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Has a friend ever told you a story that you’ve already heard a thousand times before but, even so, you love hearing it again? A conversation can be as simple as that: returning to a familiar place with someone we know (and that in itself can be great). But a conversation – even when we […]
Dina Mendonça was born in Lisbon in 1970 and lived her first childhood in France (until she was 6 years old). She has an undergraduate degree in philosophy (Universidade Católica de Lisboa) and she has a masters’ degree in education with concentration on Philosophy for Children (Montclair State University where she studied with Matthew Lipman […]
Bernardo P. Carvalho and Madalena Matoso are nominated for the ALMA 2025 prize, also known as the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. This award is given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. There is a total of 265 candidates from 72 countries and the laureate will […]
European shorthair is a White Raven 2024! The selection for the annually published catalogue is made by the International Youth Library’s children’s literature experts. The team focuses on titles that might be of interest to an international audience because of their literary and pictorial quality and/or the topics they address. In the review to Joana […]
(Portuguese edition) It all began with curiosity. When curious people set about thinking: what’s everything actually made of? Might there be things that we can’t see within the things that we can? This book is going to tell you the story of how we came to discover the smallest parts of everything — all that […]
(Portuguese edition) A House is a Mountain is a Hat is a book to be seen, read, experienced, and felt in many ways. Designed for children aged 6 to 10, it explores the house and its multiple dimensions – its components, basic shapes, personality, various types, and its connections with the street, neighbourhood, city, and […]
Miriam Alves always wanted to be a journalist, except for one brief summer when she was convinced that she wanted to work with dolphins. She did a degree in Media studies and works as a journalist at SIC TV channel, where she is currently the co-ordinator of the “Grande Reportagem” programme. She is also interested […]
The book A rose, for examplewith text by Ana Pessoa and illustrations and design by Madalena Matoso, was selected by the jury of the 2024 Book Design Prize and so will feature amongst the 20 Portuguese books that DGLAB will submit to the international “Best Book Design from All Over the World 2024” competition, promoted […]
If you’d like to order a rug write to [email protected] indicating which model and shipping details. Shipping costs will be added to the value of each rug depending on the destination. → Linen and cotton rugs:Portugal — 10€EU — 15€UK — 20€USA and rest of the world — 25€ → Cotton rugs:Portugal — 15€EU — […]
GUR x Planeta Tangerina collab All Rugs by GUR are handmade. Weaver Claudia Vilas Boas Held in a traditional handloom with raw rag. Embossing technique or colours overlaying. Finished with basic sewing. – GUR rugs are made to order especially for you. It may take up to 4/5 weeks to ship your product. – Material: […]
GUR x Planeta Tangerina collab All Rugs by GUR are handmade. Weaver Claudia Vilas Boas Held in a traditional handloom with raw rag. Embossing technique or colours overlaying. Finished with basic sewing. – GUR rugs are made to order especially for you. It may take up to 4/5 weeks to ship your product. – Material: […]
GUR x Planeta Tangerina collab All Rugs by GUR are handmade. Weaver Claudia Vilas Boas Held in a traditional handloom with raw rag. Embossing technique or colours overlaying. Finished with basic sewing. – GUR rugs are made to order especially for you. It may take up to 4/5 weeks to ship your product. – Material: […]
GUR x Planeta Tangerina collab All Rugs by GUR are handmade. Weaver Rosa Costa This special piece took over 10h to be hand produced by professional artisans. Held in a traditional wooden handloom with linen and cotton. Embossing technique or colours overlaying. Finished with basic knot and beech wood frame. – GUR rugs are made […]
GUR x Planeta Tangerina collab All Rugs by GUR are handmade. Weaver Rosa Costa This special piece took over 10h to be hand produced by professional artisans. Held in a traditional wooden handloom with linen and cotton. Embossing technique or colours overlaying. Finished with basic knot and beech wood frame. – GUR rugs are made […]
GUR x Planeta Tangerina collab All Rugs by GUR are handmade. Weaver Rosa Costa This special piece took over 10h to be hand produced by professional artisans. Held in a traditional wooden handloom with linen and cotton. Embossing technique or colours overlaying. Finished with basic knot and beech wood frame. – GUR rugs are made […]
When she was 9, Angelina had to choose between piano lessons and competition swimming. She chose swimming, and continued along that path until she got injured, twice, aged 16. At 17, she wanted to be a photographer or an illustrator, or something in between – what she didn’t want was to have to choose. So […]
Pardalita won two awards in The Netherlands: the Zilveren Griffel and the Zilveren Penseel! The first for its text and the second for the illustrations. The Dutch edition was published by Uitgevreij Querido. Congratulations Joana and Pardalita. 🙂
(Portuguese edition) A mum-tiger called Antónia. A grandma called Lena. A bird called Sophie. A girl called Maya. A baby called Louis. One sock. One stone. Two slices of pizza. A delightful group of friends, with one thing in common: a wish to be together – all together! In the park, at the beach, in the […]
Maria was born in Lisbon in 1984 and after living in New York and Amsterdam she settled in Berlin. In 2011 she created her own Agency for visual communication, design and illustration. She helps people and brands define and communicate their identity, translating ideas and values through images. She combines design and illustration and prefers […]
(Portuguese edition) Two siblings set out on an adventure. After one hundred long days of walking, they finally arrive in a new land. But it’s getting dark and cold, and they need to put up their tent for the night. What next? What was that noise outside? A fun story about camping, autonomy, contact with nature… and […]
Lucie Lučanská (b. 1990) is an illustrator who lives in Prague. She does drawing, comics, books, watercolor, airbrush, risography, tattoos and more. Freelance. Often changes media and technology. Likes making books on nature, kindness and magic.
Não é só a partir das ruínas ou dos tratados que podemos conhecer a História. As músicas também podem ser documentos históricos e dar-nos pistas sobre como era a vida num lugar, numa dada época: o que preocupava as pessoas, que sonhos as moviam, que injustiças as entristeciam ou, pelo contrário, o que as fazia […]
Bologna Children’s Book Fair is almost upon us. And we’ve already got some good bits of news to share: Madalena Matoso’s Draw whatever you want received a Special Mention in the new “Toddlers” category of the Bologna Ragazzi Awards (BRAW 2024). This category awards books aimed at children aged up to 3 years old. The book A rose, […]
(Portuguese edition) After The first day, whose style the critics have compared to Miyazaki, Henrique Coser Moreira is back with another unusual and poetic cartoon for younger readers. Here, we again meet a character who leaves their house to explore the world outside — but this time it’s a cat, an elegant Mr Cat, inhabitant […]
(Portuguese edition) Considered by the critics to have “an astounding narrative voice”, Joana Estrela returns to the cartoon format with a story about a cat’s dying days and the difficult decisions faced by its adoptive family. A moving book about loss which also celebrates life — that of a cat at the heart of a […]
Rosa was born and raised in Manchester, UK. Between 2008 and 2012 she studied Spanish and Portuguese in Oxford, and in 2012 she came to live in Lisbon, which has been her base ever since. She worked for a number of years at the bookshop Ler Devagar, where she first came into contact with Planeta […]
“Mary John”, with text by Ana Pessoa and illustrations by Bernardo P. Carvalho, has been named the winner of the Spanish TodosTusLibros prize, in the category of Best YA Book. TodosTusLibros is the platform managed by the Spanish Booksellers Association (CEGAL), a bibliographical search and online commerce tool for independent bookshops across Spain. In its statement, the […]
Maybe this is a sad book — and people, particularly when thinking about books for children, almost always prefer happy books, hopeful books. We agree. Hope is the most important thing in the world. But in order not to lose it for once and for all, we must see the world as it is […]
It can be tricky to choose a book for someone else, whether a reader big and small. What might they like to read? Will they have this book already? A book voucher guarantees a good read, with just the right book for each reader. All you have to choose is the value of the voucher […]
It can be tricky to choose a book for someone else, whether a reader big and small. What might they like to read? Will they have this book already? A book voucher guarantees a good read, with just the right book for each reader. All you have to choose is the value of the voucher […]
It can be tricky to choose a book for someone else, whether a reader big and small. What might they like to read? Will they have this book already? A book voucher guarantees a good read, with just the right book for each reader. All you have to choose is the value of the voucher […]
Um guardião, toda a gente o sabe, é alguém que guarda alguma coisa. E, em princípio, se queremos guardar uma coisa, é porque ela é importante, tem valor. Nas histórias, é frequente encontrarmos guardiões que guardam tesouros incríveis, escondidos atrás de portas pesadas, que só se movem quando são ditas palavras mágicas… O guardião de […]
Serpa Town Council together with the publisher Planeta Tangerina organizes the fifth edition of the biennial Serpa International Picture Book Award. The initiative aims to develop the literary and artistic quality of the picture book as a medium, and to encourage the creation of new projects in this area. This edition received over 675 submissions […]
This weekend, the 4th Guimarães Illustration Biennial (BIG) took place. The winners of the prizes were announced and have given us not one but two reasons to be proud: Madalena Matoso won the BIG Grand Prize and Inês Viegas Oliveira was awarded the BIG Revelation Prize. Of Madalena’s illustrations the jury remarked: “The works selected […]
It can be tricky to choose a book for someone else, whether a reader big and small. What might they like to read? Will they have this book already? A book voucher guarantees a good read, with just the right book for each reader. All you have to choose is the value of the voucher […]
“The duel” is one of the winners of the Bookcity International Picture Book Award in the category “International New Picture Book Authors & Illustrators”. This category awards new authors whose first books have been published outside of Korea. Congratulations to Inês and to the other winning authors! Read more about the Award here.
The 9th edition of the Illustration Party is on and there are several exhibitions to visit until the end of November. Madalena Matoso is the national guest artist and her works are on display at Casa da Cultura. The exhibition gathers the original drawings made for some of her books like “A rose, for example”, “Draw whatever you […]
(Portuguese edition) It’s the same old story, every single day: Millie asks her mum if she can have a dog, any dog, and every single day her mum says no. The thing is, Millie goes to a very posh and very fancy school and all her very posh and very fancy classmates have dogs which […]
Kitty Crowther was born in Brussels in 1970, to an English father and a Swedish mother. She studied Graphic Arts at the Institut Saint-Luc, also in Brussels. She takes her inspiration from mythology, folk tales, and all the children’s books by which she has been surrounded from an early age. She has been making books […]
“Black Sea” and “Draw whatever you want” were selected by the jury of the 2023 Book Design Prize and so will feature amongst the 20 Portuguese books that DGLAB will submit to the international “Best Book Design from All Over the World 2024” competition, promoted by the German Buchkunst Foundation. The results will only be […]
Illustrations from three books in our catalogue (“From Here to There”, “How to See Invisible Things” and “The Duel”) were selected for the BIG —Guimarães Illustration Biennial exhibition, which opens on 21st October. Congratulations to Yara Kono, Madalena Matoso and Inês Viegas Oliveira!
The National Illustration Prize, organised by the Portuguese Directorate-General for Books, Archives and Libraries (DGLAB), is an annual prize awarded to one Portuguese illustrator for a work published during the previous year. The jury was unanimous in its decision to award the prize for the illustrations of O duelo – published by Planeta Tangerina last summer – […]
Risograph A4 Edition of 60, numbered and signed. Munken Pure Rough 120gr paper. Printed in two colours at Atelier du Toner, in Brussels.
Dear readers, Thank you for sharing with us your favourite beach picnic. The jury didn’t have an easy task choosing only 5 out of the more than 20 delicious recipes it received. Congratulations to the chefs:Joana MotaIngrid PegoraroLaura, Susana e Sasha WardJúlia e Aires FerreiraMiriam (Roupa no estendal) We wish all of you some lovely […]
De quoi est fait le ciel ? Pourquoi ne voit-on pas toujours la Lune ? Pourquoi la mer est-elle bleue ? Comment se forment les vagues ? Sais-tu qu’en France on peut observer la plus longue piste de dinosaures du monde ? En ville ou à la campagne, la nature suscite toujours de multiples questions. […]
Dear readers, Thank you for taking the challenge to think and design a new symbol for Peace. The 5 winners are:Lincoln Marinho, Laura Athayde, Pedro Oliveira, Duar and Cátia Vieira. Congratulations!
“Pardaleta”, the Catalan edition of “Pardalita”, won the Llibreter Prize, in the “Best Children’s and YA Literature Book – Other Literatures” category. The graphic novel by Joana Estrela was published in Catalan by the publisher Meraki and translated by Àlex Tarradellas. The Llibreter Prize is run by the Catalan Booksellers’ Guild and is one of […]
The Spanish Ministry for Culture and Sport named “All year round: Nature’s almanac” one of the best books published in 2022. The government’s department for Books and Reading awards the annual prize which has various different categories and represents an important accolade which is highly valued by publishers. The Spanish edition, by the publisher Fulgencio […]
(Portuguese edition) Animals, plants, stars, objects, and all that we can see, plus all that exists, or once existed or might one day exist. This is a book with which to give things a name, as well as a prompt to play with words and images, their meanings, the fun we can have with them. […]
Screen print 300 x 400 mm One colour print by Lavandaria in 300gr Arena Natural Rough paper. Edition of 20
Screen print 300 x 400 mm One colour print by Lavandaria in 300gr Arena Natural Rough paper. Edition of 20
Screen print 500 x 700 mm One colour print by Lavandaria in 180gr Materica Gesso paper. Edition of 30
Illustration from the book Black sea. Printed with direct colours. 460 x 696 mm Printed in Munken Print paper 90gr. Shipment: poster folded in 3.
Illustration from the book Black sea. Printed with direct colours. 460 x 696 mm Printed in Munken Print paper 90gr. Shipment: poster folded in 3.
Illustration from the book How to see invisible things. Printed with direct colours. 460 x 696 mm Printed in Munken Print paper 90gr. Shipment: poster folded in 3.
Illustration from the book Draw whatever you want. Printed with direct colours. 460 x 696 mm Printed in Munken Print paper 90gr. Shipment: poster folded in 3.
(Portuguese edition) Summer is coming to an end, but the beach café is still a hive of activity. JP serves the tables and Inês is behind the bar, making coffee, slicing ham, preparing toasties. They’re not exactly the best of friends. He’s jokey and light-hearted, she takes life a little more seriously. One foggy morning, […]
We loved to read abou your ideal first day, and the jury didn’t have an easy task choosing the winners. We received almost 30 responses, but these four conquered us:Matilde Inês, João Rebelo, Sara Martins and Vera Esperança. Congratulations!Thank you all for participating.
(Portuguese edition) Everybody cries: police officers, football players, superheroes, dogs, and even stones! Crying is good for all sorts of things, all we need to do is to try and cry a little better. CRY BETTER? Yes, for example, if you’re sad around lunchtime, just fill a pan with tears, bring it to the boil […]
The 57th Illustrators Exhibition from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair received entries from 4,345 participants from all over the world.
Of those 4,345 entries, there were 315 finalists.
Of those 315 finalists, the jury selected 80 projects. Amongst them there are two Planeta Tangerina books: O duelo, by Inês Viegas Oliveira, and O primeiro dia by Henrique Coser Moreira.
Screen print A3 One colour print by Lavandaria in 300gr Arena Rough Natural paper. Edition of 20
Screen print A3 One colour print by Lavandaria in 300gr Arena Rough Natural paper. Edition of 40
Risograph A5 3 colour print by Mago studio in Fedrigoni Arena Natural 140gr paper. This kit includes the risographs 1, 2, 3 e 4.
Risograph A5 3 colour print by Mago studio in Fedrigoni Arena Natural 140gr paper. Edition of 25
Risograph A5 3 colour print by Mago studio in Fedrigoni Arena Natural 140gr paper. Edition of 25
Risograph A5 3 colour print by Mago studio in Fedrigoni Arena Natural 140gr paper. Edition of 25
Risograph A5 3 colour print by Mago studio, in Fedrigoni Arena Natural 140gr paper. Edition of 25
(Portuguese edition) In this book you can draw whatever you want. For example, if the house is already there, draw the landscape, if the landscape is already there, draw the house… Seen from the outside or the inside? Tidy or messy? Full of real things or inhabited by imaginary beings? Do you prefer to draw […]
An ecological CD-book mixing music with environmental education. Green Fingers began as a concert for children before transforming into an ecological CD-book in 2016. Then in 2022, along came Green Fingers II – a book of rhymes and tongue-twisters written by Capicua, about plants, animals, people, insects, flowers, serious issues and many good things. With […]
Bernardo P. Carvalho and Isabel Minhós Martins are nominated for the ALMA 2023 prize, also known as the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. This award is given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. There are a total of 251 nominees from 64 countries and the laureate […]
Screen print 400 x 300 mm 2 colour print by Lavandaria on 350gr Arena Smooth paper. Series of 40 prints.
Screen print 500 x 700 mm One colour print by Lavandaria in 180gr Materica Gesso paper. Edition of 20
(Portuguese edition) Trees are majestic plants. They can grow to be as tall as buildings and live for thousands of years. They’re essential for life on Earth. They provide us with oxygen and help water and air to circulate. They shelter, feed and protect animals and human beings. And who could imagine that it all […]
“Pardalita” is one of the nominees for the “best comic book by a Portuguese author” category of the Amadora BD competition. The 33rd edition of the festival will take place between the 20th and 30th of October. ↦ More info
(Portuguese edition) We share our lives with cats, dogs, turtles, mice and goldfish… and we love them so much that we even say that they’re “part of the family”. But what do those friendships between humans and non-humans look like? What do we seek in them, and what do they want from us? How are […]
(Portuguese edition) What is this? A squirrel? A scribble? What is it? Nobody quite knows, but everyone gives their opinion. For some, it’s an object; for others, an animal. So what? What’s wrong with that? One thing’s for sure: the lines in this book are restless and want to come to life, by hook or […]
(Portuguese edition) In a cold and distant country, two men argue. They’ve been arguing for so long, they can’t remember why it started in the first place. Having given up on finding a real solution, to settle it for once and for all they decide to fight a duel. Back to back, as in all […]
Inês Viegas Oliveira was born in 1995, in Tavira. In an attempt to know everything, she did an undergraduate degree in Physics and after half a master’s degree in Mathematics she realised she knew nothing. She then did a postgraduate degree in Illustration at UAL, which made her feel more relaxed. In 2020, 2022 and […]
The catalan edition of “May John” by Ana Pessoa just won the XXIII Prize Bookseller in the category of Children’s and youth literature other literatures. The book is edited in catalan by the publisher L’Altra Tribu.
We talked with Henrique, the winner of the 4th edition of Serpa Internacional Award for Picture Books…
(Portuguese edition) We all remember those days when we had to stay at home (no use to remember why). Those days weren’t easy, and all we wanted was the world back: the streets, the parks, the swings, our friends, our grandparents. And then that day came, and it felt so good to start again: to […]
A game with which to think about our gestures. The team that guesses the most gestures wins! We’re constantly making gestures. Sometimes to replace words, others just out of habit. Often we make gestures without thinking, without grace or elegance, while others are planned like a chess move, after thorough consideration. But what’s a gesture made up […]
(Portuguese edition) At first we babble. We repeat syllables, then words, then whole sentences. All from a desire to interact and also because we want things. Suddenly, something truly magical happens: we put different words together and make a new construction. We’re no longer imitating nor repeating. We’re saying something about what’s around us. These […]
Henrique was born in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, in 1998. As a child, he was very shy, quiet and observant. He always expressed himself better with drawings than with words. When he was at school, he used to spend his days drawing in the margins of books, in notebooks or on his desk. Today, […]
The jury of “1st Serpa International Award for Picturebooks”
has chosen “Mana”, from Portuguese artist Joana Estrela, as the winner of the first edition.
(Portuguese edition) This book is a tribute to our place in space, to the Sun, to the atmosphere, to planet Earth. It contains information, activities, pages to breathe in deep with, pages to have fun with. On some pages, we respond to questions that science has already found answers for (What is the wind? How […]
For this 2nd edition of the International Serpa Picturebook Prize, the jury has selected “The Endfixer” by Noemi Vola (Italy) as the winner. Additionally, three other entries have also been given honorable mentions: “Picnic”, by Maria Ramos Bravo (Spain); “Boleia” (Ride), by Guilherme Frederico Karsten (Brazil) and “An Ideal Zoo”, by “Yiting Lee” (Taiwan).
(Portuguese edition) The gnu and the badger met a while ago, on a very windy day. This time, it’s raining! But what could be better than drinking tea and playing cards with a friend, while the rain falls outside? First you shuffle the cards: Bick, back, book… Then you deal them: Clip, clap, cloop… But, […]
We just received the news that two books edited by Planeta Tangerina won two BRAW, Bologna Ragazzi Award special mentions, assigned by the Bologna Children’s Book fair.
“I like, therefore I am” has just been published in catalan and spanish under the titles “Faig likes, per tant existeixo” and “Likeo, luego existo”, by Takatuka Editorial.
I believe I started to think about this book while I was still working on another one. I had just finished drawing “Aqui é um bom lugar”, written by Ana Pessoa…
Serpa’s City Council and Planeta Tangerina are glad to announce that the winner of the 4th Edition of Serpa’s International Award for Picturebooks is the project…
(Portuguese edition) When Raquel begins telling her story, Pardalita has already entered her life. She didn’t enter suddenly, but rather slowly and subtly, first in the school halls and then in drama rehearsals. Raquel only knows her by sight, but she’s always hoping to see her again and begins to notice little details, like how […]
(Portuguese edition) Can you learn anything new from a beetle, a lizard, a simple toucan? Yes toucan, yes you can! Richard Zimler and Bernardo P. Carvalho bring us some wise and rather funny pieces of advice from our fellow animals. Some suggestions might be just what you were looking for, others might turn out to […]
Richard Zimler’s books have been translated into 23 languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in 12 different countries. His most recent novel, The Incandescent Threads, was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by the Sunday Times and Jewish Chronicle. It was also a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards in the […]
(Portuguese edition) What is imagination and what is it for? Is it related to creativity? Where can each of them lead us? And on the other hand, can creativity be learnt? Is it inherited? How can you tell a good idea from a weaker one? And what can you do when you don’t have ideas? […]
“Para que serve” (What is it for?) is now a White Raven 2021!
This year the International Youth Library recommends 200 books from 54 different countries.
We will not miss him and we pray he doesn’t return. Apparently — we say apparently because the internet is a whole world, a mystery, a mess, a wonder and a nightmare…
The french edition of the book “Plasticus maritimus, uma espécie invasora”, published by École des Loisirs, has been selected by Felipé.
SPANISH (Galician, Castilian and Catalan) by Kalandraka; FRENCH by L’école des Loisirs; ITALY by Topipittori…
The author and illustrator Johanna Schaible presents us the meticulous process that led her to the creation of her first picturebook.
(Portuguese edition) Over here, a baby. And over there, one step away, so many things! Suddenly, something begins to grow inside the baby: a wish to get from here to there. There, where the ball is. There, where the bread is. There, where the music is. There, where freedom lives (of course). From here to […]
Bernardo P Carvalho wins the Vlag en Wimpel award in the “Illustration/non-fiction” category with the Dutch edition of the book “Atlas of Travels and Explorers”.
(Portuguese edition) Billions of years ago, the continents formed. Thousands of years ago, people built some very large things. A month ago, it was still autumn. What will you do tomorrow? How will you celebrate your birthday next year? What are your wishes for the future? A reflection on the passage of time for all […]
Johanna Schaible is an artist and ilustrator based in Switzerland. Her work moves along the borders of illustration, art and design.She took a Bachelor of Arts at Lucer School of Art and Design. In 2019, she was selected for the Unpublished Picturebook Showcase (Dpictus Platform) with “Once upon a time there was and will be so much […]
(Portuguese edition) This book is like a game, a word game where we can try out different letter combinations. A four-letter combination can give us a well known word, or not… Then we can create a meaning for this new word. (Or, on a different level of the game, we can invent a story around […]
What are stars made of? Why is the ocean blue? How are rainbows created? Whether you live in the country or the city, nature is still all around you, so what are we waiting for? It’s time to jump off the couch and discover the world that awaits you on your doorstep. Learn about the […]
(Portuguese edition) Why do we grow bigger and bigger? Where do we get the will to grow? Does it come from the longer days? The moons and the tides? From the sun? Or the great big mountain? (What a mystery!)
Isabel Meira is a journalist at Antena 2, where she makes news reports and audio-documentaries.
She has recently published her first book with Planeta Tangerina, “I like, therefore I am”, where she writes about social media, journalism and fake news.
(Portuguese edition) With the whole world at our fingertips, it’s never been easier to overestimate our knowledge, our understanding of things. We’ve got used to receiving information and disinformation through secret algorithms; to having routines in virtual worlds; to communicating via abbreviations and emojis. We live in a huge bubble of likes and shares. Invisible […]
Isabel Meira was born in Brazil and grew up in Portugal. With her father, she learned to read newspapers and doing crosswords. She studied language, translation and journalism. She lectured on Portuguese Language and Culture in Paris. She has worked as a journalist at Rádio Clube Português, TSF and has collaborated with the Euronews channel. […]
(Portuguese edition) Sometimes we get carried away. The wind pushes us along to new places and off we go. That’s what happened to the gnu and the badger in this story. And it’s also what happened to this book — it flipped and turned and got all mixed up. Who could there be, on the […]
(Portuguese edition) Our identity can’t be summed up in just two words — much less by a choice between the two words of this book’s title. We won’t find meaningful answers to the questions of who we are and what we feel in a world where everything exists in black and white. Rather, there’s a […]
Chloé Wary opened her notebook to reveal the process of creating Season of Roses.
Risograph print A4 Limited edition of 50. Munken Print White 150gr paper.
Risograph print A5 Munken Print White 150gr paper.
Risograph print A5 Munken Print White 150gr paper.
Risograph print A5 Limited edition of 50. Munken Print White 150gr paper.
Risograph print A5 Munken Print White 150gr paper.
Risograph print A5 Munken Print White 150gr paper.
Risograph print A4 Munken Print White 150gr paper.
(Portuguese edition) The “Roses of Rosigny” is the name of the female football team at Rosigny-sur-Seine — a fictional neighbourhood in the suburbs of a large city. The “Roses” are a united and determined team, with an ambitious goal for the upcoming season: to qualify for the U19, the national female championship. But following a […]
(Portuguese edition) It’s summer and Miguel is at a loose end. His parents are on holiday, his friends are away and his girlfriend wants a break. With the house to himself, Miguel watches TV, plays video-games and reads his driving theory book. It’s as if the world is suspended in the summer heat. “All I […]
For his first graphic novel, Bernardo sketched, drew and painted a big pile of pages that are now leaving the backstages for this digital exhibition.
Chloé Wary was born in 1995, in the outskirts of Paris. She studied at the Renoir high school, in Paris. For her final project, she created a comicbook about women in Saudi Arabia fighting for the right to drive. After watching the movie Swagger, by Olivier Babinet, she decided that her next project should be […]
(Portuguese edition) Be careful with this book. Three people were reading it and… Chomp! Be careful with this book. Usually, adventures and animals with big teeth… Chomp! Be careful with this book. It’s recommended for readers of a tender age. Tender? Chomp! Winner of the 3rd edition of the SERPA / Planeta Tangerina International Award […]
Nuppita is a designer and illustrator working in the editorial world. She studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Escola Artediez (Madrid). She always liked to draw dreams and she is drawn to brutal art, to things that are geometric, minimal, expressive and to colour. She seeks the essence of things and to say more with […]
We asked our catalog: do our books have any suggestions that will help us getting through these science-fiction-like days?
What can we do for ourselves and for others? The answers came straight away.
José Maria mostly writes for the theatre, but he also writes opera librettos, literary translations and — so far — two children’s books. His debutting on Planeta Tangerina’s catalog with the book Para que serve? (What is it for?).
(Portuguese edition) This book likes to ask questions. This book prefers a world full of questions than a world with definitive answers. Deep down, this book likes a bit of confusion and asks questions because it knows they will stir things up (and a world, without some complexity and confusion, is a sad and boring […]
José Maria Vieira Mendes was born in 1974 in Lisbon, where he currently lives. In the past, he also lived in Porto, Vila Meã, Praia das Maçãs, Saarbrücken, Berlin, Saint Nazaire, Budapest and Altura. He mainly writes theatre plays. He’s part of the theatre company Teatro Praga since 2008 and he’s also an art director at […]
Illustrated poem by Ana Pessoa and Madalena Matoso. 340 x 960 mm Print on 80g paper. Shipment: wrapped in a cardboard tube.
2025 calendar ilustrated by Yara Kono. 480 x 680 mm Print on 100g paper. Shipment: poster folded in 3.
Electrão is the name of a system which collects and gives a new solution to our waste — not only packaging waste, but also electric and electronic waste (large and small domestic appliances, computers, phones, etc.), lamps and batteries. In this book, you’ll understand why Electrão and our planet need you. Are you ready to […]
Mon immeuble avait toujours été très calme. Il ne s’était presque jamais rien passé par ici… Jusqu’au jour où un énorme camion de déménagement s’est arrêté juste en bas de chez nous…
“Ma grand-mère avait deux palais, trois tableaux de fameux peintres, des terrains grands et petits, et quelques bijoux de reine. Mais ce ne fut pour aucune de ces choses que mes tantes se fâchèrent, presque, quand ma grand-mère mourut. (…) Quand ma grand-mère mourut, toutes mes tantes voulaient la couverture, qui valait plus que tout […]
(Portuguese edition) We are always making choices. This or that? Dog or cat? Big or small? Short or tall? It’s good to make choices because it helps us to find our place in the world. But it isn’t always easy… Sometimes it can be quite a dilemma! This book makes associations between words and compares […]
Cristina started working at a young age, as an apprentice at an advertising agency, where she did a bit of everything: hand-drawing, typesetting, photography,… Before finishing her Fine-Arts degree, she moved to London and started working as a freelancer and then at the CDT studio. There, she learned all about the importance of the typeface […]
Thinking about landscape brings to mind a holiday postcard of a tropical beach or a castle. And what about all that’s left off the postcard… is that a landscape too? What if it’s not considered beautiful? Can we be inside a landscape? If we close our eyes, does it disappear? And if there is no […]
(Portuguese edition) Ideas like to play hide and seek. They’re not invisible, but they can be hard to see! In the beginning, they appear like a shadow and slip through our fingers. But if we let them run free — like a horse running along the sand — perhaps we’ll be able to see them […]
(Portuguese edition) This is a book. This crown, this ark, this newborn baby, this trembling pot made to pass from hand to hand, this map where fingers roam, leaving their print of all shapes and sizes of all times and places. What a lark! This book is part of the Round Corners collection.
The Serpa Book Festival is an annual literary event taking place in the city of Serpa. Its programme gathers authors, illustrators, artists and other creative people for workshops, readings, theatre and many other activities. The Serpa Council — our partner in the Serpa International Award for Picturebooks — invited Planeta Tangerina to design the visual […]
A game by Planeta Tangerina May the countdown begin! Astronauts: are you ready for an inter-galactic trip? To win this challenge, you must manage your craft with skill in order to keep it in orbit as long as possible. Plan the moves and choose the best tactics to send the enemy spaceships into the terrible […]
Crockery Kit with Madalena Matoso’s illustrations. Produced by Vista Alegre. The kit includes a cup, a soup bowl, a dinner plate and the book “When I was born“.
(Portuguese edition) Thinking about landscape brings to mind a holiday postcard of a tropical beach or a castle. And what about all that’s left off the postcard… is that a landscape too? What if it’s not considered beautiful? Can we be inside a landscape? If we close our eyes, does it disappear? And if there […]
(Portuguese edition) This notebook is a journal. This journal is a place. A place where Ana Pessoa’s words and Joana Estrela’s illustrations come together. A kind of graphic journal written and drawn by four hands. Here, we find the thoughts and observations of Gloomy Teresa — about her family, her friends and her school, of […]
(Portuguese edition) Half of this book speaks of love, and so does its other half. Half-whispered, in a half-light, but certainly not half-heartedly, a boy declares his first love. Who’s never fallen in love? Who’s never woken up in the middle of a dream, or been struck midway through a sentence, yearning to run halfway round […]
(Portuguese edition) It’s morning. The Sun wakes up, followed by the Sea, the Cloud, the Iceberg, the Wind, the Forest and the Volcano. When the Rainbow and its Reflection finally arrive, the scene is set for taking a picture-perfect photo. Get ready to laugh. Because this book isn’t simply an ode to nature — it’s […]
(Portuguese edition) When Ana was a child, she would play on the beach. Gradually, she noticed a new species becoming more common along the shore: plastic. Ana trained as a marine biologist and began collecting plastics. She even gave the new species a scientific name of its own: Plasticus maritimus. Since then, she has started […]
Have you ever played Pass it on? Lining up, one by one (remembering to have fun along the way!), the first player whispers a sentence into the second player’s ear, who then whispers it to the third, who spreads the word to the fourth and so it goes on, until the sentence goes all the […]
(Portuguese edition) “As a kid, I wanted to be an endfixer, which is someone who fixes the ends of things. Because stories often end up with a bad end… just as it’s getting to the best part. Sometimes it also happens that the end is too complicated, too sad, too disappointing, too unfair, too hard […]
(Portuguese edition) When growing up, we learn something new every day. An emotion, a joke, a sound, a flavour. One day we dive, the next day we discover a new place. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. In this adventure of being and growing, every experience counts. In this book, Madalena Matoso’s illustrations and Ana […]
(Portuguese edition) Once upon a time, we didn’t know the limits of our planet and many areas of the world remained isolated, with no connection to others. We didn’t know of the places and species that existed in other regions, nor of their peoples and cultures. In order to to learn all there was to […]
(Portuguese edition) The grand concert is scheduled for next week, but the members of the orchestra have disappeared without a trace. Luckily, it’s not serious… It looks like they’re all enjoying a holiday and the maestro has even received some nice postcards, giving him hints of where his dear musicians might be: the violinists went […]
(Portuguese edition) We’ve all heard the expression: “It’s like finding a needle in a haystack!”. It means that something is really really tricky. But who said that finding a needle in a haystack is all that hard anyway? This book shows us how many things which might seem to be difficult (and there are many!) […]
(Portuguese edition) A tree is waiting, expectantly. What is she waiting for? For the right day to release her seeds. A day that is just right, a day that is the day! That day arrives, but the adventure is just getting started… Because if we tot up and tally, how many seeds of the one […]
(Portuguese edition) Free drawing looks like a colouring book (and we’re not saying it’s not…), but here, drawing is optional and there’s no order to start painting immediately! What’s unmissable, though, is this walk through the world of drawing and colour, of plants and pigments, dots and lines, light and shadow. Pencil-boy, our guide, is […]
(Portuguese edition) What’s the best week of the year to see the ladybirds re-awakening? And when can we see the first swallows? What’s the best time to listen to the nightingale’s song? And to listen to the deer’s roar? If I wanted to set up a nest box, when should I do it? And what […]
(Portuguese edition) In Ancient times, it was believed that the organ responsible for our thoughts and emotions was the heart. Today, we know that all that we are – thoughts, emotions, decisions, ideas – takes place inside the brain, in a continuous conversation with the rest of our body. But how does a thought begin? […]
(Portuguese edition) Searching for a missing ball, Luís and Luísa dive behind the scenes of this book which doubles up as a tennis court. The adventure will take them through all kinds of different territories, prompting them to turn the pages backwards and forwards as they follow the clues. And what about the readers? Well, […]
(Portuguese edition) Being a foreigner in a far away country isn’t easy. Being happy ever after isn’t easy either. The queen of this story can tell you that. She’s been sad for so long that the king is becoming desperate. Used to commanding troops and confronting enemies with sword, this time, he doesn’t know who […]
(Portuguese edition) I’ve been writing to you for weeks. I’m not really sure why. I’m not really sure what for. Who are you, Julio the Pirate? I keep thinking about our story. From the very beginning. From our first encounter. From the very first question: “Are you a boy or a girl?” I am a […]
(Portuguese edition) Yara Kono has guests for dinner and a lot of ideas on how to prepare a very tasty meal. But, in order to have the meal ready on time, Yara will need a hand (or two!) from the readers… Who wants to help preparing all the recipes? This book is transformed into a […]
(Portuguese edition) A journey is a story. And a story is a journey, isn’t it? At the wheel of this book, readers will decide their destiny and how they want to travel: on a short walk or a long expedition? At a lick or a snail’s pace? Along mountain paths or the coastal road? On […]
(Portuguese edition) Is looking the same as seeing? Is seeing the same as noticing? Do we always see the same way or does our sight change according to what our eyes come across at each moment? In the poem Image, which serves as the base for this book, Arnaldo Antunes plays with the verb ‘to […]
(Portuguese edition) Don’t be surprised if you stumble upon some scribbles or some stickers and drawings among the pages of this book – a little sister has been here… and has left a trail of destruction along the way. Bites, broken dolls and some playful fights, in a “classic drama” between siblings that is Joana […]
São ao todo trinta e seis histórias, tocadas ao piano por trinta e seis jovens alunos do Conservatório Nacional. Histórias ilustradas pela música de Frederico de Freitas e musicadas pelas ilustrações de Madalena Matoso. Páginas e minutos que nos falam da tia Alice e da primeira nuvem, do cão e do gato, de um passeio […]
(Portuguese edition) At the beginning of the world (back when everyone walked around without any possessions), a bear stops next to a fig tree with his mind set on eating his favourite fruit. The bear studies the branches and sees that hidden among the leaves, still yet to ripen, there is only one fig left […]
(Portuguese edition) As a young boy, Andersen was a great inventor and was never satisfied with the definitions he read in the dictionary. So he decided to start writing a new dictionary himself; a dictionary that his friends would like. Here’s an entry under the letter M: Mosquito – An animal that is poorly tuned. […]
(Portuguese edition) Rose and Windy have spent the summer together “forever”, and they share all those questions that mark the beginning of adolescence. But this year, for the first time, they realise that the small age gap that separates them may be enough for their interests to be out of sync. While Windy remains the […]
(Portuguese edition) In this world mice chase cats, hares hunt hunters, cars fly through the skies aeroplanes float on the sea, penguins live in the tropical jungle and crocodiles in the icy polar waters! In this most original of picture books, ATAK deconstructs the world we live in to make us think about the concepts […]
(Portuguese edition) A family moves to another country in search of a freer place where all children can go to school. But despite being different, the new country is far from perfect and in this grey new world, a lack of freedom is felt in the simplest of things such as choosing the colour of […]
(Portuguese edition) Mountains can be very inspiring places. The proof is in the fact that, throughout the history of art, there are many examples of artists who have worked around that subject. This book is also based on that inspiration. In its large format pages, Madalena Matoso challenges readers to adopt the role of artists: […]
(Portuguese edition) Clap clap book is made to open and to close. Because every time you open and close it, something inside moves and makes a noise: Flap, flap… a butterfly flaps its wings. Fomfim… an accordion opens and closes. Bong, bong… a boy hits a drum with all his might. Clap clap book doesn’t […]
(Portuguese edition) Some people resist sleep with all their might. And it’s understandable when it’s so good to be awake! But science has proved that people can’t live without sleep, and that’s why we created this ABC of Sleep! A book with special powers to make everybody close their eyes long before reaching the end of […]
(Portuguese edition) Edgar runs at full speed, leaving everything behind: his family, his school, his friends. Today is the saddest day of his life because his grandfather disappeared, but it is also the happiest one because Joana kissed him for the first time. Along the way, Edgar stumbles over his reflections, family lunches, his friends’ […]
(Portuguese edition) There goes time: ticking and tocking and passing by… And we get carried along too, passing through all sorts of things along the way. Time changes us. It changes the things around us. It transforms everything. And with time, we come to better understand these transformations too.
(Portuguese edition) Who does this footprint belong to? What’s that worm doing there? Is it a toad or a frog? What’s the name of this tree? Even if we live in a big city, there’s always nature outside: clouds and stars, trees and flowers, rocks and beaches, birds, reptiles or mammals. So what are we […]
(Portuguese edition) All avid readers know how stories can help us to overcome our fears. After reading a book, it’s as if we had won super powers with which to defeat witches, dragons, wolves, storms … sharks! In this book, it happens the other way around: a boy is swimming quietly until he is frightened […]
(Portuguese edition) Two villages in one story. Two villages and a common name: Luz (“Light”). An ancient Luz that disappeared under the waters of a dam. A new Luz that shelters its ancient (and newer) inhabitants, and a museum full of history. Inside the museum, there is a window — a small rectangular window. If […]
(Portuguese edition) We all know that books have voices inside them. Some voices talk, some sing, some cry… and others whisper. In this book, there is a whispering voice that insistently calls the readers, a voice that comes closer and moves away but seems intent on taking the readers somewhere. Whose voice is it? And […]
(Portuguese edition) Within a single second, the most extraordinary things (as well as the most banal) can happen. Some of these things seem to have no effect on the state of the world, others can make small waves that will, in turn, trigger a whole chain of new events. Across the five continents, The world […]
(Portuguese edition) An unexpected book with two stories developing in opposite directions: one way, a firefly is looking for a small light; the other way, a rabbit is on the run. Optical acrobatics for attentive and active readers. This isn’t the first time that Bernardo Carvalho has explored the idea of two stories sharing the […]
(Portuguese edition) Manuela Castro Neves has been a teacher for many years. Throughout her years teaching she made up several rhymes inspired by mathematical concepts. In these short stories, maths functions as a structure for the author’s own entertainment and the entertainment of all readers.
(Portuguese edition) There are thousands of objects all around us: in drawers, in cupboards, in backpacks and pockets, under beds and sofas… Often, things don’t keep still, they get in a muddle (or is it us?), they move around and make us look everywhere until we find them. Because there are so many things and […]
(Portuguese edition) Ricardo was born on an endangered planet: forests were disappearing, oceans were polluted, there were problems with water and energy, and there were hundreds of species at risk of extinction. Ricardo really did worry and he tried to set an example… until the day he realised that people around him seemed to live […]
(Portuguese edition) N is not a baby, she’s a Karate girl. N is 14, almost 15, and her biggest dream is to become a black belt and to kiss Raul. N likes to write, but she prefers fighting with Raul. (Writing is a pain). This is not a diary. It has no lock, it contains […]
(Portuguese edition) Once there was an Island. It was neither great nor small, it was the size of a standard island. One day, a boat with people from the continent arrived and from then on the islanders wanted only to be like their visitors. And so began the construction of a bridge: a bridge so […]
(Portuguese edition) Our parents and our teachers only want the best for us, it goes without saying. But sometimes they’re so worried about teaching us things that they forget the importance of taking us to see the ducks or teaching us to ride a bike. This is an amusing book that prompts us to ask: […]
(Portuguese edition) On Earth, we aren’t the only ones who travel long distances. Many birds, fish and mammals migrate hundreds of miles in search of food, of warmer climates or of good places to have their young. It’s not just the incredible distances these creatures travel, it’s the way they do it that makes us […]
(Portuguese edition) Each morning brings us a fresh new day, a day to unveil, a day to unwrap… Later, when we look back, we’ll find something for everyone — from days which are truly memorable, to those that go unnoticed. A book containing all sorts of days and moments, prompting us to remember and revive […]
(Portuguese edition) With only a few exceptions, no one can answer this question with absolute certainty. Where do we go when we disappear? takes advantage of a lack of clear-cut answers to explore some possibilities — colourful and poetic, serious or nonsensical — with which to brighten this inevitably sombre topic. Fortunately (or unfortunately, who knows) […]
(Portuguese edition) We all do everything does away with words and functions like game. The illustrations show different characters – men, women, young and old – engaging in a wide range of activities. Upon turning the separate parts of its split pages, readers can form different combinations and find all characters doing everything. And so, […]
(Portuguese edition) A chicken is known for being a silly, ugly bird. They say a chicken doesn’t fly or sing, she just scratches and cackles and poos everywhere (and that’s true). But another truth, a bigger truth is told in this book… Nature has created an unlikely animal — ugly, clumsy, obedient, half-blind — to […]
(Portuguese edition) A silent book can be a disconcerting thing. There are no words on the pages and readers may feel a bit lost. Upon opening this picturebook, some readers might ask worriedly, “What do we do with this book?”. We advise readers to go barefoot (because the tide is coming in) and, while sitting […]
(Portuguese edition) As we grow up, we come to realise that we’re not alone. There are lots of people – some closer to us, others more distant – who share our lives and form part of our day-to-day. Mums, dads, siblings and cousins, uncles and aunts and grandparents… But also others. The family of people […]
(Portuguese edition) There was once a general who wanted to be the hero of a story. Now, for someone to become the hero of a story, they must be brave in the face of danger, daring to do what they think is right, for example. But there are many other examples. The general in this […]
Singer, composer, essayist and artist, Arnaldo Antunes has a long and diverse career that complements itself. Working with everyday common themes, Arnaldo seeks to always have a strong theoretical basis for his projects, translating his research into projects capable of captivating a broad audience. Better known in Portugal for his participation in the band Tribalistas […]
Screen print 360 x 505 mm Limited edition of 22. All prints have colourful details drawn by Madalena Matoso.
Screen print 360 x 505 mm Limited edition of 20.
Offset 480 x 680 mmPrint on IOR paper 190g. Shipped in a sealed cardboard tube.
(Portuguese edition) The destiny of many an umbrella is to lose its owner. Luckily, the sense of abandonment is only ever temporary, because lost umbrellas always find a new guardian (desperate and soaked through…) who quickly return them to their mission. Something similar happened to the umbrella in this book: it was forgotten on a […]
(Portuguese edition) A city of signs, directions and mandatory turns. A boy who lives amongst the arrows, never daring to stray from his path. And a revolutionary idea that invades his thoughts, one day making him venture off piste… For those who like to travel to unchartered territories and who are not afraid of getting […]
(Portuguese edition) Hair is no simple thing: If you have straight hair, you wish it was curly. If you have dark hair, you’d rather be blonde. If you have short hair, you will it on to grow quickly… Mila, the hairdresser in this book, understands all this and is able to surprise her clients with […]
(Portuguese edition) If you’re superstitious, don’t freak out: as soon as we open The book of backyards, we come across a black cat – one of those half-stray ones that cross our paths every once in a while. His name is Sneakers and he lives in a number of gardens, picking the owner and shade […]
(Portuguese edition) What might this strange word mean? Is it the name of a fish with wonky eyes? SWAPOSCOPE Or is it what we call someone who is constantly changing their mind? No, it’s nothing like that. The Swaposcope is the invention of the century: a fabulous machine that can change the world, shuffling its […]
(Portuguese edition) In comic books, each square tells a little piece of the story. In this book, which is not a comic book, nor anything of the sort, each square (of cloth) also has a story to tell. There’s a patchwork quilt, a grandmother with a very good memory and lots of grandchildren eager to […]
(Portuguese edition) What does a girl do with a tangerine in her hand? She smells it, tastes it, tries it… It’s a one off event (the girl had never tasted anything like it) and everyone comes to watch. Will she like it? This first segment will linger in her memory forever; as she says, it has that first […]
(Portuguese edition) Under one roof, a whole host of body parts come together: heads, hands, feet, teeth, bones, strands of hair and even nipples. Each of these elements not only performs its anatomical function, it also prompts episodes, habits and obsessions, and even some issues… and they just love getting together for a party. This […]
(Portuguese edition) We may not hear its ticking, but the truth is that clocks are all around us. From the morning to bedtime, they go on, relentlessly, measuring time, making us run or pause, even when we don’t feel like doing so. Outside, time operates in one way; inside, it operates in another. But it […]
(Portuguese edition) The old road and the new road. Two possible routes by which to reach the same destination. Two almost-parallel journeys, each with its own adventure. Who drove the most kilometers? Who got there the fastest? Who encountered the most surprises along the way? The answers are out there… on the road. Fasten your […]
(Portuguese edition) The boy in this book often goes out for a stroll with his grandfather. It’s not about a walk in the company of each other, but something quite different. The grandfather always walks on ahead, engrossed in his own affairs; the boy skips along behind, busy taking in all that comes across his […]
A missing boot sees two friends left talking to each other. It’s a perplexing conversation that almost makes us dizzy! But then again, talk amongst friends is like that… Full of twists and turns and odd references (that nobody else understands!): talk between friends is always full of secrets and complicity.
A book for those who like to sharpen their tongue, to roll their tongue to bite their tongue to stick out their tongue to know more than their mother tongue.
The story starts on the book’s inside cover. With only two colours — two plain stripes of colour — we immediately realise where we are. From here, the plot develops straight away: as the story is born, we read it as if watching the scene from our spot on the sand. The character moves across […]
This is a story about neighbours and the relationships between them. About expectations and prejudice. About the idea we have of ourselves and about discovering the other. About the small and larger differences that separate us, and how we can open up to (or else shy away from) the world. About the world as a […]
Cardiologists and scientistic researchers recently discovered something that really wowed the world. While observing a mother’s heart up close, they discovered that this organ is more than just a muscle that never stops beating… it’s a magical place where the most extraordinary things happen. But how? These scientists discovered that a mother’s heart is connected to that […]
Specialists say that our exploration of the world starts within the womb. While we lie there all cosy, we already listen to music, recognise voices, follow our mother’s emotions closely. But it’s as if all these discoveries were waiting to be confirmed… which is what happens on the day we are born. That’s where the […]
When they arrived on earth, there were only a few hundred of them – unobjectionable and rather slow. Then, gradually, more and more kept arriving… A good-humoured book that is also a protest against the automobile invasion.
One day, while talking with to her grandpa, Rosa realises something extraordinary: a table can be so much more than just a table! Rosa leaves the house to investigate… and starts a surprising journey through the amusing world of tables and people. That’s when she realises that rather than there being just one way of […]
A dad is really someone very special. Someone who can twist turn and and shrink and expand… a dad is transformed, in the blink of an eye, into the most incredible things. Or have you never stopped to notice all those transformed dads about the place? Dad-coathooks, Dad-ambulances, Dad-sofas, Dad-ladders, or Dad-brakes… Take a good […]
Valerio Vidali (Lodi 1983) is an Italian illustrator. His work has received numerous awards and recognition in some of the most important international exhibitions, such as the International Children’s Book Fair in Bologna, ILUSTRARTE (Bienal Internacional de Ilustração para a Infância of Lisbon); the BIB (Biennal of illustration of Bratislava, Slovakia), and the CJ Picture Book […]
Singer, composer, writer (for adults and children), actor (stage and film), director, Sérgio Godinho is, to quote one of his classic songs, the true “man of all trades.” But in an artistic career that has lasted for almost 35 years, it is his work as a singer-songwriter that has made him capable of gathering around […]
Born in 1993, Noemi is an Italian author and illustrator. Since 2017, she has worked in children’s publishing, collaborating with Italian and foreign publishing houses. Some of her books have obtained awards and accolades such as the “Cicla Best International Illustrated BookAward” curated by China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (2021); the Italian national award […]
Mariko Tamaki is a Canadian writer. Her works include the graphic novels This One Summer (Printz Honor and Caldecott Honor Book) and Skim, both with Jillian Tamaki, and Emiko Superstar (DC Comics), with Steve Rolston. Her first YA novel (You) Set Me on Fire was published by Penguin Canada. Mariko lives in Oakland, California.
Born in Figueira da Foz (Portugal) in 1968, Maria Manuel spent her childhood in Germany. Maria Manuel earned her degree in International Relations from ISCSP (Lisbon) and began her work in advertising. After seven years she shifted her focus to communication for sustainability, convinced that ‘together we can create amazing things on this planet’. […]
Born in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, in 1976, Maria received her degree in Biology from the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Sciences, and went on to get her PhD within the same institution, studying the wader birds of the Tagus estuary (focused mainly on those species that chase the tides). She then embarked on other […]
Manuela Castro Neves is a lifelong teacher. Retired from public education, she is currently supporting children with learning difficulties.Throughout her career, she participated in several projects focusing on the problematic relationship between schools and their environment and on the improvement of achievement rates in Priority Intervention Zones. Among many others, she is author of the […]
Born in Penafiel in 1990, Joana Estrela started drawing family portraits at an early age, writing funny subtitles to go alongside them. One of her classic birthday gifts was a list of things-we-say-when-we’re-angry, applying the concept to different family members. Her mother, for example, once received her portrait together with all the various criticisms she’d […]
Jillian Tamaki is a Canadian illustrator and comics artist living in Brooklyn, New York. She is the creator of two books of personal works (including Skim, with Mariko Tamaki) and the ongoing webcomic, SuperMutant Magic Academy.
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1973, Inês Teixeira do Rosário moved to Alentejo when she was only 3 years old. There, she discovered the joys of living outdoors and running around freely. It was probably there, outside, – among fields and dams – that she began to appreciate nature. Inês received her degree in Biology […]
Born in 1960 in Vila Nova de Gaia, into a family with many brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, cousins and stories (families are places that are full of stories). Henriqueta Cristina also goes by the name of Kuki (people’s names have extraordinary stories). She graduated from the Faculty of Letters at Porto University, has been […]
Gonçalo M. Tavares was born in Luanda in 1970 and teaches the Theory of Science in Lisbon. He has surprised his readers with the variety of books he has published since 2001 and has been awarded an impressive number of national and international literary prizes in a very short time. In 2005, with “Jerusalém”, he […]
Born in Switzerland in 1972, Davide studied accounting, but words and pictures overcame numbers. At the age of 22, he began collaborating with the Italian magazine Linus, as an author-illustrator of comicbooks. His desire to tell stories brought him to publish books for children. Nearly all his work has been published by French publisher Sarbacane. […]
Daniel Fehr (1980) studied German and media studies at Princeton University (USA). Previously he studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Today, Daniel Fehr lives and works in Winterthur, Switzerland. He writes picture books and designs board games for children and families.
Born in 1983, Chloé grew up in the countryside of Lorraine (France), where she enjoyed drawing houses and waiting for snowy days so she wouldn’t have to go to school. She graduated in Illustration from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, in 2012. She makes children’s books, editorial press, art workshops with children […]
ATAK (aka Hans-Georg Baber) is one of the most brilliant and dynamic artists of the Berlin arts scene. Born in Frankfurt in 1967, he studied Visual Communication at the University of Berlin, was part of the former GDR punk scene and co-founded the comic magazine Renate. His work as a cartoonist, artist and illustrator has […]
Born in 1973, André is an illustrator, a graphic artist and an architect. He graduated in Architecture from the University of São Paulo in 1999. He participated in the Bratislava Biennial of Illustration (Slovakia) and in the Book Fair of Montreuil (France). Since 2006 he has illustrated the Esquina section of Piaui magazine. He has […]
Ana Pessoa was born in Lisbon, in 1982. She’s an author of children’s and young adult books. In 2011, she won Branquinho da Fonseca (Expresso/Gulbenkian) Prize with her first book “The karate girl’s red notebook”. In 2018, she was distinguished with the Maria Rosa Colaço Literary Prize for “Here is a good place”. Her books […]
While growing up, Ana was lucky enough to live right next to the beach. That’s where she used to spend most of her time — not only diving into the sea, but also exploring rock pools, taking walks and searching for fossils. As Ana grew up, she maintained a keen interest in, and curiosity about […]
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1972. She graduated in Pharmacy at UNESP and Design and Communication at EPA (BR). In 2000 she received a scholarship from Yamanashi Design Center (JP) and lived there for one year. She has been part of the Planeta Tangerina team since 2004. She won the National Prize of Illustration […]
Madalena was born in Lisbon, in 1974. She is an illustrator. She graduated in Communication Design at the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Fine Arts and later specialised in graphic design at the University of Barcelona. In 1999, Madalena founded Planeta Tangerina together with three friends. Planeta Tangerina started out as a content, illustration and […]
Born in Mozambique in 1974, his first months were lived on the island of Madeira. Despite being a “continental”, he was forever marked by those “island” early days and by the long summers spent in Gaul, near Funchal. He studied Communication Design at the Lisbon College of Fine Arts and nowadays, besides teaching Design at […]
Bernardo was born in 1973 in Lisbon, and studied Communication Design at the College of Fine Arts in the same city. In 1999, he co-founded Planeta Tangerina and he’s been working here ever since. Over the years, he has received a number of prizes and distinctions for his books and illustrations, including the Opera Prima […]
Isabel was born in Lisbon in 1974. When she was a child, she wanted to be a journalist, an archaeologist or a pediatrician. She didn’t end up being any of those things, but she does love what she does. “For me, writing is like digging: you always find something – sometimes worms, sometimes water, sometimes […]
Padrão dos Descobrimentos is a monument in Belém (Lisbon) that celebrates the discoveries made by the Portuguese sailors. Every year, their Educational Services plan a series of activities and tours aimed at every age. The identity for their 2018/19 programme was illustrated by Yara Kono, resulting in a brochure which can be found on the […]
Just look at the Arctic tern Every year, this little bird crosses the globe in search of warmer lands. As far as we know, terns don’t have engines, (just a tiny heart) and yet, in just one year, they can travel 50,000 miles. Humans aren’t the only ones on earth who travel long distances. Many […]
There are thousands of objects surrounding us in our everyday lives: in the hallway drawer, the kitchen fridge, mum’s handbag, your bedroom wall, even in your raincoat pocket. But how many objects can you remember when you’re put to the test? Inside this book are dozens of pictures, puzzles and a mega memory game providing […]
FLIC is an annual illustration and children’s art festival, taking place in Spain, in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Vic. For their edition in 2018, the festival’s organisation invited Madalena Matoso to create their visual identity. It resulted in a number of illustrations that were used in many different supports.
Rosa Pomar is a haberdashery based in Lisbon which produces and sells their own wool threads. Aside from selling handmade wool, they also give workshops on many different handcrafts. Yara Kono was invited to create a new illustrated identity for their collection of Mungo thread — made with cotton and wool fabric waste from Portuguese […]
Todos os anos o Serviço Educativo da Casa da Música elabora uma agenda onde reúne informação sobre todos os espetáculos, oficinas, formações e outras atividades que se realizam ao longo do ano. Em 2017 a Yara Kono ilustrou as secções “Oficinas” e “Formações” do programa 2017/18.
IndieJúnior is a film festival for children, within programme of IndieLisboa. Every year, they offer a selection of movies that are well out of the mainstream. Together with the movies, it also hosts international competitions of feature movies and short films. The identity of the third edition of IndieJúnior counted with the illustrations of Yara […]
Dos Capèl Geotrail is a hiking trail in the Val di Fiemme mountains, in Trentino. It’s recommended to families with adventurous children, where they can explore the landscape, find clues and identify rocks. To prevent anyone from getting lost and so everyone understands the geologic formation of these mountains, there are 13 illustrated reference posts […]
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation invited Planeta Tangerina to transform a room of their Interpretation Center Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles into a garden-installation. The idea was to create a space where Ribeiro Telles’ rules for creating a garden would be applied and exhibited interactively. The making of this space was handled by Bernardo P. Carvalho.
Adufe is a periodic magazine that gathers information about cultural, human and landscape elements on the district of Idanha-a-Nova. The design studio silvadesigners invited Planeta Tangerina to illustrate some editions of this magazine.
Henri David Thoureau is considered to be one of the first ever ecologists. He was a philosopher, a poet, a professor and a great lover of nature, but also a critic of his contemporary society, often arguing against consumerism, slavery or disrespect for nature. When he was 27, he moved to the forest, into a […]
Valorcar is a non-profit company dedicated to promoting the handling of automobile waste — collecting, recycling and making it more eco-friendly. In 2014, Isabel Minhós Martins and Yara Kono collaborated with this company by making a book and all its contents. Era uma vez uma bateria (Once there was a battery) is a story that explains […]
“Fabrico Próprio” is a research project about Portuguese pastry and its relationship with design. The book that resulted from this research has travelled all around the world to disclose how rich and unique our cakes and pastries are. Planeta Tangerina created the images for presenting this project in New York, Rio de Janeiro and São […]
Collection of cultural posters for Sociedade Musical União Paredense (SMUP). SMUP is a society located at the town of Paredes, in Cascais Council, founded in 1899. It has a focus on musical and cultural education, social actions and recreative activities. These posters were created by Bernardo P. Carvalho, Madalena Matoso and Joana Pardal.
The Educational Services of the Natural History and Science Museum (MNHNC, Lisbon) work on a wide variety of subjects. Mathematics, Astronomy, Zoology, Botanics, Mineralogy — these are only a few of all the sciences that are a starting point for many workshops and tours aimed for children and schools. Planeta Tangerina was honoured to visit […]
The association A PAR has the goal of contributing to the improvement of their community’s educational conditions, through partnerships with parents and carers. Planeta Tangerina has been collaborating with this association since its very beginning, creating their graphic materials — including the books Singing together, illustrated by Madalena Matoso.
