on the rights available in your country and to request a PDF of the titles, please email media@graffeg.com. Following your inquiry, Graffeg will connect you with the appropriate rights agent. -
Application Requirements
Applicants must provide comprehensive details, including publisher and translator information, proposed first print run, cost evaluation, additional funding sources, and a publishing schedule. Preliminary contact with Graffeg or their rights agent, The Rights Solution, is necessary to ensure the exclusivity of language editions.
About the TitlesThe grant covers two titles designed to introduce children to the world of tourism, encouraging them to explore career opportunities in travel, hospitality and beyond in a series planned to inspire the next generation.
Rights
Rights are available for both titles as either a rights sale or co-edition. Email rights@graffeg.com for more details.
Contact
For more information about the grant and how to apply, please email rights@graffeg.com.
