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15 New and Forthcoming The Forest Robot Copons & Fortuny From bestselling author-and-illustrator team of Copons & Fortuny comes a new series filled with adventure, comedy, and fables Each title in the Bitmax & Co. series clearly focuses on a single conflict placing young readers in the heart of the classic narrative structure that presents a conflict, develops it, and solves it The first book in the series focuses on Bitmax the robot and how he arrives in the Blue Forest In the middle of the Blue Forest, Mus and Wagner, a rat and a bear, find a broken robot. When they decide to take it home and fix it, they have no idea what lies ahead of them. They soon discover that the robot has a name, Bitmax, and it also has a strange profession—it’s a helper! But he is di erent for the others in the forest! Can Bitmax win over the community of animals and creatures and become part of the Blue Forest? Follow along as Bitmax works to solve conflicts, deals with a grumpy little troublemaking alien and two little humans that visit the forest, and finally comes to the aid of the forest’s youngest resident. At Bitmax’s side, Mus and Wagner discover that helping is an ongoing adventure! ISBN: 978-0-7643-6305-4 Size: 6" x 8 1/4" (152 x 210 mm) Pages: 72 Binding: hardcover Illustrations: 60 color images Price: $14.99 US Age Range: 6 to 10 years Lexile: 560L BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & Adventure E-book ISBN: 978-1-5073-0269-9 AVAILABLE JUNE Jaume Copons is a writer. Besides having written a lot of novels, songs, and scripts, he is the coauthor of the I, Elvis Riboldi collection, and a creator of TV series for children. Follow him on Instagram at @jaume.copons or visit his website at jaumecopons.com. Liliana Fortuny draws and animates pictures. She is the coauthor of This Book Is from Grandpa and This Book Is from Grandma . Her time is spent among animated films, album cover designs, and music videos. Follow her on Instagram at @lilianafortuny or visit her website at lilianafortuny.com . Copons & Fortuny ISBN 978-0-7643-6305-4 The Bitmax & Co. series is the perfect way to move from picture books to children’s novels, revealing a world where animals and fantastic beings coexist and resolve their di erences in a fun and civilized way, while defending their environment. Young readers will find the characters in the Blue Forest easy to identify with, with each new book in the series presenting lots of adventure, humor, imagination, fantasy, and age-appropriate conflict.