Children's Rights Guide Spring 2023

Children’s Books from Sweden Spring 2023

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Cover: Lugo and Lill: Secrets Everywhere

Illustration: Maya Jönsson

Graphic Design: Anna-Karin Sundin

Pre-School

All Three Have Snotty Noses

ALL THREE:

Welcome to the Green Pea Preschool! The friends Valle, Ester and Idde are a trio of strong-willed, independent two-and-a-halfyear-olds. Maria Nilsson Thore’s books about All Three at the cosy Green Pea Preschool are full of fun details to discover and scenarios every preschooler can relate to. Uniquely attuned to the child’s world, Nilsson Thore shows how an ordinary day at preschool can be anything from dull and drab to fun and frolicsome.

Ester’s nose is runny and snotty. There is sticky goo all over the place! The teacher fetches tissues and Ester blows and blows her little nose. It turns out she has a temperature, too. So Ester gets to snuggle up in the cosy corner and wait for Mum to take her home. Unfair, say Idde and Valle. Then they get snotty noses, too...

Maria Nilsson Thore is one of Sweden’s most beloved illustrators and picture book authors. Her atmospheric visual worlds contain both big emotions and clever little details for children and adults alike to discover and lose themselves in.

Whoopsie, Bobo

BOBO:

It’s winter playtime for our youngest readers in this new toddler series! Bobo the bunny packs his backpack to go meet his friends, build a snowman, go ice-skating, enjoy snacktime and play.

With rhythm and rhyme, Maya Jönsson brings us on a winter adventure in gorgeous pastels. Eventually it gets cold, and the friends want to go back inside to snuggle up in the warmth.

Maya Jönsson is a rising star in the world of illustrations, and this is the first book in a new series, introducing Bobo the bunny. The cool and cute animals with sharp black contours are reminiscent of Maisy Mouse and the animal worlds created by Lucy Cousins.

Series name Bobo • Original title Hoppsan, Bobo  • Author & illustrator Maya Jönsson • Format 170 x 170 mm, 32 pages, colour

Baby Goes Splash

BABY:

Look, read and laugh with Mervi Lindman’s charmingly lively Baby. In a format easy for little hands to hold, here is a book of joy, surprises, and mischief.

Baby has a watering can. When Big Sister is watering the strawberries in the garden, Baby wants to help too.

‘Splish, splash!’ There are so many things that need watering on the way to the garden bed: a snail, a frog, a...

When Baby finally reaches the strawberries, there is no water left. But ‘drip, drop’ – what’s that, dripping on Baby’s head?

The books about Baby are full of big feelings and amusing little escapades. Mervi Lindman is a master at conveying humour and strong emotions in her pictures, which are full of silly facial expressions and unexpected situations – all to get children and parents pointing and talking about what they are reading. Look, play and laugh with Baby.

Herring and Frizz Build a Snowman

HERRING AND FRIZZ:

A delightfully amusing new series for toddlers about two steady cat friends and a dog.

Herring and Frizz are building a snowman. Then a dog turns up — it’s happy and wants to play! The dog plays so eagerly that the snowman is knocked over. And where did the carrot go?

In the books about Herring and Frizz, sometimes things get a little out of hand, but all well that ends well. This is the first volume in the new series about Herring and Frizz.

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Herring and Frizz Dig a Pit

HERRING AND FRIZZ:

The two cat friends Herring and Frizz are planting a bush in the garden. Then a dog turns up – it wants to dig, too. The dog digs so eagerly that it falls into a rat’s nest under the ground. Dear oh dear! What will happen now?

With the good friends Herring and Frizz, sometimes things get a little out of hand. But all is always well in the end!

A story full of humour and delightful adventures in a small format easy for little hands to hold.

Moa Graaf has been illustrating children’s books and teaching aids since 2016. Using a variety of techniques, she captures people, animals, environments and little details with great warmth and joy. She is the author and illustrator of the humorous children’s books about Herring and Frizz. Bonnier Carlsen has previously published her picture book Granny by the Sea and her illustrations of Anna Ehring’s chapter books about a boy called Herring.

Series name Sill och fräs • Original title Sill och Fräs bygger en snögubbe

• Author & illustrator Moa Graaf • Format 171 x 170 mm, 36 pages, colour

Rights sold series Danish

Series name Herring and Frizz • Original title Sill och Fräs gräver en grop

• Author & illustrator Moa Graaf • Format 170 x 170 mm, 36 pages, colour

Series name Sam • Original title Var är Sickan? • Author & illustrator Sofia Rådström • Format 210 x 210 mm, 12 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Somali

Where’s Sam?

SAM:

Look, point and open flaps together with Sam!

A lovely, big lift-the-flap book for all those curious toddlers who like to play peek-a-boo. This is a story about going to the supermarket, losing each other and reuniting once more. A sweet peek-a-boo drama with Sofia Rådström’s critically acclaimed Sam. Rådström has created a sturdy board book with rhyming lines and pages made to last through lots of mischief and many readings.

Eat Now, Sam

SAM:

It’s dinnertime. Sam and Dad set the table. ‘Eat now,’ says Dad. But there is so much fun to be had at the table, thinks Sam. Dad has to help. He cleans, wipes and tidies...

When will Dad eat his food?

Moments to relate to for readers both young and old in this picture book by Sofia Rådström, who makes the rhymes about Sam and Dad fall perfectly into place. Joyful, rhythmic reading for readers young and old.

Series name Sam • Original title Ät nu Sickan • Author & illustrator Sofia Rådström • Format 170 x 170 mm, 32 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Somali

Language Learning Games and Wordplay with Dam-Dam: The Forest

DAM-DAM:

Dam-Dam is off to the forest.

Dam-Dam is big and puts on shoes and a jacket without help. Dam-Dam can walk. No need to go in the pushchair!

The forest is big and Dam-Dam is small. There is so much to see among the trees – a butterfly, a feather, birds that twitter and squelchy mud underfoot. Dam-Dam touches, pokes and feels. In the meadow are flowers and grass. But what’s that in the middle of the forest?

The bush has sharp thorns. Dam-Dam pricks a finger. Oops and ouch! Good thing there are plasters in Mummy’s pocket!

This is the second volume in Josefine Sundström’s picture book series about the delightful Dam-Dam, with lively illustrations by Mervi Lindman. The story in the book stimulates language development and invites wordplay.

Whose Party?

WHO?:

Happy birthday!

It’s party time in Stina Wirsén’s celebrated Who? world. Today is Spark’s birthday and all her friends are coming to the party. There will be lots of fun and cake and games. How exciting!

But suddenly, Teddy-Mama’s friend Bird is standing in the hallway with a child Spark doesn’t know – and who is most definitely not invited. That’s what Spark thinks.

In a masterly way, Stina Wirsén captures difficult situations that both children and parents can relate to. With impressive simplicity, she deals with subjects big and small in a way that goes straight to the heart.

The Who series has already been translated to 14 languages and counting and has sold a million copies in Sweden alone. The author is the recipient of the Elsa Beskow Plaque, the Nordic Illustrator Award and the Stockholm Culture Award, among many other nominations and awards, and is one of Sweden’s most beloved and prolific authors and illustrators.

Picture Books

Lugo and Lill: Secrets Everywhere

LUGO AND LILL: A story about friendship and adventure!

Lugo and Lill are best friends. Lill is small and Lugo is big. One of them loves adventure and the other prefers to stay home in peace and quiet.

One day, when Lill is angry with Lugo for having a secret in his pocket, she discovers a hole in the dense green hedge that surrounds their garden. She immediately wants to crawl inside to see what’s hiding among the branches. Perhaps there’s a surprise? Lugo is less convinced, but he crawls in behind her. On the other side of the hedge, the landscape is wild and different – exciting and a little scary...

This is a story about daring to challenge yourself and about secrets big and small. A poetic and warm-hearted picture book in a large format.

Secrets Everywhere is the first volume in Anna Lundgren and Maya Jönsson’s phenomenal new collaboration about Lugo and Lill. Jönsson’s rich, flowing and detailed illustrations are reminiscent of the world-building in the Sven Nordqvist tradition, while Lundgren writes in poetic and atmospheric prose that speaks to readers both old and young.

Series name Lugo and Lill

• Original title Lugo och Lill: Hemligheter överallt

• Author Anna Lundgren

• Illustrator Maya Jönsson

• Format 215 x 280 mm, 32 pages, colour

Picture Books

Tora and Titch Exercise

TORA AND TITCH:

The two friends Tora and Titch are warming up – it’s time to exercise!

It turns into a sweaty session with dumbbells, heavy weights and skipping ropes. Giant Tora and tiny Titch prefer different kinds of equipment. But they both jump and dangle, and the best part is dancing – together!

After exercising, it’s time to kick back. Tora wants to read a book and have a cup of rose tea. But the flower-flavoured bags are sold out. She’ll simply have to settle for the ‘regular’ variety. Little Titch is about to take a hot bath, but there is only cold water in the tap. How typical, just as Titch has been given a lovely rose soap as a gift! Hm... the hot steam from Tora’s teacup gives Titch a bright idea. For him, the teacup is actually really huge!

In this book, Lotta Geffenblad – who has previously charmed readers with her comedy duo Spot and Splodge – offers plenty of laughter and silliness with these two rather odd and amusing characters. Perhaps they remind you of an older sister and a mischievous younger brother? Or maybe a parent and a child?

Series name Tora and Titch

• Original title Tora och Tytte motionerar • Author & illustrator Lotta Geffenblad • Format 195 x 240 mm, 32 pages, colour

My Invisible Grandma

Eddi’s grandma loves to play – especially hide-and-seek! Now she seems to be hiding again. Help Eddi look for his sprightly grandma. Surely you can spot her somewhere around the house?

Come along for a captivating game of hide-and-seek, and find clues to all the adventures Eddi’s grandma experienced as a young woman. In addition to the game itself, this search-and-find book also challenges the reader’s perception of what a grandmother can be. Can she be both an expert in chameleons, a diver, and a duck lover with a penchant for woodwork? Yes. Can she even make herself invisible? Almost!

Maria Löfgren made her debut with the vibrant, bustling picture book Fantastic Families and Kitty’s Party in 2021. Like her first book, My Invisible Grandma is a tribute to reading aloud and the sense of community it creates. Löfgren takes a holistic approach in her books, where not a detail is left to chance.

Original title Min osynliga mormor • Author & Illustrator Maria Löfgren

• Format 215 x 280 mm, 32 pages, colour

Plop

Plop! Something falls on Östa’s hat. It’s a smooth, round and warm little nut. Better yet, there’s someone inside! Underneath the hard green shell is a tiny living seed. But when Östa pokes at it, the little seed is terrified. It has never seen a child before.

Maria Nilsson Thore’s latest picture book is a story about what it’s like to be small and frightened, how what’s new and unknown can be scary and letting friendship grow with time. Previously published in 17 languages, and with sales of over 800,000 copies in Sweden alone, Maria Nilsson Thore is one of Sweden’s most beloved and important authors and illustrators. Written with Nilsson Thore’s signature warmth, humour and philosophical finesse, this new picture book features endearing characters and atmospheric settings.

Original title Plopp • Author & Illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore • Format 215 x 280 mm, 40 pages, colour

The Goodnight Adventure

At last, it’s time for a bedtime story! But this time, it’s not quite what Dad had in mind. He tries to read a bedtime story about three little bears who are going to sleep. Boring! say the children, who slowly but surely take over the story and turn it into a fantastical adventure.

Young readers are in for a treat with this action-packed picture book. A page-turner with lively, colourful pictures weaving together story and make-believe. Come along for a wonderful bedtime adventure by Magnus Ljunggren and Per Gustavsson.

Magnus Ljunggren is known for his quirky, humorous writing in books such as The Space Pilots and The School for Knights series. Per Gustavsson is an award-winning and August Prizenominated illustrator and author – one of Sweden’s most beloved creators of children’s books. Among his best-known works are the books about the cheeky Princess. He has also illustrated the Knotan toddler books as well as the chapter books about the Robberson family.

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Easy to Read & 6–9 Years

Lillis’ Dream

ANIMAL FRIENDS:

A thrilling nighttime adventure for beginner readers. Margareta Nordqvist’s Animal Friends series offers enchanting and easy reading in large print.

When big brother Eddi reads a bedtime story about wild animals, Lillis drifts off to sleep. In her dream, she rides into a forest and meets all the animals Eddi has told her about. Lynx, wolf and moose can all be seen safely from the back of her horse friend Spot. But what’s that over there? A pig, in the woods? Spot is terrified of pigs! Help!

Lillis’ Dream is the seventeenth stand-alone volume in this easy-to-read series about animals by Margareta Nordqvist, who also illustrates the popular books about Sigge the horse. The series follows a group of children who live in the countryside and take care of various animals.

Series name Animal Friends • Original title Lillis dröm • Author & Illustrator Margareta Nordqvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 64 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish, Finnish, Norwegian

Märta and the Runaway Horse

HORSES!:

Märta and her best friend Maja are headed to the stable to ride Disa – the beautiful Icelandic horse that Maja’s mum helps out with a few times a week. But today, Maja’s mum is ill, and the ride is cancelled. Märta and Maja decide to cycle to the stable anyway. They are only allowed to ride under adult supervision. But maybe they can pet Disa, at least?

When they arrive at the stable, everyone is busy welcoming a group of beginners. No one notices Märta and Maja sneaking into the pasture where Disa is grazing. When Maja suggests that they should take Disa out of the paddock and walk her a little by themselves, Märta is unsure. Even though Disa is the sweetest horse in the world and Maja is quite used to her, don’t they need an adult to come along? What if Disa runs away? Märta and the Runaway Horse is a new stand-alone volume in the series about Märta  – the girl who loves horses but is also a little afraid.

Series name Horses! • Original title Märta och rymmarhästen • Author & Illustrator Erika Eklund Wilson • Format 148 x 210 mm, 64 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Polish

The Secret

NUMBER 1 SUN STREET:

Omar and Anni find a little doll in the schoolyard. Anni wants the doll to be their secret. When Axel asks Omar where he has been, Omar can’t answer. He promised not to tell! This makes Axel sad – why is Omar acting so strange?

With its short passages and simple language in large print, Helena Bross and Kadri Ilves’ popular series about the two friends Axel and Omar is perfect for beginning readers. Their books tell everyday, warm-hearted stories that any reader can identify with. The Secret is the twenty-second stand-alone volume in the series.

Series name Number 1 Sun Street

• Original title En hemlighet

• Author Helena Bross

• Illustrator Kadri Ilves

• Format 148 x 210 mm, 64 pages, colour

• Rights sold series Danish, Finnish, Norwegian

Molly Rocks

MOLLY:

This is the second volume in the easy-to-read Molly series, about what it’s like to live in the country and have your very own horse: muddy, a lot of hard work, but – most of all – completely and utterly wonderful!

Ebba’s big sister is organising a showjumping competition in the village, and everyone is invited. But much as Ebba loves her Shetland pony Molly, she doesn’t like to jump. She has an idea: if she lets her friend Wilma ride Molly instead, perhaps Ebba won’t have to...

The series about Molly is perfect for children who are practising reading and want books with lots of pictures and slightly longer sections of text.

Series name Molly

• Original title Molly är bäst

• Illustrator Andrea Femerstrand

• Author Siri Spont

• Format 147 x 210 mm, 64 pages, colour

• Rights sold series Danish, Finnish, Norwegian

Missing on a Field Trip

FRIENDS 4-EVER:

This is the seventh volume in Marie Oskarsson and Helena Bergendahl’s popular series about Emilia, Jack, and the others in the after-school club. There is someone for everyone to identify with in this group of friends, perfectly captured in Marie Oskarsson’s easy-to-read prose and Helena Bergendahl’s expressive illustrations.

The after-school club is going on a field trip to the Museum of Natural History. Jack is excited – it will be so much fun. He has never been to the museum before. But the field trip doesn’t go at all as he had planned. His best friend Edvin is nothing but quiet and grumpy. And things take a turn for the worse, when Edvin suddenly disappears from the group!

Bo’s Best Friends

THE MAGIC PET SHOP:

It’s crowded at Bo’s house. He has lots of brothers and sisters, and there is definitely no room for a pet. So, naturally, the lady in the magic pet shop knows exactly what kind of animal Bo needs. Perhaps it will help him learn to count?

This is the eighth volume in Lin Hallberg and Jonna Björnstjerna’s popular series The Magic Pet Shop. With short sentences in large print – as well as the perfect combination of animals, magic, and cool illustrations – this extra-easy-to-read book is perfect for beginning readers.

Series name The Magic Pet Shop • Original title Bos bästis • Author Lin Hallberg • Illustrator Jonna Björnstjerna • Format 149 x 210 mm, 64 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Finnish

Series name Friends 4-ever • Original title Saknad på utflykt • Author Marie Oskarsson • Illustrator Helena Bergendahl • Format 148 x 210 mm, 64 pages, colour • Rights sold Danish

Series name Friends 4-ever • Original titles Vara ihop • Author Marie Oskarsson • Illustrator Helena Bergendahl • Format 148 x 210 mm, 144 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish

Being Together

FRIENDS 4-EVER:

The summer break is right around the corner for Jack and his friends in the charming, humorous series Friends 4-Ever. With warmth and precision, Marie Oskarsson and Helena Bergendahl capture the nervous excitement of falling in love for the first time.

Finally, Jack and Emilia are a couple. Emilia, who previously only wanted to be friends, suddenly asked Jack out after the spring concert! Jack said yes right away – he’d been hoping and waiting for so long. But what happens now that they are together? Is it any different from being friends? Jack’s friend Edvin claims to be quite the love expert and offers his advice. But why doesn’t Emilia seem happy when Jack tries to show how much he likes her?

Being Together is the final volume in the series about four friends in primary school. Like the other books in the series, it’s a story about love and friendship.

Vilde and the Big Hobby Horse Competition

VILDE AND THE HOBBY HORSES:

Vilde can hardly believe it! A hobby horse competition is being arranged in the big shopping centre and the best ones will go to the finals at the Rider’s Gala. Finally, she and Winner will get to compete together – for real! Luckily Siri and Leya will also be there. And Tom from her class, who is both nice and cute and likes hobby horses.

The music is increasing in volume and the crowd cheers. Vilde closes her eyes and imagines how she flies over the obstacles. What a dream it would be to move on and get to compete in the big arena. Oh right, the baby! The baby could arrive any day ow. What if it arrives the same day as the finals. That would be a catastrophe! Why must everything always happen at the same time?

This is the fifth book about Vilde and the hobby horses.

Herring Sleeps Over

HERRING:

Herring and his friend Hedda has a brilliant idea: Herring will sleep over at Hedda’s place who is his neighbour now and lives across the cows’ pasture! It’s the best idea ever! Right?

When Hedda has fallen asleep and Herring lies listening to the strange and unfamiliar sounds he can hear in the house, his room at home feels really far away. But like Herring’s mom explained when he was packing for the sleepover: “It is a bit scary to sleep over at someone else’s house for the first time. But if you don’t try it then, the second won’t ever come and that is not at all as scary as the first.”

This is the fourth book in Anna Ehring’s series about feelings, thoughts – big and small – and making friends. Anna Ehring’s storytelling is spot-on and humorous, displaying a unique understanding for the inner life of a six-year-old. Moa Graaf’s timeless illustrations accompany the text thoughtfully and open up an immersive reading experience for both children and their parents.

Series name Herring

• Original title Sillen sover över

• Author Anna Ehring

• Format 148 x 210 mm, 72 pages, B&W • Rights sold series Danish, Finnish

• Illustrator Moa Graaf

Sigge and the Stable Friends:

Autumn Adventures

SIGGE:

It’s Friday, the best day of the week – it means that Saga and her friends are going riding at Broby Stables. That’s where Sigge lives, the world’s cutest Shetland pony!

Today, they are going to tidy up around the stable. And later, the older girls are throwing a Halloween party for the newbies. It’s going to be a scary, haunted adventure that the stable friends will never forget. But wait! Don’t the witch’s shoes look a little familiar?

Autumn Adventures is the first stand-alone volume in Lin Hallberg’s new easy-to-read series about Sigge the Shetland pony and the stable friends. As always, Margareta Nordqvist’s illustrations are perfectly paired with Hallberg’s heart-warming story.

Series name Sigge • Original title Sigge och stallkompisarna • Author Lin Hallberg • Illustrator Margareta Nordqvist • Format 148 x 210 mm, 80 pages, colour • Rights sold series Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish

Series name Fardus and Malte • Original title Fardus och Malte Småkrypsjakten • Author Camilla Ceder • Illustrator Hanna Granlund • Format 148 x 210 mm, 120 pages, colour

Fardus and Malte: A Creepy-Crawly Crisis

FARDUS AND MALTE:

Fardus and Malte are friends and classmates. Today, the teacher tells the class about a fun school assignment. They are going to visit a real workplace, a magazine called Our Little Animals, and conduct an interview. They can’t believe their luck – Fardus likes to write and Malte loves animals!

Unfortunately, this is not a magazine about dogs or cats, or even rabbits. It’s all about bugs! Besides, it’s really boring. The editor needs all the help he can get. Fardus and Malte don’t mind giving some tips and surprise themselves by being real star reporters.

Camilla Ceder’s second stand-alone volume about the best friends Fardus and Malte is charming, humorous and spot on. Hanna Granlund is the creator of the cool and cosy illustrations. Don’t miss the first book in the series: The Parrot Disaster

Original title Åtta, snart nio • Author Rose Lagercrantz • Illustrator Rebecka Lagercrantz • Format 149 x 210 mm, 160 pages, colour • Rights sold series Slovenian

Eight, Going on Nine

Olga Olsson is eight, going on nine, and rather happy with her life. But when her mum is taken to the hospital, she suddenly has to go stay with her aunt and uncle. They are kind, though it turns out their daughter Augusta doesn’t want Olga to live with them. She wants her mum and dad to herself.

Augusta is mean to Olga, yet Olga has to be kind. That’s what she promised her mum – otherwise her aunt can’t let her stay. But one day, when Olga is accused of making her cousin walk on a dangerous bridge railing, life seems so unfair that she runs away to her mum in the hospital.

Eight, Going on Nine is a story about trying to cope without the most important thing you have and which you have never been without. But also about discovering that there are other people around you, who you might not have thought of at first. It’s about the difficulty in being kind, about realising you don’t have to be perfect to be liked – and about a cousin who turns out to be a real friend.

9–12 Years

The Star Gazers

Suddenly, there he is. The boy in a fine shirt and a neat jacket.

In a restless sea of people crowding the train platform, Dora finds Franz perched in a cloud of pink cherry blossoms. The two of them are about to become friends and let an adventure – full of codes, maps and intriguing plans – whisk them away to a place in their imagination where they can be children. Vanna Rosenberg’s The Star Gazers is a tenderly hopeful story about the fate and vulnerability of two children in wartime, complete with stunning illustrations by Cecilia Heikkilä.

There is war in Europe and nothing is as it should be. While their parents go to work in the factory, Franz and Dora play in the cold attic. Their games transport them out onto the deserted streets of the city. A letter, a melody, a cat’s glittering gaze – soon they know what they must do! Together, they will bring hope where there is none. Along the way, they meet the girl Chaya who has lost her teddy bear and old Mimsa in the porter’s lodge – two souls who, like themselves, need all the sympathy they can get.

Original title Stjärntecknarna • Author Vanna Rosenberg • Illustrator Cecilia Heikkilä • Format 148 x 210 mm, 216 pages, B&W

Non-Fiction

Humanity’s Long Journeys

A colourful and exciting non-fiction book about humanity’s curiosity and desire to see the world – from early migrations and exhilarating expeditions to the future of space travel.

On every page, words and pictures tell the story of famous explorers as well as unknown travellers on different continents: Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, James Cook, Ferdinand Magellan, Mary Kingsley, Amelia Earhart, Thor Heyerdahl and many more. Read about the wanderlust of Alexandra David-Néel, who in 1883 ran away from home at the age of fifteen to see distant parts of the world on her own – and who renewed her passport at the age of 100! Humanity’s Long Journeys offers entertaining and educational reading for young and old readers alike.

Written and illustrated by Anders Nyberg, one of Sweden’s foremost non-fiction illustrators, known for the Easy-to-Read Facts series, the This Is How It Works books, Journey to the Planets and The World’s First Human Being

Original title Människans långa resor

• Author & Illustrator Anders Nyberg • Format 215 x 280 mm, 72 pages, colour

The ABC of Science

The ABC of Science takes the reader on a breathtaking journey through scientific phenomena – from the atom to the eye, via meteorology, supermassive black holes and zygotes. Pitched at just the right level of complexity, it brims with warm-hearted humour in a generous big-book format.

Rasmus Åkerblom writes about complicated concepts with a light hand, and Maya Jönsson’s vibrant watercolours bring the facts to life. A fabulous scientific coffee table book for children aged 6–9 (and up) to lose themselves in and read again and again.

Åkerblom is a journalist and broadcaster whose first book, Hidden Wonders of the World: Discover How It All Works, was awarded the Linneaus Plaque for best non-fiction book in 2021. Jönsson is an illustrator known for flowing, quirky and intricate watercolours.

Original title Vetenskapens ABC • Author & illustrator Rasmus Åkerblom

• Illustrator Maya Jönsson • Format 227 x 294 mm, 64 pages, colour • Rights sold series Norwegian