Welcome to the first blog post in our new series—Meet the staff! In this series we will be interviewing Priddy staff so you can get to know more about the people behind Priddy Books. Kicking off the series is Valentine Lechevallier, our International Rights Manager.
Almost two years ago, after working in publishing in France and Spain, I moved back to London and stumbled upon a job offer where they were looking for someone with a sense of humour… the rest is history.
My job consists in selling our lovely books to international publishers, so that our titles are available in as many languages as possible. When I’m in the office, this means many emails, a few phone calls, and a lot of spreadsheets (A LOT). Otherwise, I’ll be travelling around Europe with a suitcase full of books to meet my customers.
At Priddy, our job goes a little further than just selling: we sometimes get involved in the creative process as well as in the production one, to make sure our books are as successful and affordable as possible for our international customers.
My team and I have sold See, Touch, Feel in more than 20 languages in less than a year. It’s a great sensory book, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we sold even more!
Seeing one of our titles on the shelves when I visit bookstores abroad always makes my heart swell with pride. Apart from that, I feel very lucky to be able to travel so much AND to have a fantastic team in London!
We have lots of wonderful books coming out this September children will love. Here are some of our highlights. Alphaprints: Magical Creatures Unicorns, dragons, fairies, mermaids, and many more magical creatures are recreated in Alphaprints form in this fantastical book. With an eye-catching, foiled cover and fun, rhyming text, children will love reading about their... Read more
Have you seen our range of illustrated search and find novelty board books yet? Giraffe is Lost will delight young children who love to get involved with a flap or slider on every page. This chunky, interactive novelty book has pull-tabs and flaps, specially designed for toddlers, and is full of funny reveals and... Read more
Our bright and beautiful new Easter titles make great alternative gifts this Spring. My Easter Basket The Easter Bunny is having lots of fun hiding eggs for all the animals. Children will love this color-themed game of seek-and-find as they help the animals spot the eggs the Easter Bunny has hidden on his rounds. The... Read more
