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"When little Pepita gets lost on sun-blessed Ibiza she's in for a real adventure, meeting all kinds of animals and people along the way. Will Eulalia's precious dog make it back to her cosy corner by the stove, rub noses again with Cabra the goat - or chase the squawking hens into the pomegranate tree? This alluring and beautifully illustrated tale evokes a Mediterranean paradise, and is sure to touch the hearts of children and adults alike."

Author/illustrator

Maria Jansen was born in Delft, Holland. She has lived for the past eleven years in a caravan in the Ibizan countryside, making goat’s cheeses and working with children. She especially enjoys bringing out their creative side. Her illustrations have appeared in a book of children’s rhymes, Uni, dori, teri, viteri (2010), and a dozen colour postcards.

Editor

Martin Davies was born in Liverpool and has lived in Ibiza since 1993. In 2000 he established Barbary Press, and has since written and edited eight titles in various languages about island culture and history. His other activities include teaching English, translating and contributing to books and journals on a wide range of subjects. As a publisher his aim is to weave together words and images in celebration of the extraordinary heritage of Ibiza and Formentera, past and present.

Presenter

Nieves Montero Rubio was born in Barcelona and came to live on Ibiza when she was 15. As a professional storyteller she is well known in schools, libraries and bookshops around the island, and loves to share with children the imaginative ideas that lie behind successful artists’ books. She has founded four reading clubs, and with her unique collection of bookworks considers herself a bibliophile in the fullest sense.

Editor: Martin Davies
Spanish Translation: Eva María Ríos
Catalan Translation: Nora Albert

Publisher: Barbary Press, Ibiza
Distributor: Balàfia Postals
Dimensions: 64 pp., 25 cm, 61 col. Ill. (15 full-page), boards, illustrated, endpapers.
Price: 25 euro plus postage
ISBN: 84-615-7563-6 (English) The Adventures of Pepita
ISBN: 84-615-7686-1 (Spanish) La perrita Pepeta
ISBN: 84-615-7687-X (Catalan-English) La quissoneta Pepeta
Languages: Three separate language editions, including a bilingual Catalan-English version.
English: The Adventures of Pepita
Spanish: La perrita Pepeta
Catalan: La quissoneta Pepeta
Date of Publication: June 2012
Book Launch: 8.30 p.m. Thursday 14th June 2012 at the Club Diario de Ibiza, Avenida de la Paz, Eivissa Guest speakers Maria Jansen, Nieves Montero Rubio and Martin Davies

How to purchase this book

The Adventures of Pepita by Maria Jansen is available for purchase by directly contacting this office either by e-mail, fax, letter or telephone. Payment is accepted by VISA and MasterCard using our secure online credit card payment system.

The price of this book is 25 euro plus the cost of airmail postage and packaging to Spain 1 euro, UK/Europe 5 euro, the Rest of the World 8 euro and Airmail 10 euro.

Barbary Press Booklist

1. Eivissa • Ibiza: A Hundred Years of Light and Shade (2000) by Martin Davies with Philippe Derville
2. Eivissa • Ibiza: Island Out of Time (2005) by Martin Davies
3. Birds of Ibiza (2006) by Sarah Nechamkin
4. The Road to San Vicente (2007) by Leif Borthen et al.
5. A Valley Wide (2008) by Alexis Brown
6. Ibiza & Formentera’s Heritage: A Non-Clubber’s Guide (2009) by Paul R. Davis
7. Ibiza’s First Hotels, 1933–1958 (2010, calendar of luggage labels) by Martin Davies
8. The Adventures of Pepita (2012) by Maria Jansen

Martin Davies

martindavies@ibizahistoryculture.com