Vietnamese picture book ‘Wild Chang’ is copyrighted in 5 countries

Pan Macmillan Publishing House has bought the global rights to the book ‘Wild Chang’ by author Trang Nguyen and has licensed it to 5 countries including the US, Korea, China, Norway, and Turkey.
Leading British publisher Pan Macmillan has successfully purchased the rights to the first two volumes in the series Wild Chang by author Trang Nguyen and artist Jeet Zdung.

Accordingly, Pan Macmillan bought the global copyright (except for Vietnamese in the Vietnamese market) and sold the copyright to 5 countries including the US, Korea, China, Norway and Turkey. Private Wild Chang – Bear copyrighted by Kim Dong Publishing House and was released in March 2020 in Vietnam. The copyright representative of Kim Dong Publishing House said that it only took the two sides about 6 months to negotiate and come to an agreement to come up with suitable terms. The book Chang Wild – The Bear features more than 120 hand-painted paintings entirely in watercolor by artist Jeet Zdung. Photo: K.D. Wild Chang – Bear is the first volume in a series of comics by wildlife conservationist Trang Nguyen. The book tells the journey of Chang – a small girl with a burning dream and a desire to protect the survival of wild animals that are being pushed to the brink of extinction due to the bad effects of humans. . From meeting Sorya, a sun bear who was successfully rescued by the Bear Rescue Center from wildlife traffickers, Chang made up his mind to bring Sorya back to nature. Author Trang Nguyen shared: “This is a comic book about wildlife conservation that I and my artist friend were very passionate about, cherished for more than two years before starting to draw. In order to draw this first storybook, I “send” my artist friend to stay at the bear rescue center of the Free the Bears organization to observe, learn and most importantly feel about bears. rescued from farms that keep bears for bile, and even tiny cubs a few weeks old that are kidnapped and sold as pets.” And the result of more than two months of that experience is 120 vivid and realistic hand-painted watercolor paintings by artist Jeet Zdung. This book, not only tells the story of one person, but it also moves people’s hearts about the life of all species, the importance of nature, warns of the unpredictable harms of deforestation, killing of animals. wild animals. Wild Chang – Bear will be published in the UK next September with the English title Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear. The English version of Chang Wild – Bear will be published this September in the UK. Photo: K.D. The second book copyrighted by Pan Macmillan from the author Trang Nguyen is Saving H’non: Chang and the Elephants will be released in 2022. The series, based on true stories, follows the grown-up Chang rescuing an elephant that has been carrying passengers for 50 years. Russel McLean, a representative of Pan Macmillan, shared on the publisher’s website that he was excited to buy the rights to these two works by Trang Nguyen and Jeet Dzung. The stories about the little girl Chang will suit all young readers, animal lovers, those who love to explore and are ready for adventure into the natural world. Pan Macmillan is one of the major publishers in the UK as well as in the world, operating in 70 countries. Two books Wild Chang will be published under Pan Macmillan’s Macmillan Children’s Books in the UK, and Penguin Random House’s Dial Books in the US.