Children’s Books from Sweden Autumn 2024
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Cover: Illustration by Mia Nilsson from Tvärtom – samma lika, fast raka motsatsen. Graphic Design: Anna-Karin Sundin
Pre-School
Pre-School
Series name Bobo • Original title Plaskigt, Bobo • Author & illustrator Maya Jönsson • Format 170 x1 70mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish
Language Games and Wordplay with DamDam. Mischeif
DAM-DAM:
DamDam is happy today. Happy and mischievous! DamDam wants to joke with mom and dad. With everyone! Even at preschool.. But when little Bibi wants to joke around with DamDam, DamDam does NOT want to be messed with. Sometimes it’s nice to just be calm as well.
In the books about DamDam, author Josefine Sundström inspires a curiosity and excitement about language! The Language Games and Wordplay series aims to spark linguistic curiosity and excitement through playful phrases, funny words, and sounds. Mervi Lindman brings DamDam to life with a bright colour scheme and with delightful expressions and movement. Mischief is the fourth book in the series about DamDam.
Splash, Bobo
BOBO:
It’s raining. Bobo puts on a rain jacket and boots and goes outside. It’s a perfect day for playing in the rain! With two words per spread, lively colours and cute animal characters, author and illustrator Maya Jönsson invites you to a charming world filled with friendship and play for the youngest book lovers.
“Fun weather. Digging brooks. Filling buckets. Look, frogs. Friend waving.” Amidst all the brookdigging, splashing, and pouring, there is a collision and a small fight that lightly and swiftly turns to sunshine and forgiving.
Maya Jönsson is a picture book author and artist. She draws images from her imagination, often with a warm, magical atmosphere. While she is known for her detailed watercolours, in the Bobo toddler books Maya draws with a humorous and more naïve style.
Series name Dam-Dam • Original title Språklek och ordskoj med Dam-Dam. Busar • Author Josefine Sundström • Illustrator Mervi Lindman • Format 240 x 190 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Finnish, Danish
Picture Books
When I Am Big
“I can do almost everything, but I’m not allowed. I know what I want, but I can’t reach it!”
To be small can be terribly inconvenient. Unpractical and unfair. The things you want from the top shelf are hopelessly far away, and even though you are so wise, and have thought something out so well, suddenly grownups can come and just take over. But imagine if you grew taller than the treetops! If nobody could say “no” and “not now” anymore. How would things be then?
In Maria Nilsson Thore’s illustrated gem When I am Big, a child grows and gets to try out how grownup life can be. It is powerful, exciting, and fun, it turns out, although there are some good things about being small too…
When I am Big is a story about growing, about making decisions and try things for yourself – and about sometimes shrinking and becoming small again. It is all told through Maria Nilsson Thores unmistakably playful and flowing watercolour illustrations and her spoton language. Delicate, cleverly quirky and with Maria Nilsson Thore’s always present children’s perspective.
Original title När jag blir stor • Author & illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour
All rights available
Addi’s Afro
Addi’s grandpa is a master at knitting hats! Every winter, he knits a whole bunch of new ones in every colour and shape you can imagine. But Addi already has at least a hundred and, besides, he HATES wearing them! “They itch and ruin my hair!” Addi screams, running hatless out the door with his snow racer.
On his way to go sledging, Addi meets lots of animals – a fox, an owl, a beaver, an ermine, and a moose. They all ask why he isn’t wearing a hat like the other kids. Over and over again, Addi has to explain that his ears don’t get cold as his hair keeps them warm. But that’s when the animals jump straight into his hair! It’s crowded and chaotic as they all try to fit, and soon Addi is fed up. He shakes off the freeloaders, sending them tumbling into the snow. When the whole heap of them howl that they are cold, Addi has a brilliant idea. Maybe Grandpa’s knitted hats could save the day after all?
Jali Madi Susso has written several acclaimed picture books in collaboration with Eva Susso and is the author of a series of chapter books. He writes with musicality and a warm sense of humour, often about the multicultural experience.
Felicia Fortes is an illustrator, artist, and graphic designer. She illustrates for magazines and daily newspapers, and designs books and informational materials. Addi’s Afro marks her debut as a children’s book illustrator.
Wishing for Snow
LUGO & LILL:
Lugo and Lill are best friends. Lugo is big, and Lill is small – one of them loves adventure, and the other prefers cosy days at home.
On a rainy and gloomy winter’s day, Lill discovers a beautiful glass ball in the attic. Inside is a snowy winter landscape. “It must be a wishing ball,” says Lugo – and Lill gets to make a wish. Lugo is right. The next day, snow is falling around their house. Everything is magical! Lill wants to go sledging, build a snowman, and do all the wintry things, but the day doesn’t turn out as Lill has planned. A tumble with the sledge leads to cold, wet paws ... Luckily, these two friends know how to turn the day around.
An atmospheric and heartwarming picture book, and the second in the series about Lugo and Lill and their friendship. Poetically narrated by Anna Lundgren, and richly illustrated by Maya Jönsson in watercolours that bring snowy landscapes and detailed interiors to life.
Series name Lugo & Lill • Original title Önskesnön • Author Anna Lundgren • Illustrator Maya Jönsson • Format 227 x 294 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish
Original title Tvärtom – samma lika, fast raka motsatsen
Mia Nilsson • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour
Opposites
Same and Alike, but Contrary
What is the opposite? Same and alike, but contrary! Tall – short, fast – slow, dry – wet. In Mia Nilsson’s world, the pairs of opposites hold so much more than the reader might initially think. Birds on the run, Olle who picks blueberries and an ice cream queue that is seemingly endless. Short, witty texts that have drawn inspiration from haiku poetry, and illustrations that almost seem to explode from the pages depict small moments where the opposites take the story in unexpected directions.
Mia Nilsson is an illustrator, animator, and writer, born in Skåne but living in Stockholm. Mia studied at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London and has since graduating worked for a variety of clients, mainly in the UK and Sweden, but also in the US, India, and Norway.
• Author & illustrator
• Options Chinese (simpl.), Dutch, Italian
Picture Books
The Fox and the Mole
A Ghost Story
How different can two friends be? Get whisked away by the magic of an unlikely friendship in this enchanting picture book with a gothic atmosphere.
“All the way out on a headland, tucked between the heath and the sea, stood a solitary little house...” began the fox.
“Ugh, how scary,” said the mole.
“But I’ve barely started reading,” said the fox. “And try not to chew so loudly, would you?”
Brace yourself for a tale of grudges, nearsightedness, and a disastrous encounter with some marmalade. Yet this delightfully spooky picture book is also a story of how our own quirks can cause trouble for both us and others – and how reading a book together makes everything better.
Join the fox and the mole for an adventure on a windswept heathland in Cecilia Heikkilä’s whimsical story and beautiful illustrations. As an illustrator and picture book author who grew in the north of Sweden, Heikkilä is known for exploring big questions in an unpretentious and childfriendly way, always with a love for animals and nature.
Original title Räven och mullvaden – En spökhistoria • Author & illustrator Cecilia Heikkilä • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish, English (W), French
The Dark Tales of Lillebror Rabbit
Step into the dark world of Lillebror Rabbit and his family, written and illustrated by Jonna Björnstjerna.
These are scary tales for 3–6 year olds… but they are also wonderful! The Dark Tales of Lillebror Rabbit are set in a fairy taleesque world where things are not just exciting and captivating, but also deals with things that may feel scary and how to deal with fear. Come along for adventures with threeheaded trolls, aliens, and grumpy, unlycky, old men.
Jonna Björnstjerna invites readers to these cosy thrillers for the youngest readers. Her illustrations invoke thoughts of both Edward Gorey and John Bauer and she herself cites Julie Doucet and Tim Burton as great inspirations. In her version of stories for children, with elements of both the scary and romanticism, the results are fantastic, fun, and personal stories where we all can recognise ourselves! She has even been called the Stephen King for the youngest readers (Petter Lindgren, Aftonbladet).
The somewhat surrealistic stories are about courage and daring to do things that might be a bit scary, but they always end happily. The stories also have heaps of humour, excitement, and detailed rich illustrations with lots to look at and discuss. Twice they have been awarded the title as best picture book by Bokjuryn (where the children themselves vote for their favourites).
Besides the main series, Björnstjerna has also written an introduction to the Enchanted forest with the The Flora & Fauna of Wonderwoods. There, Lillebror Rabbit guides the reader through pretty glades, all while encountering fascinating monsters, mean little elves and terrifying creatures and plants!
Day of the Dead
THE DARK TALES OF LILLEBROR
RABBIT:
It is finally time for All Hallows Eve, or The Day of the Dead, as it is called in the Fairy Tale Forest! It is the day when regular rabbits, gnomes and trolls can visit their graves in The Valley of the Dead without being chased by vampires or a hungry zombie. The mayor has ordered extra meat, blood, and delicious brains so the inhabitants of the valley will not be struck by hunger and go after some poor creature. But because of a gang of “cool” types, and, to some extent, the contents of Little Brother Rabbit’s candy bag, things don’t go quite according to plan!
This is the eleventh book about The Dark Tales of Lillebror Rabbit in Wonderwoods! A wonderful and fairytale esque place that is lovely but also a little bit scary…
name The Dark Tales of
• Original title Sagan om
• Author & illustrator Jonna
• Format 195 x 260mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Chinese (simplified, Chinese (Complex), Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian
Picture Books
Series
Lillebror Rabbit
Familjen Kanin och Döingarnas dag
Björnstjerna
My Baby Brother Sigge
SIGGE:
The Shetland pony Sam lives with his mom on the heath. She is always by his side and the flock of horses is their family. But one night, everything changes. There is a storm, the thunder rolls in and the sky lit up as lightning strikes. Everyone is frightened. When the calm finally settles down again, mom is missing! Sam has never felt so alone. Panicking, he leaves the flock to look for his mom. When he finds her, there is a newborn foal lying next to her. The foal is cold and weak. Sam realises he must find help, but how? And will his little brother make it?
The hit duo Lin Hallberg and Margareta Nordqvist tell an emotional and dramatic tale about the birth of the little Shetland pony Sigge and how Sam became a big brother. A warm and poetic illustrated book about getting a sibling, with beautiful, atmospheric colour images. There are several books in the series about Sigge and Sigge and Sam, but this is the first picture book about Sigge and his brother.
2024 marks the 20 year anniversary of the first Sigge chapter book. Since then, twenty books, both chapter books and books that are easier to read, have been published in the series. Sigge is today one of Sweden’s most popular Shetland ponies.
Series name Sigge • Original title Min lillebror Sigge • Author Linn Hallberg
• Illustrator Margareta Nordqvist • Format 295 x 224 mm, 32 pages, colour
• Options Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish
Easy to Read & 6–9 Years
Molly at Riding School
MOLLY:
Ebba’s best friend Wilma has started taking riding lessons with Maja from their class. Now all they talk about are horses during recess. Ebba can’t help but be jealous when she hears about all the fun they will get to do at the stables for Halloween… She loves riding wildly through the forest with Molly, but is it a good idea for her and Molly to join the riding school as well? But when Ebba decides to try it out, nothing goes the way she thought it would.
This is the fourth book in the easyto read series Molly. This series is about how it is to live in the countryside and the reality of having a horse: muddy, tiresome, and really, really wonderful!
Written with warmth by Siri Spont and with dreamy and humorous illustrations by Andrea Femerstrand. The books about Molly are in the “a little more to read” range and are perfect for children who are learning to read and want a lot of pictures and a slightly longer sections of text.
The Rocket Ride
SPACESHIP SHARK:
Ava is bored and want to do something fun while her brother Ivo is just sitting there reading or doing something equally dull. Ava gets the great idea to blow a trumpet right in Ivo’s ear… which Ivo is not very happy about, in fact he is rather annoyed!
Dang it, Ava just wanted to joke around and liven up this day! Maybe if she could get her hands on some fun mini rockets to put on their backs in order to fly? Maybe even open the forbidden hatch that leads into dark space? Even Ivo must think it is fun to fly with rockets on your back in the middle of the universe. Right?
The Rocket Ride is the second, standalone book in the series Spaceship Shark, an actionpacked, funny series in the “a little more to read” range – perfect for children who are learning to read and want a lot of pictures and slightly longer sections of text.
Magnus Lindgren and Johanna Kristiansson return to the galactic fantasy world that they previously depicted in the popular, more textheavy series The Space Pilots
Series name Molly • Original title Molly på ridskolan • Author Siri Spont
• Illustrator Andrea Femerstand • Format 148 x 210 mm, 64 pages, colour
• Rights sold series Danish, Finnish
Series name Spaceship shark • Original title Rymdskeppet Hajen. Raketfärden
• Author Magnus Ljunggren • Illustrator Johanna Kristansson • Format 148 x 210mm, 64 pages, colour • Options Chinese (simpl.), Danish
T o r c e h kompisar en bästis
Three Friends and a Bestie
Original title Tre kompisar och en bästis • Author Rose Lagercrantz
• Illustrator Rebecka Lagercrantz • Format 148 x 210 mm, 80 pages, colour
• Options English, Finnish, French, German, Slovenian, Ukranian
Series name Vilde and the Hobby Horses • Original title Vilde och käpphästklubben • Author Jenny Bicho • Illustrator Andrea Femerstrand • Format 148 x 210 mm, 128 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Polish
Evelina is just about to turn eight, and there’s only one thing on her wishlist: A best friend. She has friends, but they are not always nice. Now, she wants a best friend, someone who picks her first when they play rounders – even though she’s never caught the first ball.
When Olga joins her class, Evelina decides that they will become best friends. And they do! They bake cupcakes and take the neighbour’s dog on walks and have heaps of fun, until one day when Olga would rather play rounders with the others instead of baking. Does that mean that they are no longer best friends?
This is a story about the art of getting a best friend and at the same time being one yourself. How do you find and trust a real friendship?
Three Friends and a Bestie is a standalone prequel to Eight, Almost Nine and is accompanied by bold, colourful illustrations by Rebecka Lagercrantz.
Vilde and the Hobby Horse Club
VILDE AND THE HOBBY HORSES:
Valentine’s Day has Vilde on edge, with a heartshaped card burning a hole in her backpack. Will she muster up the courage to give it to Tom? Luckily, he has an idea that helps take her mind off it all: starting a hobby horse club at school! Leya and Hanna are in too, but agreeing on a club name and a president turns out to be trickier than expected.
As the four of them face the challenge of organising a school activity for the 75th anniversary, the disagreements escalate. How are they going to put together a whole programme when they can’t even agree on the club colours?
Suddenly, everything feels like too much for poor Vilde. There is screaming, fighting, and smelly diapers at home; and screaming, fighting, and mean comments at school. Even though there are hearts all over the shops, there is far too little love in the world. And when it finally shows up, it doesn’t feel right ...
Vilde and the Hobby Horse Club is the sixth book about Vilde – a series about friendship, everyday life, and hobby horses!
Rose Lagercrantz • Rebecka Lagercrantz
Saga Stories
The millioncopy bestselling children’s book series: Welcome to Saga’s wonderful world!
Meet Saga Louisa Larsson, a steady, wise and stubborn girl who lives on Sunflower Lane. She lives there together with her mom, who struggles with allergies, and a dad, who is stressed a lot. In fun, quirky and moving stories, we get to know Saga and her best friend Samir, and they everyday life. Together they explore life just as it is: going to the hairdresser, dressing up for Halloween, or the day she draws everything she knows beginning with the letter ‘E’. Other days Saga just lay flat on her stomach watching the world on a glowing globe.
In situations both big and small, children can recognize themselves in Saga’s world, and get to understand their emotions just a little bit better. Josefine Sundström’s quirky, yet wise, stories are illustrated by Emma Göthner’s colourful pictures, that perfectly accompany the text, and makes it easier for the beginner reader to follow along.
Sagasagor has been filmatized as a tv series, been an incredibly popular radio adaptation, and sold over a million copies across the series in Sweden alone. This makes Saga Stories famous and popular children’s book series.
Read together. The Competition
SAGA STORIES:
Saga’s older cousins are visiting. The families are having a barbecue, but first Saga, Albin and Alba are having a biking competition. The older cousins keep winning and finally Saga challenges them to roll down the steepest hill on Sunflower Road. When it is Albin’s turn, he catches too much speed and loses control over his bike. He rolls straight for the big road where all the cars are driving...
In the Read Togetherseries about Saga, the stories are extra thrilling. The adult reads the main part of the text, but on every spread, there are short phrases that are easy to read, written in big letters, that the child can help read aloud.
The Read Togetherseries fills the gap between read aloud books and books for children to read by themselves. The book also contains an alphabet and two spreads with facts about crosswalks and reflectors.
Series name Saga Stories • Original title Sagasagor. Läsa Tillsammans. Tävlingen • Author Josefine Sundström • Illustrator Emma Göthner • Format 148 x 210 mm, 48 pages, colour • Rights sold series Finnish, Danish • Previous publications series Norwegian
Winter Adventures
SIGGE AND THE STABLE FRIENDS:
The friends at the stable have received the best Christmas gift ever – a whole day at the stables with their favourite ponies! Saga can hardly believe that she will get to be with Sigge from morning until evening! First, they have to clean up in the stables, and then they will get the reward: riding in the snow! But when the friends go out to get the ponies from the enclosed field, they aren’t there anymore! What if they have gone out into the road, or even worse, the ice! The forest is huge, and the snow is thick on the ground, but the stable friends do not give up. They need to find the ponies! It is a day filled with surprises, wet boots, cold toes, and in the end an unforgettable, amazing ride in the snow!
Winter adventures is the second standalone book in Lin Hallberg’s easyto read series about Sigge the Shetland pony and the friends at the stable. Margareta Nordqvist’s illustrations are as adorable as always.
Series name Sigge and the Stable Friends • Original title Sigge och stallkompisarna. Vintermys i stallet • Author Linn Hallberg • Illustrator Margareta Nordqvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish
Let’s Go See the Dragon
Come along on a thrilling neighbourhood adventure brought to life by Susanna Martelin and Amanda Chanfreau. This captivating readaloud story weaves a tale of friendship, everyday magic, and ingenious ideas.
Jaana and her best friend Lina have practised for weeks ahead of their school graduation performance when life takes a heartbreaking turn: Jaana’s grandmother in Finland has passed away. Something so awful shouldn’t be allowed to happen, but it has, and to make matters worse: something is wrong with Jaana’s mum too. Is she sick with grief? What’s going to happen with the performance if Mum doesn’t come?
As they navigate the challenges of grief and worry for Jaana’s mum, the duo hatches a plan: to seek out the Dragon – the angry old lady in the square that everyone is afraid of. It is said that the Dragon knows more than anyone about grief and how to heal it. But to succeed in their mission, Jaana and Lina must summon both courage and cleverness...
Susanna Martelin’s writing is heartwarming with touches of magical realism. Together with Amanda Chanfreau’s imaginative chapter illustrations, adding a fantastical atmosphere to everyday details, it makes for a readaloud gem for both young and old!
Original titles Vi rymmer till draken • Author Susanna Martelin • Illustrator Amanda Chanfreau • Format 148 x 210 mm, 192 pages, B&W • Rights sold Danish
The Feather
MISTY ALLEY:
The town of Misty Alley is a place not known by many, but it is the home to friends Dante and Paloma. One day they meet the secretive cat, Kosmos, that lures them to an abandoned old theatre where they find a grand chandelier. Suddenly, the chandelier starts moving and Dante and Paloma are pulled up into a vortex. They spin faster and faster and then suddenly everything stops, the entire theatre looks brand new! A ballet dancer enters the stage, with a white feather in her hair. It seems as if they have come to a different time. But why? And what does Kosmos want them to do here?
The Feather is the first standalone book in Katarina Genar’s Misty Alley series about friends Dante and Paloma who travel through time. The books are easy to read, exciting chapter books about time travel and magical things with atmospheric and intriguing illustrations by Signe Gabriel.
Katarina Genar has the ability to write short texts that are easy to read in a clear and direct language, whilst also managing to write stories that are mysterious and enthralling. She has spellbound readers with her standalone middlegrade and easytoread series about The Mysterious School
Signe Gabriel is a Danish illustrator living in Sweden. She studied visual communication at Malmö University and semiotics at Aarhus University in Denmark. She has previously done illustrations for apps, educational materials, and children’s books, among other things.
Series name Dimmornas gränd • Original title Den vita fjädern • Author Katarina Genar • Illustrator Signe Gabriel • Format 120 x 175 mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish
9–12 Years & Non-Fiction
The Gates of Hell
SILVER & STEEL:
“I promised my mum I would never talk to anyone from the police or social services. I can’t even go see the school counsellor. No one can suspect who Mum really is – that we come from a magical world where ordinary rules don’t apply.”
Lilly’s mum is not just anybody. She is a witch. So what should Lilly do when her mum suddenly disappears? The only one who turns out to understand is her strange is her strange neighbour Vincent, because his mother is gone too.
In Johanna Strömqvist’s fastpaced, exciting urbanfantasy story The Gates of Hell, we follow Lilly and Vincent’s journey through industrial parks, suburban concrete jungles, and island forests in a wintry Stockholm populated by supernatural creatures.
Series name Silver & Steel • Original title Silver och stål. Helvetets portar
• Author Johanna Strömqvist • Format 148 x 210mm, 224 pages • Rights sold Danish
The Witch’s Hammer
SILVER & STEEL:
“The shadow grows, the mirror trembles as it takes shape. And then, there he is. His face is right behind mine. The tattered cloak flutters. He smiles.”
Lilly’s magical powers have awakened – much too soon – which is both unsettling and dangerous. Meanwhile, a mysterious foe seeks to annihilate witches with fire and water. And who is the creepy spectre emerging from mirrors to harm them?
When Lilly and Vincent’s mothers get caught and are forced to wear electronic trackers, the children must once again confront formidable threats and powerful enemies ...
Join them on a dark adventure in Stockholm, where witchcraft and magic lurk around every corner, in the second standalone book in the Silver & Steel series.
Series name Silver & Steel • Original title Silver och stål. Häxhammaren
• Author Johanna Strömqvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 224 pages • Rights sold series Danish
XO, Polly Storm
“Every life has a beginning and an end. Yours began three days ago. I thought Grandma’s idea of writing a book was a good one. So, this story is for you – if you promise not to die.”
On Christmas Eve, 11yearold (soon to be 12) Polly Storm becomes a big sister, but the presents under the tree will have to wait as her little brother has to stay at the hospital. Polly gets to move in with Grandma for a while. None of the fun things they usually do make any difference now. The wait turns Polly’s anxious thoughts into a tangled mess.
“Why don’t you write a book!” says Grandma – a book for her little brother. For there are things that Polly’s baby brother needs to know about life at No. 3 Broom Hill. Lots of things, big and small. So while Grandma lights a cigar on the balcony, Polly writes to her little brother about Edwin and the party where everything went wrong. About Isabella in her class, about the disco at the ice rink, and about text messages that never arrive.
With warmhearted curiosity and subtle humour, Anna Ehring takes us into the world of elevenyearold Polly during a few snowcold days in December when life is upended, and Christmas is put on hold.
Author Anna Ehring is known for her unique ability to portray the extra ordi nary drama of everyday life. With books like The Dragonheart series about Nisse Berg in Bagarmossen, Mira and Martin, and the books about Herring (illustrated by Moa Graaf), she has won the hearts of readers and critics alike. She has establis hed herself as one of our fore most authors of relationship dramas for young readers. Ehring has also illustrated the book, while the photographs of “Polly” were taken by Trixie Edlund Falkenborg.
Original title Puss och kram från Polly Storm • Author & illustrator Anna Ehring • Photographer Trixie Edlund Falkenborg • Format 148 x 210 mm, 128 pages, B&W • Rights sold Danish, Latvian
10 Ruthless Criminals
TRUE CRIME:
Infamous gangsters, heroic criminals, and a bear on trial for honey theft – dive into the thrilling world of true crime with these ten gripping stories.
True crime is the trend that’s here to stay. In podcasts, TV series, films, and books, new cases are constantly brought to light. But true crime isn’t just for adults anymore; now, children can explore ten exciting tales of reallife crimes.
In this kidfriendly edition, experienced nonfiction story teller Andreas Palmaer weaves easily accessible historical crimes with new and infamous cases. Henrik Jonsson’s blackandwhite illustrations add a cinematic touch, bringing to mind the classic villains from the comic book world.
Series name True Crime • Original title True Crime 1: 10 grymma brottslingar
• Author Andreas Palmaer • Illustrator Henrik Jonsson • Format 148 x 210 mm, 102 pages, B&W • Rights sold Danish
10 Clever Crime Solvers
TRUE CRIME:
True stories of crimes that really happened!
Explore stories of real crimes solved by sharp minds in the latest book in the True Crime series.
In this thrilling read, twelveyearold Jessica cracks the case of her grandmother’s breakin, gamers solve a murder in an online chat, a ghost helps expose her own murderer, and then there is the case of the Hungarian village where the men mysteriously began to die...
Like in the first book, Andreas Palmaer blends historical crimes with new cases accompanied by fantastic illustrations by Henrik Jonsson. The True Crime series invites young readers to uncover the mystery behind real crimes.
Series name True Crime • Original title True Crime 2: 10 vassa brottsbekämpare
• Author Andreas Palmaer • Illustrator Henrik Jonsson • Format 148 x 210 mm, 102 pages, B&W • Rights sold Danish
99 Life Hacks for SelfHealing
For When You're Feeling Great, Down and Everything in Between
99 Life Hacks for Self-Healing is mental health handbook for 9–12yearolds (and parents!) full of tips, tricks, hacks and answers. Giving young readers the tools to thrive by talking about feelings, fears and difficult thoughts. This accessible book both tips and tricks for when you’re feeling down, as well as what to do to maintain your health when feeling good about yourself. Putting your worst ‘thought monsters’ into words and maintaining balance in your life. This book helps children develop tools they can use throughout life to recognise and manage their feelings and mental state. Engaging, encouraging and easy to follow, 99 Life Hacks also includes a treasure trove of games, quizzes, lists and challenges. Lots of facts about your body and mind, and exactly 99 hacks for mental health and wellbeing that all children can make use of.
Why do I feel restless at night? What makes a good friend? How much screen time is reasonable? Is there a way to stop having nightmares? Where can I get help when I am feeling down? How do I make friends? Why is it so hard to talk about feelings when I am feeling down? Who can I ask for help when someone near to me seems to be having problems? How do I actually ask for help? Find answers to these questions and many more in your ultimate mental health toolkit.
Author Hanna Thermaenius is a psychologist, therapist, and a specia list in clinical child and adolescent psychology at Save the Children Sweden. She has years of experience working with children in vulnerable positions who have been through difficult situations, consistently working to raise children’s voices and rights and has previously coauthored books on these themes.
Original title 99 livsknep: för dig som mår bra, dåligt och mitt emellan • Author Hanna Thermaenius • Illustrator Isabella Witte • Format 170 x 240 mm, 128 pages, colour • All rights available
The Most Disgusting Book in the World
Rat kebab, worms in the belly, and people drowning in poop. Calf brain stew, bloody boils, and smelly beaver buts! Every page in this book is covered with disgusting facts about the absolute grossest things you can imagine. From strange food to rotting bodies covered in maggots – this really is the most disgusting book in the world!
Here you find baffling facts about everything that is gross: vomit and poop, scary animals, smelly corpses, and dirt throughout history.
With interesting and engaging (and disgusting!) texts by Sofia Bergström and funny and gross illustrations by Ellen Greider, The Most Disgusting Book in the World is a book to be horrified and delighted by. It is perfect for all the curious – and really brave – children!
Vikings
The Vikings’ rampaged all over the world, but who were they, really? In this book you get to know everything about the lives of Vikings. Peter Bergting, one of Sweden’s most famous fantasy illustrators, has a new addition to his standalone series of impressive, illustrated books with thrilling facts and fantastic images.
Follow along on a ride through history and read about runes, Norse mythology, weapons, warriors, travel, and looted treasure. What did everyday life look like in a Viking village? And what did the Vikings believe in? Shield maidens and women warriors, were they real? Read about the most famous rulers, Viking craftsmanship, their influence across the world and how the legacy of the Vikings lives on today. With stunning illustrations and fascinating facts, it has everything you have ever wanted to know about Vikings!
Original title Vikingar. Från Birka till Ragnarök • Author & illustrator Peter Bergting • Format 205 x 270 mm, 128 pages, colour • Rights sold series English (W), German
Dragons
Dragons have fascinated people through all ages. In this book you can find the most wellknown dragons from books, films, and pop culture. In this new, extended version you will find an updated deep dive into the history of dragons, with sections on some of the most iconic mythological beasts, such as Nidhögg and Leviathan.
Peter Bergting started his career as an illustrator for role playing games and has since illustrated everything from book covers to graphic novels and children’s books. He has authored several books of his own – with titles such as Dragons, Terror and Monsters. He has made covers for Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, as well as Lord of the Rings, and was nominated for the August Price in 2018 for the graphic novel We’ll Return Home Soon with Jessica Bob Bonde, and in 2020 for the graphic novel The Crows with Anders Fager.
Original title Drakar. Stora boken om bevingade bestar – från Smaug till Katla
• Author & illustrator Peter Bergting • Format 205 x 270 mm, 144 pages, colour
• Option English (W), German Peter Bergting
© Caroline Andersson Renaud
Series name Making History • Original title Alla tiders upptäckare och erövrare • Author & illustrator Frida Malmgren • Format 170 x 240mm, 112 pages, colour • All rights available
Explorers and Conquistadores
MAKING HISTORY:
Let history come to life! The Making Historyseries takes the reader on an exciting journey through time and makes stops in different epochs in European history. In this second book we get to meet the first Europeans who went out into an unknown sea on the hunt for riches and glory – often with dire consequences for themselves and the people they encountered. Who were the people who risked everything to travel across the globe? Which peoples and cultures did they encounter – that they in many cases left in ashes? Here you can read about how this period in time changed the world forever. Come along to the time of the explorers!
Frida Malmgren – cartoonist, author, and psychologist – makes thoughtprovoking and knowledgeable portrayals of seven of the most wellknown explorers, in a boldly illustrated guide that is packed with facts and fun comic pages!
Other Available Titles
Pre-school/Picture book:
• Good Morning All Three at the Green Pea PreSchool
• Knorr, Koko, and the Number 2
• Baby Gets Dressed
• Herring and Frizz Play Dressup
6–9/Easy to read
• Ninja Timmy and Fairytale Valley
• The Magic Pet Shop. Ella Dares
• The Animal Gang: Peter's Parrots
• Readatyourownrisk. The Summer Friend
• Easyto readfacts. Earth's Super Animals
• The Neighbourhood Detectivies. The Balcony Theif
Other
• Dragonbane: The Awakening • Dragonbane. The Betrayal
